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<title><![CDATA[El tiempo es finito; bien, gracias. ]]></title>
<link>http://elpinchazodedamocles.wordpress.com/?p=12</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>calveradixit</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elpinchazodedamocles.wordpress.com/?p=12</guid>
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El peligro es inminente. Nuestra sentencia de muerte se firmó el mismo día en que nacimos. La vid]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">El peligro es inminente. Nuestra sentencia de muerte se firmó el mismo día en que nacimos. La vida es una gran, gran representación teatral. El escenario es el mundo, nosotros los actores. Actuamos una tragedia, invariablemente. S<strong>abemos el final y siempre, siempre termina mal. </strong>Nos enteramos de cómo acaba una película, ¿la seguimos viendo? Es probable que no. ¿Qué nos impulsa a seguir con nuestras vidas, entonces? En Hamlet, Shakespeare pone en boca del príncipe de Dinamarca:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:60px;"><em>“¿Quién querría llevar tan duras cargas, gemir y sudar bajo el peso de una vida afanosa, si no fuera por el temor de un algo, después de la muerte, esa ignorada región cuyos fines no vuelve a traspasar viajero alguno, temor que confunde nuestra voluntad y nos impulsa a soportar aquellos males que nos afligen, antes que lanzarnos a otros que desconocemos?” </em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding-left:60px;text-align:right;"><em></em><span style="font-size:8pt;">(Hamlet, autor: </span><span style="font-size:8pt;">William Shakespeare)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Pero en una época de tanta incredulidad y apatía, no creo que sean <em>los sueños que pueden sobrevenir en aquel sueño de muerte</em><span> los que nos conserve vivos ¿Será, entonces<em>, </em></span><strong>el engaño lo que nos mantiene con el ímpetu de seguir viviendo</strong>?...  ese artificio que creamos a partir de nuestra petulancia de creernos únicos lo que nos hace sentir preciosos?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Siempre tendremos tiempo para malgastar el tiempo, para recuperarlo viviéndolo intensamente, de renovarnos y comenzar a disfrutar la vida… ¿Será así?, ¿escaparemos de las generalidades de la ley, la ley de la<span> </span>vida, aquella que nos dice que el tiempo es finito y no nos damos cuenta de ello y siempre posponemos el gran cambio? Interrogantes que trataremos de dilucidar en las sucesivas entradas.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Recordemos a Damocles, un cortesano excesivamente adulador que pregonó que su rey era demasiado afortunado al disponer de tanto poder y riqueza. Claro que el rey se sintió ofendido, ya que Damocles nada decía de los peligros del cargo. Entonces, lo retó a ser rey por un día. En un banquete ofrecido en honor al nuevo soberano, lo hizo sentar en el trono, dignidad de rey, pero ató con un pelo de crin de caballo una espada sobre su cabeza. Cuando Damocles advirtió esto, ya no pudo disfrutar del agasajo y pidió ser eximido del cargo.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Así, la espada de Damocles quiere significar la presencia de un peligro inminente: la muerte y la frugalidad de todo cuanto hagamos o acumulemos... lo efímero de cada acto humano. <strong>El tiempo finito de la vida, el destino incierto de los mortales</strong>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Zero Kill]]></title>
<link>http://canneorifamily.wordpress.com/?p=317</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tiziano</dc:creator>
<guid>http://canneorifamily.wordpress.com/?p=317</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Immagine di Zero kill
Folle. E&#8217; l&#8217;unica parola che mi viene per commentare questo libro.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Folle. E' l'unica parola che mi viene per commentare questo libro.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Premetto che l'ho letto male, in maniera molto frammentata e questo non mi ha permesso di gustarmelo come forse meritava ma rimane un libro sconvolgente, con dialoghi pazzeschi e con un ritmo allucinatorio.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La grandezza del libro risiede, secondo me, nel fatto che l'autore, Y.B.,  riesce ad usare un linguaggio e delle espressioni così attuali, grottesche e caricaturali pur trattando con estrema precisione il Corano e il tema religioso in genere, in una Algeria sconvolta dalla corruzione e dal terrorismo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L'ultimo di una trilogia, sembra però essere l'unico pubblicato in Italia e di questo francamente non se ne capisce il motivo. Lo consiglio per quelli come me che amano libri che stordiscono, che ti lasciano andare a letto con una certa vertigine.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[This chapter is done, and i will never read this book again.]]></title>
<link>http://textbookstuff.wordpress.com/?p=103</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>textbookstuff</dc:creator>
<guid>http://textbookstuff.wordpress.com/?p=103</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ringde precis till han, ni vet han som det var finito med, och bad om ursäkt fastän jag inte har e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ringde precis till han, ni vet han som det var finito med, och bad om ursäkt fastän jag inte har ett skit att be om ursäkt för. Sa att det kändes drastiskt att vi inte skulle prata alls, att vi iaf kunde hälsa på varandra. Samtalet löd ungefär såhär:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>- ****</em></p>
<p><em>- Hej, det är Mia.</em></p>
<p><em>- .....</em></p>
<p><em>- Stör jag?</em></p>
<p><em>- Eh... vad är det?</em></p>
<p><em>- Jag tänkte bara be om ursäkt.</em></p>
<p><em>- För vad?</em></p>
<p><em>- För att det blev som det blev förra gången, och för att det känns jäkligt drastiskt att vi inte ens ska kunna hälsa på varandra.</em></p>
<p><em>- Jo...</em></p>
<p><em>- Mmm... Eller?</em></p>
<p><em>- Jo, men vi kan väl hälsa på varandra.</em></p>
<p><em>- Okej, bra. Hur är det?</em></p>
<p><em>- Eh... .... (låååång tystnad)</em></p>
<p><em>- Du vill inte prata överhuvudtaget va?</em></p>
<p><em>- Nej.</em></p>
<p><em>- Okej, men då känns ju en ursäkt lite dumt också. Jaja, du får väl ha det bra...</em></p>
<p><em>- Hej då.</em></p>
<p><em>- Sköt om dig. (slänger på luren)</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Fan fan fan fan. Varför ska jag ringa för? Okej, man får se det på det positiva sättet. Jag ringde och bad om ursäkt fast det i själva verket borde vara han (skulle jag berätta allt han sagt/gjort så skulle ni förstå varför) och att han beter sig som en treåring i telefonen bevisar ju bara en än gång vad han är för människa. Liten, löjlig, och inte ett dugg värd att lägga energi på. Så, detta får bli det absoluta strecket i den här... ja, vad det nu är. Nu fattar till och med jag att det från början var en jävligt dålig idé. Och trots allt är jag inte ens arg. Bara besviken. För jag har hoppats och önskat att han ska bli bättre. Men det är omöjligt. Han kommer aldrig någonsin bli en människa som respekterar medmänniskor. Han kommer alltid ha sig själv i centrum. Och en sån människa klarar man sig jävligt bra utan.</p>
<p><strong>This chapter is done, and i will never read this book again.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[BARRIO CONFLICTIVO anuncia: Homer J. Simpson tenía razón]]></title>
<link>http://necrocriticon.wordpress.com/?p=114</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jimmu</dc:creator>
<guid>http://necrocriticon.wordpress.com/?p=114</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hoy escuché en la radio algo que Homer Simpson ya le comentó en una ocasión a Stephen Hawking  e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Hoy escuché en la radio algo que Homer Simpson ya le comentó en una ocasión a Stephen Hawking  en el bar de Moe: el universo es finito y tiene forma de rosquilla.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No de una rosquilla exactamente, sino de un toro, una rosquilla a la que le falta un trozo. Los cientificos han llegado a esta conclusión a partir de las mediciones que la sonda WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) de la NASA ha estado tomando del fondo cosmico para levantar mapas de él. Pero estas mediciones tienen un pequeño inconveniente, sus datos poseen barras de error que pueden ser del orden de lo que se pretende medir. Por eso la ESA planea lanzar el satélite Planck, que permitirá estudiar el fondo cósmico de radiación con una precisión sin precedentes.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ese gran filósofo y no-pensador que es Homer es el guia que esta nuestra civilización estaba esperando.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Para un análisis científico más en profundidad del asunto del universo, pincha <a href="http://neofronteras.com/?p=1193" target="_blank">aqu</a>í. Tienen dibujos y todo.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hillary Concedes (For Real This Time)]]></title>
<link>http://maremare1225.wordpress.com/?p=815</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>BookGirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maremare1225.wordpress.com/?p=815</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hiallry Clinton&#8217;s entire concession speech is below.

It took her twenty nine minutes to get t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hiallry Clinton's entire concession speech is below.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/DHxPHKM6sPE'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/DHxPHKM6sPE&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>It took her twenty nine minutes to get to the point, but I'm not gonna hate on her for squeezing the last of the juice out of her exhausted campaign.  Now, we can focus on McCain and bring down the anti-hope regime in power.</p>
<p>Today is a beautiful day!! :)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[D-day anno 2008]]></title>
<link>http://coudie.wordpress.com/?p=65</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Coudie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://coudie.wordpress.com/?p=65</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We noteren 6 juni. De dag waarop de laatste deadline verstrijkt. Niet toevallig de dag van D-day. Ja]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We noteren 6 juni. De dag waarop de laatste deadline verstrijkt. Niet toevallig de dag van D-day. Jaren later is het geen oorlog die ene beslissende wending krijgt, maar wel de studie. Voor een totaal van 29 studiepunten aan opdrachten zijn inmiddels binnen en daar stopt het ook. Twee ervan (masterproef en geïntegreerde seminaries) wachten nog op een verdediging, jakkes. Gisteren was mijn onderzoeksrapport trouwens een dag voor de limiet binnen. Op het einde wordt een mens nog ooit een echte student *uhum*. Over studeren gesproken, gedaan met het geleuter, ik moet dringend aan de arbeid. </p>
<p>Quizvraagje: van wie zijn de voorgaande zes woorden?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[WE DID IT!!!!]]></title>
<link>http://maremare1225.wordpress.com/?p=795</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>BookGirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maremare1225.wordpress.com/?p=795</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finally. Dear sweet Lord.
Barack Obama is officially the presumptive nominee. He has made history as]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally. Dear sweet Lord.</p>
<p>Barack Obama is officially the presumptive nominee. He has made history as the first African American nominee of a major party. HE did it. WE did it.</p>
<p>Below is his speech in its entirety.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Xxa0ihsoiYI'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Xxa0ihsoiYI&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Hillary has not conceded yet, but this <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=aCyGvGEtOwc" target="_blank">feels so good</a>. Right now it's all a part of the political song and dance, but the primary is over and we can move on to the Republicans.  YAY!</p>
<p>I am relieved, exhausted, jubilant, and just down right cheerful. We did it guys, we hung in there and it happened.  He beat the biggest democratic machine in the country and he can do it again with the GOP to clinch the White House.</p>
<p>Thanks to all my readers who kept me going too. :) I'm glad to share this with you all. Time to celebrate!!!!</p>
<p>New York Times article <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/us/politics/04elect.html?_r=1&#38;hp&#38;oref=slogin" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[De infinitos y humanos]]></title>
<link>http://lagtos.wordpress.com/?p=199</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lagtos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lagtos.wordpress.com/?p=199</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La muerte, el paso obigatorio de todo ser humano por esa angosta y oscura puerta, hace de cada per]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://lagtos.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/img_0250-r001-12a-x.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-236" src="http://lagtos.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/img_0250-r001-12a-x.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="261" /></a>La muerte, el paso obigatorio de todo ser humano por esa angosta y oscura puerta, hace de cada persona un ser cada vez más perfecto.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Aunque es necesario aclarar que el requisito para aquella perfección no es el cúmulo de años, sino la virtud sencilla y heroica de la humildad.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Atravesar ese umbral es una prueba, la más grande de todas... ¿para qué rendirse ante el miedo? La vida humana es un misterio. La muerte en definitiva no lo es. Y nosotros vivimos con anhelos todos los días y todos los años y el principal de ellos es el de la permanencia. La vida después de la vida.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sola la tierra girando alrededor de un sol en el infinito de un universo que sólo creemos alcanzar con la imaginación y las palabras, y aún estas y todos sus idiomas se quedan cortos. Solos cada uno de nosotros, aún entre miles de millones que ya somos en la tierra, solos ante la inmensidad.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Rodeados de infinito, nuestra vida dura lo que un flash... nuestra vida finita. La muerte nos acecha, nos busca, nos espera... sabe que un día pasaremos por ella. Y al mismo tiempo el universo... no hay comparación ni paralelo para hacernos una idea.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y así con todo ello, la medida de nuestra vida temporal será el infinito... y así, rodeados de infinito vivimos y rodeados de infinito morimos. ¿Qué es la vida que se agota? ¿Qué es la muerte... y a dónde nos conduce? ...pues vamos con una venda sobre los ojos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y aún con todo esto que llamamos infinito porque no lo alcanzamos, el corazón y la mente se hacen uno maravillados ¡...sobrecogidos! cuando lo inabarcable se hace nada en el momento en el que el autor de toda existencia, de toda materia y de toda inmateria: Dios, viene a nuestro encuentro.</p>
<p>Y viene a nosotros como uno de nosotros, y se hace hombre y vive y nos habla del Padre, de Sí mismo y del Espíritu Santo... y sube a la cruz a donar su vida por la nuestra, y la entrega y muerto resucita al tercer día, y se sigue donando en la Eucaristía... y Él, Dios, se define a sí mismo en una palabra: Amor.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Death by Microwave]]></title>
<link>http://hotbutter.wordpress.com/?p=58</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 02:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Donna Arriaga</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So, last night I decided to subject myself to the inadequacies of local broadcast news. While my dis]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, last night I decided to subject myself to the inadequacies of local broadcast news. While my disappointment with their insufferable news quality prevailed... something new and intriguing emerged.</p>
<p><strong>Death by Microwave </strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/k0TSyIn5KMo'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/k0TSyIn5KMo&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Yes. Local news DID decide this was "newsworthy".<br />
**Not to be confused with very, berry blogworthy**<br />
</em></p>
<p>Some how, this video took me to the way-back-when days... to the very first time I witnessed such wicked sweet death by kitchen appliance.</p>
<p>Enter...</p>
<p><strong>Gremlins!</strong><br />
(The clip is a little long and it takes a while to get to the microwave scene. You could always force the play head forward, but beware... you'll miss the gruesome blender shot.)</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/zReX7OpfZXY'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/zReX7OpfZXY&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Okay. One more Death by Microwave.</p>
<p><strong>Fry Furbe Fry.</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/xVoQsiiNNe4'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/xVoQsiiNNe4&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Insipidamente]]></title>
<link>http://jabez65.wordpress.com/?p=47</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 17:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jabez65</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jabez65.wordpress.com/?p=47</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Questa breve poesia non l&#8217;ho scritta io: è di Alessia A.    L&#8217;ho trovata su Yahoo answe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Questa breve poesia non l'ho scritta io: è di Alessia A.    L'ho trovata su Yahoo answer è mi è piaciuta molto, quindi è con piacere che la posto per condividerla con voi.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800000;">Insipidamente</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Il tempo ha sovrapposto i miei pensieri,<br />
ritagli giornalieri<br />
di tempo senza te,<br />
il mio caffè senza sapore ,<br />
allontana un'altro giorno.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Alessia A.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img style="vertical-align:middle;" src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9838/pensieri2qk9.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="93" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Respected Polling Firm To End Daily Tracking Of Clinton]]></title>
<link>http://maremare1225.wordpress.com/?p=678</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>BookGirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maremare1225.wordpress.com/?p=678</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rasmussen Reports, which has been called the most accurate polling firm in America, has released a s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll" target="_blank">Rasmussen Reports</a>, which has been called the most accurate polling firm in America, has released a statement on their website which explains why they will no longer be tracking the democratic primary race.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">«<em>Rasmussen Reports has been tracking the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination daily for nineteen months… since November 2006. For the last few months, the most remarkable feature of the race has been its consistency and stability. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both running historic campaigns and both have captured the votes and hearts of distinct and important constituencies within the Democratic Party. Obama has won Primaries in states where the demographics favor his campaign and Clinton has won in the states that favor her campaign.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>However, while Senator Clinton has remained close and competitive in every meaningful measure, she is a close second and the race is over. It has become clear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><!--more--></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>At the moment, Senator Clinton’s team is busily trying to convince Superdelegates and pundits that she is more electable than Barack Obama. For reasons discussed in a separate article, it doesn’t matter. <a href="http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_scott_rasmussen/for_superdelegates_electability_isn_t_enough" target="_self">Even if every single Superdelegate was convinced that the former First Lady is somewhat more electable than Obama, that is not enough of a reason to deny him the nomination. </a></em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>With this in mind, Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. Barring something totally unforeseen, that is the choice American voters will have before them in November. While we have not firmly decided upon a final day for tracking the Democratic race, it is coming soon.»</em></p>
<p>Hillary, even the polling people are over it.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Alternativ zur Rente kommt jetzt der Selbsttötungsautomat]]></title>
<link>http://xxlkillababe.wordpress.com/?p=493</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>xxlkillababe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://xxlkillababe.wordpress.com/?p=493</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hamburg  - Mit einer „Selbsttötungsmaschine“ will der frühere Hamburger Justizsenator Roger Ku]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Hamburg </b> - Mit einer „Selbsttötungsmaschine“ will der frühere Hamburger Justizsenator Roger Kusch Schwerkranken auch in Deutschland einen selbst gewählten Weg in den Tod ermöglichen. „Das Gerät ist ab sofort einsatzfähig“, sagte Kusch am Freitag bei der Präsentation des Injektionsautomaten in Hamburg. Per Knopfdruck wird der Motor der grünen Maschine in Gang gesetzt, der dann aus zwei Spritzen ein Narkotikum und Kaliumchlorid in die Venen presst. Ein Arzt muss zuvor lediglich eine Kanüle legen. Kusch hält die Methode rechtlich für straffrei, da der Sterbewillige mittels des Knopfes die Entscheidung selbst trifft. Die Hamburger Ärztekammer kritisierte die Tötungsmaschine als „unerträgliche Selbstinszenierung“. Bayerns Justizministerin Beate Merk (CSU) zeigte sich „entsetzt“. [<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2008/03/28/863027.html">mehr..</a></span>]<b></b></p>
<p>Bayerns Justizministerin Merk sagte: „Für einen Tötungsautomaten ist in Deutschland kein Platz.“ Das sei die falsche Antwort auf Situationen schwerkranker Menschen. „So etwas widerspricht diametral unserer Wertevorstellung von einer humanen, christlichen Gesellschaft.“Wer sagt den das dies nur schwerstkranke Menschen in Anspruch nehmen werden? Bei einer Diskussion zur Rente im lawblog von Udo Vetter (<a href="http://www.lawblog.de/index.php/archives/2008/03/26/mit-67-jahren/">Mit 67 Jahren</a>) finden sich folgender Kommentare:</p>
<p>4. Gerhard  meint: (26.3.2008 um 16:23)<br />
Hab’ mir vorgenommen bis 86 zu arbeiten und dann Selbstmord zu begehen<span style="font-style:italic;"><br />
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<p>Gutes Konzept alternativ zur Armut im Alter nach 40 Jahren Beitragszahlung in die Rentenkasse..</p>
<p>Quelle: <a href="http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2008/03/28/863027.html">http://www.abendblatt.de</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lawblog.de/index.php/archives/2008/03/26/mit-67-jahren">http://www.lawblog.de</a></p>
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<link>http://antidemoni.wordpress.com/?p=12</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deevocatore</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Appena nato il blog mi sa che chiuderà presto i battenti il demone ha vinto.sono tornato a casa e p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="center">Appena nato il blog mi sa che chiuderà presto i battenti il demone ha vinto.sono tornato a casa e posso praticamente considerare tutto finito,adesso tornerò a rinchiudermi nel mio mondo adottivo!</div>
<div align="center">il blog molto probabilmente non avrà più motivo di essere continuato salvo ripensamenti del ultima ora...quindi saluto chi ha avuto voglia di leggerlo,il contatore dice 20 persone...di cui sicuro manco uno avrà seguito più di metà post...però li saluto lo stesso anche loro :)</div>
<div align="center">è nato più che altro come sfogo mio personale^^ quindi NP</div>
<div align="center">a presto per ulteriori aggiornamenti oppure addio al prossimo blog cazzata o sito inutile che creerò :)</div>
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<title><![CDATA[UFFICIALE: Lo sciopero è finito!!!!]]></title>
<link>http://moonlightitalia.wordpress.com/?p=341</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>luca87</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Per quanto tempo abbiamo atteso questo splendido momento? Finalmente è arrivato! Tirate fuori le bo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Per quanto tempo abbiamo atteso questo splendido momento? Finalmente è arrivato! Tirate fuori le bottiglie dal frigo e festeggiate, lo sciopero è finito!</p>
<p>Variety riporta che il WGA ha annunciato poco prima delle 19 di ieri che i membri hanno votato per l'accettazione della proposta e quindi per la <strong>fine dello sciopero</strong>. Patric Varrone, presidente della WGA, ha annunciato:<br />
"Lo sciopero è finito. I nostri membri hanno votato e gli scrittori possono tornare al lavoro".</p>
<p>Che dire: FINALMENTE!!!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Capolavoro, Poesia, Poeta]]></title>
<link>http://retroguardia2.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/capolavoro-poesia-poeta/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>francesco sasso</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ [un pensiero improvvisato on-line: 19-12-07]
Capolavoro, Poesia, Poeta: parole pronunciate di cont]]></description>
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<p>Capolavoro, Poesia, Poeta: parole pronunciate di continuo. Eppure, mai come oggi ci si è dimenticati dell’eternità nella contemporaneità: trattasi di trarre l’infinito dal finito. Leggere, vivere e cercare i mezzi per esprimere la vita. Dialogare con il passato- poiché in vita non c’è possibilità di dialogo-, pur serbando in se stessi l’idea che si frequenta un fantasma, aiuta ad illuminare di luce il movimento della vita contemporanea, e il passato si farà presente, chissà. E forse il presente troverà la morale e l’estetica del proprio tempo, per minima e lieve che sia.</p>
<p><strong>f.s.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sciopero finito]]></title>
<link>http://frecciatricolore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sciopero-finito/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>frecciatricolore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frecciatricolore.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/sciopero-finito/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finalmente lo sciopero è finito. Non si può bloccare un interno Paese per uno sciopero, giusto o n]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finalmente lo sciopero è finito. Non si può bloccare un interno Paese per uno sciopero, giusto o non giusto, causando danni economici. Per protestare bisogna andare davanti al Parlamento e farsi sentire!!</p>
<p>Comunque vi informo che ci vogliono 48 ore per rifornire tutti i distributori mentre 72 ore per il reparto agroalimentare.</p>
<p>Scioperare è un diritto, ma bisogna farlo senza causare disagio a chi non c'entra nulla....</p>
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<title><![CDATA[You. finito.]]></title>
<link>http://janetleigh.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/you-finito/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://janetleigh.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/you-finito/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A simple unwanted
discardable memory
you
once-king-on-the-mountain-you,
soon to reign in the scrap p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A simple unwanted<br />
discardable memory<br />
you<br />
once-king-on-the-mountain-you,<br />
soon to reign in the scrap pile<br />
of don juans &#38; gigolos<font color="#ffffff">............</font>(cara mia)<br />
finally the finale<font color="#ffffff">.......................</font>(finito).</p>
<p>Once a time<br />
moment in time<font color="#ffffff">.......................</font>( ahh.. memento)<br />
when your facade played the room<br />
to every dance face smiling by<br />
your propensity to infidelity &#38; lies<br />
took them from ballroom girl-of-a-whirl<br />
inside your world of bar room girls<br />
the price they paid was total</p>
<p>I am a whisper<br />
a throaty whisper<br />
which visits your ear, to echo<br />
throughout your mind<br />
<em>No. You shall not forget me.</em><br />
<font color="#ffffff"> </font>My image, well engraved<br />
creeps behind your eyeball<br />
flashes itself upon that screen<br />
of your closed eyelid<br />
at any time<br />
to remind you</p>
<p>Once upon a time</p>
<p>when you were king<br />
full of  know-it-all-ledge<br />
king-on-the-mountain<font color="#ffffff">.......</font>(king of sin)<br />
carnal<font color="#ffffff">....................................</font>(per favore)<br />
known for baiting<font color="#ffffff">...............</font>(cleverly waiting)<br />
on ballroom to bar room girls<br />
you rode them Ferris wheel called Never Stop<br />
now your Muses in their ring-side seats<br />
watch your final act upon the heap</p>
<p>aging,  albeit at the top, mediocrity</p>
<p>finito</p>
<p>Rev. 11-30-07</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Complementando Fichte (2)]]></title>
<link>http://espectivas.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/complementando-fichte-2/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>O. Braga</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Diz-se que a filosofia de Fichte é a filosofia do “infinito”. Eu penso que a filosofia de Ficht]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Diz-se que a filosofia de Fichte é a filosofia do “infinito”. Eu penso que a filosofia de Fichte é a filosofia do “Absoluto”, e “Infinito” é coisa diferente.<br />
O “Infinito” distingue-se do “Finito” e do “Absoluto”. O “Finito” caracteriza a vida e o mundo da criatura limitada pelo Espaço-tempo. As realidades finitas podem não ter fim, mas têm concerteza um princípio, pois são criadas. O “Infinito” caracteriza objectos ou sujeitos sem princípio nem fim, mas que não sendo criados, são derivados do Absoluto (consubstanciais ao Absoluto), e que têm a capacidade de transcendência sobre o Espaço-tempo, embora não existam necessariamente alheados (fora) do Espaço-tempo. O “Absoluto” não tem princípio nem fim, e está totalmente fora e alheado do Espaço-tempo (ver <a href="http://espectivas.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/complementando-fichte-1/">post anterior</a>).<br />
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Estou mais de sintonizado com Fichte do que com Schelling, quando o primeiro distingue o “Absoluto” do “Saber Absoluto” (a Razão Infinita), sendo que o saber absoluto é derivado (consubstancial) do Absoluto e pertence à dimensão “infinita” da existência, sendo que a Natureza é a imagem “finita”, a “sombra” ou Ersatz do Absoluto – enquanto que Schelling integra a Razão e a Natureza no Absoluto. Este conceito fichteano da Natureza como “sombra” do Absoluto é corroborado mais tarde pelo físico inglês Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882 – 1944), através de uma gnoseologia (1) idealista que se baseava no facto de a ciência física moderna reconhecer que trabalha “num mundo de sombras”, perante o qual a única realidade sólida é a que o homem tem à sua disposição através da sua consciência. </p>
<p>A visão de Schelling (como a de Hegel) é uma visão panteísta racionalista (materialismo de Diderot e o romantismo de Feuerbach unidos no mesmo conceito) de um Infinito (Absoluto) que incorpora o Finito (formando o Todo), e por isso, para Schelling, tudo o que existe faz parte integrante do Absoluto. Não concordo com quem diz que o tipo de panteísmo de Schelling ou de Hegel é o mesmo do de Espinosa, porque Espinosa recorre várias vezes nos seus escritos à fórmula “Deus sive natura” (Deus ou a Natureza), enquanto que Schelling tende a incluir a Natureza no conceito de deidade (Absoluto) e Hegel inclui definitivamente o Finito (a Natureza) no Infinito (Absoluto).</p>
<p>A preocupação filosófica de Schelling está relacionada com a Arte. Fichte tem uma visão de inutilidade da Natureza (de que eu discordo), e Schelling pretende fazer vincar a importância da Natureza e da Arte. O que Schelling fez em relação a Fichte, foi “deitar fora o bebé com a água do banho”. Schelling incompatibilizou-se pessoalmente com Hegel e com Fichte, o que revela uma falta de flexibilidade argumentativa.<br />
A Arte, a Estética, a Ética, a Moral, etc., são projecções do Absoluto que nos chegam tanto pela via do Eu (Infinito), como por via do Não-eu (Finito). O niilismo existencialista de Fichte resulta de uma subjectividade que não condiciona a sua visão dualista do saber absoluto e do Absoluto. </p>
<p>Schelling estabelece a “forma absoluta de todo o saber” em torno do Eu que é incondicionado, enquanto que o Não-eu é condicionado, sendo que tudo o que é condicionado é determinado pelo incondicionado.<br />
Schelling talvez misture o conceito de “Eu infinito” com o “Eu Absoluto”; o “Eu infinito” é condicionável por si próprio, é auto-condicionado, enquanto que o “Eu Absoluto”, este sim, é incondicionável. O “Eu infinito”, não criado, existe como derivação do “Eu Absoluto”, é consubstancial ao Absoluto, e as limitações que o “Eu infinito” tem são as que impõe a si próprio.<br />
O Eu de Fichte e o Absoluto de Schelling tem ambos actividade infinita. Fichte atribui actividade infinita ao Eu, distinguindo, contudo, o “Eu” do “Absoluto”; Schelling atribui actividade infinita ao Absoluto, quando Fichte atribui ao Absoluto a Estaticidade Intemporal própria do Absoluto. Fichte distingue, pelo menos implicitamente, o “Infinito” do “Absoluto”. </p>
<p>Como referi anteriormente, “o Finito” não tem, necessariamente, fim, mas tem um princípio, porque foi criado. Para Schelling e Hegel, o “Finito” tinha princípio e tinha que ter um fim. Esta divergência no conceito de Finito faz toda a diferença.</p>
<p>Para Hegel, as criaturas estão incorporadas no Infinito (ou “Total” ou “Absoluto”, que para Hegel era coisa indiferente), fazem parte do Infinito. Hegel diz que o Infinito é a única e exclusiva realidade das coisas, não existe “para além” do Finito, isto é, o Infinito inclui o Finito, supera o Finito e anula-o em si próprio. Hegel diz que o Finito só existe incorporado no Infinito, enquanto Fichte separa a Natureza (o Finito) do Infinito e do Absoluto. </p>
<p>Hegel argumenta que, segundo Fichte, sendo o Infinito a delimitar e a justificar o Finito, o Finito, para se adequar ao Infinito e unir-se a ele, encontra-se projectado num progresso em direcção ao Infinito e que, por isso, jamais alcançará o seu termo (a união com o Infinito). Hegel parte do princípio de que o Finito tem que ter um fim, um termo, e que esse termo é a união com o infinito que nunca ocorrerá, se se tiver em consideração a teoria de Fichte – quando o Finito não tem, necessariamente, que ter um fim, mas tem sempre um princípio. Ademais, só se pode juntar ao Infinito o que tem características e a essência do Infinito: o Eu.<br />
Segundo Hegel, o Infinito não pode ser colocado “ao lado” do Finito, pois neste caso, o Finito seria obstáculo, e o limite do Infinito seria a transformação do Infinito em finito. </p>
<p>Referi aqui o “princípio Evolucionário” do Absoluto, que revela o Absoluto expansivo por si próprio e identificado com o Finito. Toda a realidade finita do Espaço-tempo encontra-se sob o impulso volitivo do Ser Absoluto evolucionário, numa mobilização sempre ascendente e numa unificação perfeccionante das criaturas em todas as fases e valores da realidade finita. Eu diria, ao contrário de Hegel e indo ao encontro de Fichte, que o Infinito não se encontra “ao lado” do Finito como Hegel presume ser ideia de Fichte, nem engloba o Finito como Hegel pretende que seja, mas encontra-se essencialmente alheado (“fora”) do Finito – que é o que realmente Fichte, tal como Espinosa, quis significar. A criatura inteligente finita, limitada pelo Não-eu finito (a Natureza), perscruta o Absoluto a partir do Finito utilizando como instrumento o seu Eu Infinito, enquanto o Ser Absoluto olha o Finito a partir do Absoluto e através o Infinito. O Infinito é, em si próprio, uma dimensão essencial distinta do Finito e do Absoluto. </p>
<p>Segundo Hegel, “o conceito fundamental da filosofia”, o verdadeiro Infinito, deve anular o Finito, reconhecendo e realizando, por detrás das aparências do Finito, a sua própria infinitude. “O infinito é afirmativo e só o finito é superado”. No fundo, Fichte diz exactamente o mesmo, mas com mais propriedade, quando se refere ao Saber Absoluto, à sua derivação do Absoluto e ao conceito de Natureza como criação (imagem) do Absoluto. Hegel não deixa de ter alguma razão quando intui que o Infinito actua no Finito, isto é, influencia o Finito, mas a verdade é que o Finito actua também no Infinito. Fichte intui o mesmo, separando, no entanto, a essência do Infinito da essência do Finito. Porém, Hegel fez o que Fichte não quis fazer: aboliu o Finito. </p>
<blockquote><p>“Aquilo que é racional é real; aquilo que é real é racional” – Hegel</p></blockquote>
<p>A filosofia quântica e a Física Teórica vieram provar que nem sempre o que é real é racional, pelo menos à luz do Saber disponível. Quando a quântica observa os fenómenos atómicos, opera na fronteira entre o Finito e o Infinito. À escala atómica, demonstrou-se que a observação de um fenómeno quântico modifica-o de uma forma imprevisível. Toda a observação que pretenda determinar a posição de uma partícula atómica, ou modifica a velocidade dessa partícula, ou determinando-se a velocidade, a sua posição modifica-se, porque não é possível determinar simultaneamente a posição e a velocidade de uma partícula quântica. Os cientistas quânticos foram obrigados a incluir na análise dos fenómenos atómicos as próprias modificações que a observação provoca neles, sem eliminar, contudo, a elevada imprevisibilidade dos fenómenos quânticos. O determinismo científico rigoroso, implícito nesta citação de Hegel, deixou de existir. O princípio da causalidade, que sempre foi considerado o fundamento da explicação científica, passou a ser questionado pelos cientistas quânticos, na medida em que o princípio da causalidade inclui o determinismo quando prevê os acontecimentos futuros de uma forma infalível. Os cientistas quânticos deram-se conta de que a observação da realidade na fronteira com o Infinito deve obedecer a uma metodologia diferente da observação do Finito, porque o Infinito e o Finito são realidades essenciais diferentes. </p>
<p>Se a filosofia quântica e a Física Teórica vieram provar que Hegel estava errado, a quântica em nada contradiz Fichte, porque este sempre defendeu a diferença essencial entre o Finito, o Infinito e o Absoluto. </p>
<p>A teoria científica do Big Bang revela que o nosso Universo surgiu a partir do Nada, e se expande a uma velocidade exactamente igual (proporcional) à sua gravidade – porque se assim não fosse, ou se expandiria a uma velocidade tanta que não permitiria a criação das estrelas, ou voltaria ao ponto de partida em pouco tempo. A ideia de Hegel de que este nosso Universo finito faz parte integrante do Infinito – a ideia de que o Finito é idêntico ao Infinito –, para além de ser a negação da teoria científica do Big Bang, na medida em que Hegel inclui o Nada (a “Total Ausência”) no Finito, transforma o Infinito numa criação finita por parte do Absoluto, em vez da noção de “derivação consubstancial” do Infinito por parte do Absoluto, defendida por Fichte. </p>
<p>Se a teoria do Big Bang e a quântica fossem conhecidas no tempo de Hegel, talvez ele mudasse de opinião, e passasse a considerar a Natureza finita como sendo algo distinto do Infinito, o Finito “alheado” do Infinito, e não “ao lado” do Infinito; em contraponto, a teoria do Big Bang não belisca o essencial da teoria de Fichte. Talvez por isso é que Hegel é tão citado pelo Materialismo Filosófico na sua fundamentação, e Fichte é ostensivamente ignorado. Hegel foi o melhor “amigo” do Materialismo Dialéctico e do Existencialismo que surgiram a seguir. Não há curriculum em cadeira de Filosofia que não pretira Fichte e privilegie Hegel, em nome do racionalismo dogmático. </p>
<p><font size="1">(1) Gnoseologia: termo que designa a disciplina que se aplica ao estudo do Conhecimento. Situa-se na fronteira entre a Lógica e a Psicologia. Foi absorvida pela “Epistemologia”, mas dado o duplo sentido de “epistemologia” – o de Gnoseologia e o de Estudo Histórico – prefiro utilizar o termo antigo.</font> </p>
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<link>http://booksellerchick.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/the-2006-challengers-answered-after-a-year-and-much-out-sourcing/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Remember way back in &#8216;06, when I challenged you to a book duel and y&#8217;all took me serious]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember way back in '06, when I challenged you to a <a href="http://booksellerchick.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-challenge-you-to-book-duel.html">book duel</a> and y'all took me seriously and made with <a href="http://booksellerchick.blogspot.com/2006/06/challengers.html">your lists</a>?  And remember how I made a <a href="http://booksellerchick.blogspot.com/2006/06/recommendations-bet-you-thought-i-had.html">few suggestions</a> and then promptly did nothing else as I moved on to the next new thing, thus re-affirming my flakiness in y'alls eyes.</p>
<p>Well, guess what?  I'm not the flake you thought I was.  Nope.  I'm just really, really slow.</p>
<p>That's right, I've kinda-sorta completed a list of suggestions for those of you who offered up you "five books that you loved."  Which means that the one or two of you who submitted your lists and still read this blog with some sort of regularity now may have something to add to your reading piles (or now have something to disagree with me vehemently about).</p>
<p>But before you scroll down allow me a moment to explain why this took so damn long.  First, my head kind of exploded when so many people took me up on my challenge.  It's true.  I thought I would get--at the most--five of you, and instead there were a lot, lot more.  Secondly, I did try my damnedest to work on this while at the bookstore but funny things kept happening, like, you know, needing to work.  So when I would come across a suggestion I would write it down on piece of paper and stick in in my pocket, then when I came home, instead of taking it out immediately upon returning home and recording the information it would stay there.  It would continue to stay there, in fact, until I washed the pants and the little scrap of paper was then reduced to a little ball of unreadable mush that didn't do any of us any good.</p>
<p>So why didn't I work on it when I was home and unemployed?  Good question.  Probably because unemployment turned me into a little ball of unreadable mush, not good for much of anything.  I need structure.  I need something to drive me.  I need that damn employment.</p>
<p>(Side note: this complete lack of drive is something that I always feared would happen to me if I moved back home with my parents for any period of time and the reason I turned down the opportunity to do so on many occasions despite the fact that my bank account would have thanked me.)</p>
<p>Turns out that it doesn't matter what this employment is, just so long as it occupies one part of my brain so the other half is free to do and work on whatever it needs to.  Since I'm stuck in front of the computer for long periods of time where I'm not answering phone calls or learning the facts about horse racing (don't do it.  Just don't ever do it.), I've suddenly got time to work on other things.  Book related things.  Like interviews and book giveaways and recommendations!</p>
<p>I can finally complete all those things I've promised without feeling like I'm not using my time wisely!</p>
<p>Break out the champagne and the exclamation marks people, it is time to celebrate.  The original lists are in plain text, the books with suggestions previously attached to them are underlined and the new suggestions are highlighted in yellow (or at least they were when I set up the document).  I was going to go into an explanation for each suggestion, but then my head got explode-y again and I decided to let you do the equivalent of reading the back by giving you the Amazon link.   Hope these work for you, I'm interested to hear what you think.</p>
<p>(Disclaimer: As stated in the original post "I reserve the right to recommend the same book multiple times" because that's how most booksellers operate. )
<p>The Challengers:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/18809706"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Marta</span></a>:</p>
<p><u>A Confederacy of Dunces</u> - O'Toole: Apathy and Other Small Victories or Breakfast of Champions: <a title="Kings of Infinite Space" href="http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Infinite-Space-James-Hynes/dp/0312319665/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179259411&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Kings of Infinite Space</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by James Hines</span><br />Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Vargas Llosa<br />Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff – Moore<br />Decline &#38; Fall – Waugh: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Cold Comfort Farm  by Stella Gibbons<br /></span>Persuasion – Austen: <a title="Excellent Women" href="http://www.amazon.com/Excellent-Women-Penguin-Classics-Barbara/dp/014310487X/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-0364120-5709763"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Excellent Women</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Barbara Pym</span></p>
<p><a title="Being There" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802136346/$%7B0%7D"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Being There</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Jerzy Kosinski</span></p>
<p><a href="http://susanw.livejournal.com/"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Susan Wilbanks</span></a>:</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gaudy Night - Dorothy Sayers </span>(characterized by humor and mystery)  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Laurie R. King mysteries, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, Boris Akunin's Mysteries, To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome, <a title="Crocodile on the Sandbank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Crocodile-Sandbank-Elizabeth-Peters/dp/0445406518/ref=cm_lmf_tit_1_rdssss0/103-4701372-1179035">Crocodile on the Sandbank</a> by Elizabeth Peters</span><br />His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik: <a title="Wolf's Hour" href="http://www.amazon.com/Wolfs-Hour-Robert-McCammon/dp/0671731424/ref=sr_1_6/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178991919&#38;sr=1-6"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Wolf's Hour</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Robert McCammon<br /></span>In This House of Brede - Rumer Godden: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mr. Blue by Myles Connolly (admit that I cheated a bit with this and looked at the also bought on Amazon.  After reviewing the different choices, Mr. Blue sounded very fascinating with its inclusing of a different religious aspects.  Might also want to check out nonfiction biography, </span><a title="Mother Angelica" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Angelica-Remarkable-Network-Miracles/dp/0385510934/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178991769&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mother Angelica</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">.</span><br />Sharpe's Triumph - Bernard Cornwell<br /><u>Guns, Germs &#38; Steel</u> - Jared Diamond: Collapse, 3rd Chimpanzee and anything by E.O. Wilson, or Black Bodies and Quantum Physics: Tales from the Annals of Physics</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/8377909"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Penny L. Richards</span></a>:</p>
<p>Octavia Butler, Kindred<br />Michael Berube, Life as We Know It<br />Anna Lanyon, Malinche's Conquest: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">If you're interested in reading more takes on Malinche, there's the new book by Laura Esquivel called simply, </span><a title="Malinche" href="http://www.amazon.com/Malinche-Novel-Laura-Esquivel/dp/0743290356/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178992409&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Malinche</span></a>.<br />Lindsay Clarke, The Chymical Wedding<br />Lisa See, On Gold Mountain: <a title="Bound Feet &#38; Western Dress" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bound-Feet-Western-Dress-Memoir/dp/0385479646/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178993113&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Bound Feet &#38; Western Dress</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span>by Pang-Mei Chang, <a title="Fifth Chinese Daughter" href="http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Chinese-Daughter-Jade-Snow/dp/0295968265/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178993113&#38;sr=1-1">Fifth Chinese Daughter</a> by Jade Snow Wong  </span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Interested in more historical fiction:</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a title="Stolen Tongue" href="http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Tongue-Sheri-Holman/dp/0385491247/ref=pd_sim_b_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179002635&#38;sr=1-1">Stolen Tongue</a> by Sheri Holman<br />Umberto Eco <a title="The Name of the Rose" href="http://www.amazon.com/Name-Rose-including-Postscript/dp/0156001314/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179003089&#38;sr=1-2">The Name of the Rose</a> </span></p>
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<p><a href="http://drewa.diaryland.com/"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Andrea</span></a>:</p>
<p>Snow Wolf- Glenn Meade: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">John LeCarre Constant Gardener and others, Katherine Neville's The Eight.</span><br />The Sculptress- Minette Walters: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Halo Complex by MJ Rose, A Great Deliverence by Elizabeth George</span><br />Lonely Hearts- John Harvey<br />lost boy lost girl- Peter Straub<br />Geek Love- Katherine Dunn:<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><a title="Clown Girl" href="http://www.amazon.com/Clown-Girl-Novel-Monica-Drake/dp/0976631156/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179001470&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Clown Girl</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Monica Drake</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a title="Phineas Poe" href="http://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Poe-Judas-Penny-Dreadful/dp/159692151X/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179001470&#38;sr=1-1">Phineas Poe</a> by Will Baer</span><br /><a title="Stolen Tongue" href="http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Tongue-Sheri-Holman/dp/0385491247/ref=pd_sim_b_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179002635&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Stolen Tongue</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Sheri Holman</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/8707361"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Cee</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Kingsolver's newest nonfiction--</span><a title="Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" href="http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Vegetable-Miracle-Year-Food/dp/0060852550/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179089492&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life</span></a><br />2. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman<br />3. Doomsday Book - Connie Willis:  <a title="The Necessary Begger" href="http://www.amazon.com/Necessary-Beggar-Susan-Palwick/dp/0765349515/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179004393&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Necessary Begger</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Susan Palwick</span><br />4. An Equal Music - Vikram Seth: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Possession by AS Byatt</span><br />5. The Assassin Trilogy - Robin Hobb</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/20111778"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Susan Adrian</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. Seen by Moonlight, by Kathleen Eschenburg<br />2. If I Never Get Back, by Daryl Brock<br />3. Suspicion, by Barbara Rogan: <a title="The Uninvited" href="http://www.amazon.com/Uninvited-Dorothy-Macardle/dp/0685661830/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179263082&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Uninvited</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> (if you can find a copy) by Dorothy Macardle, or  <a title="Shattered Silk" href="http://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Silk-Barbara-Michaels/dp/0060878223/ref=sr_1_10/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179264669&#38;sr=1-10">Shattered Silk</a> by Barbara Michaels<br /></span>4. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis: <a title="The Necessary Begger" href="http://www.amazon.com/Necessary-Beggar-Susan-Palwick/dp/0765349515/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179004393&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Necessary Begger</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Susan Palwick</span></p>
<p>5. The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Phillip Pullman His Dark Materials Trilogy</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.robinbrande.com/"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Robin Brande</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. Polar Dream, by Helen Thayer: <a title="A Dream in Polar Fog" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Polar-Fog-Yuri-Rytkheu/dp/0977857611/ref=sr_1_2/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178994356&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">A Dream in Polar Fog</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Yuri Rytkheu</span> , <a title="Artic Dreams" href="http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Dreams-Barry-Lopez/dp/0375727485/ref=sr_1_7/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178994356&#38;sr=1-7">Artic Dreams</a> by Barry Lopez</span><br />2. Swimming to Antarctica, by Lynne Cox: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a title="Grayson" href="http://www.amazon.com/Grayson-Lynne-Cox/dp/0307264548/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179260237&#38;sr=1-2">Grayson</a> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> also by Lynne Cox, about her adventures with a young whale when she was a child.</span><br />3. Road Fever, by Tim Cahill: <a title="Blue Highways" href="http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Highways-Journey-into-America/dp/0316353299/ref=sr_1_4/103-4449156-8494214?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178929759&#38;sr=1-4"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Blue Highways</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by William Least Heat-Moon, not zany like Cahill, but a great travel narrative.  </span><br />4. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck<br />5. The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christinefletcherbooks.com/blog.html"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Christine Fletcher</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy<br />2. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood<br />3. Nobody's Fool, Richard Russo: <a title="October Light" href="http://www.amazon.com/October-Light-John-Gardner/dp/0811216373/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178995815&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">October Light</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by John Gardner</span><br />4. The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton: <a title="Death of the Heart" href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Heart-Elizabeth-Bowen/dp/0385720173/ref=pd_sim_b_4/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179090807&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Death of the Heart</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Elizabeth Bowen</span><br />5. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen</p>
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<p>Because you are a fan of the classics: </p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Henry James' </span><a title="Turn of a Screw" href="http://www.amazon.com/Turn-Screw-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486266842/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-4449156-8494214?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178925575&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Turn of a </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Screw</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> (very psychological) or </span><a title="Portrait of a Lady" href="http://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Lady-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141439637/ref=pd_sim_b_5/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179091338&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Portrait of a Lady</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span></p>
<p><a title="Master &#38; Margarita" href="http://www.amazon.com/Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/0679760806/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179089571&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Master &#38; Margarita</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span>by M. Bulgakov   </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/19469644"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Web</span></a>:</p>
<p>1) Lincoln's Dreams - Connie Willis: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Kindred by Octavia Butler</span><br />2) Then She Found Me - Elinor Lipman: <a title="What Comes After Crazy" href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Comes-After-Crazy-Novel/dp/1400097304/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178996334&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">What Comes After Crazy</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span>by Sandi Shelton</span><br />3) The Easy Way Out - Stephen McCauly:<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><a title="The Zookeeper" href="http://www.amazon.com/Zookeeper-Alex-Maclennan/dp/1555839363/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178996099&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Zookeeper</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Alex Maclennan</span><br />4) I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith<br />5) Joy in the Morning - Betty Smith</p>
<p><a href="http://bibliofanaddict.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Diana P</span></a>:</p>
<p>Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey<br />Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich<br />Dragonsquest by Anne McCaffrey<br />Face the Fire by Nora Roberts<br />Midnight in Ruby Bayou by Elizabeth Lowell</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Allison Brennan's Trilogy </span><a title="The Prey" href="http://www.amazon.com/Prey-Novel-Allison-Brennan/dp/0345480236/ref=sr_1_1/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179092304&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Prey</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">, </span><a title="The Hunt" href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunt-Novel-Allison-Brennan/dp/0345480244/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179092304&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Hunt</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">, and </span><a title="The Kill" href="http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Novel-Allison-Brennan/dp/0345485238/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179092304&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Kill</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><br /><a title="His Majesty's Dragon" href="http://www.amazon.com/His-Majestys-Dragon-Temeraire-Book/dp/0345481283/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179092437&#38;sr=1-1">His Majesty's Dragon</a> by Naomi Novik<br /><a title="A Borderlands Novel" href="http://www.amazon.com/Covenants-Borderlands-Novel-Borderland-Roc/dp/0451459806/ref=pd_sim_b_5/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179092437&#38;sr=1-1">Covenants: A Borderlands Novel</a>  by Lorna Freeman<br /><a title="Hammered" href="http://www.amazon.com/Hammered-Elizabeth-Bear/dp/0553587501/ref=sr_1_4/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179092799&#38;sr=1-4">Hammered</a> by Elizabeth Bear<br /><a title="City of Pearl" href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Pearl-Karen-Traviss/dp/0060541695/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179262622&#38;sr=1-3">City of Pearl</a> by Karen Traviss<br /></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/838453"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Janni</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine L'Engle<br />2. Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson: <a title="Good Girls" href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Girls-Laura-Ruby/dp/0060882239/ref=sr_1_7/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179007830&#38;sr=1-7"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Good Girls</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Laura Ruby</span><br />3. The Ice Queen, Alice Hoffman<br />4. Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not for Burning: <a title="Arcadia" href="http://www.amazon.com/Arcadia-Play-Tom-Stoppard/dp/0571169341/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179007590&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Arcadia</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Tom Stoppard (a play for a play)<br /></span>5. Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Patricia McKillip</p>
<p><a title="Beauty Sleep" href="http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Sleep-Cameron-Dokey/dp/074342221X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4449156-8494214?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178929237&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Beauty Sleep</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Cameron Dokey<br /><a title="The Fallen" href="http://www.amazon.com/Fallen-Thomas-E-Sniegoski/dp/141693877X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4449156-8494214?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178929605&#38;sr=1-1">The Fallen</a> by Thomas Sniegoski<br />Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper<br />Anything by Robin McKinley<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10260281"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Lady T</span></a>:</p>
<p>1)Northanger Abbey/Jane Austen<br />2)<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Ladies' Auxillary</span>/Tova Mirvis:<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><a title="Joy Comes in the Morning" href="http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Comes-Morning-Jonathan-Rosen/dp/0312424272/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-4449156-8494214?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178923894&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Joy Comes in the Morning</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Jonathan Rosen (if you want to stay with themes of change in Judaism) or </span><a title="Ghost of Hannah Mendes" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Hannah-Mendes-Naomi-Ragen/dp/0312281250/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-4449156-8494214?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178923894&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ghost of Hannah Mendes</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">by Naomi Ragen<br /></span>3)Mammoth Cheese/Sheri Holman<br />4)Swan Song/Robert McCammon<br />5)Popco/Scarlet Thomas: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">You've probably already picked this up, but </span><a title="The End of Mr. Y" href="http://www.amazon.com/End-Mr-Y-Scarlett-Thomas/dp/0156031612/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179008454&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The End of Mr. Y</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Scarlet Thomas came out in 2006</span></p>
<p><a title="Heartburn" href="http://www.amazon.com/Heartburn-Virago-Modern-Classics-Ephron/dp/1860490247/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179006949&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Heartburn</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Nora Ephron (book not the movie)<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.susanflemming.com/"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Sue</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. The Year the Music Changed by Diane Thomas<br />2. Come Like Shadows by Welwynn Wilton Katz: <a title="Ophelia" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ophelia-Lisa-Klein/dp/1582348014/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179003265&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ophelia</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Lisa Klein</span><br />3. Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson: <a title="Dead Clever" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Clever-Pascale-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/1932112197/ref=pd_sim_b_2/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179008454&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Dead Clever</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Scarlet Thomas</span><br />4. The Goddess of 5th Avenue by Carol A. Simone<br />5. The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel</p>
<p><a title="The Woman Who Walked into Doors" href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Who-Walked-into-Doors/dp/0140255125/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179006949&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Woman Who Walked into Doors</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Rodney Doyle<br /></span><br />Katherine:</p>
<p>1. A Moveable Feast, Hemingway<br />2. All Didion: <a title="Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell" href="http://www.amazon.com/Locust-Dream-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141182881/ref=sr_1_2/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179090150&#38;sr=8-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Nathan</span>ael West</span><br />3. All Chekhov (the stories, the plays): <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">anything by </span><a title="Guy de Maupassant" href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/103-7276769-9963814?url=search-alias%3Daps&#38;field-keywords=Guy+de+Maupassant+&#38;Go.x=8&#38;Go.y=7"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Guy de Maupassant</span></a><br />4. Always Cheever, but never Updike: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Nabokov or </span><a title="Apppointment in Samara" href="http://www.amazon.com/Appointment-Samarra-Novel-John-OHara/dp/0375719202/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179090807&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Apppointment in Samara</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by John O'Hara</span><br />5. My Phantom Husband, Marie Darrieussecq</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/3131378"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Paul</span></a> (whose profile is unavailable):</p>
<p>1. Tomcat Murr - ETA Hoffmann<br />2. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien: <a title="The Sot-Weed Factor" href="http://www.amazon.com/Sot-Weed-Factor-Anchor-Literary-Library/dp/0385240880/ref=pd_sim_b_5/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179090807&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Sot-Weed Factor</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by John Barth<br /></span>3. Master and Margarite - M. Bulgakov: <a title="The Twelve Chairs" href="http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Chairs-European-Classics/dp/0810114844/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178996824&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Twelve Chairs</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Ilya Ilf</span><br />4. Carmichael's Dog - R.M. Koster: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Kurt Vonnegut's novels, TC Boyle</span><br />5. The Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig:<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><a title="Dogeaters" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dogeaters-Contemporary-American-Fiction-Hagedorn/dp/014014904X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178997567&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Dogeaters</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Jessica Hagedorn</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a title="Poet of Tolstoy Park" href="http://www.amazon.com/Poet-Tolstoy-Park-Novel/dp/034547631X/ref=bxgy_cc_b_text_b/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179001470&#38;sr=1-1">Poet of Tolstoy Park</a> by Sonny Brewer</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Anything by </span><a title="Mario Vargas Llosa" href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/103-3196769-1022246?url=search-alias%3Daps&#38;field-keywords=Mario+Vargas+Llosa&#38;Go.x=3&#38;Go.y=6"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mario Vargas Llosa</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/1480410"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Beth</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. World's End, T.C. Boyle<br />2. A Gesture Life, Chang-Rae Lee: <a title="Comfort Woman" href="http://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Woman-Nora-Okja-Keller/dp/0140263357/ref=pd_sim_b_2/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1178997567&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Comfort Woman</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Nora Okja Keller</span><br />3. Ex Libris, Anne Fadiman: <a title="Ruined by Reading" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ruined-Reading-Lynne-Sharon-Schwartz/dp/0807070831/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179000951&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ruined by Reading</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span>by Lynne Sharon Schwartz</span><br />4. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris: <a title="Bleachy-haired Honky Bitch" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bleachy-Haired-Honky-Bitch-Tales-Neighborhood/dp/0060561998/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179091126&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Bleachy-haired Honky Bitch</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Hollis Gillespie</span><br />5. The Instance of the Fingerpost, Iaian Pears: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Did you read Umberto Eco's </span><a title="Name of the Rose" href="http://www.amazon.com/Name-Rose-including-Postscript/dp/0156001314/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179003089&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Name of the Rose</span></a> or <a title="Bombay Ice" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bombay-Ice-Leslie-Forbes/dp/0553380478/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179261089&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Bombay Ice</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Leslie Forbes or <a title="Season for the Dead" href="http://www.amazon.com/Season-Dead-David-Hewson/dp/0440242118/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179261089&#38;sr=1-1">Season for the Dead</a> by David Hewson</span></p>
<p><a title="Goddess of Fifth Avenue" href="http://www.amazon.com/Goddess-5th-Avenue-Novel/dp/1930880006/ref=sr_1_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179001198&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Goddess of Fifth Avenue</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Carol Simone</span></p>
<p><a href="http://jmcarr2001.livejournal.com/"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Jmc</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. Persuasion, Jane Austen<br />2. The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold<br />3. Welcome to Temptation, Jennifer Crusie<br />4. The Far Pavilions, M.M. Kaye: <a title="Palace Walk" href="http://www.amazon.com/Palace-Cairo-Trilogy-Naguib-Mahfouz/dp/0385264666/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179260553&#38;sr=1-2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Palace Walk</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Naguib Mahfouz (first in the Cairo Trilogy)</span><br />5. Living to Tell the Tale, Gabriel Garcia Marquez: <a title="Speak, Memory: An Autobiography" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679723390/$%7B0%7D"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Speak, Memory: An Autobiography</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Revisited by Vladimir Nabokov</span></p>
<p> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Eight by Katherine Neville</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/18207113"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Ms. Librarian</span></a>:</p>
<p>The Gate to Women's Country, Sheri Tepper<br />Combat in the Erogenous Zone, Ingrid Bengis<br />The Once and Future King, T. H. White: <a title="Merlin Trilogy" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Stewarts-Merlin-Trilogy-Stewart/dp/0688003478/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179008059&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Merlin Trilogy</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Mary Stewart</span><br />On Basilisk Station, David Weber: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Linnae Sinclair's </span><a title="Gabriel's Ghost" href="http://www.amazon.com/Gabriels-Ghost-Linnea-Sinclair/dp/0553587978/ref=sr_1_4/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179007983&#38;sr=1-4"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Gabriel's Ghost</span></a><br />The Pride of Chanur, C. J. Cherryh: <a title="The Curse of Chalion" href="http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Chalion-Lois-McMaster-Bujold/dp/0061134244/ref=sr_1_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179261987&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Curse of Chalion</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Lois McMaster Bujold<br /></span><br />Otterb (who shares a mind with Susan Wilbanks and should see her list):</p>
<p>The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie R. King: <a title="The Winter Queen" href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Queen-Novel-Fandorin-Mysteries/dp/0812968778/ref=sr_1_1/103-4449156-8494214?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178928056&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Winter Queen</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Boris Akunin</span><br />Anything by Lois McMaster Bujold, favorities are Memory and The Curse of Chalion.<br />The Cloister Walk, Kathleen Norris:  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">In This House of Brede - Rumer Godden<br /></span>Pilgrim's Inn, Elizabeth Goudge<br />Liaden Universe books, Sharon Lee &#38; Steve Miller</p>
<p><a href="http://www.magicalmusings.com/"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Michelle</span></a>:</p>
<p>Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver<br />Possession - A.S. Byatt<br />Use of Weapons - Iain M.Banks<br />Acid Row - Minette Walters:<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><a title="An Instance of the Fingerpost" href="http://www.amazon.com/Instance-Fingerpost-Novel-Iain-Pears/dp/1573227951/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179261131&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">An Instance of the Fingerpost</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Iain Pears or </span><a title="Bombay Ice" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bombay-Ice-Leslie-Forbes/dp/0553380478/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179261089&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Bombay Ice</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Leslie Forbes or <a title="Season for the Dead" href="http://www.amazon.com/Season-Dead-David-Hewson/dp/0440242118/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179261089&#38;sr=1-1">Season for the Dead</a> by David Hewson</span><br />Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/19819486"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Alua</span></a>:</p>
<p>Song for Arbonne - Guy Gavriel Kay: <a title="The Curse of Chalion" href="http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Chalion-Lois-McMaster-Bujold/dp/0061134244/ref=sr_1_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179261987&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Curse of Chalion</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Lois McMaster Bujold</span><br />Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey: <a title="The Black Jewels Trilogy" href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Jewels-Trilogy-Daughter-Darkness/dp/0451529014/ref=pd_sim_b_5/102-0364120-5709763?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179095001&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Black Jewels Trilogy</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Anne Bishop<br /></span>Primary Inversion - Catherine Asaro<br />Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley<br />Golden Compass - Phillip Pullman: <a title="The Dark is Rising" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Rising-Sequence-Silver-Greenwitch/dp/0020425651/ref=sr_1_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178995662&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Dark is Rising</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span> series by Susan Cooper </span></p>
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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a title="Blood and Iron" href="http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Iron-Novel-Promethean-Age/dp/0451460928/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179262622&#38;sr=1-3">Blood and Iron</a> by Elizabeth Bear</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/4981958"><span style="color:rgb(102, 153, 204);">Kate R</span></a>:</p>
<p>1. Bartimaeus trilogy (it'll come out as one book some day)<br />2. Once and Future King TH White: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">See me telling everyone to check out the </span><a title="Dark is Rising" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Rising-Sequence-Silver-Greenwitch/dp/0020425651/ref=sr_1_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1178995662&#38;sr=8-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Dark is Rising</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> series by Susan Cooper</span><br />3. Bottom of the Harbor (essays about old NY) Joseph Mitchell: <a title="A Pickpocket's Tale" href="http://www.amazon.com/Pickpockets-Tale-Underworld-Nineteenth-Century-York/dp/0393061906/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179003413&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">A Pickpocket's Tale</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> or </span><a title="City of Eros" href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Eros-Prostitution-Commercialization-1790-1920/dp/0393311082/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179003413&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">City of Eros</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Timothy Guilfoyle or </span><a title="A Beautiful Cigar Girl" href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Cigar-Girl-Rogers-Invention/dp/B000N3T40G/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-3789233-8801442?ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1179003413&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">A Beautiful Cigar Girl</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Daniel Stashower<br /></span>4. October Light John Gardner: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo</span><br />5. 100 Years of Solitude. Marquez</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Because it is a mind trip and everyone should try a book where you can rearrange the sections and it comes with a set of instructions: </span><a title="Hopscotch" href="http://www.amazon.com/Hopscotch-Pantheon-Modern-Writers-Cortazar/dp/0394752848/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4701372-1179035?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1179259817&#38;sr=1-1"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hopscotch</span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102);"> by Julio Cortazar<br /></span><br />I hope this works for y'all because I'm a wee bit smashed after putting this together, and flattened bookseller does not bode well for further productivity.</p>
<p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_0GUDvrnlq8M/Rks3qz3GUII/AAAAAAAAAC0/Xdf6ItMzc18/s1600-h/Linsey+smashed+by+box.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_0GUDvrnlq8M/Rks3qz3GUII/AAAAAAAAAC0/Xdf6ItMzc18/s320/Linsey+smashed+by+box.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Image stolen from the <a href="http://47thpageandlight.blogspot.com/">Boss Lady</a> who has other pictures of the cohorts and such for view if one scrolls down far enough on the side bar of her blog.</p>
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Bohemian Landscape with Mount Milleschauer

Il sentimento del sublime
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<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">Bohemian Landscape with Mount Milleschauer</span></strong></p>
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Il sentimento del sublime</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">è la nostalgia dell'Infinito</span></div>
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<link>http://retroguardia2.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/letteratura-tra-infinito-e-finito/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>francesco sasso</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[“Come sarà il romanzo del 21° secolo?”
Di fronte a questa domanda vado in stallo, apro le brac]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Come sarà il romanzo del 21° secolo?”<br />
Di fronte a questa domanda vado in stallo, apro le braccia e dichiaro: non lo so!<br />
Posso però affermare che il romanzo ha, e avrà sempre, un solo punto d’abisso, all’interno di uno spazio ancora più oscuro, da cui partire: l’uomo. Un uomo che è di per sé finito, ma che è chiamato ad assistere a quest’infinito universo. Per cui, ogni suo gesto è, o dovrebbe essere, pensato illimitato; altrimenti patisce, cessa di sperare quando ne percepisce o ne scorge la finitezza. Da questo conflitto nascono le innumerevoli lacerazioni dell’anima e del sogno, nasce la scrittura.<br />
Ed è partendo dall’uomo che si prefigura nella mia mente l’immagine di un romanzo che è sempre alla ricerca di un punto fermo e atemporale della realtà. Un romanzo con sempre nuove campionature linguistiche, con cadenze mutanti, con molteplici forme e suoni. Un romanzo che cerca continuamente di spostare i confini tra natura e società. Un romanzo d’ambienti dilatati, di possibilità inevase, di necessità e libertà. Un romanzo che contamina il lettore d’inquietanti interrogativi e che lascia pensare all’esistenza di un incolmabile vuoto tra teoria e realtà. Un romanzo che rappresenta la somma delle possibilità del suo tempo, ma è anche un’accumulazione distinta di tempi intermedi e l’espressione assoluta d’atemporalità: condizione contraddittoria questa, come quella dell’uomo nell’universo. Un romanzo che ha in sé il germe del relativismo e del Mito (altra contraddizione); che mostra le cadute della “macchina” sociale che non ha più motivo d’essere, e che prospetta un’allucinante terra di nessuno in cui il lettore è costretto ad aggirarsi alla ricerca di sé. Un romanzo che, per concludere, si basa sulla Parola vera, che aspira a non essere rovesciata in falsa Parola.</p>
<p>f.s.</p>
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