vultan
Registered on: 02/12/2006
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All answers by vultan in "books"
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About philosophy books! (closed)
3 hours after the question was posted (12/04/2008 10:11am)
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vultan: Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy is pretty good, although it's not just about the Enlightenment. Show -
How can you tell if an old book is worth money? (closed)
53 minutes after the question was posted (11/30/2008 10:17pm)
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vultan: The best way would be to take it to a bookseller who specialises in rare and valuable books and ask. Otherwise, you could try googling the book title and the publication date of the volume - see if ... Show -
the world war 1 diaries on antiques road show. are they on sale yet? (closed)
15 minutes after the question was posted (09/07/2008 09:06pm)
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vultan: I assume it's this diary: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/mar/02/news.scotland It looks like it comes out next week: ... Show -
What is the significance of Ralph asserting his leadership at the end of 'Lord of the Flies'? (closed)
6 hours after the question was posted (05/10/2008 10:05pm)
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vultan: Haven't read it for many years either, but Ralph's the one who tries to do things preoperly, isn't he? And Jack's the one who goes wrong. I'd guess with the ending, when the representative of ... Show -
36 minutes after the question was posted (04/22/2008 03:23pm)
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vultan: Not a huge fan of film biographies. Did enjoy Ed Wood, although it isn't hugely accurate. I read stacks of biographies (I generally prefer them to autobiographies). Some of my favourites are ... Show -
Inciting racial hatred (closed)
20 minutes after the question was posted (03/20/2008 10:08am)
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vultan: No. I have read it. The 'controversial' passages are not written in a spirit of hatred - it reads like what it is: an intellectual novelist exploring his own feelings about the religion he was ... Show -
It's World Book Day today. Can you recommend a book? (closed)
74 minutes after the question was posted (03/06/2008 09:47am)
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vultan: The Decline and Fall of the British Empire by Piers Brendon is the best book I've read recently. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decline-Fall-British-Empire/dp/0224062220/ref=pd_bbs_sr_... Show -
Worlds oddest book title (closed)
9 hours after the question was posted (02/24/2008 10:57am)
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vultan: There's always Penetrating Wagner's Ring (it's about opera, apparently). http://www.amazon.co.uk/Penetrating-Wagners-Ring-Capo-Paperback/dp/0306804379/re... Show -
What was the last book you read and really enjoyed? (closed)
34 minutes after the question was posted (01/27/2008 06:35pm)
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vultan: Can't Buy Me Love by Jonathon Gould - it's a biography of The Beatles. Show -
Do think my latest book idea could be a blockbuster? (closed)
104 minutes after the question was posted (01/24/2008 02:18pm)
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vultan: Yeah, it could work. Did anyone ever find out who Roo's father was? Because if not then Kanga is obviously the Virgin Mary. Show -
Has anything you read changed you in any way and what was the title ? (closed)
3 hours after the question was posted (01/18/2008 11:56pm)
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vultan: Everything I read has an effect. I guess the most influential have probably been The Second WEorld War by Martin Gilbert and Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman - read them both in my late teens and their ... Show -
What books will be considered "classics" in the future? (closed)
63 minutes after the question was posted (12/10/2007 06:41pm)
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vultan: Pretty much the same ones as are now - I can't see Dickens and Shakespeare going out of literary fashion. If you mean which contemporary authors will get added to the list, I've a depressing feeling ... Show -
6 minutes after the question was posted (12/10/2007 10:28am)
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vultan: There have been loads, thre's a full list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond There were 12 novels by Ian Fleming and 2 collections of shorter stories. They finished them off ages ago ... Show -
What is the worst book you have ever read and did you finish it in spite you didn't enjoy it? (closed)
68 minutes after the question was posted (12/05/2007 08:05am)
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vultan: I gave up on Women in Love by DH Lawrence. I juist couldn't see why I was meant to care about these people. Show -
Do you have a favorite author? (closed)
6 hours after the question was posted (12/04/2007 08:26am)
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vultan: Shakespeare, Dickens, Hardy, Joyce. If forced to choose, Shakespeare, I guess, although I prefer to see his work performed than to read it. But there are many, many more writers whose work I feel has ... Show -
For you avid readers, was there a book that acted as the catalyst? (closed)
44 minutes after the question was posted (11/16/2007 06:23pm)
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vultan: No, I always read copiously - I even tried to read before I'd been taught, which didn't work at all. I've occasionally read a book that's inspired me to go and read a huge number of other books on ... Show -
Where can I get a nice hardback copy of Macbeth? (closed)
12 minutes after the question was posted (11/12/2007 09:07pm)
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vultan: Hmm, I think it might be quite tricky to find a new hardback edition of an individual Shakespeare play, they're not terribly long (and Macbeth's one of the shortest). Try second hand bookshops that ... Show -
What classics have you read, and which ones just sit on the shelf? (closed)
5 minutes after the question was posted (11/04/2007 04:11pm)
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vultan: I did a literature degree, so I had to read many, many classics. Right now I'm ploughing through The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, on the grounds that it's been sat on my bookshelves for about ... Show -
Are you a movie person or a book person? (closed)
8 hours after the question was posted (11/04/2007 03:58pm)
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vultan: Both. I watch a film or I read a book. Thye're very different experiences and both have a lot to recommend them. Show -
Which was written first, the bible or the dictionary? (closed)
5 minutes after the question was posted (10/29/2007 12:33am)
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vultan: The first dictionary in English was in the early 1600s. According to wikipedia, there was a Chinese dictionary about 100 CE, so it predated the production of the whole Bible we know today. Parts of ... Show
