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You might want to check through the following threads to see if anything jumps out at you: http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000052/nest/151614751?p=1 http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000052/nest/151664217?p=1 http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000052/nest/151623779?p=1 I'll also recommend Dickens' lesser-known Christmas tales, which are normally published together with A Christmas Carol , notably: A Cricket on the Hearth , and The Chimes . .

No. I only serve soda and potato chips while he does it. ...his aptitude did not come up to my desire

In contrast to the civilized view which elevates man above the animals, the primitive had an insinctive belief that he was subservient to the primal pact between the beats of the jungle and the beat of mystery. To the savage, dread was the natural result of an invasion of the supernatural : if man wished to steal the secrets of gods, it was only to be supposed that the gods would defend themslevs and destroy whichever man came too close. By...

Because I intend to live in a library. Rather than calling a room 'the lounge room', or 'the dining room', I will refer to it as the 'the philosophy section', 'the grammar section', or 'the classical literature section'. ___________________________ IN OMNIBVS CVM CONTEMPTIONE

You don't think Stephen King likes writers who sell as much or more than him? How do you explain his praise of J.K. Rowling then? I'm not a big fan of Stephen King, but he's not as bad as some purists seem to think---but i've never heard anything by him taking shots at an author simply for being popular. I know some twilight fans who seem to think he begrudges whats her name, just because her books are popular, but from the...

Interesting, thanks. I can see why one would tire of reading the psychiatrist's side of things when, if we're being honest, it's the 'mad woman in the attic' that we really want to know and understand.

The promise of something ... I like this expression...

She's an awful writer -- but you could argue that she's a good storyteller... Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. -Thomas Jefferson

It's the "I know they are at my reach when I want to read them" that counts. I get immense satisfaction when I read about an interesting book somewhere, look up in my database and find that I already own the book. Actually, more satisfaction than when I really read them. Most books aren't as interesting as their synopsis. Look! A ladder! Maybe it leads to heaven, or a sandwich.

His brother Lawrence wrote an interesting travel narrative about Corfu called Prospero's Cell. The dude abides