Hi All, Having just discovered the humorous works or Mr Bryson by reading "A walk in the woods", I wondered in what order the books were written as I would...
Hi Ian, It's always nice to hear from another Bill Bryson fan! I was thinking that perhaps you could just go to amazon.com and put in a search for his books; a...
Mandy, Thanks for that it was simple after I had worked my way through the various re-prints by different publishers, hard or paperback not to mention audio ...
Hi all- I haven't the patience to retype all my problems, and I need the traffic, so please visit my website at http://billbryson.tripod.com and click on...
Hi all have just joined and was thrilled to find a yahoo group on Bill Bryson. would like to know what was the first Bryson book you read? I started with...
hi all....I've just joined so will be looking forward to being part of the club.....been a fan of Bill bryson for a few years after a friend loaned me one of...
Hi First book I bought and read - Made in America. Not that it was the outrageous laugh the others are - but I loved the writing style - information without...
Kym Ramadge
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Aug 11, 2003 11:09 am
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Hi! The first BB book I read was "A Walk in the Woods". I can't even remember how I found out about him... Since that time, I've bought and read almost all his...
Hi Kym, My first Bryson read was A Walk in the Woods. I picked it up in an airport in Tampa and had never even heard of Bill Bryson at that time. I started...
Hi, That was my first read, also. I love everything I've ever read by him, although I haven't read Short History yet. Have you? Your book - is it in...
Hi Mandy, No, I haven't read Short History yet. I've heard mixed reviews - I think that is mainly because it is not his usual type of writing. At this time, my...
Hi Deanna, Thanks for the quick reply; I will look for your book online. I am in Ravenna, Ohio, which is about 30 miles southeast of Cleveland. I am a high...
Hi again, I just went to your website and really liked it, especially the intro. I am definitely going to purchase your book; I read excerpts and it sounds...
I lost my Bryson cherry to 'Notes from a Big Country' and have since read all the others. Despite being essentially a collection of newspaper columns, it is...
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my first book was notes from a small island. as a midwestern hick from a small town, i wanted to get the hell out of there and move to england, like bill. i...
Does anyone know when Bill Bryson's birthday is? I know he was born in 1951 (am almost sure that I read that somewhere) but for a specific date...I can't...
Hi Mandy Yes I live in Australia. We live in Melbourne and I am a graphic designer. BB's descriptions of Australia are all very accurate - and not...
Kym Ramadge
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Aug 20, 2003 10:02 pm
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Hi Kym, Thank you so much for your thoughtful response to my question. How cool that you live in Melbourne; it is strange that summer is ending here for us,...
To: billbrysonclub@yahoogroups.com 2003SEP14 Re: Contacting BB. Hi Everyone. I'm trying to contact my favourite author Bill Bryson...
Rex Jooste
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Sep 13, 2003 11:07 pm
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Hi Everyone, This is the first time that i have posted on your forum and i am looking to write to the great man himself. My reason for writting to him is i...
aren't we all looking for the elusive man! Gets me wondering why there's so little info on him beside the book jacket blurbs. Though it is understandable....
Hi! This is the second request for finding BB in the last couple of weeks or so. I recently published my first travel book (written BB style) and was hoping to...
Thankyou Deanna for your reply. I will write to him via his publisher as it seems many people have written to him and he replies via snail mail. Had a look at...
I've always thought that his blurbs are so short because so much of his life is revealed in his books. ... From: Rashmi [mailto:rushme_11@...] Sent:...
Oops! second attempt at posting, don't know what happened to my first message! Was going to say, I thought Bill was supposed to be moving back to the UK, or...
Hello everyone I just joined the group and was reading through past messages and someone asked what was the first Bill Bryson book we had read.. well my answer...
Hi! You're right about all the books. But I think he wasn't talked into "I'm a Stranger Here Myself". It's a collection of collumns in a newspaper. You have to...
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