From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #75 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Sunday, January 24 1999 Volume 03 : Number 075 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: quick post re: movies [Molly Doyle ] Re: Words [koogle@my-dejanews.com] Re: The Nields and Great Big Sea on Mountain Stage. [koogle@my-dejanews.c] Re: Fw: Fwd: Ra-cha-cha humor [Paul Mischler ] dan-bern-digest Digest V99 #17 (fwd) [Lynne ] Re: subscribing [dgodwin01@aol.com (DGodwin01)] Re: The Sad Reality of a College Student's Life [Lynne ] Re: RCAF [drea1@my-dejanews.com] Re: Shakespeare [Molly Doyle ] Re: DC show info [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: DC show info [fruwench@aol.com (FruWench)] Re: Baddass MP3 files [Shannon Robert Burge ] Re: Fw: Fwd: Ra-cha-cha humor [LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com] Re: movies [tmbgirl@juno.com] Take that, Time Out New York! [Amy Cartagena ] Re: movies [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) [petit_chou@juno.com] top five books ["Zainab" ] All types of music at the lowest possible prices 7010 [goto@biogate.com] Re: top five books [vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin)] Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: top five books [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: LARP [Kate Bunting ] Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) [nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:02:24 -0600 From: Molly Doyle Subject: Re: quick post re: movies Aye, who's asking whom? wrote: > > I agree with Novac that Leo & Juliet was a fun movie. The acting may not > have been to par, but Idon't always go to the movies for the acting Yeah...it was a travesty from a purist's point of view, but I'm usually pretty open about new interpretations of things. I must say that I rewound and watched the aquarium/elevator kiss scene about ten times. It was just so damned *sweet*! As much as other parts of the movie bugged me (the first ten minutes almost made me turn it off), it was worth it for just that scene. Also for the gospel version of "When Doves Cry" *grin* > > Oh, and Mercutio, from Showgirls. LOL!!!! I'll bet that's one bit Shakespeare would have LOVED. - -- Molly Doyle http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/6759 "You know you've been raised Catholic when your automatic response to "May the Force be with you," is "And also with you, my son." --a friend ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 05:49:49 GMT From: koogle@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Words In article , katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) wrote: > > See, I think they're just...um...homonyms! That's it. Words that sort of > sound alike but have different meanings. OK, I'll buy that; which reminds me that when Fruvous did the DQ medley, Lou's intro consisted of "Homonym. Homonym homonym homonym. Homonym." I don't even remember what night that was... > (Then again, I'm sort > of laboring under the impression that everyone in the world knows > Amanda.) They do; they just don't know they know me. - --Amanda, ever cryptic - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:19:36 GMT From: koogle@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: The Nields and Great Big Sea on Mountain Stage. In article <36AA567A.FAD62160@radix.net>, chad schrock wrote: :) > > Oh, Mountian stage schedule around here: > WXPN (Philadelphia): Saturday night, 6-8 (a/k/a: right now) > WRNR (Annapolis/Baltimore): Sunday night, 8-10 FWIW, WRNR is availble on Real Audio, at http://www.wrnr.com Just for those of you who don't happen to get a station that runs Mountain Stage. (RNR is the coolest radio station in the DC area, but roughly four ppl can hear it because their transmitter isn't very strong....) - --Amanda - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 01:23:31 -0500 From: Paul Mischler Subject: Re: Fw: Fwd: Ra-cha-cha humor If your entire college campus is made of nothing but brick buildings that are all the same color, and theis does not drive you insane, You might be a Rochestarian. Mindy J Munson wrote: > Okay guys. For anyone in NY this icks serious a$$ > > Fruchild > > > >You know you're from Rochester, NY when....... > >> > > >> > "Waking up with the Wease" doesn't mean you have a respiratory > infection. > > > >> > The thought of eating a "garbage plate" makes your mouth water. > > > >> > The only thing at the annual May Lilac Festival is snow. > >> > > >> > The worst four-letter word you could say is "Fuji". > >> > > >> > Soccer games have better attendance than baseball games. > >> > > >> > You can't swim at the beach. > >> > >> > You thought you figured out that alternate-parking thing, but wind > up > >> with a ticket anyway. > >> > >> > Toronto is about 70 miles away, but it takes about four hours to get > >> > there. > >> > >> > Half the people bring their dogs to festivals and the other half > >> complain about it. > >> > >> > The name "Greater Rochester International Airport" is bigger than > the > >airport itself. > >> > > >> > There's an 800 number to report a pothole in the road. > >> > > >> > City planners begin yet another feasibility study, in lieu of > actually > >> > doing anything. > >> > >> > You know that a "Can of Worms" is not something you take fishing. > >> > >> > Your baby's first word is "Wegmans". > >> > > >> > You ask lifettime residents where the George Eastman House is, but > they > >> > don't know either. > >> > > >> > In a city where it snows at least 90 inches a year, they build a new > >> > sports stadium with no roof on it. > > > >> > Buildings with statues of guys with wings on the tops of them is not > >> > unusual to you. > >> > > >> It can be 70 degrees one day, below freezing the next, and you think > >nothing of it. > >> > > >> > Your mother is buying outfits to wear to Wegmans. > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:54:15 GMT From: Lynne Subject: dan-bern-digest Digest V99 #17 (fwd) on this Subject, I have 2 thoughts.. 1. cool, now more people will look into fruvous 2. don't Moxy and Dan really like each others music? kinda a funny twist (or something to point out) - -Lynne ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 1999 07:01:02 GMT From: dgodwin01@aol.com (DGodwin01) Subject: Re: subscribing On aol... Type Keyword: NEWSGROUPS then click expert add. type: alt.music.moxy-fruvous if on another server...try http://www.dejanews.com hope that helps.. Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 07:05:20 GMT From: Lynne Subject: Re: The Sad Reality of a College Student's Life Hmm, sorting through way too many messages..... but I haven't seen any response to my reply about helping Heather, other than Heather's gratefulness (sp?) Anyway, I could probably get you a "buddy-pass" if US Air flys from where you are to TO or um, here to BG/Toledo, OH (I know they land/depat from Toledo) anyway it would be about 10% of what the fare costs at a <7 day purchase. *shrug* - -Lynne (sorry, but for some unknown reason I can't reply to NG or sender from this account) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:24:05 GMT From: ctyner@my-dejanews.com (Adam Tyner) Subject: Re: quick post re: movies On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:02:24 -0600, Molly Doyle wrote: >Yeah...it was a travesty from a purist's point of view, but I'm usually >pretty open about new interpretations of things. But the question is -- what do you think of "Tromeo And Juliet"? I just got my copy in from Troma's "3 movies for $0.99" promotion (along with "Troma's War" and "The Class Of Nuke 'Em High" (which I'm watching right now)), and I can honestly say that's one of the most interesting movies I've ever seen. :-) - -Adam ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:22:12 -0700 From: "Bridget" Subject: mountain stage? hey did anyone record mountain stage with the nields and gbs? i am dying for a copy. help? anyone? oh and please go to my newly opened homepage... bootlegs galore+ACEAIQ- - -- over 'n' out xoxoxo bridget (o: please visit my (perpetually under construction) new homepage... http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/pavilion/3576/ 'I'm open+ACE- There's just nothing in there...' ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:57:33 GMT From: drea1@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: RCAF (*snip* of Chad's recent hilarity) > Chad, *giggle* Doug is going to kill you. And, of course, You Have Been > Quoted. Again. Fiona I don't think he will...though I personally have been waiting for a fittingly sarcastic response, considering various comments about Saskatchewan that Doug *has* made (in my hearing, if not anyone else's *g*) So Doug, are you going to stand up for your province or what? ;> Drea Countdown to FrüCon: 25 days!!! (90 hrs of class, 2 tests and a few shifts of work away...(I'm in serious früwithdrawal here, help! *g*)) - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 01:18:40 -0600 From: Molly Doyle Subject: Re: Shakespeare schr9271@fredonia.edu wrote: > > fru-content...um....speaking of reading I just recently bought One Hundred > Years of Solitude by Gabreal Garcia Marquez. anyone read this...thoughts? I am ashamed to admit that I couldn't get through it. I consider myself a voracious and literary reader (I read Les Miserables *unabridged* in twelve hours DAMMIT! well ok I skipped a few bits, like the 50 pages where Hugo talks about why Napoleon would've won at Waterloo if it hadn't rained the night before, but STILL!!!), but I just got too bogged down in trying to figure out what the hell was going on. I waded through about half of it before I sighed and gave up. The embarrassing part is that my best friend writes novels of magical realism, and I love her writing...so here I'm thinking I'm so cool, I can read GGM, but...guess not. Maybe I'll try _Love In The Time of Cholera_ instead. - -- Molly Doyle http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/6759 "You know you've been raised Catholic when your automatic response to "May the Force be with you," is "And also with you, my son." --a friend ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 1999 12:35:46 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: DC show info I haven't heard (or for that matter heard of) Mary Prankster but I guess she must be semi-local since she's headlining her own show at 930 next week. The first time I saw them. Amy Rigby opened and while she's hot in NY (Time Out New York loves her -- hey,. no wonder I didn't) I thought her boooooring. Maybe we can get that guy who played with them in NY, that Danny Burns, is that it? The one who sang the song about the dolls. He was pretty good. Sounds like Elvis Costello (I actually thought this during the show, comparisons to Bob Dylan notwithstanding and quite obvious). By the way, less than two weeks until 930 and I haven't got my tix in the mail yet -- anyone else still waiting or should I call dear old Ticketmaster and find out what's up? Queen Lisa ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 1999 12:41:29 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) Much to my relief, Molly wrote: >I am ashamed to admit that I couldn't get through it.>> on the subject of GGM's 100 Years. Our own name for it is "100 Hours of Boredom." Truthfully, the only way I'D go to bed with Gabriel Garcia Marquez would be if I had raging insomnia. Now, I WOULD cuddle up with William Goldman and leave on the light for Toni Morrison ("Song of Solomon" on top five all time, can't believe it is being banned in some schools). Which leads to one more possible thread ... what are the NG folks' top five books? I will post my own later once I've narrowed it down (if, that is, this is a thread anyone wants to pursue -- and given the quirky and intellectual leanings of this board, I for one would LOVE to hear them so I can get some new ideas myself for my upcoming three-week road trip). The admittedly literary-quirky Queen Lisa ) ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 1999 16:28:36 GMT From: fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) Subject: Re: DC show info >Just hope >> there aren't *two* terrible openers. The second band that opened for TMBG >> last summer was this random bar band. I thought the crowd was going to >lynch >> them... Anyone remember the guy who opened for Fruvous at Ripley's in Cinncinatti this past summer? *shiver* ladywench FruSpace - We came, we saw, we slept on the floor . . . "For we can still love the world, who find a famished kitten on the step and know recesses for it from the fury of the street" - Hart Crane "Chaplinesque" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:19:01 -0330 From: Shannon Robert Burge Subject: Re: Baddass MP3 files prepare to die. SRB ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:45:30 GMT From: LuCkYDaBeD@aol.com Subject: Re: Fw: Fwd: Ra-cha-cha humor In a message dated 1/24/99 12:36:52 AM Central Standard Time, pmm9979@rit.edu writes: > > >> It can be 70 degrees one day, below freezing the next, and you think > > >nothing of it. Not only in Rochester, but in Iowa too. A very common saying here is "if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes". ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:33:15 GMT From: tmbgirl@juno.com Subject: Re: movies >But the question is -- what do you think of "Tromeo And Juliet"? are you kidding? that movie was terrible... Troma can do so much better! damn jane jensen and her freekin "luv song" too! take it easy, JOrdaN http://www2.netcom.com/~arnot/joda/bootlegs.html :::here's a love sooong for your new boyfriend::: ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:46:22 +0000 From: Amy Cartagena Subject: Take that, Time Out New York! In response to the negative blurb written in "Time Out New York" for the New Year's Eve shows at the Bottom Line, Margaret M. Pas from Brooklyn wrote to the mag and had her letter published in the "letters" column. Here's what it said: Title: North Stars "I felt like retching after reading your wretched description of the Canadian band Moxy Früvous. I had the pleasure of attending an evening of music featuring Moxy Früvous and Dan Bern at the Bottom Line, and I enjoyed every note. Please "think Canadian" the next time you write about such an obviously talented group of musicians." Whoever you are, Margaret, we thank you for your support of the band. There's no accounting for some people's taste. Amy C. ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 1999 19:07:16 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: movies Ooooh, Troma Films thread. My sister-in-law had bit part in "Mother's Day" (she faints in the classroom scene). Queen-in-Law Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:31:16 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) >Molly wrote: >I am ashamed to admit that I couldn't get through it. I have begun on my little "MBLABOA" Reading Bonanza. I have some friends who are addicted to Robertson Davies, and they loaned my the Deptford Trilogy. I've only just started reading, but it's pretty cool already. Any thoughts? >Our own name for it is "100 Hours of Boredom." Truthfully, the only >way I'D go to bed with Gabriel Garcia Marquez would be if I had raging insomnia. Ugh. William S.Burroughs?!? You *seen* that guy?!? My friend Faith and I always scream when they sing "cuddle up with William S. Burroughs" cause the thought of it is just too too horrid. : ) >Which leads to one more possible thread ... what are the NG folks' top >five books? OOOOHHHH! Love this thread! Okay, this is really hard, but here y'are (in absotively, posolutely no particular order): *The Princess Bride - William Goldman [this has been re-hashed a million times. It's good.] *The Little Prince - Antione de Saint Exupery [it holds a hugely special place in my heart. A moving book.] *Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. [Bokonon rules] *Welcome to the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. [short stories from my favourite author? Is there anything better?] *Satori In Paris - Jack Kerouac [Brilliant! First Kerouac I ever read. Good fun times.] *Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger [I don't understand the people that don't like this. The style is marvelous.] (so sue me, it's six) And, since it was far too difficult to leave it at that, here are some of my other favourites: *Weetzie Bat (and the rest in the Weetzie Bat series) - Francesca Lia Block [hypnotic books about Shangri-L.A. and the punks that live there] *Ruby - Michael Emberly [most sassy retelling of Red Riding Hood ever -- she's a headstrong mouse who won't take crap from nobody. There's a crossdressing bulldog, and a cat that dresses like circa 1970's pimp. Drawn by Ed Emberly's son.] *Griffin & Sabine Trilogy - Nick Bantock [amazing art, engrossing story. A man receives mysterious letters from a woman he's never met. So begins this extraordinary correspondence.] *The Stinky Cheese Man - John Sceizka [the god of humourous children's literature today. Trust me, you'll wet yourself.] *Much Ado About Nothing - Big Willie Shakespeare [hands down favourite of his plays.] *Any Other Kurt Vonnegut Novel [because he is Satire Incarnate.] Gads, there are so many more. This list is by no means static. Some of them drift on and off of there. It's just too hard to limit to *5* books of ALL TIME. Anyway. Anybody else? Heather Moore ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:58:42 GMT From: "Zainab" Subject: top five books >Which leads to one more possible thread ... what are the NG folks' top five >books? I will post my own later once I've narrowed it down (if, that is, this >is a thread anyone wants to pursue -- and given the quirky and intellectual >leanings of this board, I for one would LOVE to hear them so I can get some new >ideas myself for my upcoming three-week road trip). > >The admittedly literary-quirky Queen Lisa ) Okay first let me just say that it's near impossible for me to commit to my favorite anything, let alone my top five. But I will be more than happy to list five that are among my very favorite. I just know that as soon as I hit "send" I will think of five more that I absolutely should have included. _Their Eyes Were Watching God_, by Zora Neale Hurston It simply rocks! A wonderful journey of coming of age. _The Innocence of the Devil_, by Nawal El Sa'adawi Really anything by her is good, but I especially love this one. She was the founded the Association for Health Education in Egypt at a time when female doctors were a rarity. She was imprisoned for her writings by Sadat in 1981. She also founded the Arab Women's Solidarity Association. _The Silver Metal Lover_, by Tanith Lee On one hand this is a little-known sci-fi romance novel. On the other hand, it is amazingly good at capturing the nature of obsessive love. I would honestly recommend it to anyone. _Possessing the Secret of Joy_, by Alice Walker Not just a book about female genital mutilation. It's about power and privilege and women's bodies and sexuality. It's also about culture and also recovery. _Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood_, by Fatima Mernissi This book is so good! It's smart, too. _Woman on the Edge of Time_, by Marge Piercy I taught this book when I taught Women's Studies. It's a very thought-inducing feminist utopia. Okay that was six. I physically restrained myself from adding more. btw, I really do read men's books...I'm taking a stab at _The Satanic Verses_, by Salman Rushdie right now. Zainab ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:35:13 GMT From: goto@biogate.com Subject: All types of music at the lowest possible prices 7010 New Music & Old Music At The Lowest Prices. http://www.audiophile.com/musicmaker Another Good Music Site http://musicsounds.webjump.com kfttqmzfccsjttugzsdugpubrywptoxlcqypoldsvds ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:10:50 GMT From: vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Re: top five books I'm not even going to try to limit myself to five books. On the other hand, my book recommendation list is entirely too long, so I'll just name one, the book I happen to be reading right now: Umberto Eco. _How to Travel With a Salmon._ It is one of THE most hillarious books I've ever read. The wit, the biting sarcasm, the amazing writing style. He's wonderful. The book is comprised of several dozen of very short (most of them are 4-5 pages, though a couple are upwards of 30) essays on how to travel with a salmon, how to replace a driver's license [in Italy, where the bureaucracy level exceeds by leaps and bounds that of your average huge private U.S. university], how to eat ice cream, etc. NOT bedtime reading the night before an exam: you won't get enough sleep. Well worth a read. Vika Zafrin vika@ibm.net "I feel like I just gave birth. To a DAT tape." -COM ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 1999 20:43:42 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) <> ... No, no, I said I'd snuggle up with WILLIAM GOLDMAN but was actually simply referring to his books, not his bod (now Michael Chabon, yes). ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 1999 20:56:02 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: top five books OK, now that I've started it I'm going to see what I can come up with ... and sorry to have started a top five, I will actually list several more (but you can stop reading at five if you want): - -- As said, "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison - -- "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston (its second mention on this list already) - -- "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith. Classic. Gets better every time I read it and one of the few where the movie is also excellent, though it stops about two-thirds of the way through the book (when Peggy Garner's character gets to old to be played by Peggy Garner) - -- "Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York" by Gail Parent -- maybe the single funniest book I have ever read about being a single Jewish girl in New York City, which I was for awhile. The movie, by the way, sucks. - -- "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton -- some may qualify this one as trashy but it may be the single most revolutionary sports book ever written and, from a personal standpoint, definitely made me what I am today (whether that's good or bad is another story) - -- "The Source" by James Michener (fascinating novelized account of the history of the Jews) - -- "The Stand" by Stephen King (cannot read it without coming down with an annoying head cold.) - -- "Gone to Soldiers" by Marge Piercy - -- "The Cheerleader" by Ruth Doan McDougal, I'm sure this has been out of print forever -- about three best friends in high school in New England in the late 1950s, my friends and I in high school LOVED this book. For some reason, I still enjoy re-reading it. Preferably in a bubble bath with bonbons and Lush bath bombs when it's cold outside. - -- Anything by Armistead Maupin -- all six books in the Tales of the City series and especially "Maybe the Moon," a novel based on the life of Tamara DeTreaux, the midget who played ET. The way-too-lengthy Queen Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:13:28 -0500 From: Kate Bunting Subject: Re: LARP > >set in the world created in a book called "Silverlock" written by > >some > >guy I don't know. It was written 50 years ago. Anyway the idea is > >that you can be anyone from mythology or literature. That'd be _Silverlock_, by John Myers Myers. Cool idea; everyone from literature and fiction co-exist in their own dimension, and interact among them. > >Young) from the newsgroup and one of the Kates are also Larpers and I'm the one of the Kates! Relative to "Drink Deep" (the name of the LARP based on the _Silverlock_ novel, I'm coming as Daisy Buchanan, from _The_Great_Gatsby_. Besides that, I'm looking forward to seeing and meeting other Frufans at the D.C. show! I was the one with the Finnish hockey jersey at the Baltimore show a couple of months ago, so if I didn't meet you then, I'd like to this time around! Kate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Katherine E. Bunting sailor@wam.umd.edu "Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:13:59 GMT From: nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder Nerd) Subject: Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) On 24 Jan 1999 12:41:29 GMT, bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) wrote: >Which leads to one more possible thread ... what are the NG folks' top five >books? I will post my own later once I've narrowed it down (if, that is, this >is a thread anyone wants to pursue -- and given the quirky and intellectual >leanings of this board, I for one would LOVE to hear them so I can get some new >ideas myself for my upcoming three-week road trip). Top five? Oy, I have no idea. How 'bout I tell what I've been reading recently? I've been getting into Charles de Lint (the man can Write, my friends)... just finished _The Ivory and the Horn_. I also just finished of a pair of well-regarded hard SF novels, William Gibson's _Neuromancer_ and Neal Stephenson's _Snow Crash_. (I'm in an artificial intelligence class this quarter...) Both were good, though of the two I preferred Snow Crash. - --nicole twn whose sister (who works in the campus bookstore) helped Peter S. Beagle and his wife last Friday (she was looking for paper, I think) *** "I misplaced what made me real."--Moxy Fruvous Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn Reply-to address is INCORRECT! Think of it as an intelligence test. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #75 *******************************************