Books, books, books

[chickenfeet]

So the Folio Society had a killer offer on and I got a big tax refund so stuff got bought.

Lot's of stuff.

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There was a replacement for my read almost to death Fontana paperbacks of A Dance to the Music of Time. (Anyone local who want the paperbacks, just ask).

swag6, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

swag4, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

And medieval art swag and Wellington swag

swag2, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

And country house swag

swag3, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

And ginormous atlas swag. A double page spread on this thing is like 22x18 inches and it has maps of Iceland that size!

swag7, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

Comments

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Now i just need to justify reading it for the n+1th time!

[kaet.livejournal.com]

Can you remember who all the obscurely referenced characters are now, without flicking back? I'm reading it at a slow (but steady) rate between other books, and feel like there needs to be a Danceopedia so you can remember which one's Quiggin and which one's Masters, etc, without having to flick back.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Hilary Spurling's An Invitation to the Dance might help. Personally, I've read, listened to or watched Dance so many times I don't have any trouble keeping things straight.

[kaet.livejournal.com]

Just having a look around for such stuff on the web, I'm amused to find all the interesting and intriguing characters are ones which are based on people who Powell disliked, or are known as the book's anti-heroes.