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Chronicle Of A Death Foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Just what the title professes. The story of the murder of a prominent Arab businessman in a small South American town. Marquez completely immerses you in the culture, and the quirky and many times humorous atmosphere of the town itself. He...

Oz The Great And Powerful 3 1/2 Stars Pretty darn good. James Franco made a good Oz. My daughter loved it and she is a pretty big fan of the first movie. I'll defer to her expertise.

Little Bird Of Heaven - Joyce Carol Oates 4 stars A Story of two youths in a small town in upstate New York, who's lives are terribly altered when one's father is accused of violently killing the other's mother. JCO is one of the best writers I've read when it comes to the application of...

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood what you were saying about why you didn't want to read it? Anyway, no offense meant. I just thought you might have enjoyed it.

Sounds like you have been overexposed to the whole, "Government is going to put microchips in us and herd us into labor camps" mentality. I understand why you might skip the plot against America. I probably would too if I knew people like that. I'm the opposite. I thought we were a little hasty...

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. - Redd Foxx

Oops, that was @ SFG75, not BeerGood. Sorry.

I don't know how to quote people, so : @ BG, Nice article, thanks for posting that. I agreed with the author regarding the plot against America, in that, after about ten pages you are really there. I am looking forward to American Pastoral. I think Roth is leaving some pretty big shoes to fill...

Lost an entire Saturday afternoon. Encore ran the whole Shogun miniseries back to back. I loved that book, and only vaguely remembered the series from childhood. I could not shut it off. Not sure why. Even as the time slipped away I remember thinking, this isn't that good...

No, it was just good old fashioned racism. Lol Anyhow I will check it out. I would imagine they hold a dim view of American intelligence services. But I am interested. I liked Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy and it got me interested in British intelligence stuff. Hopefully they have it in the on...

I was just laughing when I saw that because my first thought was they changed the name in the U.S. out of political correctness. Then I imagined scrolling through my channel listings and seeing a show called "spooks". Anyway sorry I have a dumb sense of humor. Too much Chappelle show. If I get...

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It begins.......... BBC News - Antarctic Lake Vostok yields 'new bacterial life'

Happy belated Birthday! I am glad you had a nice one! :)

I think if the right production company gets hold of a story, they get the right director, and they get a quality cast, then anything is possible. One good example for me is the movie Gone, Baby Gone, adapted from a pretty darn good Dennis LeHane novel. I like the book a lot, but the movie in my...

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Scott Pelley interviewed the guy that was responsible for saving the manuscripts on the CBS evening news last night. Very cool.

^ Yikes! Just thought about the girl I've been dating for a few months..... I think they're... brown. maybe? Pretty sure. :blink:

The Museum Of Dr. Moses - Joyce Carol Oates :stars3: + Collection of Dark short stories. And I mean dark. Not a glimmer of hope or light, but Oates is a masterful writer. Seems like she could write convincingly about almost anything.