tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post1677809296484814214..comments2023-10-18T11:17:26.147+01:00Comments on Hauling Like a Brooligan: Books Do Furnish a Room...Stephen Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-31199749316585711392009-02-28T18:00:00.000+00:002009-02-28T18:00:00.000+00:00Of course you read a favourite book four times, or...Of course you read a favourite book four times, or many more times if truth be known. It's like revisiting a trusted beloved old friend whom you learn more about each time. There are certain books I re-read about once every two to three years and relish them every time.<BR/><BR/>Your Desert Island choices are fascinating, Stephen. For some reason, I've always thought I'd take a bit of an idealised Britain which no longer exists (if ever it did:) my hardcover Doubleday Sherlock Holmes omnibus and also, surprisingly enough, The Forsyte Saga omnibus. Add some John Donne poems and a few coconuts and that's my lot!Gail Renardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388455755408650770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-20404321454400632542009-02-26T13:36:00.000+00:002009-02-26T13:36:00.000+00:00And I’ve just finished reading The Time Machine......And I’ve just finished reading <I>The Time Machine</I>... Having recently jumped the gun on a Spring clean, I was staggered by the prices of some of the books that came down off the shelves. Although the worrying thing was I couldn’t find my wonderful little pocket book edition of Bradbury’s <I>The Silver Locusts</I>. It should have been right next to the Dell First Edition of Jack Finney’s <I>The Invasion of the Body Snatchers</I> (35c cover price). Fingers crossed it’s in one of the boxes stacked in the storage cupboard at the back of the flat.<BR/><BR/>Actually, there’s a word that splits the generations. Mention the word Dell now and the youngsters immediately think of computers.<BR/><BR/>Also worrying, I mentioned at the beginning of a post that I was about to read Neal Stephenson’s excellent <I>Cryptonomincon</I> for the fourth time. It elicited the comment, why would I read a book four times? How do you answer a question like that?Good Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789861569691613179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-70922531666481080072009-02-25T18:43:00.000+00:002009-02-25T18:43:00.000+00:00Timely post - I've just started reading Rieu's tra...Timely post - I've just started reading Rieu's translation of The Iliad, in a lovely brown paperback published in 1950 and priced at an eye-watering two and six.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686465069530291040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-26946824869081795682009-02-22T20:33:00.000+00:002009-02-22T20:33:00.000+00:00I started to answer... and then reckoned it would ...I started to answer... and then reckoned it would be worth adding an update to the main post.<BR/><BR/>So that's where you'll find it...Stephen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-39288279345439307312009-02-22T18:28:00.000+00:002009-02-22T18:28:00.000+00:00Go on. What books would you take with you on a des...Go on. What books would you take with you on a desert island?Gail Renardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388455755408650770noreply@blogger.com