What I am Reading, What I am Listening To (page 2)

rem

Patio,

Atheism, The Case Against God is fascinating! The logic is exceptional. I'm almost done with it. I'm about to start Guns, Germs, and Steel - I'm looking forward to it. I have The Third Chimpanzee in my wish list too. I just finished reading the Autobiography of Charles Darwin. It was interesting, but I skipped through a lot of letters that got a bit boring.

I read 101 Myths of the Bible a few months ago. I think much of it is very good, but some of it seemed a little too speculative to me(at least in the Egyptian links), but I'm just a layman, so what do I know. I expected to see more of a link with the Flood story to the Gilgamesh legend, but he tied it more to Egyptian mythology, if I remember correctly.

You've probably already read some of these, but I strongly recommend "Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine and "Some Mistakes of Moses" by Robert Ingersoll. Great stuff!

Happy Reading!

rem

"We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking." - Mark Twain

GentlyFeral

Listening to: my very long playlist at http://www.mp3.com -- for a representative sample, search for stations "MotherKali," "Mongrel Boogie," "Pagan Circle" and "MamaDurga", and bands "Pachamama" and "Felema".

Reading: _The Probability Broach_ by L. Neil Smith -- libertarian brain candy; trying to re-read John Brunner's _Stand On Zanzibar,_ and deciding I don't like him any more; about to buckle down and work on _Conversational French in Twenty Lessons : Illustrated, Intended for Self-Study and for Use in Schools : With a Simplified System of Phonetic Pronunciation_, by R. Diez de la Cortina and others. And it's about time to browse in Rimbaud again.

But I haven't been reading as much as I used to, partly because I'm working full time and partly because I've just discovered NetFlix ( http://www.netflix.com). I highly recommend _Before Night Falls_, _Young Frankenstein,_ and _The Scent of Green Papaya_ ... all available at NetFlix.

Gently Feral

"There were cockroaches of course,
but very clean cockroaches."
-- Julia Vinograd

Flip

Currently reading the leaflet, 'Famous Jehovah’s Witness sports legends'...while listening to David Gray's DVD, 'At The Point'.

Flip

DanielHaase

Reading the "International Socialist review" (periodical)...Been listening to System of a Down, King Crimson, Gwar, and the Police...

patio34

Hi Rem,

Thanks for the recommendations. I did read 'The Age of Reason,' but will put 'Mistakes of Moses' by Rbt. Ingersoll on my list.

The 3rd Chimpanzee was easier reading, imho, than Guns,Germs&Steel.

Pat

outnfree

Francois,

Can't believe that you are reading both Wilbur Smith AND W.E.B. Griffin! My husband and I devour anything by these two authors. The U-235 trilogy does NOT sound familiar, however. Titles, please?

If you like this stuff, you may also enjoy books by Stephen Hunter, and David Baldacci's "Wish You Were Here" which is a departure from his usual stuff (which ain't bad, either!).

Mike,

Just finished: Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Education of a Felon by Edward Bunker????
Skellig by David Almond (children's novel, but I try to read all my kids' assigned reading books, and it was quite good!)
Fearless series of novels for teens -- I'm up to #8 -- no brainer entertainment only

Still slogging through: The Temple and the Lodge by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

About to start: the window by jeanette ingold -- another required reading selection which will tax my stuffed up head less than the Templar Knights and the Freemasons

Listening to: the KMS for Elder's audio files and anything Classic Rock, Oldies, or Alternative

outnfree

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts -- John Wooden

fodeja

I guess I'll have to restrict myself to English language and leave out the stuff I read for work...anyway, I've started with

E. S. Herman and N. Chomsky. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.

just a couple of days ago. I've always been fascinated by the role of mass media in today's society, so it's about time that I'll read what some experts have to say. So far, it looks like a very comprehensive, thorough, and well-defended analysis (which is probably why Chomsky is so hated by some conservative types - he's not your average hemp-shirt wearing hippie, but an intellectual in the good sense of the word).

Also, I'm leafing through

Paul Watzlawick. How Real is Real? Confusion, Disinformation, Communication

again, as so often before. I've always enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in the role of communication (or lack thereof) in our lives. Watzlawick's writing style is absolutely refreshing.

Music: Neil Young, Weld. Loud. What a shame the guy hasn't brought out anything remarkable in the past couple of years ("Silver and Gold"? Yawn! "Let's Roll"? Urgh!). Apparently it's better to fade away after all...

f.

sadiejive

Reading:

Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were; Robert Ingpen and Michael Page
Redwall; Brian Jacques

(((...I recently saw Lord of the Rings and have just "been in the mood" for some fantasy reading....)))

Bible
3 Nancy Drew books...sorry, I always loved them as a girl and can't stop reading them just because I'm a grown up now.

Listening:

Recent:
Bob Marley
Depeche Mode
Phil Collins
Enigma
Beethoven

...at this moment...
"In Your Eyes": Peter Gabriel (I LOVE this song)

Also, some other really neat listening can be found here:
http://www.radioafghanistan.com

sadie

singsongboi

thnx sadie, for link to radioafghanistan

sadiejive

No prob, Singsong.

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