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Something made earlier
Bookshelf from school woodwork class, recently rediscovered. Books from left ...
The Music of the Primes, M du Sautoy -- this guy's on BBC4 at present doing the nicely-photographed travel program with a bit of disappointingly lightweight maths.
The French Mathematician, T Petsinis -- a jazzed up biography of Evariste Galois.
Feet in the Clouds, R Askwith -- 'a tale of fell-running and obsession' ... totally gripping, if you've ever done that sort of stuff.
The Five Great Novels of James M Cain -- a real holiday blockbuster .... two of them are 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' and 'Double Indemnity', both made into famous films ... here and here.
Contact, C Sagan -- sci-fi, also made into a reasonable film, with Jody Foster.
Pride and Promiscuity, A Eckstut -- 'the lost sex scenes of Jane Austen' .... not a bad parody, but the Austen style slips here and there .... characters 'go to the store' to buy things, for example.
The Harmony Silk Factory, T Aw -- 'an authentic Malaysian voice' .... which I'm still struggling with.
A History of Modern Britain, A Marr -- yes, the TV guy with big ears ..... another holiday one ... the only readable book on offer in WH Smith at Teesside airport in July .... and it's all about things I vaguely remember .... good to have someone put it into a bit of order.
Something made earlier
Bookshelf from school woodwork class, recently rediscovered. Books from left ...
The Music of the Primes, M du Sautoy -- this guy's on BBC4 at present doing the nicely-photographed travel program with a bit of disappointingly lightweight maths.
The French Mathematician, T Petsinis -- a jazzed up biography of Evariste Galois.
Feet in the Clouds, R Askwith -- 'a tale of fell-running and obsession' ... totally gripping, if you've ever done that sort of stuff.
The Five Great Novels of James M Cain -- a real holiday blockbuster .... two of them are 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' and 'Double Indemnity', both made into famous films ... here and here.
Contact, C Sagan -- sci-fi, also made into a reasonable film, with Jody Foster.
Pride and Promiscuity, A Eckstut -- 'the lost sex scenes of Jane Austen' .... not a bad parody, but the Austen style slips here and there .... characters 'go to the store' to buy things, for example.
The Harmony Silk Factory, T Aw -- 'an authentic Malaysian voice' .... which I'm still struggling with.
A History of Modern Britain, A Marr -- yes, the TV guy with big ears ..... another holiday one ... the only readable book on offer in WH Smith at Teesside airport in July .... and it's all about things I vaguely remember .... good to have someone put it into a bit of order.