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A British diplomat visits Majuro.
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Pavol Demeš visits Chernobyl, 25 years on.
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Chad Orzel reacts to my Hugos post with a confession of his own.
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Conrad Halling reacts to my Hugo post (and has some complaints about Livejournal).
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"The No-To-AV campaign leaflet is quite the most hateful document I have ever read, and I speak as one who has made a special study of the works of Dave Sim, and once read the Daily Express every day for a month."
From the Heart of Europe
Books, politics, languages and life
In my review of the year, I listed both London Falling and A Book of Silence among the best books I read in 2012. Of the two, I think London Falling may be more to your taste, though; a lot of my enjoyment of Silence came from having had experiences similar to hers, and I don’t recall you mentioning anything of the kind yourself.
I found The King’s Speech much less readable as a book than it was watchable as a film, so I guess that’s a disrecommendation.