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SCIENTIFICALLY EXAMINED AND CAREFULLY DESCRIBED
BY
THE Rт. REV. C. W. LEADBEATER
THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE
ADYAR, MADRAS, INDIA
1928
1896/1904
I bought that one recently; yet to read it, but I’m quite interested as I love the film!
I don’t read as often as I’d like, but I LOVE good books (reading and writing are a couple of my biggest passions), and I’ve recently gotten the urge to read some classic literature. I’m several chapters into Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera, which has been a totally gripping read. I’ve long been a fan of the play / musical (I saw the off-Broadway play years ago and the 2004 film, both of which I enjoy a lot), but never gotten around to the original source until now. I haven’t seen the 1925 film either yet. I just love how spooky and ominous the setting is. Very tense and creepy moments.
I’ll definitely be finishing it soon and probably move on to more works by Shakespeare and Chaucer for my college courses next. There are several classics I have in mind that I have bought and want to read that I haven’t before as well, such as Moby-Dick, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Dracula. As a side note my favorite book is probably George Orwell’s 1984, which I just adore every aspect about and hope it never stops being taught in schools.
and this_CE is currently holding a bion /* It’s okay if this bion is asleep: if this bion is the wanted recipient, then want its location regardless of whether it is asleep or not. */
and that bion qualifies as a recipient of the message /* Examine the message_instance and also that bion’s identifier block to
determine this. */
then
reply_to_this_location_request_bion_uid(message_instance)
return /* exit this routine */
end if
if message_instance.special_handling_locate is LOCATION_REPLY_FROM_BION_UID
and this_CE is currently holding a bion that is not asleep
and that bion qualifies as a recipient of the message /* Examine the message_instance and also that bion’s identifier block to
determine this. */
then
process_location_reply_from_bion_uid(message_instance)
return /* exit this routine */
end if
Not to spoil the ending or anything, but the first are big and obsolete, and the latter just look good... 😉
The same applies to most of the Italian ships as well -- reconstructed WWI vessels -- except for their two "modern" battleships launched just prior to Mussolini's declaration of war: Vittorio Veneto and Littorio. These were actually first-class battleships, as good as anything in the Allied navies (especially when fitted with radar, which only came after the clashes of '40-41, however).
They were faster, and had longer-range guns than the British battleships of the Mediterranean Fleet. (The Brits still had the edge in hitting power, armor protection and crew training.) And yes, they were some very nice-looking ships.
Just finishing reading the final chapters of John Le Carré's Call for the Dead, his debut novel, and the first appearance of the character of George Smiley.
I'm a big Douglas Coupland fan, and 400+ pages should keep me quiet for a while.
This very intersting article about the future of the democratic party...
After finishing reading John Le Carré's Call for the Dead and Len Deighton's The IPCRESS File (which I'd been reading simultaneously with Call for the Dead), I've jumped straight to Deighton's second novel, Horse Under Water.
In The IPCRESS File there's a lot of elements of keep track of, and so far, Horse Under Water is no different. I find it a bit easier to read than IPCRESS though; perhaps it flows just a little bit better. It's been very interesting up to this point.