What are you reading?

Perdita · Post by **Perdita** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 4:59 pm

I've just started Brief Gaudy Hour, it looks good so far

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 5:39 pm

I really want to read it. My library has an old copy from the 70s or whenever it was published. Does anyone know if they have updated it in any way or is it OK to get the older version?

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 5:45 pm

Currently reading The Lance Thrower of Jack Whyte's Camulod Chronicles.

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 6:53 pm

[quote=""Divia""]I really want to read it. My library has an old copy from the 70s or whenever it was published. Does anyone know if they have updated it in any way or is it OK to get the older version?[/quote]

Brief Gaudy Hour was first published in the 1940's. As far as I know, the only change in the reprinted version is the addition of a readers' guide, so the old version should be OK.

Perdita · Post by **Perdita** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 8:45 pm

[quote=""Divia""]I really want to read it. My library has an old copy from the 70s or whenever it was published. Does anyone know if they have updated it in any way or is it OK to get the older version?[/quote]

The date in my copy is 2008 so it must be a new edition. As Boswell said there are some interesting reader group questions in the back

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 10:41 pm

Thanks everyone. I'm almost sure that the date on the library copy was 1970. hmm. I'll have to recheck.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 10:47 pm

The Evil Seed by Joanne Harris

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Sat October 18th, 2008, 10:51 pm

Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx, and Nation, by Terry Pratchett.

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Sun October 19th, 2008, 2:44 am

[quote=""donroc""]Yes, we own The Tango Lesson. I strongly recommend Tango Bar with Raul Julia and Tango, directed by Carlos Saura. Much dancing in both.[/quote]

Thank you very much for the recommendations -- I haven't seen either of the films, but they are going right onto my Netflix queue.

Finished The Sharing Knife: Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold yesterday, and all I want to say at the moment is read this book if you like smart fantasy for adults. Dag is, ahem, hot.

Now reading The Love Knot by our own EC.

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sun October 19th, 2008, 2:51 am

[quote=""Divia""]Thanks everyone. I'm almost sure that the date on the library copy was 1970. hmm. I'll have to recheck.

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It probably does say 1970; it's been reissued several times since it was first published. I think I have a 1970's edition somewhere myself.