tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post1678017493153352089..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: ye olde readinge logguelucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-49633302463277610402008-10-01T17:57:00.000+10:002008-10-01T17:57:00.000+10:00If Dorian is wanting a fiction read as well as cul...If Dorian is wanting a fiction read as well as cultish non-fiction, I'm presently reading something called The Nineteenth Wife by David Ebershoff - two interweaving plots - historical multiple marriages/polygamy and the other half is an interesting present day plot involving the Yearning for Zion prairie dress cultists and a young gay escapee.<BR/>A good read and quite chilling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-72362790240396730392008-09-30T23:08:00.000+10:002008-09-30T23:08:00.000+10:00Damn, we are just jane austen groundhog day! I've ...Damn, we are just jane austen groundhog day! I've always suspected but never had the proof till now.<BR/><BR/>The best local cult book is by far, "People in Glass Houses" by <A HREF="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22114749-25132,00.html" REL="nofollow">Tanya Levin</A>. Published in 2007, Tanya describes her slow path away from a fundamental (Hillsong) upbringing along with herAndrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197236239075620053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-442689262316861322008-09-27T15:11:00.000+10:002008-09-27T15:11:00.000+10:00Well I think the Mansfield Park article a very fin...Well I think the Mansfield Park article a very fine idea - the ladette thingie being about the extreme prejudice held by the middle classes to thems beneath. Shaw fits into this - I'd love you to explain why a committed socialist writes a play about the transformation of a working class woman into a cipher of middle class respectability. <BR/>Austen may have been ironic, Shaw? Quite what a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-22616842098535100832008-09-26T21:37:00.000+10:002008-09-26T21:37:00.000+10:00Oooh, you need to get &Duck's husband to s...Oooh, you need to get &Duck's husband to send you a selection. He has a magnificent collection of cult literature. My favourites are the appalachian ones who drink acid and take up the serpents - he has a wonderful book about them.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.com