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Columba
Columba
Oct 2019
9:07pm, 20 Oct 2019
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Columba
Is that called a biome, Chrisull? As opposed to a genome?
Chrisull
Chrisull
Oct 2019
10:01am, 21 Oct 2019
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Chrisull
You are 100% right, have been reading about genomes too and conflating them.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Oct 2019
10:10am, 21 Oct 2019
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McGoohan
"Ha ha ha, hee hee hee,
I'm the laughing genome
and you can't catch me."

(Goes to stand in the corner)
Diogenes
Diogenes
Nov 2019
8:16pm, 3 Nov 2019
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Diogenes
“I come from a broken gnome, you know.”

I seem to have 5 books on the go:

Audiobooks:
Cage Of Souls by Adrain Shostakovich (overlong SFF, diverting but never ending)

The Common Years by Jilly Cooper
(fun)

Physical:
What Am I Doing Here by Bruce Chatwin
(Collected writing, dipping in and out)
This Is Memorial Device by David Keenan
(Book group book, almost finished)
Diary Of A Somebody by Brian Bilston
(A poetic novel in diary form)
LindsD
LindsD
Nov 2019
8:23pm, 3 Nov 2019
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LindsD
Are you going to blog your evening with BB, Dio?
Diogenes
Diogenes
Nov 2019
8:40pm, 3 Nov 2019
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Diogenes
Oh, I summarised it in verse on the poetry wire, Linds.
LindsD
LindsD
Nov 2019
8:49pm, 3 Nov 2019
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LindsD
I didn't know there was a poetry wire, I don't think. Can you copy it here? Or to a blog?
Diogenes
Diogenes
Nov 2019
8:52pm, 3 Nov 2019
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Diogenes
fetcheveryone.com/forum__61089__1__the_poetry_wire_going_from_bard_to_verse
McGoohan
McGoohan
Nov 2019
9:04pm, 3 Nov 2019
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McGoohan
A pottery wire! How scrumptious!
GregP
GregP
Nov 2019
10:03am, 5 Nov 2019
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GregP
Not liking MSTSK at all. Thoroughly unpleasant little book.

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Some of the most discussed books include:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
(mind-bending mystery with halls and statues)
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (geriatric murder mystery from Britain's tallest comedic brainbox)
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
(Memoir of a homeless couple walking the SWCP)
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Milkman by Anna Burns
(Superlative prize-winning fiction)
Hive link: hive.co.uk

The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (Sci-Fi)
Hive link: hive.co.uk

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (weird steampunk)
Hive link: hive.co.uk

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