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#741
27th January 2007
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Here is JD Salenger
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Nick Hornby - High Fidelity Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him and he's both miserable and relieved. After all, he could have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection. Rob seeks refuge in the company of Barry and Dick, the offbeat clerks at his store who endlessly review their top five films, top five Elvis Costello songs, and top five episodes of Cheers. Rob tries dating a singer called Marie. Maybe its just that he's always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. But then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that a life as an episode of Thirty-something might not be so bad. Code:
About a Boy Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient, and blithely living off his father's novelty-song royalties. Will sees himself as entirely lacking in hidden depths--and he's proud of it! The only trouble is, his friends are succumbing to responsibilities and children, and he's increasingly left out in the cold. How can someone brilliantly equipped for meaningless relationships ensure that he'll continue to meet beautiful Julie Christie-like women and ensure that they'll throw him over before things get too profound? A brief encounter with a single mother sets Will off on his new career, that of "serial nice guy." As far as he's concerned--and remember, concern isn't his strong suit--he's the perfect catch for the young mother on the go. After an interlude of sexual bliss, she'll realize that her child isn't ready for a man in their life and Will can ride off into the Highgate sunset, where more damsels apparently await. The only catch is that the best way to meet these women is at single-parent get-togethers. In one of Nick Hornby's many hilarious (and embarrassing) scenes, Will falls into some serious misrepresentation at SPAT ("Single Parents--Alone Together"), passing himself off as a bereft single dad: "There was, he thought, an emotional truth here somewhere, and he could see now that his role-playing had a previously unsuspected artistic element to it. He was acting, yes, but in the noblest, most profound sense of the word." What interferes with Will's career arc, of course, is reality--in the shape of a 12-year-old boy who is in many ways his polar opposite. For Marcus, cool isn't even a possibility, let alone an issue. For starters, he's a victim at his new school. Things at home are pretty awful, too, since his musical therapist mother seems increasingly in need of therapy herself. All Marcus can do is cobble together information with a mixture of incomprehension, innocence, self-blame, and unfettered clear sight. As fans of Fever Pitch and High Fidelity already know, Hornby's insight into laddishness magically combines the serious and the hilarious. About a Boy continues his singular examination of masculine wish-fulfillment and fear. This time, though, the author lets women and children onto the playing field, forcing his feckless hero to leap over an entirely new--and entirely welcome--set of emotional hurdles. Code:
Still trying to find all the others requested. I want the Didymus Contigency also. Stephen Gresham The Fraternity During pledge week for the fraternities of Mantis College in Sweet River, Alabama, the pledges seeking membership in the rival Alpha and Omega houses get more than they had bargained for when they discover that they must be willing to surrender their humanity. Code:
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#742
27th January 2007
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These are all the Weird Tales I have so far. It's a Fantasy and Horror magazine.
Weird Tales Summer 2002 #328 EDITORIAL: Tolkien as a Horror Writer FICTION: "The Little Nightmusic That Could," by Stephen Woodworth "The Disciple," by Donald Barr Kirtley "Alicia," by Ian Watson "What Are You When the Moon Shall Rise," by Keith Taylor PLUS: Poetry by George Barr, Darrell Schweitzer, K.S. Hardy, Sally Parker, Chris Ferrier, Ruth Berman Code:
Weird Tales Oct/Nov 2006 #342 SPECIAL AUTHOR FEATURE: JOHN SHIRLEY: "Buried in the Sky" -- original fiction "The Claw Spurs" -- original fiction "Cyberpunk & Just Plain Punk" -- author interview FICTION: "For Fear of Dragons," by Carrie Vaughn "Space & Time Books," by Melissa Yuan-Innes "With the Good Samaritan," by William F. Nolan "Three Impossible Things," by Lisa Smedman "Dying Season," by Kelly McCollough "The Evil Sorceress," by Jennifer Savage PLUS: Book reviews by Scott Connors Art by George Barr and Alex McVey Cover art by Kirsty Pargeter; design by Stephen H. Segal Code:
Weird Tales Winter 1999/2000 #319 Doc and html FICTION: "Emissaries of Doom," by Keith Taylor "Deadline," by R.G. Evans "To Close a Door," by George Barr "The Old Man's Final Visit," by James Robert Smith "Agatha's Ghost," by Ramsey Campbell "Christmas Stalking," by James Van Pelt "Death Comes in the Window," by Chris Presta-Valachovic "Grand Guignol," by Andy Duncan "An Iron Bride," by Tanith Lee PLUS: Poetry by K.S. Hardy, Jill Bauman, Darrell Schweitzer, Bruce Boston, Joseph F. Pumilia, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Ruth Berman, David Sandner, J.W. Donnelly, Anne Sheldon Code:
Weird Tales Spring 1988 #290 The sixty-fifty anniversary issue of Weird Tales showcases the work of Featured Author Gene Wolfe and Featured Artist George Barr (who contributed all the artwork). Also includes work by Ramsey Campbell, F. Paul Wilson, T.E.D. Klein, Tanith Lee, and many more. Doc format Code:
Weird Tales Fall 1998 #292 The Fall 1988 issue of Weird Tales showcases the work of Featured Author Keith Taylor and Featured Artist Carl Lundgren. Also includes work by Tad Williams, Alan Rodgers, W.T. Quick, and many more. Code:
Weird Tales Summer 1988 #291 The Summer 1988issue of Weird Tales showcases the work of Featured Author Tanith Lee and Featured Artist Stephen Fabian (who did all the artwork). Includes contributions from Morgan Llywelyn, Brian Lumley, and many more. Code:
Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 #295 The Winter 1989/1990 issue of Weird Tales showcases Featured Author Brian Lumley (who contributed 3 stories and an interview) and Featured Artist Vincent di Fate (who contributed all the artwork). Also includes Keith Taylor, Phyllis Ann Karr, and more. Code:
Weird Tales Spring 1990 #296 The Spring 1990 issue of Weird Tales showcases the work of David J. Schow (Featured Author) and Janet Aulisio (Featured Artist, who contributed all the art in the issue). Also includes work by Tad Williams and Harry Turtledove. Code:
Weird Tales Summer 1990 #297 Weird Tales #297 showcases Nancy Springer as the Featured Author and Frank Kelly Freas (who did all the artwork) as the Featured Artist. Other contributors include Thomas Ligotti and John Brunner. Various formats Code:
Weird Tales Fall 1991 #302 This is the special William F. Nolan issue of Weird Tales, featuring a novella and a short story by this modern master, plus an interview. Also includes fiction by Robert Bloch, Tanith Lee, and many more. Code:
Weird Tales Spring 2004 #335 FEATURE: Terry Pratchett interview, by Joseph McCabe FICTION: "Lambert, Lambert," by Ian Watson "The Coffin Merchant," by Richard Middleton "Midnight," by Tanith Lee "Fig," by Robert Ferrigno "The Sacerdotal Owl," by Michael Bishop PLUS: Poetry by John Grey, Darrell Schweitzer, Lee Clark Zumpe, Jane Rice, George Barr Art by George Barr, Stephen E. Fabian, Bob Eggleton, Frank Kelly Freas, Allen Koszowski Code:
Weird Tales Fall 2006 #341 FEATURE: A centennial retrospective of Robert E. Howard, by Leo Grin FICTION: "The Elixir of Youth," by Brian Stableford "Fourth Avenue Interlude," by Richard Lupoff "Corpse's Wrath," by Keith Taylor "Aftermath," by Tina & Tony Rath "Conversation at the Tomb of the Unknown King," by Richard Parks "Revival," by Natalia Lincoln "Children of Moriah," by Robert Weinberg "Blackwater Ghosts," by Terry Sofian PLUS: Poetry by Joan Silsby, Lee Strong, Frederick S. Durbin, David Bain, Melissa Kirkwood Lewis Art by Roy G. Krenkel, Jill Bauman, Billy Tackett, George Barr, David Grilla, Alex McVey, Russell Morgan, Keith Minnion Code:
Weird Tales Summer 1999 #316 FICTION: "Daggers and a Serpent," by Keith Taylor "The Dead of Winter," by Mike Lange "A Soft Voice Whispers Nothing," by Thomas Ligotti "The Case of the Glass Slipper," by Ian Watson "A Single Shadow," by Stephen Dedman "A Goat in Trousers," by Lord Dunsany "One Summer Evening," by Catherine Mintz "Scarlet and Gold," by Tanith Lee PLUS: Poetry by John Grey, Kendall Evans, J.W. Donnelly, Bruce Boston, Darrell Schweitzer, Steve McComas, Blythe Ayne Code:
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29th January 2007
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Thanks for the books you have posted so far....where do you find these books...if you don't mind me ask.
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#744
29th January 2007
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Various forums on the web or I scan them myself
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#745
30th January 2007
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Hey candace,thanks for the books man.By the way,the High fidelity book comes in some .pdb format.am not able to figure out how to open it???
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#746
31st January 2007
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No problem! Here it is in text and here is a program that I use all the time for converting various formats, Word Magus. It is a very small program. When you install it, at the very end, let it run the program. Check all the boxes of the formats you would like to be able to change, don't forget the "other formats" tab. After that, all you have to do is right click on the document, book, whatever, and choose one of the "convert to..." on the list. It won't work on encrypted e-books, but there is not that many of those floating around. Ya'll enjoy!
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#747
1st February 2007
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hey cand ur the reason this thread is alive
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#748
1st February 2007
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I kind of noticed that. Here is a trilogy for ya'll.
Eve – The Sorority 1 Tamara Thorne 1st book in The Sorority series. The other two will be scanned and posted shortly. At an isolated university, the members of a secret society are the most powerful--and deadliest--women on campus. This first blood-chilling novel in a trilogy introduces this sisterhood of evil, a centuries-old coven in which every girl who pledges herself does so for life--or death. Code:
Merilynn - The Sorority 2 The second in a trilogy of chillers, set at a sorority where there operates a centuries-old coven. Since childhood, Merilynn has had the gift of future-sight. Now, as she is drawn into the circle of the sisterhood, she has terrifying glimpses of an evil bond. But is this the past - or the future? Code:
Samantha - The Sorority 3 The final blood-chilling novel in Thorne's trilogy. Journalism major Samantha Penrose infiltrates the secluded Gamma Eta Pi mansion as a new pledge to investigate Eve Camlan's "suicide" and Merilynn Morris's unexplained disappearance. But the secrets she uncovers are more than scandalous. Code:
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#749
6th February 2007
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No problem dude. I gave up my search for Didymus Contingency. Could not find it in any of the bookshops either. You've done great so far. I have found many interesting books in this thread.
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#750
6th February 2007
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I have the entire collection of James Rollins...including "Black Order".... interested?
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