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John Ashby
Nov 17, 2023, 11:52:51 AM11/17/23
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AS Byatt,
We well knew what possessed you. I shall attempt to finish the Frederica
Quartet this weekend in your honour.
john
We well knew what possessed you. I shall attempt to finish the Frederica
Quartet this weekend in your honour.
john
Nick Odell
Nov 17, 2023, 4:12:52 PM11/17/23
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:52:48 +0000, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>AS Byatt,
>
>We well knew what possessed you. I shall attempt to finish the Frederica
>Quartet this weekend in your honour.
>
I have Angels and Insects which I read many years ago. It didn't make
a big enough impression on me to send me off in search of more of her
work but with all the current interest in her I notice that A&I didn't
seem to make a big enough impression on those who compile "best of"
lists either.
Should I put my earlier disappointment aside and try something else?
Nick
wrote:
>AS Byatt,
>
>We well knew what possessed you. I shall attempt to finish the Frederica
>Quartet this weekend in your honour.
>
a big enough impression on me to send me off in search of more of her
work but with all the current interest in her I notice that A&I didn't
seem to make a big enough impression on those who compile "best of"
lists either.
Should I put my earlier disappointment aside and try something else?
Nick
John Ashby
Nov 18, 2023, 4:36:59 AM11/18/23
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The shortest entry would be The Virgin in the Garden, 1950's verse
drama, erudite young women, religious crises.
If you're interested in fantasy literature Babel Tower has two parodies
of different aspects of the genre plus a pastiche of the Lady Chatterley
trial (it's two books on from TVitG in the Frederica quartet but is
comprehensible as a stand alone).
Possession is a brilliant (IMO) exposition of how the desire for
academic knowledge can be all-consuming.
If you are familiar with Victorian and Edwardian literature and art
(Nesbit, Blake, Eric Gill) and the V&A then The Children's Book is a
good choice.
john
Nick Odell
Nov 18, 2023, 10:21:12 AM11/18/23
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 09:36:57 +0000, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com>
Thanks John. Bookmarked for later.
Nick
Nick
Penny
Nov 18, 2023, 2:32:00 PM11/18/23
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:12:28 +0000, Nick Odell <nicko...@yahoo.ca>
scrawled in the dust...
>On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:52:48 +0000, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>AS Byatt,
>>
>>We well knew what possessed you. I shall attempt to finish the Frederica
>>Quartet this weekend in your honour.
>>
>I have Angels and Insects which I read many years ago. It didn't make
>a big enough impression on me to send me off in search of more of her
>work but with all the current interest in her I notice that A&I didn't
>seem to make a big enough impression on those who compile "best of"
>lists either.
I know nothing of A S Byatt, but I'm intrigued by the title Angels and
Insects. Is it actually about angels and insects?
When wandering a churchyard with Mr Bowden recently, I pondered upon angels
- there were several lurking around the graves, and considered they may be
insects, having six limbs. Mr B suggested they did not have to fit into any
classification existing on Earth. Since then it has occurred to me that
flying insects usually have eight or ten 'limbs' anyway, depending upon the
number of wings. I mentioned this to d1 who asked how many wings the tooth
fairy has. I suspect it is four, but I've never seen one.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
scrawled in the dust...
>On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:52:48 +0000, John Ashby <johna...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>AS Byatt,
>>
>>We well knew what possessed you. I shall attempt to finish the Frederica
>>Quartet this weekend in your honour.
>>
>I have Angels and Insects which I read many years ago. It didn't make
>a big enough impression on me to send me off in search of more of her
>work but with all the current interest in her I notice that A&I didn't
>seem to make a big enough impression on those who compile "best of"
>lists either.
Insects. Is it actually about angels and insects?
When wandering a churchyard with Mr Bowden recently, I pondered upon angels
- there were several lurking around the graves, and considered they may be
insects, having six limbs. Mr B suggested they did not have to fit into any
classification existing on Earth. Since then it has occurred to me that
flying insects usually have eight or ten 'limbs' anyway, depending upon the
number of wings. I mentioned this to d1 who asked how many wings the tooth
fairy has. I suspect it is four, but I've never seen one.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
Nick Odell
Nov 18, 2023, 3:21:20 PM11/18/23
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:22:40 +0000, Penny <sp...@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
wrote:
It's actually two short novels bound together as one. As I said up
^^there^^ it didn't make much of an impression on me at the time - and
the time was about thirty years ago and now I can't really recall
anything about it. I still have the book and I have just thumbed
through, reading the odd random paragraph. My general reaction has
been along the lines of "Nope, I don't remember this. I don't recall
that." I can't actually recall why I bought it at the time either.
It's well handled and used so I'm confident that I actually did read
it and that I'm the only one who has read this volume since I bought
it new.
Sorry.
Nick
wrote:
^^there^^ it didn't make much of an impression on me at the time - and
the time was about thirty years ago and now I can't really recall
anything about it. I still have the book and I have just thumbed
through, reading the odd random paragraph. My general reaction has
been along the lines of "Nope, I don't remember this. I don't recall
that." I can't actually recall why I bought it at the time either.
It's well handled and used so I'm confident that I actually did read
it and that I'm the only one who has read this volume since I bought
it new.
Sorry.
Nick
Iain Archer
Nov 18, 2023, 3:58:11 PM11/18/23
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What _is_ the word for insect limbs btw? I don't remember if it's appendage,
or process, or maybe (n)either.
--
iain
Sam Plusnet
Nov 18, 2023, 8:21:28 PM11/18/23
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shelves for many years, before I learned it was two works bound together.
--
Sam Plusnet
Penny
Nov 19, 2023, 8:58:35 AM11/19/23
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:58:09 -0000 (UTC), Iain Archer
<ian...@montaigne.me.uk> scrawled in the dust...
True, but butterflies have four.
>What _is_ the word for insect limbs btw? I don't remember if it's appendage,
>or process, or maybe (n)either.
No idea, the conversation with d1 moved on to car-cricket, and my frequent
winning move on the Isle of Wight of driving us to the Crab & Lobster.
Crustaceans win on the arms and legs front, unless there are multiple
horses and hounds on the pub sign, or there's a Cricketers nearby.
<ian...@montaigne.me.uk> scrawled in the dust...
>What _is_ the word for insect limbs btw? I don't remember if it's appendage,
>or process, or maybe (n)either.
winning move on the Isle of Wight of driving us to the Crab & Lobster.
Crustaceans win on the arms and legs front, unless there are multiple
horses and hounds on the pub sign, or there's a Cricketers nearby.
krw
Nov 19, 2023, 9:25:36 AM11/19/23
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On 18.11.23 03:49, Penny wrote:
> the conversation with d1 moved on to car-cricket, and my frequent
> winning move on the Isle of Wight of driving us to the Crab & Lobster.
> Crustaceans win on the arms and legs front, unless there are multiple
> horses and hounds on the pub sign, or there's a Cricketers nearby.
I always tried to sit on the "right" side driving through Midhurst as
> the conversation with d1 moved on to car-cricket, and my frequent
> winning move on the Isle of Wight of driving us to the Crab & Lobster.
> Crustaceans win on the arms and legs front, unless there are multiple
> horses and hounds on the pub sign, or there's a Cricketers nearby.
there used to be a place called something like 24 Blackbirds Baked in a Pie.
--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics
Mike McMillan
Nov 19, 2023, 10:22:02 AM11/19/23
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krw <k...@whitnet.uk> wrote:
> On 18.11.23 03:49, Penny wrote:
>> the conversation with d1 moved on to car-cricket, and my frequent
>> winning move on the Isle of Wight of driving us to the Crab & Lobster.
>> Crustaceans win on the arms and legs front, unless there are multiple
>> horses and hounds on the pub sign, or there's a Cricketers nearby.
>
> I always tried to sit on the "right" side driving through Midhurst as
> there used to be a place called something like 24 Blackbirds Baked in a Pie.
>
Is that 24 x 3.1416?
> On 18.11.23 03:49, Penny wrote:
>> the conversation with d1 moved on to car-cricket, and my frequent
>> winning move on the Isle of Wight of driving us to the Crab & Lobster.
>> Crustaceans win on the arms and legs front, unless there are multiple
>> horses and hounds on the pub sign, or there's a Cricketers nearby.
>
> I always tried to sit on the "right" side driving through Midhurst as
> there used to be a place called something like 24 Blackbirds Baked in a Pie.
>
--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan
Penny
Nov 20, 2023, 4:58:33 AM11/20/23
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On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:22:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodl...@virginmedia.com> scrawled in the dust...
:))
<toodl...@virginmedia.com> scrawled in the dust...
J. P. Gilliver
Nov 20, 2023, 5:19:30 AM11/20/23
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In message <5bjilitqpou9fajla...@4ax.com> at Sat, 18 Nov
2023 23:49:21, Penny <sp...@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes
My favourite one on that subject that I've come across recently is: seen
as a cylinder, what is the volume of a pizza of radius z and thickness
a? (In your answer, assume you are using a typewriter that does _not_
have Greek letters or superscripts.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Anybody can garble quotations like that -- even with the Bible... Er... "And he
went and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5). Go, and do thou likewise (Luke 10:37)."
2023 23:49:21, Penny <sp...@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes
as a cylinder, what is the volume of a pizza of radius z and thickness
a? (In your answer, assume you are using a typewriter that does _not_
have Greek letters or superscripts.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Anybody can garble quotations like that -- even with the Bible... Er... "And he
went and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5). Go, and do thou likewise (Luke 10:37)."
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