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02-22-2007, 07:21 AM
|  | Sleazy Sax Solo | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the Doghouse
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| | | March Book: The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil will be the KR Book Club's March-May Book. 
This is a great book and compact at just over 100 pages.
'Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. The other six citizens must wait their turn in the Short-Term Residency Zone of the surrounding country of Outer Horner. But, when Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing three-quarters of the citizen then in residence over the border into Outer Horner territory, the Outer Hornerites declare an Invasion in Progress - having fallen under the spell of the power-hungry and demagogic Phil. So begins "The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil". Fuelled by Saunders's unrivalled wit, outlandish imagination and incisive political sensibility, this is a deeply strange, yet strangely familiar fable of power and impotence, justice and injustice.' Links Amazon US Amazon UK
Thanks to all those who made suggestions, they will all be considered for the next book. Any questions or comments let me know, happy reading guys!  |
02-22-2007, 09:45 AM
| | god stealer | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Where the complacent die
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| | | Oh. Its fiction. I thought it was gonna be like some Dd Phil-hating thing I was like WTF. |
02-22-2007, 10:05 AM
|  | Material Girl | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: scandinavia
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| | | * already running to the library* |
02-22-2007, 12:43 PM
|  | no lust in this coma | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Edinburgh
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| | | I'm looking forward to this one!
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02-22-2007, 05:21 PM
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| | cool beans, i'll try and find a cheap copy  |
02-23-2007, 08:03 AM
| | no lust in this coma | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Edinburgh
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02-23-2007, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by *gigantic Oh. Its fiction. I thought it was gonna be like some Dd Phil-hating thing I was like WTF. | same here damn
love dr phil hating.. cheshire cat told me about a book that exposes him as a big fat Phony! sounds okay but i don't wanna have to think about him through a whole book |
02-23-2007, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ella luciana | yup that's where i've ordered mine from. Should finish the book i'm on now and this one pretty quickly, reading alot lately. |
02-25-2007, 10:04 AM
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| | | library time!! |
02-28-2007, 05:15 AM
| | Sleazy Sax Solo | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the Doghouse
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| | | My copy arrived this morning and I read the first few pages on the tube, it's funnier than I expected. So far so good! |
02-28-2007, 08:17 AM
| | no lust in this coma | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Edinburgh
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| | | Yay! I'm nearly finished... I like it lots so far.
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02-28-2007, 08:20 AM
|  | Du mußt Caligari werden! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: vivian comma close
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| | | i'll buy it as soon as i get home |
02-28-2007, 10:37 AM
| | no lust in this coma | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Edinburgh
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Originally Posted by kesh i'll buy it as soon as i get home | Glad to have you on board, good sir.
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02-28-2007, 09:09 PM
|  | Likes random miaows | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Manchester and Warwick Uni
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| | | woo i've just bought it for 3 pounds...now all i have to do is wait. I want to read it NOW! |
03-01-2007, 10:19 AM
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| | | mine finally came today, it's over 350 pages in my edition, but the words are large and ridiculously spaced out.
edit: oh only 91 pages is the novella, the rest is short stories. |
03-03-2007, 07:11 PM
|  | i'm so tired | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: my suspicious northwest
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Originally Posted by Dig For Fire mine finally came today, it's over 350 pages in my edition, but the words are large and ridiculously spaced out.
edit: oh only 91 pages is the novella, the rest is short stories. | Oh, what edition is that and how much did it cost? I just ordered the novella by itself but it hasn't arrived yet. |
03-03-2007, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by perfidia Oh, what edition is that and how much did it cost? I just ordered the novella by itself but it hasn't arrived yet. | it is the edition linked to in the first post. i'm only a few pages in so far, not the sort of novel/la i'd usually read, it should be interesting. |
03-12-2007, 02:29 AM
|  | former galadriel | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: between the pages
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| | | Very Kurt Vonnegut-esq. |
03-12-2007, 09:50 AM
| | no lust in this coma | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Edinburgh
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Originally Posted by dharmabum  Very Kurt Vonnegut-esq. | I think you're right, although I hadn't really considered that consciously. I wanted to re-read KV after I read this, though...
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03-13-2007, 10:42 AM
| | Sleazy Sax Solo | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the Doghouse
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| | | Well I just finished it yesterday. I don't want to post too much until I know if others have finished.
I quite enjoyed the book, but I wanted it to be a bit longer (maybe more details about the Inner and Outer Horner, more details about the characters, I know it isn't that kind of book but that's just my taste).
Some of the Absurdist humour really reminded me of the Lemony Snicket novels, especially the final one which is set on a island and whose small population follow the orders blindly of a idiot.
I won't say too much but I thought the ending was very fitting and satisfying. I bought the edition with the additional short stories and I'm currently working my way through them - don't know if anyone else is reading them but there are some really good ones. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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