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Bought 3 discounted books last night at Powerbooks:

 

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2. DOG EATERS - Jessica Hagedorn

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It's about the Marcos years - lots of real people thinly disguised. If you remember that time, you'll have a blast reading this.

 

Dream Jungle also takes place during that time, but is focused on the Elizalde/"lost tribe" scandal, and weaves in the "Apocalypse Now" filming as well. I'm blanking on the name of the "tribe" now but it was quite a scam and reeled in some big names in anthropology and sociology at that time.

 

As the book liner notes, Jessica Hagedorn was born and raised in the Phil;ippines but moved to the US. She lived in the Pinas there for much of the martial law era.

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I finished Infinite Dreams, a collection of short stories by Joe Haldeman.

 

I'm now about halfway through Halls of Stormweather.

 

This is a novel in seven parts by seven different authors. Each one about a different member of the Uskevren family. They are one of the most powerful families in Selgaunt, a city in Sembia located in the Northern Coast of the Sea of Fallen Stars in the world of Toril in the Forgotten Realms.

 

This universe is my favorite among all the TSR multiverse.

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It's about the Marcos years - lots of real people thinly disguised. If you remember that time, you'll have a blast reading this.

 

Dream Jungle also takes place during that time, but is focused on the Elizalde/"lost tribe" scandal, and weaves in the "Apocalypse Now" filming as well. I'm blanking on the name of the "tribe" now but it was quite a scam and reeled in some big names in anthropology and sociology at that time.

 

As the book liner notes, Jessica Hagedorn was born and raised in the Phil;ippines but moved to the US. She lived in the Pinas there for much of the martial law era.

 

Done reading "DOG EATERS." You're right about it - the backdrop is indeed the Marcos era. It's in the same league as Ninotchka Rosca's STATE OF WAR.

 

Btw, would you know where i could get TWILIGHT IN JAKARTA? I only have the photocopy version of TAKIPSILIM SA DJAKARTA.

 

God bless.

 

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kakatapos ko lang ng smiley's people by john le carre. actually inulit ko lang, wala na kasi mabasa e.. i just bought books 5 and 6 of stephen king's gunslinger series.. damn i can't wait to start those books, i waited for 3 years for book 5 and a total of 15 years for this epic to finish.. i heard that book 7 will be released in a few weeks' time, so konting tiis na lang..

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