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 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:00 am
whee Occasionally i go on Romance Novel binges.
My favorite author is Jude Deveraux; she specializes in historical and time-travel romances.
One of my mst loved books is from her, titled Wishes.
i cant say too much about it, theres a VERY invovled plot, but its completly worth reading. its not a long book at all, and the main character, Nelly, is a lovely, large woman with a habit of eating whole cakes and pies when depressed. whee
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:37 am
I'll have to look into all of these books. 4laugh
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:25 am
And to answer the James Joyce question, he was an Irish Modernist author who wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Dubliners, and Ulysses. He had a very rambling, non-sensical style that involved lots of puns and plays on sound. Ulysses is just one day in the protagonist's (Bloom's) life--June 16th. It's actually celebrated as a sort of unofficial holiday in Ireland, called Bloomsday. On the SF train, Gibson is my god, though Stephenson runs a close second.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:11 am
Thanks for clueing me in Kakalina... I'm going to have to check Joyce out now...(I'm addicted to puns...thank my father)
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:20 pm
Fair warning: Joyce is considered one of the HARDEST authors to read in the English language, because a lot of the times he flatout doesn't make sense. A lot of the puns carry over into other languages as well, IIRC.
Knock yourself out, kiddo. xp
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:55 pm
Has Any one read the book Good in Bed. I forgot who it was written by, but it was a wonderful book. With a wonderfully captivating heroine. heart
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:55 am
MST3Kakalina And to answer the James Joyce question, he was an Irish Modernist author who wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Dubliners, and Ulysses. He had a very rambling, non-sensical style that involved lots of puns and plays on sound. Ulysses is just one day in the protagonist's (Bloom's) life--June 16th. It's actually celebrated as a sort of unofficial holiday in Ireland, called Bloomsday. On the SF train, Gibson is my god, though Stephenson runs a close second. he sounds alot like Piers Anthony, who in his extensive Xanth Series, played with puns for just about everything. Examples: 'Between a Roc and a Hard Place'-the egg that a giant mythical bird sits on in a stone nest. and the "Freudian Slip"- a very lovely dress that will either flip up or slide down at the most inconvienient times. 4laugh unfortunately, he doesnt write about very many large women that i know of.
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:21 am
ClaudiaJade MST3Kakalina And to answer the James Joyce question, he was an Irish Modernist author who wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Dubliners, and Ulysses. He had a very rambling, non-sensical style that involved lots of puns and plays on sound. Ulysses is just one day in the protagonist's (Bloom's) life--June 16th. It's actually celebrated as a sort of unofficial holiday in Ireland, called Bloomsday. On the SF train, Gibson is my god, though Stephenson runs a close second. he sounds alot like Piers Anthony, who in his extensive Xanth Series, played with puns for just about everything. Examples: 'Between a Roc and a Hard Place'-the egg that a giant mythical bird sits on in a stone nest. and the "Freudian Slip"- a very lovely dress that will either flip up or slide down at the most inconvienient times. 4laugh unfortunately, he doesnt write about very many large women that i know of. Ah, good old Peirs. My favourite author. That is a good point though, from what I've read, he doesn't write any plus-sized heroines at all. They're usually the typical young, thin, buxom types. Typical 'vixen' jazz, I suppose.
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:26 pm
WOOOOHOO!
I experienced the first trilogy via Book on Tape, and it was everything I hoped and more. I'm so glad you recommended this to me. ^____^
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:29 pm
Fuzzy Necromancer WOOOOHOO! I experienced the first trilogy via Book on Tape, and it was everything I hoped and more. I'm so glad you recommended this to me. ^____^ Which trilogy? I love Piers Anthony, Spider Robinson, Terry Prachett, Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, and Charles de Lint, for the 'Castle Perilous' series. If you've heard of the last one, you're cool. If you can find me more books in the series, you are GOD. heart I would probably give you the whole list of sci-fi authors I like, but it rivals most library catalogues. biggrin
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:51 pm
The Callahan's Chronicles. ^_^
I'm normally more of a fantasy-person myself. >.>
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:05 am
Hehe, I see most people here have no idea how big Ulysses is by James Joyce. Just one day, but it's one hell of a long day. I attempted to read it, but quit after the first fifteen pages. A rarity for me. whee
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:20 am
Fuzzy Necromancer I don't know who Heinlein is either. >> you think you know some people anyway to what i came here to say. the Callahan series just goes farther and farther down the drain in my view. the first three books are pretty good, but after that its just down hill. another book series with fat girls that just happen to be awesome would be "another fine myth". that girl im typing about shows up in the third book; she's a mage from a dimension where every is either super skinny or hyper obese.
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:34 am
i haven't read any fat fiction yet. but i know they are good, (i read reviews)
personally i adore "the fat girl's guide to life".
it's amazing.
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