| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| bife |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 23:27:10
I'll be poppoing in oer the weekend if i canfind a suitable entry |
| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Sean |
Posted - 11/12/2009 : 03:26:21
Wow, that was my easiest penguin-win ever! 
Thanks for the support for Penguin Books, folks. I see we're a well-read bunch. New topic coming up when I think of one.  |
| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 11/12/2009 : 02:56:44
The Books av contest was more like a brochure, so let's turn the page ...
In third place, with 10 points (211231) ...
Read between the lines ...
MguyX !!
In second place, with 13 points (132322) ...
With a dog reading a cat-alog ...
bife !!
And in first place, with 16 points (332323) ...
Read it here in black and white ...
Se�n  !!!
You won this edition, Sean, well done!
Now pick something novel for the next topic.
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| duh |
Posted - 11/12/2009 : 01:36:12
I sent the Readers' Digest version of my votes to Cheese, as I always do.
Of course, as I am an older woman, I included Koli's av on the list, even if I am an older woman who would rather just sleep. ;) |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 11/11/2009 : 17:46:20
took my book to the library
paid the overdue fine
voted
came back home
read a book
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| bife |
Posted - 11/11/2009 : 15:27:54
voted |
| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 11/09/2009 : 13:01:47
See the table of contents at www.fwiffer.com |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 11/09/2009 : 07:22:21
I fear I'm becoming mundane. In any case, I try not to be too envious of others, but to be perfectly honest, I have found myself really wishing lately that I had written this series. Incredibly popular, incredibly now, incredibly retro. And we know that where there are vampires, There Will Be Blood. Well, for most of them that aren't named Cullen. |
| MguyXXV |
Posted - 11/09/2009 : 02:42:23
Busy week coming up; had to vote early. |
| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 04:42:48
quote:
Originally posted by duh 10mproper Username
quote:
Originally posted by K10li
Enjoy the redeeming literary merit as well as the elegantly erotic and lucid sexy stuff.
Several years ago when I read The Three Musketeers for the first time, I was astonished at what a "sexy" novel it was. Not having read the subject of Koli's avatar, I suppose Three Musketeers might be tame by comparison, yet I was very impressed by how well Dumas wrote about sex.
I knew inspiration would strike from somewhere.
Better view at: http://fwiffer.com/fwfrhome/FILESview.asp?FILEID=2853 |
| duh |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 00:08:00
quote:
Originally posted by K10li
Enjoy the redeeming literary merit as well as the elegantly erotic and lucid sexy stuff.
Several years ago when I read The Three Musketeers for the first time, I was astonished at what a "sexy" novel it was. Not having read the subject of Koli's avatar, I suppose Three Musketeers might be tame by comparison, yet I was very impressed by how well Dumas wrote about sex. |
| duh |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 00:08:00
quote:
Originally posted by K10li
Enjoy the redeeming literary merit as well as the elegantly erotic and lucid sexy stuff.
Several years ago when I read The Three Musketeers for the first time, I was astonished at what a "sexy" novel it was. Not having read the subject of Koli's avatar, I suppose Three Musketeers might be tame by comparison, yet I was very impressed by how well Dumas wrote about sex. |
| Koli |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 22:01:01
Duh has set a precedent here, for this is another essay by way of explanation (for my choice).
In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of Andras Vajda by Stephen Vizinczey was perhaps the first 'dirty book' I ever read. The sexy passages led to demands for it to be banned - and certainly to be banned from public libraries. Vizinczey was originally from Hungary but was living in Canada when he self-published the semi-autobiographical novel in 1965.
And here I'm canvassing the Canadian vote:
�A wild, funny, bawdy book . . . by all odds the sexiest novel ever published in this country.�
� Christina Newman, Chatelaine (Toronto)
A critic called B. A. Young wrote in the British Punch magazine: "A cool, comic survey of the sexual education of a young Hungarian, from his first encounter, as a twelve-year-old refugee with the American forces, to his unsatisfactory liaison with a reporter's wife in Canada at the belated end of his youth, when he was twenty-three . . . elegantly erotic, with masses of that indefinable quality, style . . . this has the real stuff of immortality."
Larry McMurtry, in the Houston Post, described the book as "A pleasure. Vizinczey writes of women beautifully, with sympathy, tact and delight, and he writes about sex with more lucidity and grace than most writers ever acquire."
John Podhoretz wrote in the Washington Times that "Like James Joyce, who was as far from being a writer of erotica as Dostoevsky, Vizinczey has a refreshing message to deliver: Life is not about sex, sex is about life."
I also quite like what Clarence Petersen wrote in the Chicago Tribune: "The gracefully written story of a young man growing up among older women . . . although some passages may well arouse the reader, this novel brims with what the courts have termed "redeeming literary merit."
The really good news is that after decades of the book being out of print it's coming back. Amazon are inviting pre-orders now even though the new paperback version isn't to be published until March next year. If you haven't already read it, here's your chance. Enjoy the redeeming literary merit as well as the elegantly erotic and lucid sexy stuff. |
| duh |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 16:55:16
Back in 1999, following the success of the novel The Horse Whisperer (which I don't personally care for all that much), Monty Roberts leaped onto that book's bandwagon with his "autobiography," The Man Who Listens to Horses, while also taking advantage of the "natural horsemanship" fad that was sweeping the world.
I bought a copy and thought it was OK, until I learned that much of it was pure fabrication. It was a lie, like (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0104061jamesfrey1.html) A Million Little Pieces the Frey autobiography.
Roberts' aunt, Joyce Renebome, and her daughter, Debra Ristau, wrote "Horse Whispers & Lies" to restore honor to the names of Roberts' parents, Marvin & Marguerite Roberts. Some of Monty's fanboys and girls find the truth difficult to swallow and claim that Monty's relatives are "jealous" or trying to get rich on Monty's coat tails. Nothing could be further from the truth, but then, how could one expect people who are so happy to be lied to, to have any appreciation for truth? Moreover, Renebome and Ristau have posted their book online and it can be read there free at www.horsewhispersandlies.com.
Despite the huge notoriety of the Frey autobiography, one finds that there are still many people who read it and think it is true, who like the book. Same deal with The Man Who Listens to Horses and other tomes that have Monty's name on them as author. He even branched out into giving inspirational presentations to corporations. (insert eye roll here)
I did a bit of research myself and found an apparent distortion of the truth that others missed, that Monty lied about the credentials of his own horse 'Dually.' In his book, he said that Dually had been a "throwaway" horse that no one wanted before he got him. I looked up the horse's breed association records and found that the horse had already earned several thousand dollars in prize money before Monty acquired him.
You may find a review I wrote of the Roberts book in the topmost link. |
| bife |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 13:07:59
Cat o' nine tales |
| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 12:43:09
www.fwiffer.com - Binding avs together for years. |
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