Has anyone else out there read the new Jonathan Carroll story, "The Great Walt of China", in the February issue of Playboy? I can't say I thought very much of...
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ifah2@...
Feb 12, 1999 4:05 am
I liked this story.(This months Playboy) The illustration next to it could throw people off... ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/rondua Free...
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ifah2@...
Feb 12, 1999 4:05 am
Yes, I read it. I rather liked it. It kept me thinking. I know what you mean, but I viewed it from a different angle. I didŽnt like the illustration-that...
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slinkylondon@...
Feb 12, 1999 4:05 am
I thought I would do a search on the net for Jonathan Carroll and came across the web site - well a big wow was in order - I felt like a kid just finding a...
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Robert Crosby
shubbie58@...
Feb 17, 1999 12:37 am
Hi fellow Jonathan Carroll lovers, I've just joined the list and I haven't seen any postings yet so I thought I'd say a little bit and make sure this thing...
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Stephen Witowski
stephenw@...
Feb 17, 1999 9:20 am
... thought I'd say a little bit and make >sure this thing works. I've read all of Carroll's novels except "A Child Across the Sky" which I am >getting ready...
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gunmanterror@...
Feb 18, 1999 12:25 am
Hello there- my first post on a group I just joined. Something I discovered that you might not know- and if you don't, it's useful- there's a bookstore in...
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Robert Crosby
shubbie58@...
Feb 18, 1999 12:34 am
Dear Ronduaians, Thanks Stephen and Douglas for the comments on my posting. After reading them I decided to make the order for "A Child..." priority mail....
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Elzbieta Dudzinska
elzbietad@...
Feb 18, 1999 6:58 am
In some interview Carrol says he divides his books between "masculine" and feminine" ones. I don't think it has anything to do with any kind of sexism either....
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Stephen Witowski
stephenw@...
Feb 18, 1999 9:04 am
... Could be true, except I'm a man and I like "Sleeping in Flame" a lot (but then exceptions prove the rule). The ending I think is perfect (one of JC's best)...
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Elzbieta Dudzinska
elzbietad@...
Feb 18, 1999 11:45 am
I'm so tired of people complaining about the endings to Carroll's books. First of all, I don't think I've ever finished one feeling cheated or left hanging, as...
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Stephen Witowski
stephenw@...
Feb 18, 1999 12:31 pm
... writers do. Elzbieta, I agree with a lot of what you say. I've never felt cheated or left hanging at the end of a Carroll novel , it's just that some of...
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Billy Parrott
whparrott@...
Feb 18, 1999 1:27 pm
The first Carroll book I read was "Outside the Dog..." and the thing I remember most was my surprise at the ending. I wasn't very happy. I've reread it twice...
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Elzbieta Dudzinska
elzbietad@...
Feb 18, 1999 2:01 pm
When Carroll was on a recent book tour in Poland he was asked again and again by both readers and interviewers if he was God. Every time he had the same answer...
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joe del tufo
joe@...
Feb 18, 1999 4:18 pm
Robert- I usually have at least 30-40 books on my pile, but anything new by Carroll immediately halts anything else I may be reading. You will enjoy Child ...
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joe del tufo
joe@...
Feb 18, 1999 4:17 pm
It is my understanding that this company has been told to cease selling these photocopied books. This is what Jonathan told me when I interviewed him. I...
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Justyna Jowik
justjowi@...
Feb 18, 1999 4:53 pm
The ending to TEETH had ME in tears, Red Riding Hood at the end of FLAME made me laugh too and I also shook when I finished reading VOICE. But my absolutely...
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GypsyReadr@...
Feb 18, 1999 11:32 pm
In a message dated 2/18/99 6:37:02 AM EST, stephenw@... writes: << > In some interview Carrol says he divides his books between...
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Elzbieta Dudzinska
elzbietad@...
Feb 19, 1999 6:56 am
Instead of separating them into masculine/feminine groups, I wonder if it might be appropriate to put C's books into categories of Dark & Light. For example, A...
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jprzibilla@...
Feb 19, 1999 8:22 am
Hello everybody, ... Absolutely right. I've red Laughs a few weeks ago for fourth or fifth time and came to the same conclusion. This book is like a diamond -...
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joe del tufo
joe@...
Feb 19, 1999 1:17 pm
I think JC doesn't like that people believe his first book is his best. The actual "writing" in Land of Laughs is not, in my opinion, what makes it his best...
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Brad Hutchinson
basil@...
Feb 19, 1999 5:20 pm
... I re-read books--JC's especially! In fact, I re-read his books immediately after my first read when there is a new one. That way I can get past the...
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Lawrence Pycock
lpycock@...
Feb 19, 1999 6:32 pm
I've just finished rereading all of them, understood a lot more this time.I feel L.o.L. is very 'okayish' and found F.t.T.o.A. a lot better than I remembered,...
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Elzbieta Dudzinska
elzbietad@...
Feb 19, 1999 8:42 pm
Do we judge a book by how many times it is "re-readable" or by what kind of impact it has on us when we read it originally? You can say a work of art gets...
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Simona Trimarchi
simona@...
Feb 20, 1999 10:57 pm
Hmm...I have so much trouble trying to get a hold of Carrol books in Australia. Anyone out there know of any good places to order from. The one place here in...
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Chad
clockle@...
Feb 20, 1999 11:27 pm
... Try www.abebooks.com. The site searches over 4 thousand independent booksellers (most of them in the U.S and the U.K..) for any books. I was lucky to...
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Billy Parrott
whparrott@...
Feb 21, 1999 1:57 am
ABE and bibliofind are great. For serious collectors: see my Jonathan Carroll book auction on ebay (www.ebay.com). Search "jonathan carroll" Hope to see...
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jprzibilla@...
Feb 22, 1999 8:40 am
WOW! The thing WORKS! I hope my English will work as well. Sorry for the delay, but I have an Internet access only on my working-days. ... I guess in the...
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joe del tufo
joe@...
Feb 22, 1999 3:18 pm
There is also a link from www.jonathancarroll.com to several places online. Everything is out there in one form or another, and usually affordable. There are a...
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jprzibilla@...
Mar 1, 1999 9:53 am
Elzbieta wrote ... For me LAUGHS is the brightest, then BONES. And it is difficult to tell why. The storys are a kind of horrors and full of terrible things. ...
