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Hi all,

I'm Barry, and I'm an omnivorous reader, (who doesn't read nearly as much as he'd like to for fun, what with spending far too much time reading for his MPhil)...

I'm currently reading Robert Twigger's Angry White Pyjamas, and Roger Penrose's Shadows of the Mind, depending on which I'm in the mood for.

The former is an autobiographical novel based on the authors time spent living in Japan, teaching English part time, and dedicated about three days a week to the learning of Aikido.

The latter is a philosophical discourse on whether there is really such a phenomenon as "consciousness" and whether it is analytically understandable.

I also read a lot of renaissance English literature, so that I can keep up with my fiancée tispity, who is in the enviable situation of being paid to study her favourite types of literature and theatre.