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Do you have a favorite title to a book?



Mine is "The Midwich Cuckoos" by John Wyndham

~ the book  is excellent -- was made into a movie first in 1960 (I believe), the black-and-white film "Village of the Damned"
~ both the novel and the original movie are excellent to me
~ Wyndham is one of my top five favorite authors


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Posted - August 12, 2018
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  • 14795
    Yes..My favorite reading is my Bank Book....It's all about Stubs and how they keep people in Cheques    :)D
      August 12, 2018 5:14 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    And all sorts of titles could fit in that book a bet - - a house title, a car title, etc. 
    :)
      August 12, 2018 5:20 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I like that book written by that singer ,Jonny Cash ..and Ivor No'Change :)D 
      August 12, 2018 5:30 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    :)
    :)
      August 12, 2018 5:31 PM MDT
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  • "Naked Lunch" is a pretty great title, though admittedly I have yet to read it.

    "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is one of my favorites. As is "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". 

      August 12, 2018 11:16 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    I like all of those titles. Geez --  I can't even remember if I've read "Naked Lunch," but I've obviously heard of it and I know I held the book in my hands more than once. But if I can't remember it, I probably didn't read it.
    :)

    I did read about the electric sheep.
    :)
    Not the Kool-Aid ,though.
      August 13, 2018 7:46 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    Northern Farm. 
      August 13, 2018 5:20 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    Interesting!
    :)
      August 13, 2018 7:46 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    A book from the 1940s I think about a couple living on a farm.  Not really farmers but they live on a farm.  Seems a pretty idyllic life to old suburban me. 
      August 13, 2018 7:51 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    :)
    :)
      August 13, 2018 7:53 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    Thank you!
      August 13, 2018 8:26 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    You're welcome! After you posted your answer I've been thinking that the title seemed sort of familiar to me. Maybe I've heard of the book before but never knew what it was about.
      August 13, 2018 8:28 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    Just the idea of a "northern farm" seems very homey and comfy to me.  Though of course would not be all fun and games. Nothing is. 
      August 13, 2018 8:32 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    It was written by Henry Beston. 
      August 13, 2018 8:34 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    Thanks, I didn't know the author. Have you read the book?
      August 13, 2018 8:39 AM MDT
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  • 6477
    I am fond of Wyndham myself... the Chysalids captured my imagination as a child.. 

    I am going to choose one I read relatively recently.. I've mentioned it before.. The Serpent of Venice - loosely based on Merchant of Venice and something else..  Christopher Moore is a favourite author of mine - I love his wit.. I think he is American! 
      August 13, 2018 2:45 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    Yay, another Wyndham fan!
    :)

    The Chysalids - - yes!


      August 13, 2018 4:50 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
      August 13, 2018 4:43 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    That's good.
    :)
      August 13, 2018 4:47 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Surfing through Hyperspace.
      August 13, 2018 5:13 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    That's a good one, too.
    :)
      August 14, 2018 11:14 AM MDT
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