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Thank you, Elle. It's enjoyable. Also, Patrick Doyle does some nice soundtracks, including Henry V and Great Expectations.

Hi MarkusH-- I read it a while ago but what I remember is digging the love story and loving the intrigue and adventure involved in discovering the mystery of what the antarctic team had found. I also enjoyed his sort of choral voice, the technique he used to expose what individuals around the world thought of events related to the discovery. When a big decision was made or something newsworthy was broadcast, he would cut to a family eating dinner, for example. You would get the banal opinion from most of the family but then, say, one member of the family would clearly recognize the beauty of the discovery. I've also read Ravage, which I also enjoyed but less the La nuit. Now that I'm responding to this, I just remembered Le voyageur imprudent. That was a great one, too! It was a story about time travel. You have the eccentric scientist, the time traveler, and if I recall correctly, you have--oops that would spoil the story! Thanks for getting me to think about Barjavel again. I actually got the old paperback out again and enjoyed looking at the lines I had underlined and the words that I had to look up. Looking at one of the circled words reminded me that my wife (like I said, before she was my wife) picked the book up while I was only part way through and asked why I had circled a particular word. I told her that I was going to have to look it up. She wrote the definition in for me. I remember because it was her handwriting. That little memory gem you helped me find was from more than ten years ago, before we were married. Any books that you can recommend?

Here are a few works I haven't seen posted here yet: The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay This is a coming of age story set in South Africa. A young boy learns to cultivate both his mind and his body and stands up to injustice along the way. It's a marvelous story. La nuit des temps - Rene Barjavel A girl (now my wife) recommended this French sci-fi classic and I couldn't put it down. I mention it because of the VH fans on the board. I'm not sure if you're reading in the native text, but this is really engaging. The only English version of it I've seen only translates about a third of the sentences, sadly. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco Imagine if Aristotle had not only guided us on Ethics and Poetry but also Humor! And then imagine what the church would have done about it. This is the story of a monk as pro-reason detective (quite an accomplishment in his context) set during the Inquisition. That's all for now.