Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness by Peggy Noonan
LOL, jgnat! Tell me those are aquarium fish....My aquarium is on video-tape so I don't hafta worry about feeding 'em or cleaning the tank...heheheh....(wonders what kind of results fish improve?)....What's that Peggy Noonan book about?
LOL, SpecialK....I don't know how yall do it...I can't juggle that many books at a time....Steve Hassan has a FEW books out, doesn't he?
I love these kinds of threads and get a lot of good ideas! Thanks for starting it Frannie!
I'm reading:
Chimpanzee Politics Dude, Where's My Country by Michael Moore and starting The Gunslinger by Stephen King, because it was recommended on another thread (by you?)
LOL, Pat! Me, too...(grin)...Those first two sound like totally fun reads.....The Gunslinger is one of Stephen King's goodies for sure!
This weekend I finished an amazing graphic novel, "Safe Area Gorazde, the war in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95" by Joe Sacco. I finished it in one sitting, totally amazing!
Jack Black's book sounds interesting(???), Huxley....Was that graphic novel full of blood and gore like it sounds, Hux? (ewww)
The Awake! fills all my personal needs thank you very much. (j/k)
LOL, Double O'Soul! Get a life, dude!
I've nearly finished Red Azalea by Anchee Min; incredible story, very nicely written . Living within the constrains of the Communist party and the mental control exercised on the members reminded me incredibly of being in the WTBS. Some phrases would have fitted into a Watchtower if you'd replaced The Party for The Society...
Wow, Reboot....I always suspected as much....(shakes head)
I'm reading the classified ad's alot lately. The last book I finished was "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky and I plan on tackling Jung's "Psyche and Symbol" next if I can handle it. I swear, that book sits there and stares at me from the book shelf.
Neuromancer is actually a very good science fiction novel - one that Gibson wrote that helped define a new subgenre of sci-fi called cyberpunk (which is reflected in the Matrix series - without Gibson, no Matrix)
My description of cyberpunk is that it uses vividly descriptive writing and spends little time or words elaborating on technology in the background - it just puts weird things in there and lets you figure out what they are. In other words, Gibson assumes the readers are smart.
I had the pleasure of hearing Gibson do a reading at Powell's a few years back - really neat guy. His recent book, however, seems no weirder than the reality around me - maybe we have
Ruled Britannia is an alternate history novel (a "what if?..." book) about the Spanish Armada succeeding in invading England in the early 1600's...and how the great bard of Stratford-upon-Avon's work changed and how a political play he penned and performed led to a restoration of Queen Elizabeth. Great speculation.
Betrayal of America is a breakdown of the Supreme court descion to halt the Florida Recounts. Bugliosi was the prosecutor who locked up Manson. As the title suggests, he was opposed to it.
The Devil's Dictionary is what it sounds like...A cynical book of definitions written by Bierce, a Civil War vet-turned-humorist. Example:
Religion (n.): The daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining the nature of the Unknowable to the Unreachable
Piracy (n.): Commerce without all its folly-swaddles, just as God intended.
Debauchery (n.): To pursue pleasure to point of having the misfortune of overtaking it.
Eragon , by a 19 y.o. kid, Christopher Paolini ... Dragons and stuff...
LOL, Celia! Cute turkey! That book must be amazing for a 19-yr-old to have it published! Is it any good? Content sounds intriguing....some of the best books of that sort that I ever read was a series of books about dragons that were trained and had heart....the dragons also had ESP skills....
I'm reading the classified ad's alot lately. The last book I finished was "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky and I plan on tackling Jung's "Psyche and Symbol" next if I can handle it. I swear, that book sits there and stares at me from the book shelf.
Awwww, (((Azzie)))...I know that's not funny really, but you have such a wonderful sense of humor about it....I wish you success and happiness in your ads-search, hon
I'm sure I've read Crime and Punishment, but I don't think I could even begin to THINK about reading any of Jung's books...LOL!
