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28.04.2008 19:00 to 21:30
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City/Town: Basel
Event Type: Coffee/Chat
Meeting Point: Starbucks Steinenvorstadt

With each "member" contributing a favourite book as suggestion for a meet up, we're becoming acquainted with a wide and entertaining range of genres. Books you'd otherwise never read are now proving well worthwhile and providing us with some animated discussions.

The book of this gathering on 28 April is Robert E. Heinlein's classic sci-fi "Stranger in a Strange Land".

And the meeting after that, on May 19, will be "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling.
RSVP'd Yes: 5 (5 members and No guests)
  • ipoddle - see you there...
  • melani - have some fav books to share with;)
  • BruceFan - see you on monday!
  • Piafia - I'll be there!
  • roxane - Didn't get shanghai'ed and Terminal 5 even managed to bring my luggage along. Life is good :-) cu all on Monday
RSVP'd Maybe: 1 (1 members and No guests)
  • Ammodytes - Hi, might not make it as working late, I'll try to grok it, if not see you for Kim!
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"Stranger In A Strange Land" can be downloaded as a free ebook from http://ebookhood.com/664-stranger-in-a-strange-land. They have various formats here. Note: I'm not endorsing this site, since I found it via google and I've never used it before.

I don't know if this is a legitimate service or not, but a few places have this book for download.

Is Switzerland in the Life+50 or Life+70 copyright-term zone? (or otherwise)

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Old 08.04.2008, 13:16
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And while I'm at it, here's "Kim".

http://manybooks.net/titles/kiplingretext00kimrk12.html
I do endorse manybooks.net, it's a great site, and I've been using it for ages.

cheers,
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Old 09.04.2008, 16:13
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And while I'm at it, here's "Kim".

http://manybooks.net/titles/kiplingretext00kimrk12.html
I do endorse manybooks.net, it's a great site, and I've been using it for ages.

cheers,
(Mr)Wibble
I've got my own copy of Kim but I will supplement re-reading of my favourite passages with the downloadable audiobook from the link you posted. Thanks.
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"Stranger In A Strange Land" can be downloaded as a free ebook from http://ebookhood.com/664-stranger-in-a-strange-land. They have various formats here. Note: I'm not endorsing this site, since I found it via google and I've never used it before.
THANKS!!! Typically I forgot my book in a hotel in the beginning of the week - with half the the book to read still....Didn't look forward to buy a new copy just to find out how it all ends...even if I kind of already had a glance at the end...


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I don't know if this is a legitimate service or not, but a few places have this book for download.
Is Switzerland in the Life+50 or Life+70 copyright-term zone? (or otherwise)

cheers,
(Mr)Wibble
....oops! Hm......maybe I should rethink the download....no....

See you all on Monday!!
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