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A Danish party wants to record the religion of would-be citizens. Should it go further and seek a ban on immigration from certain countries?
As the Danish People's Party rightly says, being Muslim raises fundamental problems with living a Danish life.
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Know any good books a woman in her 30s might like?
Favourite answer:I wish I knew more about your tastes in other entertainment, so I could tailor my suggestions.
I'm sitting next to a bookcase, so I'll just jot down the titles of stuff that isn't ancient that I liked.
The Gargoyle, Andrew Davidson
The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
Red Dragon, Thomas Harris
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
The Marsh King's Daughter, Karen Dionne
Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
Misery, Stephen King
Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Cryptonomicon, Steal Stephenson
A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
Those last two are long and will hold you a good while.
This is a fairly good mix of all the genres I buy in print. (I read others digitally, but they're not sitting in plain sight.) You've got mystery, thriller, science fiction, post-apocalyptic, fantasy...
You're probably noticing that a lot of these became movies, and that's always a good sign, even if the movie wasn't good. The book tends to be substantially deeper and richer than the movie. So don't set one in the "no" pile just because you've seen the movie. In the case of Game of Thrones, having seen it will help you keep straight who is who.
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Is China a superpower?
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Is there a way to write compelling robot characters?
Humanly relatable and engrossing but feel realistically artificial?
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How can people say "everybody has their own story" when you have parents and a family?
From my experience if you have parents and a family, you don't get your own story. You have the story that they want told and not your version of it. So how does everyone have their own story then?
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Why do many Islamic countries still stone people to death or behead them in public?
In some countries you can be executed for adultery, drinking alcohol, or practicing "witchcraft" or "sorcery". It's almost like they're stuck in medieval times.
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How to find the ideal character description for a book?
I was thinking about a girl like this flr the story set in the early 20 century.
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If a guy falls for a girl though she's poor, is that real love?
The guy sees how she lives, how she has to work in the farm and walk miles to go to school and falls for her
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Would it be better to spend money on improving our people's quality of life instead of giving it to places that will always be undeveloped?
Giving billions of pounds a year to African countries is little different to throwing money down a drain. None of them will ever be developed as scientific research has shown that to build a developed country, the people need to have an average IQ of at least 90, whereas the average IQ of sub-Saharan Africans is just 68 (compared to 100 plus for White people). Besides, most of the money is not spent on what it's intended for and is stolen by corrupt leaders. Surely those billions could be used to improve infrastructure, healthcare, policing etc here in the UK?
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Do you think it's a good idea to have all your books and movies on open shelves for people to see?
Favourite answer:Yes I have a library of literary fiction, science fiction, classical works and non-fiction books and a few reference and 'lighter' reads interspersed.
It's funny to think idiots on Twitter have been getting offended over the bookshelves of people who have been on Zoom calls during live TV broadcasts.
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Are there any good books about Donald Trump?
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Can an author make it big with just one successful book (not a series)?
Favourite answer:Jaws, by Peter Benchley, is a good example. It was selling millions of copies in the year before the release of the film, staying on the bestseller list for 44 weeks.
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Is Black History Month about as pointless as it gets?
Blacks have so little history that it can be summed up in just a few words. Cannibalism, drums, tribal warfare, mud huts etc. Devoting an entire month to it is awfully excessive.
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What is your favorite childhood book?
Mine is Curious George Goes to the Hospital!!!!!!!!!
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What works of the following authors would you recommend most?
Lord Byron
John Keats
Alexander Pope
T.S. Eliot
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Wordsworth
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Any good 19th century boys names? I'm writing a Victorian era set novel.?
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What are three of your favorite classic books?
Favourite answer:Gullivers Travels. Jonathan Swift. People think of it as a story for kids about a guy who visits a land full of tiny people. But actually Gulliver visits four strange lands, and all are parodies of England/Ireland of his own time.
Roughing It by Mark Twain. This is about Twain visiting Nevada in the days before the Civil War, and touring around to places that are famous even today, like Lake Tahoe, Mono Lake, etc. It's written in self-contained chapters, like a collection of short stories. So you can start anywhere and read a whole story. It's very funny even today. This is the book I take on every trip. I like a lot of his other stuff too, of course.
The Wizard of Oz. Actually, the whole series is very good, though a little dated. The original book was so popular that Baum wrote another book every year for the rest of his life--20 books. Then his family hired a woman named Ruth Plumley Thomson to write more Oz books, but those aren't considered as good.
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