Thread Name: ML Recommendations for Quick Reading From: Ron Holl <modlib@removed> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:04:58 -0400 I recently completed reading two MLs that I thought were great. I highly recommend them: - Parnassus on Wheels - Some Chinese Ghosts They are also quick reads; both under 200 pages with wide margins and a larger font. Any other opinions on these two? ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:43:02 -0700 And speaking of great reads, try the September ModLib archives just posted at Amenities (http://www.mlcollect.com)! (I laughed, I cried, I felt all the emotions...) ------------------------------------- From: "JOSEPH HILL" <goodbooks@removed> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:22:40 GMT I could never understand why the ML did not issue Parnassus On Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop as a single volume, as it is one novel. In 1955, The Book Of The Month Cllub issued a double book dividend of both titles; Morley's story of a book world, long gone and never to return again. ------------------------------------- From: Ron Holl <modlib@removed> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:45:44 -0400 I was not aware of this. Does the Haunted Bookshop occur before Parnassus, or after? ------------------------------------- From: Gordon Neavill <aa3401@removed> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:59:24 -0400 (EDT) I always thought Parnassus on Wheels was a better and more interesting novel than The Haunted Bookshop ... maybe Cerf and Klopfer felt the same way. ------------------------------------- From: "JOSEPH HILL" <goodbooks@removed> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:14:53 GMT After ------------------------------------- From: "JOSEPH HILL" <goodbooks@removed> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:39:58 GMT It may well depend on who you are. I feel the first book is more for the book buyer and the second for the book seller. Pps. 5-6 of the Hunted Bookshop TO THE BOOKSELLERS "Be pleased to know, most worthy, that this little book is dedicated to you in affection and respect..." ------------------------------------- From: Ron Holl <modlib@removed> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 8:54:43 -0400 Thanks to Project Gutenberg I have already started reading it. ------------------------------------- From: Henry <HTatML@removed> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:46:24 EDT Two quick reads: THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. and BASIC WRITINGS OF NIETZSCHE. Less than 1000 pages each! ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:02:06 -0700 On my list - right after War & Peace! -------------------------------------