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Post by beth on Sept 30, 2010 16:15:15 GMT -5
If I'd heard him first, maybe. I got to know it from someone who did do the repeats, and when I heard Gould it was like someone was taking the ball away all the time (I mean, just as you're about to kick it). I like his Art Of Fugue, though. He'd have loved electronic keyboards, wouldn't he? No need to stop mumbling, and the ability to adjust the sound, after playing, to exactly what he wanted. Oh yeah, I had thought of that, too. He was always up and away for innovations - quite brilliant beyond just the music ... well, if one should ever actually say *just* the music.
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Post by beth on Sept 30, 2010 16:17:47 GMT -5
Back on topic ..
Aubrey, I notice you like Ruth Rendell quite a lot. I don't believe I've read anything of hers except the mysteries and that was a long time ago. What would you recomment as an example of her best writing?
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Post by aubrey on Oct 1, 2010 14:45:10 GMT -5
A Fatal Inversion (written as Barbara Vine) is my favourite. The Barbara Vine ones are mostly good (there's a couple that I don't like so much; but I really don't think it's because the books aren't so good). King Solomon's Carpet is good as well. And House of Stairs. (These are both Vine books as well.)
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Post by aubrey on Oct 1, 2010 14:47:07 GMT -5
Live Flesh (as Rendell) is good, and so is Talking to Strange Men.
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Post by beth on Oct 1, 2010 22:50:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the titles. I always hate to promise to read books because I generally have a stack waiting, but since said stack is down to 3, I'll add A Fatal Inversion .. as it's your favorite. Look forward to it and shall let you know how it seems to me. Some of my favorite writers are not always consistent. Pat Conroy comes to mind. I liked Prince of Tides .. loved Beach Music, but the new one ... South of Broad, was a little disappointing. It was as if he sat around and thought of the tricks that grab readers' attentions but didn't think about fitting them ail together in a readable way. The characters are too stereotypical and over the top ... though some were lovable .. and never seemed even close to real.
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