Slipstream fiction, anyone?
lemonhead101
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oh brother! it is a work of fiction for heaven's sake!
Comments (22)I didn't mean that anyone here on this page was condemning each other, i meant the world in general, and not just the middle east. there's still the irish. i don't see how, if god wouldn't allow the bible to be changed too much, then there would even be not only different versions of the bible (it says in one version at least that the word of god is not to be altered in any way), but also other religions, some completely at odds with the bible. and don't forget the dead sea scrolls, angelic writings found, and why is there more elsewhere to be found about the war in heaven but not according to christians? we were given free will, so i can't see how any book written or edited by man can be comepletely fact- there's a whole lot to wade through to get to the truth. no reason for anyone to fight over what's in the da vinci code- even if it wasn't meant to be ficion, it's still another man's point of view and therefore worth as much as anyone else's. okay, okay, i'm rambling, this is no longer going to make any sense....See MoreAnyone read science fiction here?
Comments (22)You can't go wrong with Neil Gaiman, whatever the mood -from fairly light and playful (Stardust - and it definitely still has dark elements too) to very dark (American Gods) - just an incredible author. Sherri Tepper is always great. Connie Willis is too especially if you like well done time travel. Terry Pratchett for something lighter that still has some "meat" to it. Most of Orson Scott Card's. Sharon Shinn is a recently discovered fave - especially Heart of Gold and the "Angel" series - don't let the angels throw you off - they are not what you think - this series is pure sci-fi - just in a different package. And of course there are the classics - Clarke, Bradbury,Le Guin, PK Dick, Asimov, Heinlein, PJ Farmer, etc. Love them all. I tend to like sci-fi that deals with deeper themes - xenophobia, conflict of nature vs technology, etc. But then again, I guess all good sci-fi does that. OH!! - and almost forgot - how could I? - Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. So, so good. Never understood why it was marketed to young adults - they are "grown up" books definitely....See MoreFiction Ruined My Family
Comments (5)Editorial Reviews Review "Beautifully paced . . . heartbreaking and hilarious." -USA Today "Fiction Ruined My Family reads like a script for performance art, a rapid stand-up routine, careless and wisecracky, signaling moments for the audience to respond to a punch line by clapping. The tinkle of glasses subsides; the performer makes a grimace, takes a bow, goes on. Yet genuine pain is explored - for the dangerous ambitions of fame and achievement and the really dangerous distractions of carelessness with loved ones." -The San Francisco Chronicle "[A] winningly snarky memoir." -The New York Times "The girl's got flair." -Entertainment Weekly "Jeanne Darst's memoir about growing up in a hard-drinking family with big literary dreams is hilarious, heartbreaking, and inspiring." -Marie Claire "In her memoir Fiction Ruined My Family, Jeanne Darst plunges into the story of her delusional family with wicked wit and fearlessness." -Redbook "High fives to Jeanne Darst for Fiction Ruined My Family, her tale of surviving an alkie blue-blood mom, a hard-drinking failed-writer dad, and her own inebriated performer/playwright/crummy-job dysfunction to write this seriously comic tell-all about her entanglements, with family, friend, and-of course-her bodacious self." -Elle "Fiction Ruined My Family had me laughing out loud, which I almost never do, with one jaw-dropping scene after another. On nearly every page there's some sentence that's so perfect, in an old-school Oscar Wilde/Dorothy Parker sort of way, that it made everything I've ever written or said seem like dull, drunken mumbling." -Ira Glass, host of This American Life "Jeanne Darst's memoir unfolds like a Eugene O'Neill play, with all the boozing and the weeping and the exclamatory self-pity. Only it's also very funny, and it has a happy ending (more or less). Snap this book up." -Tad Friend, author of Cheerful Money "As Tolstoy might have said if he'd survived the 1970s, happy families are all alike but every narcissistic parent is narcissistic in his or her own way. Jeanne Darst tells a story not only of family neuroses, artistic delusions and thwarted dreams but also of the nuances of social class, the tension between domesticity and bohemenianism, and the tragicomedy that comes from faking it but never quite making it. All my favorite themes! I also laughed out loud more times than I can count." -Meghan Daum, author of My Misspent Youth and Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House "Jeanne Darst is funnier than a blotto WASP in a Lily Pulitzer wheelchair." -Wendy Burden, author of Dead End Gene Pool "Dazzlingly funny, gut wrenching and infested with writing that will absolutely floor you. Fiction Ruined My Family has ruined me-how will I ever be able to use those adjectives again and mean them as much as I do now?" -Sloane Crosley, author of How Did You Get This Number "In the tradition of the Mitford......See MoreIKEA'S 25 year warranty - fact or fiction?
Comments (64)I am so unhappy that I ever trusted IKEA for my whole kitchen, and even more upset that I referred them to friends. And to JJ Cape on Cape, I have no idea how to directly respond to you since your posts are from 2 years ago, but I would love to know what happened since I currently have the same problem you faced back then. The warranty in my personal opinion is as good as if it were written on piece of toilet paper. First of all, I have their Adel, or Akurum cabinet doors. The exact same thing happened to me. The cabinet door below the sink started to expand eventually and peel. There was no flooding in my home, and I am not near any body of water. Even though I had a 25 year warranty, I was more than willing to pay for another door at my own expense just to avoid the anticipated aggravation that IKEA would cause if I had to turn to their warranty department. Well, let me tell you, all my worst fears were justified. They decided to just stop making the Adel cabinet doors, and any company that makes one like it is 3/4 inch thick while the original Adel is 5/8 inch thick. How can they justify a 25 year warranty and just stop manufacturing the product they are supposed to cover. Had I known that I never would have purchased a kitchen from them. Here is the run-around I got from IKEA. First email to them I explain the damages, and send proof of purchase and photos of the damages, with all my contact information. I wait home all day for a phone call, but they never call. I called them the next day only to get told the case was closed because I didn't answer their phone calls or send any photos or documents. So a new case was opened and it was round two of the same run-around I got the first time. Then a 3rd case was opened with another associate, but this time I asked her to forward my email to them since they ignored the emails that came directly from me. Just got off the phone with them today and was told that their so called "warranty" does not cover water damage. The associate refused to send me anything in writing today, and added that she couldn't help me and was only reading off what they said. She refused to give me any person I could contact to escalate the matter. She also had a very condescending attitude and really couldn't care less. There was a big fat zero degree of customer satisfaction. I am not sure what my next steps will be, but I would love to hear from anyone else that had similar complaints with IKEA. As a final thought, one of their responses to my email about the damaged cabinet door that in my opinion should be covered under warranty was that I might be able to take care if with an Allen Wrench! (And then they closed the case)....See Morerosefolly
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