How could you not get through Les Mis? Well, no, forget that question. If mother had not made me read it, I wouldn't have finished. But she did, and I am glad. It was mui bueno.
I, too, tried to get through Les Mis and couldn't, but that was some years ago and before my current bout of philia for the classics. That said, I'm not at all certain I could do so if I tried again - I might start with The Hunchback of Notre Dame and see where that takes me.
Also, I would tease you about your small collection, except ours is much smaller than it used to be (winnowed down for moving and all).
Also-also, if you die, can I have your SubPress edition of Drood? I recently read The Moonstone as a direct result, and enjoyed it rather more than I thought I would. For all the thoughtless racism that came of being a middle-class Victorian gentleman, Collins was remarkably sympathetic to the plight of cultures that had been ground under the boot of British occupation.
This is far less than half of my collection! It is anything but small. Indeed, it is expansive and impressive to behold. One might refer to it as a "library". Maybe.
I will put you in my will when I get deployed. You are, after all, the person who introduced me to Subterranean Press.
Oh, I took your description into account - when we lived in Alaska, ours was easily four times that size. We had two huge double-wide oak bookshelves in the second bedroom (we didn't call it the "library" for nothing), and things still overflowed to the rest of the house. We winnowed them down to the "core" volumes when we left, which still filled a good seven boxes that're now sitting in the closet of our second bedroom, waiting until we have bookshelves again. :)
Now I feel vaguely morbid, although flattered just the same. Also, I hadn't realized I introduced you to SubPress, so yay - I guess we can both thank Neil Gaiman, as a link he posted to their edition of Coraline is what prompted me to look at their website and go "Dood! Super-nice editions of sci-fi and fantasy novels? Sign me up!"
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Did you read the condensed version or the full version? I suspect it was condensed.
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Also, I would tease you about your small collection, except ours is much smaller than it used to be (winnowed down for moving and all).
Also-also, if you die, can I have your SubPress edition of Drood? I recently read The Moonstone as a direct result, and enjoyed it rather more than I thought I would. For all the thoughtless racism that came of being a middle-class Victorian gentleman, Collins was remarkably sympathetic to the plight of cultures that had been ground under the boot of British occupation.
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I will put you in my will when I get deployed. You are, after all, the person who introduced me to Subterranean Press.
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Now I feel vaguely morbid, although flattered just the same. Also, I hadn't realized I introduced you to SubPress, so yay - I guess we can both thank Neil Gaiman, as a link he posted to their edition of Coraline is what prompted me to look at their website and go "Dood! Super-nice editions of sci-fi and fantasy novels? Sign me up!"
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