ABSTRUSIONS: A Bohemian hangout.

[cheerful_deviant]

Ok, now that I have a few minutes to sit down...

Morning Cloudy, Colly, everyone.

Anyone working here today or is it self-serve?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I can sympathize - I've had food-poisoning before, and I think I can honestly say that's the sickest I have ever, ever been. And it seems to take forever to get over.

Just take it easy, doll, and sip your broth....

Thanks hun

I am not really able to do much, even typing is draining.

-Colly

 

[Colleen Thomas]

That's what's so great about virtual bars. You can get and give totally safe hugs...and other things.

true

*HUGS*

 

[Liar]

true

*HUGS*

*HUGS* and even a bold back. Take it easy, and get better by the hour. That's an order.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Topic of the day:

Who's your favorite auther and why?
What genre do you prefer to read and why?


I'm in and out today.....self serve, don't make a mess and I better see some answers to today's topic.

Oh.....Hi everyone!!!!

~A~

 

[Honey123]

Mother Goose...

She always quackes me up...

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I'm sooooo disappointed!

Where's smartass Charley? hmmmm?

Must I do everything around here????????


I guess so, it's my Cafe".

 

[Guest]

Mother Goose...

She always quackes me up...

honey....


sweetie....


GROAN

but it did make me grin... so there was a redeeming quality to it.

 

[Guest]

Topic of the day:

Who's your favorite auther and why?
What genre do you prefer to read and why?


I'm in and out today.....self serve, don't make a mess and I better see some answers to today's topic.

Oh.....Hi everyone!!!!

~A~

'Ello!

Who's your favorite author and why?

I have a few, but I'll narrow it down to two. Richard Laymon for novels... Fast paced, high octane, extremely sexy and perverted horror.

Wrath James White for shorts... sexual depravity and full on horror.

What genre do you prefer to read and why?

Horror and the sub-genre, Erotic Horror. I'm a thrill-seeker and risk-taker, so the stuff I read has to provide me with this, for the most part.

Lou

 

[Honey123]

honey....


sweetie....


GROAN

but it did make me grin... so there was a redeeming quality to it.

I'm sorry....

I had to say it...

Ian Fleming -- I love reading those James Bond books..

But I haven't read much lately...

Stephen King; Sue Grafton;

I enjoy reading mysteries. When I was younger, Harlequin Romances, Barbara Cartland stories...

 

[Guest]

my fav author.. thats so hard to choose.. so ill have to go with the author that i read time and again..

Anne Rice. i have read everything she has written and even have one of the scripts from interview with a vampire signed by the cast. no mean feat, getting that!

one of her story lines that made a huge change in my life was the
Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty.
she wrote these under the name of A.N. Roquelaure.
If i had never read that series, i wouldnt be the person i am today.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I love Margaret Atwood ( yes, I know, she's Canadian). I love her endings in that they always leave you questioning what goes on after, do the characters find what they are looking for, etc.

I also love Amy Tan. She has a great way of showing us no matter what your nationality, all families are pretty much alike.


I find fiction my most favorite, though I do love biographies, horror,( Clive Barker), anything that has a different spin on a subject.

I must confess, I've just started reading the Harry Potter's.

 

[neonlyte]

I'm into Peter Ackroyd at the moment, historical short novels largely set in and around Clerkenwell in London weaving actual and fictional events.

It is Ackroyd's writing that is to a degree responsible for my latest Lit. offering (not up yet).

I have a tendency to 'lock-on' to a writer and read their entire output before moving on.

I'm also wading through 'Europe - a history' by Norman Davies.

I put the history related choice down to advancing years and figure if I read enough my name might crop up somewhere.

Someone gave me "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon. This is a very unusual read dealing with autism. Recommended.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Favorites...

Let see... Hmmm...

Most of what I read currently (when I can find time, which isn't often) is either Sci-Fi, Fantasy and some general fiction with some non-fiction thrown in.

Just finished "The Endurance" by Caroline Alexander, relating to Shackletons not-so-successful expidition to the south pole. Not exactly great literature but interesting enough.

Terry Goodkind and Larry Niven are pretty high on the list as well as Stephen King (although his new stuff does not interest me as much as his older works).

But one of my all time favorites is Douglas Adams. Hichikers Guide is a must read but don't miss the "Dirk Gently" books as well.

I hate to admit this but I also have developed a fondness for Clive Cussler novels, ie: the "Dirk Pitt" novels. Complete trash really but you can burn thru one in an afternoon and there actually quite entertaining.

 

[Liar]

Who's your favorite auther and why?
Neil Gaiman - because he posesses unashamed imagination, pitch black and razor sharp but compassionate humor and because he geniunely loves real good old fairy tales.

What genre do you prefer to read and why?
I'm a big sucker for the right kind of mind boggling science fiction, the kind that borders on the big existential questions. Peter Nilsson's 'Nyaga', Tad William's 'Otherland' and Carl Sagan's 'Contact' (the movie is missing the essential elements) are some examples up that alley. It's nice to see that I'm not alone in my insanity when my head starts to spin off really weird 'what if'-scenatios.

But basically, I'll devour anything you put in my hands.

#L

 

[Liar]

Re: Favorites...

But one of my all time favorites is Douglas Adams. Hichikers Guide is a must read but don't miss the "Dirk Gently" books as well.

If you haven't already, and have a flair for Adams and non-fiction, read 'Last Chance To See'. It exceeds anything else he's written. And it's all true.

#L

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Re: Re: Favorites...

If you haven't already, and have a flair for Adams and non-fiction, read 'Last Chance To See'. It exceeds anything else he's written. And it's all true.

#L

Just ordered it from Barns&Nobel.com (God, that store makes it too easy).

I'll give it a read, Thanks.

CD

 

[Honey123]

is it too early for cocktails?

 

[ABSTRUSE]

is it too early for cocktails?

It's never too early for cocktails!

Let me guess....Sex on the Beach?

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Anyone got a pina colada or a mudslide handy? I need a drink and that's about as heavy as I can get.

 

[Honey123]

It's never too early for cocktails!

Let me guess....Sex on the Beach?

Sure hon, sex on the beach, a tossed salad and can someone play a rusty trombone?

 

[neonlyte]

Sure hon, sex on the beach, a tossed salad and can someone play a rusty trombone?

I've got a pocket flute, I'll just polish it up.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I guess it's umbrella drink day.....getting the BIG blender out.

 

[Honey123]

So what do you play on your pocket flute?

 

[Guest]

I've got a pocket flute, I'll just polish it up.

"This one time, at band camp..."