My first posting to Sinister! I've been (sort of) lurking, althought this is mainly due to the fact that I'm currently living 400 miles away from my computer doing voluntary work (or slave labour as it currently is) in Dundee. Anyway... Good to someone recommend Raymond Carver. I've got a mate up in Dundee who really recommended Carver and I was reading his Where I'm Calling From collection of selected stories on the train back to London yesterday. Very impressive and very human. Even better is Tobias Wolff. I got The Stories of Tobias Wolff before Christmas and was totally hooked. The man creates stories of everyday lives in America which are perceptive and deeply beautiful. I write stories myself and if I come NEAR to writing anything as good as Wolff, I'll be a happy man. If anything, his latest collection of stories, The Night in Question, is even better. Ink Photographs and Little Ink Movies. I ordered both of these in the week between Christmas and New Year and haven't got them yet. Can anyone give me some idea of how long it might take for them to come. I'm desperate to read them given the quality of the ones I've read and, of course, the wonderful CD booklet stories. Speaking of waiting, I ordered LLPJ and DOW singles at Virgin over 4 weeks ago and I'm still waiting for DOW! Still, the glories of You Made Me Forget My Dreams and Photo Jenny kind of make up for it. All the best for now, Jon ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------