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75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Piyush's 75 Challenge		75	PiyushChourasia, Today 3:46am
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Hogwarts Express : random conversations		43	biblioholic29, Tuesday 9:50am
888 Challenge : Zero's 888		65	zanix, October 4
What Are You Reading Now? : Banned Books Week: Sept 27 - Oct 4		35	detailmuse, October 4
Banned Books : Week		10	karen5l, September 30
1001 Books to read before you die : September 2008: Which Book from the 1001 List are You Reading?		83	jfetting, September 30
Book talk : The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones - Cancelled for Islamic Themes		15	jlelliott, September 27
Children's Fiction : non-series books to read aloud to 9 and 12 year olds?		26	mindylou182, September 26
1001 Books to read before you die : Post with touchstone for all 1001?		16	arukiyomi, September 10
1001 Books to read before you die : What books are you most and least looking forward to reading on the list?		21	jlelliott, September 6
20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library?		87	atlargeinthewrld, September 3
1001 Books to read before you die : August 2008: Which Book from the 1001 List are You Reading?		113	ktleyed, August 30
50 Book Challenge : iamwrappedupinbooks is becoming even MORE wrapped up in books		14	iamwrappedupinbooks, August 29
List Five Books Parlour Game : children		13	bedda, August 16
Rushdie Lovers : Rushdie favorites		11	rosemeria, July 16
List Five Books Parlour Game : Five Books as Rorshach test		7	laytonwoman3rd, July 15
Reading Globally : Group Theme Read: June-Voluntary Immigration		54	Samantha_kathy, July 6
The Green Dragon : ALL NEW! Cranky Crabs with Cake Pants		482	Musereader, June 20
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 June 2008		217	dperrings, June 17
1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game		300	BKieras, June 16
1001 Books to read before you die : Toughest books to get through		111	0bazooka0, June 7
50 Book Challenge : Tropics' May 2008 List		2	tropics, May 26
50 Book Challenge : poplin's 2008 Challenge		6	poplin, May 11
Book talk : Interesting Idea - "Books I'm Afraid to Re-Read"		38	hockey101, April 25
Early Reviewers : The Enchantress of Florence		6	chelseagirl, April 24
Bestsellers over the Years : 1989		14	keren7, April 14
1001 Books to read before you die : Muslim women in the 1001		11	Nickelini, April 14
50 Book Challenge : Lhea's 100 for 2008		11	LheaJLove, March 15
The Library of Babel Book Club : Book Club Choices for 2008		1	TeenAuthor, March 11
The Green Dragon : Which books are not appropriate as gifts?		24	elbakerone, March 7
50 Book Challenge : MedeaMoon Book List		3	MedeaMoon, March 2
The Green Dragon : The Impenetrable Book		8	TeenAuthor, February 25
What Are You Reading Now? : First Line Game Vol. 3		246	dancingstarfish, February 15
Dormant: Book talk : I love this author!		7	vpfluke, February 11
Dormant: Book talk : Which book did you give up reading this month? Why?		69	usnmm2, February 5
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Dormant: 888 Challenge : Elise's 888		4	CEP, December 2007
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Dormant: Signed books : Signed Books		18	WholeHouseLibrary, August 2007
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Dormant: Book talk : I have never read anuything by Salman Rushdie		14	januaryw, August 2007
Dormant: Book talk : I hate Harry Potter: the hyping of books		41	LadyN, July 2007
Dormant: Christianity : novels (fiction) critical of and other religions		93	JeremiahBailey, July 2007
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Dormant: Science Fiction Fans : Should Scientists Write SF?		354	AsYouKnow_Bob, July 2007
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Dormant: GenX in PDX: A Librarians Book Group : April 27, 2007: The second meeting		1	librarianna, May 2007
Dormant: The Green Dragon : Another milestone!		6	RuneFirestar, April 2007
Dormant: MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : What books do YOU wish your book club would read?		26	cmbohn, April 2007
Dormant: Book talk : Personal experiences with censorship		86	pollysmith, March 2007
Dormant: MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : You're Invited!: Greater Los Angeles Area Book Clubs		2	mypcjen, January 2007
Awful Lit. : Awful Classics?		482	jhw2008, Yesterday 7:26pm
50 Book Challenge : Zero to 150 - 2008		90	zanix, Friday 4:38pm
Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this con't...		148	ZanKnits, Tuesday 10:34pm
50 Book Challenge : Piyush's 50 books challenge		30	PiyushChourasia, Tuesday 1:22am
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Read YA Lit : What is your least-favourite YA title?		211	sfs76, September 30
20-Something LibraryThingers : Books Read in High School English		28	writemeg, September 29
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 August 2008		191	cameling, September 14
What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads August 2008		40	dchaikin, September 10
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #1: JULY. 2008		270	teelgee, July 16
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 15 March 2008		158	Storeetllr, March 28
Book talk : Guess the book!		377	dreamlikecheese, March 6
Dormant: Book talk : Everyone hates the POSTMODERN novels we love!		67	Madcow299, December 2007
Dormant: Librarians who LibraryThing : Patron refuses to return sex ed books to public library		43	timspalding, November 2007

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie Devil's Waltz by Jonathan Kellerman The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho The Devil on Horseback by Victoria Holt

Hi Billie I guess the feedback for The Satanic Verses would be the same, amazing book but difficult to read, actually, you start appreciating the book for what it is only after you reach the climax, before that though its quite interesting, you may tend to get lost. Overall, I guess a very ...

... I don't think we should sell Satanist books. Me: We're a Waldenbooks do we sell Satanist books? Coworker: You know like The Satanic Verses and The Poisonwood Bible Me: (long pause) Um, you do know those are works of fiction right? One is about the writing of the Koran and the other is ...

Hi, PiyushChourasia! What did you think of The Satanic Verses? I had been wanting to read that, but I just recently read Midnight's Children and found it pretty difficult although ultimately rewarding. --BJ

... full-tilt-boogie into Midnight's Children. If I were to start you on a Rushdie readership, I would hand you a copy of The Satanic Verses and send you off to a corner to snerkle, wrestle, and puzzle your way through the author's obsessions. IMHO this book, which caused kerfuffle and whoop-d ...

#47 The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

#47 The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

... mindsets, we have to remember that this can be a life and death decision. People associated with the publication of The Satanic Verses actually died, and I can see how a publishing company might want to keep their employees from being stabbed to death by fanatics. That book really didn't ...

I think I'll read The Satanic Verses or Lolita.

Finished and really enjoyed The Satanic Verses. Now I am reading Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which includes three (or two, according to the new list) of the 1001 "books", all of which are very short stories. A good way to up your number if you are interested in that ;o).

Let's see for Banned Book Week this year...I will read a new one Satanic Verses (since I own it in my TBR pile) and my all time favorite The Phantom Tollbooth. The human race divides itself politically into those who want to be controlled, and those who have no such desire. -- Robert ...

I'm reading The Satanic Verses and I am loving it so far. I think this willl end up being my favorite book by Rushdie. I love the depiction of the prophet and the ideas about god, and of course his engaging writing style.

It's not Ring or Satanic Verses, but you're in the ballpark with the Middle East.

... about the middle east or India or Islam but for the life of me I can't think of the title. So I am going to guess at The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie.

... although I was underwhelmed by Oliver Twist and Kim. Ran into a few "interesting" reads: Against Nature, Demian and The Satanic Verses that kept me bemused if not necessarily amused. Perhaps I just wasn't in the right mood last month. 1t. Blindness by José Saramago 1t. The Magi ...

>155 Salman Rushdie...I'd say, for my own tastes, I'd start you on the most famous one: The Satanic Verses. I consider it a great intro to the man's fascination with an idea, which he follows to its logical end, and which the reader is asked to suspend their preconceived notions of where a book S ...

I just completed Satanic Verses and I have to say, the third time is the charm. I got through the first 20 pages and it took off! I hope "notenoughbookshelves" (note 1) returns to "Verses" and finds the same thing. I did start reading Islam, a Short History by Karen Armstrong at the same ...

... Adventures of Augie March. I also plan to read Foe by J.M. Coetzee (my first Coetzee). Last month, I finished Satanic Verses -- a good read!

Blindness (#195) ****½ by José Saramago 08/25/08 The Satanic Verses **** by Salman Rushdie 08/26/08 Thomas Hardy *** by Claire Tomalin 08/28/08 "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 08/30/08

... The Book of Evidence Cat’s Eye Foucault’s Pendulum The Beautiful Room is Empty Wittgenstein’s Mistress The Satanic Verses The Swimming-Pool Library Oscar and Lucinda Libra The Player of Games Nervous Conditions The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul Dirk Gently ...

OC: Blindness, The Satanic Verses EX: Thomas Hardy

#35 Satanic Verses is an amazing book, it makes more sense once you reach the end, definitely a superb read second time around though. Satanic Verses is the only Salman Rushdie work I have read till date. #45 J. R. R. Tolkien is an amazing writer, read The Hobbitt and loved it. L ...

27. The Satanic Verses

#10 I have been trying to read The Satanic Verses for two months. I do not have a clue what is going on, but I just keep reading. I am almost half way through the book and wish it would just be done! It gives me great hope that you are having a more pleasant experience the second time around. ...

... saddens me. It sounds as though RH didn't want to create a situation similar to what happened to Salman Rushdie after The Satanic Verses was published, or perhaps they just didn't want all the PR headaches that might come with publishing a book that may anger some in the Islamic community. ...

I just started The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I must say I find it more engaging then the first time I attempted it.

... What I'm getting at is I don't understand why studying contemporary literature seems to be left until college. Why not read Salman Rushdie, Khaled Hosseinni, Cormac McCarthy or Phillip Roth? I don't think you should eliminate classics altogether, but I think plenty of students would take ...

The Lucifer Contract by Maan Meyers The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie The Devil's Disciples by Susanna Gregory Satan's Lambs by Lynn S. Hightower A Personal Devil by Roberta Gellis

About A Boy by Nick Hornby Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Small World by David Lodge A Kid for Two Farthings by Wolf Mankowitz We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

The Bones in the Womb by Patricia Tyrrell Shame by Salman Rushdie Innocent Blood by P D James The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett Washing Line by Jez Alborough

... sold some of their books and I bought: - Van de koele meren des Doods - Frederik van Eeden (Dutch literature.) - Duivelsverzen - Salman Rushdie (Dutch translation of Satanic verses.) - Das Parfum - Patrick Suskind - A portrait of an artist as a young man - James Joyce

#434 - Some people got born without a brain. I think people like that need to be sent to Iran, packing a box load of the Satanic Verses ;-)

... and forcing various family members to listen to passages I read aloud. What a fabulous writer. This is the precursor to Satanic Verses. No wonder he got himself into trouble. Shame is much less subtle than Satanic Verses.

... begun and abandoned: Life Of Pi, One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Henderson The Rain King, The Plumed Serpent, and The Satanic Verses. Maybe I should make a renewed effort to finish them while swinging in my hammock this summer. Books on this list which I've read and placed high on ...

Hello everyone, I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring! Here's my list of 2008 reads; I actually started the first one on March 1st (I had some issues before then that made personal reading impossible), but I'm still attempting to reach at least 50 by December 31st. In case you couldn't ...

... general) to his other works? I've added it to my TBR list already but I'd love more info. As for me, I'd have to say The Satanic Verses is probably my favorite. It was my first Rushdie and inspired me to seek out the rest of his books. As a religion major, I loved the way he wove the ...

I see your Satanic Verses, and raise you a Jazz by Toni Morrison...

Read The Satanic Verses. How about Haroun and the Sea of Stories?

... other work. Very much looking forward to his newest offering, once I can snag a copy. For now though, I'll offer The Satanic Verses, so continue with the Rushdie 1001 hits. Any takers?

#2 Where are you teaching The Satanic Verses? I've had a copy for about 20 years (is that possible?) and pick it up every once in awhile, read the first page, then decide I'm not smart enough for it. I would love some reference points with which to approach it, so I don't miss TOO much. I'll ...

I'm sitting looking longing at my copy, but as I'm currently teaching The Satanic Verses, I thought it might be too confusing to read two Rushdies simultaneously.

Shame by Salman Rushdie has a lovely gloss on translation and immigration--using the Rubaiyat Omar Khayam to explore what is lost (and gained) in the "translation" of both people and literature.

... Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time **½ 12. Tobias Wolff - The Barracks Thief ***½ 13. Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses **** 14. E.L. Doctorow - Ragtime ***½ 15. Michael Chabon - Wonder Boys **½ 16. Junot Díaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ***

... have Sophie's World ... so I'll see what all the buzz is about. Still reading Kafka on the Shore and The Satanic Verses

... my personal denial of the fact that I need to get my life together. Still I read. So I picked up a few more books The Satanic Verses and The Pillars of the Earth. I must admit that I am quite intimidated by both. First, I've never read a 1,000 page book before in my life. Okay- 97 ...

... by Miyuki Miyabe June: About a Boy by Nick Hornby July: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury August: The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie September: Undecided October: Undecided November: Undecided December: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens * * ...

... out. I recall an incident where my brother's ex-girlfriend got peeved at me because I had a copy of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses in clear view. I did not understand that she was Persian in heritage, she seemed like the last person who would be conservative about controversial ideas, ...

Finished The Road 03/01/08. Started Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, it's a long one.

... Adventures in Wonderland, which was just as demanding for some reason or other. I got the same problem when reading The Satanic Verses. I like a good book, but some of them are so good you simply can't read them all in one sitting it appears. You don't put it down because it's terrible, ...

... if other people had such books in their lives. For me, its anything J.D. Salinger ever wrote, the Harry Potter books, The Satanic Verses, American Psycho...I always wonder if these books are going to hold up over time and I liked them all (except HP Book 7) so much the first time I read ...

I thought dancingstarfish got teelgee's line with Still Life with Woodpecker. And then I got dancingstarfish's one from Satanic Verses. So the two lines are (I think) mine: "You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded ...

Satanic Verses??

... the Boundaries by Jackie French Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

I love Andrea Barrett, Ursula Hegi, Salman Rushdie, Naguib Mahfouz.......just to name a few favorites.

"You may want to try the infamous Satanic Verses, but I haven't read it myself so I don't know if there are any main female characters." One of the main characters in indeed female, but not Muslim. I love this book, but I don't think it's quite what you're looking for. The only one of Rushdi ...

... Ground Beneath Her Feet, the main female character becomes a wild, western rock star. You may want to try the infamous Satanic Verses, but I haven't read it myself so I don't know if there are any main female characters. Let us know if you find a suitable book.

Is it The Satanic Verses?

On another thread, I was one of several to admit trouble with Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses. I am recommitting to a read in 2008. I am currently reading the Thomas Mann book titled The Magic Mountain. I've enjoyed other works by Mann and I'm enjoying this, but it is "demanding". T ...

Alas! I love The Satanic Verses! I was a religion major though, and took a lot of classes on Islam back in the day, which I imagine helped me make sense of the book. The historical story of the Satanic verses is fascinating too, though it only gets mentioned tangentially in the book, as I ...

I too have tried The Satanic Verses and not finished it--the strange thing is that it wasn't that I found it boring or uninteresting, I simply felt that I didn't understand the significance of the action. If I had read it for a class and had been guided by a professor who knew more about the ...

Wow! Too, much! I, too, have tried The Satanic Verses on two different occassions with the same result. I am unpacking a lot of boxed books this month, so when I find it, I will add it to my 2008 TBR list. Most: Anything by Ian McEwan. I've never read his work and he seems well regarded ...

... Lessing Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot 8 Nonfiction Foreskin's Lament by Shalom Auslander Ghost Pla ...

You know, my brother RAVES about the Satanic Verses. I have to get around to seeing what it's all about. I just picked up Love in the Time of Cholera last month, but I honestly haven't got around to reading it yet. Geez, the more I read everyone's lists. The more I realize how far I am ...

... Marquez is my favourite love story, written with all the lushness and magic realism that GGM is famous for. Finally, Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie is a thought-provoking look at the interface of religion, tradition, modern urban society, again with a touch of dramatic magic to make ...

... on something the more popular it becomes.. I'm sure that's right and possibly the only reason I bought Salmon Rushdie's The Satanic Verses when I'd already decided I wasn't too keen on some of his other works. In the case of Pullman I think making the film made a big difference as ...

... Robert Penn Warren, Daphne DuMaurier, Georges Simenon, and Irving Stone died. Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses. Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Booker Prize for Remains of the Day. Anne Tyler won a Pulitzer for Breathing Lessons. Gore Vidal ...

... but my male companions enjoyed it. The Pillars of the Earth is in my to be read pile. I tried and failed to read The Satanic Verses. It was too mind blowingly boring and it was lost upon me what people found so offensive. If such a fuss had not been made it would never have become a ...

... among LT owners of Steel. 5. Caribbean, historical fiction by James Michener has 294 owners and 5 reviews. 6. The Satanic Verses by Salmon Rushdie has 2,453 owners and 16 reviews. Controversial, set in India and dealing with Islam in a way many felt negative. 7. The Russia ...

... list of banned books at Wikipedia. My plan is to finally read The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

... The question asked whether it was ever justifiable to censor books, and the module pack mentioned examples including satanic verses and this book that I can't remember the title of, but it was written by a woman from the perspective of a paedophile. That was trivky, but her point was that ...

... slowly, but I ended up becoming engaged and really enjoying it once I got about halfway in. I'm thinking about giving up The Satanic Verses--I just can't see where the plot is going and I'm sure that I don't understand the symbolism / meaning of many things (and I'm not sure I care enough to ...

This is my first post here and I'm really looking forward to spending a lot of time here. I disliked Satanic Verses and didn't finish it, I managed to get through Shalimar The Clown last week but only becuase I was forced to. My m.i.l is an retired teacher and gives me books to read that ...

I started with The Satanic Verses, but that was only because it was assigned for a class. I remember enjoying it...

... which I daresay has some shades of autobiography in it. I also enjoyed The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, and The Satanic Verses. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an easy, quick read; I think I read somewhere that it was Rushdie's metaphorical response to the post-Satanic Verses ...

... books combined. I tend to avoid hype, but I'm glad that I decided to join in "making a statement" in the case of The Satanic Verses. I didn't expect to enjoy the book, but ended up discovering one of my favorite authors. I'm also glad that I finally gave in after an older friend who ...

...drat...I missed the 666 opportunity (Portia quickly enters The Satanic Verses out of order so she can PRETEND she entered it as #666) (Portia notices that 2000+ people have already entered The Satanic Verses and selects a more obscure title to masquerade as #666....The Devil in Legend ...

... a novel about the history of philosophy by Jostein Gaarder (first edition) Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (signed) The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (signed)

I just started The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I am planning to go to Europe (mainly London/UK, probably Paris, maybe Spain) for the first time at the end of next month; so, I am reading "Why France? American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Phenomenon", edited by Laura Lee Downs and S ...

The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie Running With The Devil: Power, Gender And Madness In Heavy Metal Music - Walser Satan: His Psychotherapy And Cure By The Unfortunate Doctor Kassler - Jeremy Leven The Devil's Highway: A True Story The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger

... Dictionary Martin L. A. Sternberg Main-Travelled Roads Hamlin Garland Murder Must Advertise Dorothy L. Sayers The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie The Sardonic Humor of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce

... creative or innovative -- or perhaps more relevant for Today and reference Jihads, etc? (would the example of Rushdie and The Satanic Verses from more recent history be more suiting?) Or I could use Godwin's Law itself as an analogy for Mob mentalitity once an observation/idea becomes an ...

Honeymoon in Hell by Fredric Brown The Advocate's Devil by Alan M. Dershowitz The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie A Pen Warmed-Up in Hell: Mark Twain in Protest The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

I think The Satanic Verses was loved by all. Wasn't it?

... Alice Walker And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson Geography Club, by Brent Hartinger The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie Before Night Falls, by Reinaldo Arenas Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane

... and, i guess, her oranges are not the only fruit is quite critical also. the most obvious title would be the satanic verses by Salman Rushdie, and i think it could be interpreted that the left behind books are critical of other faiths, i am not sure if that really ...

... over again. Rushdie began writing to his own formula after the brilliant achievements of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses. Eco, too, after The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum (see the discussion thread on the new Eco group). I was disappointed to find the ...

#3 - Here ya go, Grizzly! The Satanic Verses Oh, Salmon, not Salman! Never mind!

... the students in my cohort refused to read them on the basis of their theology - while, the fuss that was made about the the satanic verses was mainly because of the death warrant put out for rushdie than the actual book, i am guessing. the actual suggestions in there about islam are far ...

... love all the philip pullman's dark materials books, mainly because of their theology, though i disagree with #79 - what is the satanic verses apart from a grown up dissection of Islam? in a lot of ways, it's quite similar to the pullman books. is that heresy to say that? ::grins:: i have ...

#4: Hi, Jessica ~ I haven't read Satanic Verses yet, but your description of it makes me want to (try, anyway)!

I just joined Library thing, and was amazed to see Satanic Verses show up on more hate lists than praising lists. It is a real challenege, I know. I had to read it for school, which is probably the only reason I got through it the first time. That's right, I went back and read it for fun - ...

... literary-related events & book clubs.... including selections like The Shadow of the Wind, The Satanic Verses, Artemis Fowl, Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident, All the Pretty Horses, Germinal, Blindness, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Gla ...

... - i think i got through the first page of Wuthering Heights before i gave up. permanently. and RUSHDIE. do not read The Satanic Verses. it was an absolute chore.

... I can see that ... asking us to essentially reconsider, that's going too far. Also, I was a bookseller in Chicago when The Satanic Verses came out ... we carried it and received a number of phone calls, all in our support. Re: alligators/crocodiles ... isn't nostril placement ...

... People Connection schedule -- including Gone With the Wind, Germinal by Emile Zola, selected Anton Chevkov plays, The Satanic Verses (though that's modern), and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I've been thinking of throwing Absalom, Absalom into the mix because I enjoyed the ...

... ships, so I was permanently lost during the 'suspenseful' ship chase. My own personal hate was Salmon Rushdie's Satanic Verses. I found it unreadable and pretentious.