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What novels would you recommend?
by LoveUniHateExams in
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i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

let the old dreams die.
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@TonusOH
Have you read Salem's Lot?
What did you think of it?
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What novels would you recommend?
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

let the old dreams die.
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TonusOH - yes, that other short story is also at the end, called One More For The Road.
'... somewhere out there, that little girl is still looking for her goodnight kiss' - or something like that.
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What novels would you recommend?
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

let the old dreams die.
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@TonusOH - ah, right.
I know what you're talking about.
The last chapter of my copy of Salem's Lot has this little story as its final chapter.
It's set in the 1700s, from what I remember, and is done in the form of letters between two people. I always felt this last chapter didn't fit too well with the rest of the novel, lol.
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Is Wokeness a Religion
by JeffT in
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this is long so i'll just post a link, i think many here will agree with a lot of what the author has to say.

it certainly resonated with my thinking of the last few years.

https://instapundit.substack.com/p/it-should-be-safe-to-be-unpopular?sd=pf.
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Yes, I've read the article. The author makes some good points.
Myself, I have some experience of being targeted by woke people on-line, although nothing too serious so far. The worst case was a guy who at first tried to dox me, then contacted my old university. All because I was posting opinions which didn't align 100% with trans ideology.
Yes, woke warriors are very quick to other you if you post an opinion with which they disagree.
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Is Wokeness a Religion
by JeffT in
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2. friends
this is long so i'll just post a link, i think many here will agree with a lot of what the author has to say.

it certainly resonated with my thinking of the last few years.

https://instapundit.substack.com/p/it-should-be-safe-to-be-unpopular?sd=pf.
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Is Wokeness a religion? - yeah, kinda.
At the very least it's filled the religion-shaped hole in The West. Nature abhors a vacuum, and all that.
Perhaps one way of trying to answer your question would be to compare the behaviour of religious zealots with that of woke nutters.
And they're actually quite similar, although the woke nutters have killed far fewer people.
Will read the link now.
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Index of Evidence for Evolution Threads
by cofty in
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re-posting this for reference.. #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

#2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

#3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..
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Well done, Cofty, not only for all the work you put in but also for putting all the evolution posts together.
@TonusOH - almost.
The current model states that birds evolved from a group of dinosaurs called theropods. Most scientists agree with this, although not all - a few propose that both birds and theropods had a common basal archosaur ancestor.
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What novels would you recommend?
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

let the old dreams die.
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@TonusOH
What is Jerusalem's Lot about? Is it set in the same universe as Salem's Lot?
As you probably know, the full name for the fictional town is Jerusalem's Lot, Jerusalem being the name of a vicious pig that escaped and lived wild.
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What novels would you recommend?
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

let the old dreams die.
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@TD
I haven't read many Stephen King novels - I got about halfway through It before I got rid of it, and the same with Rose Madder before I returned it to the library.
But I can genuinely say that Salem's Lot is a great novel. It's populated with interesting characters and it's one of those books you can just get lost in. 👍
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What novels would you recommend?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

let the old dreams die.
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@TD
Perhaps some 'lowbrow' novels can become classics if they're written well enough.
For instance, I'm not sure if Salem's Lot and Let The Right One In are lowbrow or highbrow, but in my opinion they're better than Dracula, even though that book is regarded as a classic which pretty much started the vampire genre.
Salem's Lot brings vampires into modern times, and LTROI is an excellent take on child vampires. Having child vampires is nothing new but I don't think it's ever been done as well as it is in LTROI.
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What novels would you recommend?
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. social
2. entertainment
i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

let the old dreams die.
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Off the top of my head, here are some novels I had to throw away when I moved house
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
It (Stephen King)
A Time To Kill (John Grisham)
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
Last Rituals (Yrsa Sigurdardottir)