Books you're currently reading??? - Page 82

Beest · 08-23-2008, 10:36 PM

Glory Road by Heinlein, read Stanger in a Strange Land a couple of months ago, I'm not really digging him, I think the style is dated.

DanaC · 08-24-2008, 08:00 AM

It is. I kind of like that about Heinlein. What I really like, though, is that he was part of that first tranch of modern science fiction that explored what it is to be human and the implications of scientific progress. Sometimes it seems achingly naive, and at other times it seems to hit on something more fundamental.

squirell nutkin · 08-25-2008, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

why?

Do you mean wht eat?
Why read it?
or why buy copies for people?

Trilby · 08-26-2008, 12:33 PM

Rakoczi's The Painted Caravan-a penetration into the secrets of the tarot cards. Published, 1954.

It's fascinating stuff.

monster · 08-26-2008, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Do you mean wht eat?
Why read it?
or why buy copies for people?

Why buy 6 copies for people? What made is so fantastic that you'd buy it rather than just recommend it? In defense of a food sounds like a justification to be fat......

DanaC · 08-27-2008, 07:09 AM

In Defense of Food, to me sounds like it might be part of the slow food movement?

Cloud · 08-27-2008, 12:37 PM

Shawnee123 · 08-27-2008, 12:45 PM

Those are all the books Cloud will have in the near future?

Cloud · 08-27-2008, 12:46 PM

no, only a small portion.

wolf · 08-27-2008, 01:21 PM

Cloud clearly has some issues. And I don't mean magazines.

Cloud · 08-27-2008, 01:27 PM

clutter issues? camera issues? dates issues?

actually, I took that photo because I'm doing a series of reviews on body art books, so those are all of my body art books. I was working for several years on a book to be published (which I hope will still be published by my co-author) and collected quite a few references.

wolf · 08-27-2008, 01:35 PM

Okay. Whatever you say.

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Ancient Egyptian Magic - Bob Brier

Beest · 08-28-2008, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

It is. I kind of like that about Heinlein. What I really like, though, is that he was part of that first tranch of modern science fiction that explored what it is to be human and the implications of scientific progress. Sometimes it seems achingly naive, and at other times it seems to hit on something more fundamental.

Stranger in a Strange Land was good for that, but I'm finding Glory Road glib. One of the first SF authors I read was Asimov, a lot of short stories and background too. It's interesting to read abou the early SF movement and how they explored ideas that weren't discussed, i.e. "are all new technologies going to turn out be beneficial in the end"
At first that was often enough, but now a lot of ground has been covered a decent plot and charcters are needed too.

Ibby · 09-04-2008, 10:03 AM

Milan Kundera's The Joke.
Next: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Shawnee123 · 09-04-2008, 10:27 AM

One of the English professors set up a table with free books she was trying to get rid of. I love me a free book, even textbooks, so I grabbed quite a few.

My treasure so far is Nothing But the Truth, An Anthology of Native American Literature. The first story I read (as I was manning a stupid table for a stupid event and was bored because I couldn't do my work out there) was The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor by Sherman Alexie. It was a beautiful short story, funny and touching.

08-26-2008, 12:33 PM	#1219
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08-27-2008, 12:37 PM	#1222
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	__________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-27-2008, 12:45 PM	#1223
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Those are all the books Cloud will have in the near future? Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-27-2008, 12:46 PM	#1224
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	no, only a small portion. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-27-2008, 01:21 PM	#1225
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Cloud clearly has some issues. And I don't mean magazines. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-23-2008, 10:36 PM	#1216
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Glory Road by Heinlein, read Stanger in a Strange Land a couple of months ago, I'm not really digging him, I think the style is dated.

08-24-2008, 08:00 AM	#1217
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	It is. I kind of like that about Heinlein. What I really like, though, is that he was part of that first tranch of modern science fiction that explored what it is to be human and the implications of scientific progress. Sometimes it seems achingly naive, and at other times it seems to hit on something more fundamental.

08-27-2008, 07:09 AM	#1221
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	In Defense of Food, to me sounds like it might be part of the slow food movement?

08-27-2008, 01:27 PM	#1226
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	clutter issues? camera issues? dates issues? actually, I took that photo because I'm doing a series of reviews on body art books, so those are all of my body art books. I was working for several years on a book to be published (which I hope will still be published by my co-author) and collected quite a few references. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-27-2008, 01:35 PM	#1227
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Okay. Whatever you say. ~~~~~~~~\|~~~~~~~~ Ancient Egyptian Magic - Bob Brier __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-04-2008, 10:03 AM	#1229
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Milan Kundera's The Joke. Next: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-04-2008, 10:27 AM	#1230
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	One of the English professors set up a table with free books she was trying to get rid of. I love me a free book, even textbooks, so I grabbed quite a few. My treasure so far is Nothing But the Truth, An Anthology of Native American Literature. The first story I read (as I was manning a stupid table for a stupid event and was bored because I couldn't do my work out there) was The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor by Sherman Alexie. It was a beautiful short story, funny and touching. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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