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10:23 pm September 26th, 2008




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	Book Meme
	Nicked from idsharman: "List ten books you have which you think nobody else on your friends list might have." 01. Irving Wallace, The Seven Minutes 02. E C Tubb, Space 1999: Earthfall 03. Tzvi Spitz, Cases in Monetary Halacha 04. Bob Woodward & Scott Armstrong, The Brethren 05. David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century Political Facts 1900-2000 06. Max Austin, Out 07. Simon Hoggart, On The House 08. Robert Lacey, Little Man 09. John Godey, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 10. Deborah Pessin, The Aleph-Bet Storybook

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	From: stuwest	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:41 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Nope, not got any of those. Is The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three any good? (Up to the standards of the film, in other words?)

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:47 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Better than the movie. Better than both the movie and the tv movie.

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	From: stuwest	Date: September 26th, 2008 10:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

See, I really like the movie, so that is something.

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: September 26th, 2008 10:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

So do I... but the book's better.

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	From: apiphile	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:41 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I can tell you two books that no one on my friendslist has besides me:

01: Perfect Love? A Piccadilly Press Anthology
02: The hand-stitched collection of my twincest stories that Cindy made for me. ;)

... I doubt anyone else has Creative Novel Writing by Roselle Angwin either, it was a pretty limited run. ;)

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:42 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I did think that this would be much easier to write if I'd actually made a book of my fast fictions...

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	From: apiphile	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

*G* I doubt that, your flist would definitely buy it. I know I would.

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:53 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Last time I asked people via the blog, there were less than a dozen people who said yes, they'd buy a copy.

You were one of them, as I recall.

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	From: brianwood	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:44 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"09. John Godey, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three"

First edition hardcover, on my shelf. :)

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jealousy, thy name is Budgie.

Edited at 2008-09-26 09:46 pm (UTC)

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	From: idsharman	Date: September 26th, 2008 09:49 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Nope, I don't have any of them...

...wish I could have used my dad's books though...I doubt anyone else has a hundred year old copy of Josephus' History of the Jews...

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	From: crisper	Date: October 2nd, 2008 01:15 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Well, I don't think it's fair to include age/edition/printing as part of the criteria for whether other people have something or not; that's metadata, not content.

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	From: 1phish2phish	Date: September 26th, 2008 11:11 pm (UTC)		(Link)

#9. No first-edition hardcover, but I do have an ex-library paperback which set me back 80 cents at a second-hand book store a few years ago.

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	From: colinmurtagh	Date: September 27th, 2008 08:52 am (UTC)		(Link)

naturally I've got the Simon Hoggart one :) Or did have before I moved house.

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	From: newyorkerinuk	Date: September 27th, 2008 09:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I've got The Brethren around somewhere.

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: September 27th, 2008 09:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

That's three that someone else has.

I shouldn't be surprised, I guess...

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	From: newyorkerinuk	Date: September 27th, 2008 09:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I sort of chuckled when I saw the Brethen listed, considering I don't think I'm the only lawyer on your list.

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: September 27th, 2008 09:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

No, but I don't know how many people are interested in the workings of the Burger court...

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	From: crisper	Date: October 2nd, 2008 01:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)

>04. Bob Woodward & Scott Armstrong, The Brethren

You are wrong, my friend! Not uncommon among Americans who went through law school, I think. (Also, we have more Woodward on our shelves than he deserves, truth be told. I still have a copy of VEIL that I haven't finished.)

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	From: budgie_uk	Date: October 2nd, 2008 10:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I think I've got five of his: the two on Watergate, the Brethren, one of the five living Presidents (at the time of Publication) and one more, the subject of which I can't remember...

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