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About meI'm a software developer, an entrepreneur, a snowboarder. I don't read as much as I'd like to. I'm addicted to books, I buy more books than I can read and I can't leave a good bookstore without buying some books.

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Currently readingThe Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
Follies of Power: America's Unipolar Fantasy by David P. Calleo
The Sirens of Titan: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Huis Clos, suivi de Les Mouches (Folio) (French Edition) by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Hello xtien,
the original title is "Hidden Histories of Science".
Peter
Je bent Kaplan van Leon de Winter aan het lezen; dat doet me deugd. Ik hoop dat je zult genieten van dat mooie verhaal.
Theo de Klerk
xtien, sorry for the late reply!
Proulx's book "Der wolkenlose Tag" is a very short and tiny collection of three short stories. Originally they were in "Heart Songs and other Stories", but it's not the whole book so please don't combine it with anything.
This little booklet was a special edition that was only available for a few weeks in 2003 and was distributed by our biggest chain bookstore. I found that you also can't find it by ISBN because all the little booklets in that collection (around 30 I believe) have exactly the same ISBN.
Goedemorgen,
Oorspronkelijke titel van het verhaal "Stone City" uit de bundel "Heart Songs And Other Storie" is verschenen bij Simon & Schuster Inc., New York 1995. De uitgave van het enkele verhaal is in opdracht van de Boekhandels Groep Nederland tot stand gekomen. Waarschijnlijk is dit een éénmalige uitgave geweest. Overigens, een prachtig verhaal !
Met vriendelijke groet,
Theo de Klerk.
U hebt helemaal gelijk, die is niet van Hermans. Vandaar ook dat er tussen haakjes "WF Bernards" achter stond. Het boek (strip eigenlijk) is een parodie op Hermans' De donkere kamer van Damocles. Maar ik heb het aangepast.
The original English title for Iain Banks' "syyllisyys" is Complicity.
Christine, ik vond "Eckart's notes" erg geslaagd. Maar ik kende de hele man niet en wist niks van de achtergrond voordat ik het begon te lezen. Het gaat vooral over het opzetten van een bedrijf met een cellenstructuur (kleine clubjes die zichzelf moeten bedruipen). Ik vond het erg interessant en vooral goed geschreven.
I guess my problem with "refactoring" is that re-writing could also be subdivided. Writers could speak of refactoring and rewriting, or make up other gradations. They don't and in not doing so they preserve something important—it's all part of a process. "Refactoring" seems like a premature optimization—of language.
Well I like these:
Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Teddy

:)
I'm not sure of your area of interests - but the following are some books that I've read and re-read - and will probably read again!!

AVA - Carole Maso
Fall on Your Knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald
Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
The History of Love - Nicole Krauss

I'd love to hear from you if any of these strikes you so!
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