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You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom Send a noteboard - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM

It was a bad book and it made me want to vomit in places. Loana I have yet to read (but I bought it in hardcover in Italian, of course).

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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 789 Views
You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 688 Views
Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 705 Views
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Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 693 Views
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Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 683 Views
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