I tried reading one of Dorothy Dunnet's books and I just couldn't get into it. Do they take a while to get into and get better as you read more. I actually...
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UPSCWRU@...
Nov 1, 1999 12:54 pm
Good day to you, my fellow reading fanatics (as our newest member, Donna, so aptly called us. Welcome, by the way). After a couple of months of either serious...
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Rumbletgr@xxx.xxx
Nov 1, 1999 2:41 pm
Hello Hilary! Thanks for the welcome! I only called myself a fanatic, but it if fits... ... them out at the library today! I'll let you know if I find...
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Richard Kitchen
corvus13@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 1, 1999 5:25 pm
... Yes, they are *very* hard to get into, but once you get the feel for her language and her millions of characters, you can follow along. Rick Kitchen...
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FLPORCH@xxx.xxx
Nov 2, 1999 5:27 am
In a message dated 11/1/99 4:09:37 AM Central Standard Time, lizpalmer193@... writes: << Dorothy Dunnet's books and I just couldn't get into it. Do...
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FLPORCH@xxx.xxx
Nov 2, 1999 5:31 am
In a message dated 11/1/99 6:53:39 AM Central Standard Time, UPSCWRU@... writes: << I'm finding out what happened *during* the course of the movie. The...
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Shirley Skinner
shirley@xxxxxx.xxxxx....
Nov 2, 1999 7:09 am
... From: <UPSCWRU@...> To: <histfict@onelist.com> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [histfict] Digest Number 324 I just got finished...
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Shirley Skinner
shirley@xxxxxx.xxxxx....
Nov 2, 1999 7:10 am
Which one did you read? For both series, you really need to start at the beginning and persevere - I can remember trying Queen's Game because I liked the...
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Liz Palmer
lizpalmer193@xxxxxxx....
Nov 3, 1999 12:01 am
It was actually Game of Kings, and I have to admit that I didn't get as far as 100 pages. Maybe I'll try again. I just had a million things to read at the...
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UPSCWRU@xxx.xxx
Nov 2, 1999 1:27 pm
Yes, I kind of assumed the book to be more accurate than the movie of Elizabeth. Which is kind of why I wanted to read a "complete"; book on the topic. The...
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Stephen Copson
xvc85@xxxx.xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 3, 1999 1:25 am
Yes, Liz, a slow dull beginning is typical of Dunnett; I found this with Game of Kings in particular. You have to persevere; part of the problem is the huge...
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Shirley Skinner
shirley@xxxxxx.xxxxx....
Nov 2, 1999 9:37 pm
It does, it does, I promise, but it does take more than 100 pages - unfortunately nearer 250 or so, but suddenly you're hooked and wonder how you found it...
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Liz Palmer
lizpalmer193@xxxxxxx....
Nov 3, 1999 1:08 am
Now that I know that is usual to find it hard to get into Dunnett books, I will give her another try. I wasn't sure whether this was just an author I didn't...
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Emily
arwen@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 3, 1999 5:12 am
... If nothing else, it's comforting to know that you're not the only one who struggled with it. I made it as far as page 275 of "The Game of Kings" before I ...
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FLPORCH@xxx.xxx
Nov 3, 1999 6:05 am
<< I still haven't decided whether I should be making an effort to identify the foreign phrases, or let them go for now and worry about them the next time. >> ...
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Shellelr@xxx.xxx
Nov 3, 1999 1:21 pm
I hooked into Game of Kings around page 100 and was glad I persevered. All is revealed and Lymond becomes enormously appealing by the end of the book. Shelle...
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Stephen Copson
xvc85@xxxx.xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 3, 1999 8:58 pm
Someone on the Marzipan list has produced a very useful booklet translating all but the Greek and Arabic phrases in the Lymond chronicles. I have a copy of...
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Lesley
the_fortiers@xxxxxxxx...
Nov 4, 1999 1:37 am
Speaking of Lady Dunnett, in a discussion elsewhere of her books (possibly rec.arts.books.hist-fict), mention was made of when the last book in the Niccolo...
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Stephen Copson
xvc85@xxxx.xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 5, 1999 2:01 am
Lesley, the last book in the Niccolo series is due out in 2000 (June IIRC) and will be called Gemini. This info comes from Bill Marshall who is the webmaster...
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Jo Kirkham
jo.kirkham@xxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 8:47 pm
The last book - number 8 - in the Niccolo Series is due out in June next year by latest reports. Her husband died last year - but I don't think that has been...
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Shellelr@xxx.xxx
Nov 4, 1999 10:49 pm
Bedridden with bronchitis; the perfect time to reread Gabaldon! Forcing myself to read Outlander page by page (and not skip through to my favorite parts!), and...
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DPinedale1@xxx.xxx
Nov 5, 1999 3:29 am
In a message dated 10/29/99 2:46:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, xvc85@... writes: Dale, I don't know if some messages have not reached me but your...
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Lesley
the_fortiers@xxxxxxxx...
Nov 5, 1999 4:04 am
I am, Jo. I'm about half through Pawn in Frankincense and am having a hard time putting it down. Though I'm finding it difficult reading about the way that ...
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UPSCWRU@...
Nov 5, 1999 1:24 pm
Shelle: now you are making me want to get bronchitis, if it means being able to read Gabaldon again!!! You're so lucky... Hilary ps - get well soon. Unless...
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Shellelr@...
Nov 5, 1999 2:18 pm
Dale, Casting no aspersions on what I'm sure is writing of high quality, the subject matter of your book sounds like something I might have been able to ...
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DPinedale1@...
Nov 5, 1999 3:22 pm
In a message dated 11/5/99 9:19:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, Shellelr@... writes: << Dale, Casting no aspersions on what I'm sure is writing of high...
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Shellelr@...
Nov 5, 1999 5:52 pm
In a message dated 11/05/1999 10:25:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... course, ... a ... fiction." ... Dale, If I had seen "Synopsis for Belinda," (Brenda?) I...
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Stephen Copson
xvc85@...
Nov 6, 1999 1:04 am
Oh dear, I have unwittingly stirred the pot. Sorry everyone. Dale, when I asked for a synopsis of your new book I was under the impression it would be...
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Stephen Copson
xvc85@...
Nov 6, 1999 1:20 am
Bronchitis, eh? Shelle, I hope you are tucked up in bed with hot water bottle, hot drink with good slug of fine malt, a warm plaid to wrap round you, a tin of...
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Shirley Skinner
shirley@...
Nov 5, 1999 8:03 pm
Every cloud has a silver lining, doesn't it?! Get well soon, Shelle. American Beauty isn't released in the UK until the New Year - I don't know why on earth...
