tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post111872364175402295..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: wake up to yourselflucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1118838882162900462005-06-15T22:34:00.000+10:002005-06-15T22:34:00.000+10:00Yes. I prefer The Rachel Papers. I'll keep my eyes...Yes. I prefer <I>The Rachel Papers</I>. I'll keep my eyes peeled at clearances. I thought I'd find one at the Lifeline Book Fair, but obviously Canberrans like the book too much.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1118802219815814282005-06-15T12:23:00.000+10:002005-06-15T12:23:00.000+10:00like Dead Babies, for instance. Did you include t...like <EM>Dead Babies</EM>, for instance. Did you include that in your sweep through the early efforts?lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1118802141645337702005-06-15T12:22:00.000+10:002005-06-15T12:22:00.000+10:00Ampersand, I picked mine up for $5 at a Collins cl...Ampersand, I picked mine up for $5 at a Collins clearance sale - I've been seeking them out like the vulture that i am. <BR/><BR/>The book is exquisite - I'm almost ready to forgive him for other sins.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1118798213161838812005-06-15T11:16:00.000+10:002005-06-15T11:16:00.000+10:00Let us not even get into the embarrassment potenti...Let us not even get into the embarrassment potential of drooling combined with all of the above. Once I fell asleep over a book on ancient Greek vases and woke up with half an amphora tattooed on my cheek through some process of salivary transfer.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987383983530564029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1118792849489615532005-06-15T09:47:00.000+10:002005-06-15T09:47:00.000+10:00I'm envious that you're reading "Time's Arrow". I'...I'm envious that you're reading "Time's Arrow". I've been trying to find it second-hand for ages, but no-one seems to be giving up their copies for the good of humankind. I think I'll have to buy it new. I've just re-read all his early novels, and have been struggling to enter "Yellow Dog", but just can't warm to it. I have great hopes for "T's A".Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1118747772155965302005-06-14T21:16:00.000+10:002005-06-14T21:16:00.000+10:00Blame it on the air-conditioning.It's what does it...Blame it on the air-conditioning.<BR/>It's what does it for me.harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10218346748576276702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1118742583216890572005-06-14T19:49:00.000+10:002005-06-14T19:49:00.000+10:00Ahhh, memories...Once I fell asleep in a nice quie...Ahhh, memories...<BR/>Once I fell asleep in a nice quiet corner of the ANU library in the mid-afternoon and woke to find all the lights off and the doors locked -- after midnight! I refrained from running naked through the stacks or making a cosy nest of large colourful art monographs. The security man let me out with a big snide grin until I said goodbye (ANU Security have a charming acronym, Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.com