Sosso Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 56 minutes ago, dontdamnmeuyi2015 said: Didn't he die? How is he making new books when he's dead? This book was published in 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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soon Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 JRR Tolkien serves up some sick burns in this letter to Publishers in Nazi Germany who inquired about any possible Jewish heritage before moving forward with a translation of The Hobbit. 25 July 1938 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford Dear Sirs, Thank you for your letter. I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject — which should be sufficient. I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride. Your enquiry is doubtless made in order to comply with the laws of your own country, but that this should be held to apply to the subjects of another state would be improper, even if it had (as it has not) any bearing whatsoever on the merits of my work or its sustainability for publication, of which you appear to have satisfied yourselves without reference to my Abstammung. I trust you will find this reply satisfactory, and remain yours faithfully, J. R. R. Tolkien https://www.good.is/articles/jrr-rolkien-nazi-letter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I have been rereading Churchill's Second World War, six volumes. I have the entire set in original editions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 31 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: I have been rereading Churchill's Second World War, six volumes. I have the entire set in original editions. So did John Lennon as a lad, there's useless trivia of the day for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Just now, Len Cnut said: So did John Lennon as a lad, there's useless trivia of the day for ya. I cannot imagine Lennon perusing the battlemaps, following the intricacies of The Battle of the Coral Sea, somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: I cannot imagine Lennon perusing the battlemaps, following the intricacies of The Battle of the Coral Sea, somehow! Can't see why not, he was always a nerd posing as a yobbo really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Just now, Len Cnut said: Can't see why not, he was always a nerd posing as a yobbo really. Keith Richards likes his military history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Keith Richards likes his military history. All these lot were fuckin' grammar school boys y'know, despite their affectations. You can thank the Labour Party for that. There's an argument out there y'know that without them you wouldn't've had all these pretty literate rock bands of the 60s that we got. Without the working class lads in grammar schools and art schools and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: All these lot were fuckin' grammar school boys y'know, despite their affectations. You can thank the Labour Party for that. There's an argument out there y'know that without them you wouldn't've had all these pretty literate rock bands of the 60s that we got. Without the working class lads in grammar schools and art schools and such. Lazy bastards avoiding the mines and national service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Preston and Child 's new book: Verses for the Dead. It's the newest Pendergast novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 On a read-Shakespeare-in-a-year programme. Currently at The Taming of the Shrew. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastazya Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 while in LA, i've bought to my(SS.elf) this bo0k, bat non of my(SS,elf,SSS) wana read it , so https://www.hayhouse.co.uk/fuck-it-therapy-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I am also dipping into this, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 A book I took off the shelf to re-read for a kick in the ass... Stuck : Why we can't (or won't) move on by Anneli Rufus. Because I'm in another crossroads in life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Liar Liar by James Patterson It's the 3rd book starring Harriet Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Kay Hooper "final Shadows" Another Bishop novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 By Samuel E. Keeble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, soon said: By Samuel E. Keeble Is that about christian sociology? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: Is that about christian sociology? Yes. An inward look at a perceived lack of Christian Church engagement with the hardships facing workers at the time it was written, which I believe was 1907. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 If anyone has written a book about a place outside Yorkshire, I don't want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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