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Post by macdoc » Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:43 am

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Guy is an evocative writer......the film people seem to agree.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by macdoc » Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:44 am

He is remarkable.
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Hooked on Peter Hoeg - like a literary jigsaw puzzle to solve
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yur so bad with that provocative avatar....some hentai beckons. :thinks:
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by macdoc » Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:53 pm

Well I'm here on the south coast of Australia and might as well read about its charting.
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Written by Flinders and very readable - guy was fastidious in his work and while deferential to earlier explorers was not afraid of correcting them ...even Cook....as of course Flinders has better tools and a narrower mandate.
Partner says some of his work survive even now in nautical charts.. The illustrations are fascinating.
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His body was only located in 2019 under a tube station ....he certainly deserves and is getting better recognition for his work as the Great Investigator. :td:
Lots of references to Flinders in the SA area we are and the Flinders Range of mountains.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:53 am

Catharine MacKinnon’s Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989). Pretty good. Still resonates today, and though the chapter on porn suffers by dint of being a pre-digital perspective she nonetheless makes some very interesting, and challenging, points in her arguments for outlawing it.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:37 am

Bourgeoisie :tea:
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by macdoc » Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:43 pm

Another Mitchener??
Always loved the blend of factual information and fictional story telling.
This guy seems similar...Pulitzer winner too...and very prolific.
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La Place de la Concorde Suisse
In Suspect Terrain
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Giving Good Weight
Coming into the Country
The Survival of the Bark Canoe
Pieces of the Frame
The Curve of Binding Energy
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:27 pm

Some discrete math books.

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by JimC » Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:56 am

I'm currently reading (on Kindle) a SF series by Olan Thorensen, Destiny's Crucible. It uses a version of a trope I find interesting, where someone from modern day Earth finds themselves on an alternative world, or another planet, or another realm, where the technology is well behind current levels (sometimes with magic, but often without). As is fairly typical, our hero finds himself trying to help his adopted people against some nasty invaders, and uses his knowledge of technology to help the military struggle. This series is well written (they can sometimes be wooden) and interesting.

It reminds me of a task I've often been tempted to do, which is to develop a type of classification system for SF and Fantasy books. On current day Earth, or in the future? Magic only, technology only, or an interesting combination? All sorts of fine divisions, each book or series occupying a point in a multi-dimensional hyper volume...
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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Oct 03, 2022 11:14 am

In that vein is Alasdair Reynolds' Century Rain: a clever, noirish crime thriller set in a 1950s Paris after the Nazis have won the war in which humans from a non-alternative future are mysteriously embedded. I won't spoil it if you've not read it, but Reynolds' way around the time paradox is ingenious, and the contrast between the bakelite-and-valve mundanity of the detective story and the overarching zing of future engineering fantasy is deftly handled.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Tero » Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:45 am

This
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Jim Pembroke's path to Finnish rock legend.

Jim Pembroke's (1946–2021) autobiography is about an English boy who moved from swinging London to a small town in North Savoia in the 60s. Pembroke was made a pop star almost overnight, when music industry professionals got a hint about the British singer who settled in Finland. His career continued in Wigwam, which was one of the most important bands in Finnish rock history and reached the threshold of international success. Wigwam's active period ended in 1979, but the unique band managed to return to the stage several times, the last time in 2018. Pembroke also worked, e.g. With Hurriganes, Riki Sorsa and Kojo.

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I've got the book now. The tone of the book is to be entertaining overall. The translator could easily be a music journalist, as the language is rather polished in music magazine style. I've only got to the arrival in Finland. The first Finnish musicians he runs into are Eero, Jussi and the Boys. Heh, the same band was at my Finnish school's only party I ever attended at age 15, only it was Jussi and The Boys. I also saw The Roosters that night, but no Gutsi in it. Pohjola (Wigwam bassist) got trained in the Raittinen band, and drummer Ronnie was probably in it at one point. Jussi is sort of the John Mayall of the Finnish Music scene all through the 60s and 70s. Jussi played rock and a bit of country. He recorded Ob La Di Ob La Da in Finnish. I left Finland about the time Jim was getting settled there. My next big music event (at 16, going into junior year at the suburban Chicago high school) was Ruisrock. Jussi Raittinen was again there as back up band for "Badding" Somerjoki. I was delighted to hear rock sung in Finnish, as little as it was at the time. Rock in Finnish did not arrive till Juice Leskinen and Hector invented it. At the Ruisrock festival (first ever!) I best remember Family and Made In Sweden, but that is the site of the tracks of the deluxe Fairyport for Wigwam. Of the Love records artists of the early years Jim mentions MA Numminen. I think I came home with his LP and my mom was delighted with Swingin Kutsu.
The band played mostly covers at the festival. Their own music was hard to play with four men live. They did it at times. Jim's anti Vietnam war song

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by macdoc » Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:05 pm

Book 2 of 21. Post Captain.....
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