this year i bought part 2 and 3 of a series by E. Haydon (and another Haydon as well of which i forgot the first name)

its a trilogy .. but i cant find the first part anymore in the stores or online

i am talking about the Rapsodie trilogy

part one i think is called : Rapsodie

(btw i am talking about the dutch translation as i have part 2 and 3 in dutch as well)

does anyone have any clue or tips where i could find and buy part 1 ?

Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon is widely available in English but I don't know of any Dutch outlets.

All I can suggest is you keep watching the Dutch Ebay auction site:
Ebay.nl

ah thanks! thats one which i didnt think of .. i could think of amazon.com, bol.com and bruna.nl :)

thanks!

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I just finished reading Stephen King's latest compilation of short stories,Everything's Eventual.
Some of the stories were typical King and held potential. Unfortunately,it couldn't measure up to Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
But who am I to talk...that guy can write better in his sleep than I ever could lol

Ever read "The Stand"?

Yes I did Butch and it was one of those rare incidents where I found the movie to be better lol
Maybe that's because I saw the movie before I read the book lol

FYI My favourite story by King is Dolan's Cadillac...it's published in his book Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
Has anyone read it who would like to comment?

worst book I ever read...forced myself to keep reading it thinking,hey its Stephen King...its got to get better...then when I finished it,I was so upset that I threw the book across the room!! talk about a waste of time! No more Stephen King for me!

Is that the only King book you've read?
If so check out Nighmares and Dreamscapes...I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Have you read John Saul or Dean Koontz? They are both awesome!

When I was reading Tommyknockers I almost gave up on it a couple of times. About 100 pages devoted to (damn forget the character's name but Jimmy Smits played him in the movie lol)
I was determined to see that book through to the end and I'm glad I did! It was infinitely better than the movie :-)

I liked the movie MISERY over his book

that was a good movie...haven't read the book yet. Working on his latest now...From a Buick 8

How about The Green Mile?

Generally I prefer a book over a film anytime.

I still like Graham Masterton though.

Any movie with Tom Hanks is sure to be a hit...wish I'd read that one first though

well Stardust...that movie about the deserted Island and "Wilson" left alot to be desired....but other than that..I agree with you.
I used to be an Ian Fleming nut and had read most all his James Bond novels before I was in high school.They are definetly better than the movies.

My fave all time author has to be Charles Dickens! What a story teller!!!

Insomnia has to be my favourite King book - and David Copperfield my favourite Dickens :o)

Both excellent reads in my opinion Harley! :-)

I only read Charles Dickens Great Expectations

Any1 read "A Tale of Two Cities" ?

      ~ MS

It was a far, far, better thing when I read that. There again, it was the best of times. Or was it the worst of times?

My fav Dickens is 'A Christmas Carol', followed by the 'Pickwick Papers' and 'Oliver Twist'.

You seem to know your one-liners, welly welly -- Ever read Kesey? ;)

No, I can't say I have.

Good author - I'm sure you've heard of his more 'well-known' works such as "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" as well as "Sometimes A Great Notion" -- Both made into films, btw :)

However, there's alot more material not too many people are aware of -- "Demon Box" and "Sailor Song" -- He was quite a marvelous short story writer also :D

well I shall hold my opinion back yet a while
not to make all richard bachmann fans grow upset ... :D ... ~*~

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Smile your little smile ~ take some tea with me awhile.
Brush away that black cloud from your shoulder.
  Twintch your whiskers. Feel that you're really real.
  Another tea-time ~ another day older.

Puff warm breath on your tiny hands.
You wish you were a man
  who every day can turn another page.
Behind your glass you sit and look
  at my ever-open book ~
One Brown Mouse sitting in a cage.

Do you wonder if I really care for you ~
Am I just the company you keep ~
Which one of us exercises on the old treadmill ~
Who hides his head, pretending to sleep?

Smile your little smile ~ take some tea with me awhile
And every day we'll turn another page.
Behind our glass we'll sit and look
  at our ever-open book ~
One Brown Mouse sitting in a cage.

             -- J-Tull

This board has been an interesting read. I have more in common with bwildman than I thought. I read one King novel and was disappointed. He's a great writer, but he's more into the Let me all shock you with poo poo stories than I am. He doesn't need to be a shock jock, but I guess that's what it takes to get into and stay in the market these days. I also read almost every one of Ian Flemings novels (novels?) when I was a teenager, but one day I woke up and realised I like them stirred, not shaken. I saw Ken Kesey one time in a thrift shop looking for...material? Right now I'm reading Courting Disaster...I've come a long way, baby.

You never know when I'm making stuff up or not, do you?

LOL:) it takes me longer to finish a book these days! I've been reading Lloyd C. Douglas'
"The Robe" for about 3 months now! LOL:) only bout 1/2 way thru it.
I also loved Edgar Rice Burroughs,and Jim Kjelgard(sp)
as a youngster too ;-)

The Robe sounds interesting...what's it about?

Edgar Rice Burroughs was easier for me to relate to than Ian Flemming. When you're only 13 years old it isn't easy to get all of the <ahem> nuances of the Bond character. Any eight year old boy can relate to Tarzan though...I still do.

not to mention John Carter,in his Martian series.

is based on the story of the Roman Centurian who was ordered to crusify Christ,then won his robe,with a dice game.

I don't remember John Carter. Was he Sci-fi writer? I was heavy into sci-fi as a teenager, but didn't notice until later most good sci-fi is written by science guys who can't write well. The science part was good, but style of writing lacked something. Since you and I are the only ones here now, I guess that makes us the designated book critics.

Is Tuesday a red head? I thought she might be. Ahm smiling like a butchers dog!! Wheeee doggies!!

Mars series.
"War lord of Mars"
"Synthetic Men of Mars"
"Swords of Mars"
to name a few.
and yes...a gorgeous red-head ;-P

My brother got me two DVDs with over 25 hours of old sci-fi flicks. They were terrible, my youngest daughter spent the night and we tried watching some of them...we both had nightmares that night.

I never read any of Burroughs sci-fi stuff and yes I agree....gorgeous. Two thumbs up on that review!!

It's five DVDs with over 25 hours, not two DVDs.

one must be precise if one wishes to be insightful...or is that spelled inciteful? Oh drat, one must have a dictionary if one wishes to spell with precision.

Dornford Yates is one of my favourite authors,

Dornford Yates

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Can you hear MP3s?...
If so, here's a good one z;)

http://www.audiotreasure.com/mp3/Revelation/REV18.mp3

  If not, here's the text:


           Revelation 18


Babylon is Destroyed

18:1 After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.

18:2 He shouted with a powerful voice:

"Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great!
She has become a lair for demons,

a haunt for every unclean spirit,

a haunt for every unclean bird,

a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

18:3 For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion,
and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior."

18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,

18:5 because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.

18:6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.
18:7 As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 'I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!'

18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!"

18:9 Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.

18:10 They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say,

"Woe, woe, O great city,
Babylon the powerful city!
For in a single hour your doom has come!"
18:11 Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer—

18:12 cargo such as gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all sorts of things made of citron wood, all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble,
18:13 cinnamon, spice, incense, perfumed ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil and costly flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, slaves and human lives.

18:14 (The ripe fruit you greatly desired
has gone from you,
and all your luxury and splendor
have gone from you—
they will never ever be found again!)

18:15 The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn,

18:16 saying,

"Woe, woe, O great city—
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing,
and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls—

18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!"

And every ship's captain, and all who sail along the coast—seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

18:18 and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, "Who is like the great city?"

18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning,

"Woe, Woe, O great city—
in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth—
because in a single hour she has been destroyed!"

18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)

18:21 Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

"With this kind of sudden violent force
Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!

18:22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters
will never be heard in you again.

No craftsman who practices any trade
will ever be found in you again;

the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again.

18:23 Even the light from a lamp
will never shine in you again!

The voices of the bridegroom and his bride
will never be heard in you again.

For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,
because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!

18:24 The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her,
along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth."


            ~ MS

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples Lewis), 1898–1963, English author, b. Belfast, Ireland. A fellow and tutor of English at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1954, C. S. Lewis was noted equally for his literary scholarship and for his intellectual and witty expositions of Christian tenets. Among his most important works are The Allegory of Love (1936), an analysis of the literary evolution of romantic love during the Middle Ages; The Screwtape Letters (1942, rev. ed. 1961), an ironic treatment of the theme of salvation; and a history of English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (1954). He is also the author of Out of the Silent Planet (1938) and That Hideous Strength (1945), outer-planetary fantasies with deep Catholic and moral overtones; the "Chronicles of Narnia," a series of allegorical fantasies set in the mythical kingdom of Narnia, including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) and The Silver Chair (1953); many works of literary criticism, including Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1966); and the autobiographical Surprised by Joy (1954). From 1954 until his death he was professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge.

I have not as yet started reading his The Last Battle yet I read the other books in the serie. I have the troilogy Out Of The Silent Planet, Perelandra, & That Hideous Dtrenth that sounds interesting

I thought The Bachman Books excellent ! Especially Rage and The Long Walk :))

Running Man was good too. Book and Movie

I hope the poetry board and its purpose is not forgotten. my apologies
to the comment already writtten ... but it would have been irritating, so
standalone without the post it referred to, therefore I deleted it as well. ~*~

do you yahoo? if so I am ramblinmanmike or if not, can you send me via PM your email?

I just watched a video of Charles Dickens classic Tale Of Two City's and was shocked. Is this how the book is. I wouldn't let a child read that book.

It's the French Revolution -- What'd you expect ?

He dies in the end. Oh, I hope I haven't spoiled it for anyone. :)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,... and it goes on like that for a while but i don't remember the guy dying @ the end? ;-)

Anyone here read the entire book ?

That's a 'no' then is it ? hehehehe

In the Book, Bumble? A look alike sacrificed for him in this movie.