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Lobsang Rampa - Cave of the Ancients (1963)
his first book was better... John Wyndham - Chocky will be next
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Gates of fire by Steven Pressfield,the story of the battle of Thermopylae much better than "300".
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Wow- I must get that myself, one of the great stories of history. The 1962 movie "The 300 Spartans"- not to be confused with the recent effort- is well worth seeing.
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It is a great book ,a novel but accurate and well-written.
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Going back to Scoundrels post about not being able to finish a book, I have tried several times to read the original version of Dracula by Bram Stoker.
It is written in the form of a journal and I find it very hard work, I just cant finish this book.
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Different strokes for different folks. I love this book. But I always feel nausea when I get to the bit where the good guys try to save Lucy Westenra using blood transfusions. I can watch open heart surgery, animals being slaughtered, the hideous deaths of legions of the innocent with a flint hearted indifference. Anyone else's blood: couldn't care less. My blood: I pass out.
Ironically I do give blood, but I must not catch sight of it as it leaves my system, or I feel faint. What a wuss! Dracula is an absolute classic. |
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Anno Dracula is the first of the series,it takes place in a reality where the count has killed Van Helsing and married Queen Victoria.The book follows the resistance to his brutal rule and his final ousting.There are three more books so far,all are well-written and full of period detail.You should definately give them a try
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In my opinion it is superior,Newman fills his book with historical figures,characters from a spectrum of victorian fiction,his own and they blend seamlessly.
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