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Violanthe
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PostThe Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:06 pm
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How does this opener strike you?

You may call me D.T. That is short for Dieter, a German name, and D.T. will do, now that I am in America, this curious nation. If I draw upon reserves of patience, it is because time passes here without meaning for me, and that is a state to dispose one to rebellion. Can this be why I am writing a book? Among my former associates, we had to swear never to undertake such an action. I was, after all, a member of a matchless Intelligence group. Its classification was SS, Special Section IV-2a, and we were directly under the supervision of Heinrich Himmler. Today, the man is seen as a monster, and I would not look to defend him�he turned out to be one hell of a monster. All the same, Himmler did have an original mind, and one of his theses does take me into my literary intentions, which are, I promise, not routine.


If you've never read this book, or had no clue where the opener comes from, then how does it strike you? If you had only this opener to go on, would you read more? Does it grab you and spur you to read on? Or does it leave you unenthusiastic?

If you read the book it came from, did you remember right away or did you have to look it up? What made it so memorable - or not so memorable?

If you are interested to read on, then do a search on the opening line and tell us what it is.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:32 am
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This is The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer. I haven't read it and although i was curious at first glance i don't think i would read a fictional memoir by a member of the S.S.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:33 pm
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Hmm... I'm not that interested in recent past history stuff.
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