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(Msg. 31) Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:09 pm
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On 25 Feb 2008 15:06:10 GMT, dog <dog.TakeThisOut@dev.null> wrote:
>Lady Nina wrote:
>> Anyone read the new culture novel yet? I spotted it in Waterstones
>> window but wasn't in an M mood.
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>i never buy hardbacks. waste of money and shelf space.
I mostly agree, but (and this may come as a surprise) every now and
again I get a little bit impatient and want something NOW!
>looking forward to the softback though.
I think I'll wait until then.
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(Msg. 32) Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:09 pm
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:40:22 -0800 (PST), darsy <darsyx DeleteThis @gmail.com>
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>On Feb 25, 3:30 pm, Lady Nina <spamtr... DeleteThis @ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>> >i never buy hardbacks. waste of money and shelf space.
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>> I mostly agree, but (and this may come as a surprise) every now and
>> again I get a little bit impatient and want something NOW!
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>*ding*
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>or occasionally, if the hardback's a little out-of-the-ordinary, I'll
>go for it. For instance, I was going to buy the paperback of Adam
>Robert's "Splinter", when I noticed a signed (no. 701 out of 1000!!!)
>limited edition box set of the hardback + the hardback of the Jules
>Verne book ("Off on a Comet") which was the inspiration for Robert's
>book. £20, but a nicely bound and printed set.
Yes, I'd have got that if I'd seen it.
I used to have a dreadful boxed set and slip case habit which I think
I've broken. Last I can remember getting (which reminds me the Harvey
Wood/Byatt Memory anthology is rather good) is a Sarah Waters one of
the first three books. Must move Nightwatch up the to be read pile.
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(Msg. 33) Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:09 pm
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(Msg. 34) Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:13 pm
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:19:04 -0800 (PST), darsy <darsyx DeleteThis @gmail.com>
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>On Feb 25, 3:06 pm, dog <d... DeleteThis @dev.null> wrote:
>> Lady Nina wrote:
>> > Anyone read the new culture novel yet? I spotted it in Waterstones
>> > window but wasn't in an M mood.
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>> i never buy hardbacks. waste of money and shelf space.
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>> looking forward to the softback though.
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>reading the reviews, most of the people who don't like it don't like
>The Algebraist either[1]. Since I really liked that book, this bodes
>well for the new one.
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>[1] I suspect they missed the fact that it was a work of irony.
<waves>
That kind of explains the complete change of style.
Was he being ironic at anything in particular?
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