Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:22 pm
What would you find if you went back and reread all of your favourite books from childhood? Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness, in this memoir. Re-reading and re-living these books, and investigating their literary origins and rich histories, Francis Spufford reveals what it was like to be an obsessive reader as a child. As the book unfolds, so too he gradually uncovers his own childhood and his unique reason for taking refuge in stories from a world full of unbearable knowledge.
Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:30 pm
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Aesthetics wrote:Stop playing around Fredd-E, get some sleep!!
Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:17 pm
Korona 1969 wrote:and a memoir called "The Child that Books Built" by Francis Spufford.What would you find if you went back and reread all of your favourite books from childhood? Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness, in this memoir. Re-reading and re-living these books, and investigating their literary origins and rich histories, Francis Spufford reveals what it was like to be an obsessive reader as a child. As the book unfolds, so too he gradually uncovers his own childhood and his unique reason for taking refuge in stories from a world full of unbearable knowledge.
Neels wrote:Aesthetics wrote:Stop playing around Fredd-E, get some sleep!!
Yeah, that's right!
Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:27 pm
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I just edited my post due to a mistake.Aesthetics wrote:The link doesn't work. Perhaps you can paste a list Fredd-E?
Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:28 pm
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Aesthetics wrote:Show off!
I'm amazed that you don't already have some of those.. why didn't you wait for a sale?
Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:22 am
Fredd-E wrote:Aesthetics wrote:Show off!
I'm amazed that you don't already have some of those.. why didn't you wait for a sale?
Three items are on sale as you can see. And I didn't want to wait for an AE-sale because I needed the Quaristice limited edition badly so I ordered the whole bunch! But I still miss the following albums: anti, anvil vapre, garbage, envane, lp5...
Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:12 am
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harpoon dodger wrote:I bought this movie called..Martin. It's an old George Romero movie about vampires. I haven't watched it yet but it sounds pretty interesting..Romero owns!
Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:23 pm
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harpoon dodger wrote:ipod 80gb, ut2004 and weed
Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:10 pm
Cupz wrote:harpoon dodger wrote:ipod 80gb, ut2004 and weed
A great combo
Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:36 pm