So, what should you read next?

Conan The Librarian wrote:
Wolfgang wrote:

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
...

I must have been confusing Mitchell with someone else (Doolittle
perhaps?). But thanks to you mentioning him, I'll be sure not to make
that mistake again.

Hm? You were right about Mitchell being a cheesehead. Sorry if I left the
impression that you were wrong.

No, that's probably just poor communication on my part. When you
first mentioned his name I was thinking he was from South or North
Carolina, and had been a pilot in WWII.

Although he was not a pilot in The Big One, "he" was a bomber -- B-24
Mitchell.

cheers

oz

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 05:58:09 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Cyli" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:12:04 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:
Well, hell, don't ask me......ask THEM!:

http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

Wolfgang



i was encouraged...the fukkers had no recommendation for readers of "on
the spine of time".

jeff

Nor for Island of the Sequined Love Nun. I didn't even try for Lust
Lizard of Melancholy Cove.

You're scaring me.

Guess I'll have to take my chances on the dart method.

The librarian (well, one of them anyway) will be along to have a word with
you shortly.

Wolfgang



Aha! You have never read Christopher Moore? Coyote Blue is what I
started with. Then his duller one, Fluke. Fortunately I've not been
able to find all of his work so I've still got some to look forward
to. I heartily recommend his work. Bloodsucking Fiends is the one I
find most noir and least falling down in laughter amusing. You might
enjoy it.

I have always found librarians to be very helpful when the question is
esoteric. They can become deeply interested in the problem. My local
one was all set to query Australia directly once on a platypus
question, but then she realized what it would sound like over the
phone and worked until she found the answer herself.
--

r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.
Really.

On 5 Apr 2006 08:02:47 -0700, "Frank Reid"
wrote:

Great books by a hillarious author. I really enjoyed "Lamb." Its
about Jesus' best friend while growing up; "Biff." Kept having to stop
Jesus from killing and resurecting lizards, people would get suspicious
doncha know.
Fluke is also great. Chasing down humpback whales that have grafitti
messages on their tales.
Frank Reid


Fluke's been my least favorite of his so far. While I could barely
sit up to read the part where the two whale watching women had a bit
of a problem with their boat being used in an odd way by the whales,
the rest of it didn't flow as well for me after the first half. Once
the basic mystery was solved, it was a lot too much like some of my
old SF reading. Rather like Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings, where
the ending left me feeling that I got it, but didn't care, because it
had all been a bit too much of forced satire, like Candide.

Gotta love the dog in Melancholy Cove (and Stupidest Angel). "No,
food guy. Don't die! My food dish is on the other side of the door
and I don't have opposable thumbs."

And my local librarian can bless the 'Net, because I didn't have to
find her to look up the relevant facts on whales to judge the
likelihood the whale watching event could even possibly have happened.
--

r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.
Really.

"Cyli" wrote in message
...

Aha! You have never read Christopher Moore?

sigh. Twenty-some years ago, one of my professors told me that there are
about 40,000 new titles (books, mind you.....not including magazines,
pamphlets, blah, blah......) published in the U.S. alone each year. I have
no idea whether or not this is (or was) true, but it sounds plausible. At
this rate, I am NEVER going to catch up! Reading three books a
day.......um.....let's see.....naught times naught is naught.....carry the
naught....uh.....well, that's damn near forty years just to keep up with
what came out in any given year!

Fact is, Christopher Moore is yet another author that I had never even heard
of.

Coyote Blue is what I
started with. Then his duller one, Fluke. Fortunately I've not been
able to find all of his work so I've still got some to look forward
to. I heartily recommend his work. Bloodsucking Fiends is the one I
find most noir and least falling down in laughter amusing. You might
enjoy it.

I did a little google. Reviews are mixed, but it looks like interesting
stuff. I find myself particularly drawn to "Lamb: The Gospel According to
Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" It's the latent theologian in me, I guess.

I have always found librarians to be very helpful when the question is
esoteric. They can become deeply interested in the problem. My local
one was all set to query Australia directly once on a platypus
question, but then she realized what it would sound like over the
phone and worked until she found the answer herself.

Well, you can't argue with the outcome but, personally, I think it would
have been a better story if she'd made the call.

Wolfgang