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05 Jun 2006 06:14:55 PM |
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AA: OT: Summer Reading Suggestions |
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
-chib
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Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middla Aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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| User: "johac" |
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12 Jun 2006 01:20:15 AM |
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In article <050620061614559479%chibiabos@nospam.com>,
chibiabos <chibiabos@nospam.com> wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
-chib
I don't know if I would classify it as 'Summer reading', but I am
finally getting around to reading Richard Dawkin's "The Ancestors Tale".
I had bought it some time ago and it lay on my pike of 'books to read'
for quite sometime. It is an excellent, well written account of
evolution, with the emphasis on how we humans got here.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "chibiabos" |
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06 Jun 2006 11:40:40 AM |
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In article <050620061614559479%chibiabos@nospam.com>, chibiabos
<chibiabos@nospam.com> wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
-chib
Tom Holt's _The Portable Door_ has been recommended to me. It's
described as a cross between Terry Pratchet and Douglas Adams. Anybody
read that one?
PS: Tim Robbins above should be Tom Robbins. Tim is the actor. Tom is
the writer. I always get them confused.
-chib
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Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middla Aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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| User: "Pastor Kutchie" |
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06 Jun 2006 03:57:54 PM |
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chibiabos wrote:
In article <050620061614559479%chibiabos@nospam.com>, chibiabos
<chibiabos@nospam.com> wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
-chib
Tom Holt's _The Portable Door_ has been recommended to me. It's
described as a cross between Terry Pratchet and Douglas Adams. Anybody
read that one?
Haven't read that one, but have read lots of other Holt stuff. My
favourite is 'Who's afraid of Beowulf', then 'Flying Dutch'.
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| User: "Kevin Anthoney" |
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06 Jun 2006 01:30:23 PM |
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chibiabos wrote:
In article <050620061614559479%chibiabos@nospam.com>, chibiabos
<chibiabos@nospam.com> wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
-chib
Tom Holt's _The Portable Door_ has been recommended to me. It's
described as a cross between Terry Pratchet and Douglas Adams. Anybody
read that one?
I've read a lot of Tom Holt, but I've gone off him a bit lately, and I
haven't read that one. Maybe I just got too used to his style. He's a bit
self-indulgent at times, but the good bits more than make up for that.
I keep telling myself I should try _The Walled Orchard_, which is his
serious novel, but I just never get round to it.
PS: Tim Robbins above should be Tom Robbins. Tim is the actor. Tom is
the writer. I always get them confused.
-chib
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Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
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| User: "stoney" |
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11 Jun 2006 07:46:15 PM |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:14:55 -0700, chibiabos <chibiabos@nospam.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
'2150' by Thea Alexandre.
Wilbur Smith
http://www.wilbursmithbooks.com/
http://www.wilbursmithbooks.com/novels/eagle_in_the_sky.html
I've read several books by him and they've all been excellant. Eagle in
the sky was the first one I read many years ago. I suspect I had
forgotten about them during the years I was restricted to audio books.
James P. Hogan's another excellant author.
The Proteus Operation is fantastic as is the "Gentle Giants of Ganymede"
series (with the exception of the last one-Entroverse).
Voyage From Yesteryear is fantastic.
http://www.jamesphogan.com/homepage.shtml
New on 6 June 2006
PROGRAMMED REFLEXES
At the end of 1979, when I quit working for Digital Equipment
Corporation and left Massachusetts with a car, a typewriter, two
suitcases, and no real idea of where I was heading, I ended up months
later in an apartment in Orlando, Florida, across the street from a
Holiday Inn. Around lunchtime on the first Saturday after moving in, I
wandered across for a drink and to get an idea of the local scene. The
girl tending the bar was just setting up. I'd brought a local paper to
browse through, and since I was the only customer, I asked if she'd mind
turning off the TV. She did so, but as the minutes ticked by her
movements behind the bar as she stocked the shelves with bottles and
arranged glasses became noticeably more agitated. Finally, she burst
out, "I'm sorry but I can't stand it! I have to have it on!" Even though
the paying customer had expressed a preference otherwise. I shrugged and
said "Okay." Amazing.
I didn't own a televison then, and still don't. In Ireland a yearly
license costing 155 euros -- around $180 -- is required for the
privilege of being browbeaten into buying junk and having morons
advertise their headaches, indigestion, dandruff, and hemorrhoids in
one's own living room. I wouldn't want one if the government paid me 155
euros. Cost isn't the issue. The shallowness ("in depth" news coverage
means giving a topic an extra 30 seconds), and general pervasiveness of
imbecility (most programming is geared to a comprehension level below
5th grade) are only part of the reason. The other part is the blatant
manipulation, through imagery, suggestion, and association, of the
beliefs and opinions that it is considered desirable for people to hold,
and the setting of limits on what they are supposed to think. The way it
works can be subtle. Imagine that the range of possible positions on a
given question covers a spectrum from 0 to 10. By the constant
repetition of casting intelligent, attractive, and socially successful
people as advocates for 10, while others with negative connotations are
associated with, say, 3, what's approved and disapproved are pretty
clearly spelled out and the leaning of public opinion shaped
accordingly. But there's more. Defining the visible spectrum as lying
between 3 and 10 allows discourse to vary from a minimum to a maximum of
approval, but all of it falling within a range that's deemed to be
tolerable. By not being represented at all, positions below 3
effectively don't exist, and impermissible thinking is excluded. Similar
situations exist in some areas of science, where an illusion of freedom
is maintained by open debate of relatively minor details of a theory, so
long as the core assumptions are not questioned.
I've received a bit of flak from some quarters since posting my
objections to the arrest and imprisonment of historical Revisionists in
several European countries, and suggesting that their critics might gain
something from making some effort to hear what they are saying before
running and howling with the lynch mob. Does there not seem something
very suspicious and wrong when a society that claims to uphold the
virtues of uncensored debate, academic freedom, and openness of
scientific and historical research demonizes and imprisons historians,
scholars, journalists, and publishers simply for stating what they
believe to be true? When questioning is condemned for no better reason
than that it has been deemed impermissible, are we hearing the voice of
reason and objectivity that our culture prides itself on, or a
conditioned reflex that has been substituted for the capacity of
rational thought? If the latter, then by what means and for what
purpose?
J.P.H.
/end
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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05 Jun 2006 09:54:53 PM |
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What's so funny about peace, love and chibiabos <chibiabos@nospam.com>
posting the following on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:14:55 -0700 iin
alt.atheism?
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
1. Red Thunder/Red Lightning by John Varley. He really channels
Heinlein in these books for some rip-roaring adventure.
2. Guns, Germs, & Steel by Jared Diamond. Simply incredible book on
why some societies thrived and grew while others never got beyond the
hunter/gatherer stage.
--
Douglas Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2011
"The belief in the Christian god... is an appalling nightmare. I reject
the notion that the whole universe was created by this kind of evil
creature who would create such a thing." - Anthony Flew, March 22, 2005
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| User: "Yang, AthD h.c, Kicking AWOLs Cocaine Snorting Ass" |
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05 Jun 2006 11:21:16 PM |
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On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:54:53 GMT, Douglas Berry
<penguin_boy@mindOBVIOUSspring.com> wrote:
What's so funny about peace, love and chibiabos <chibiabos@nospam.com>
posting the following on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:14:55 -0700 iin
alt.atheism?
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
1. Red Thunder/Red Lightning by John Varley. He really channels
Heinlein in these books for some rip-roaring adventure.
2. Guns, Germs, & Steel by Jared Diamond. Simply incredible book on
why some societies thrived and grew while others never got beyond the
hunter/gatherer stage.
Collapse is a breezier read....
-----
Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12.5 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -2475 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
-----
"Ahhhhhh, yessssssss, ummmmmmm - Alito, Alito, Alito"
-duke (duckgumbo@cox.net), aka PedophilEarl J Weber, 59
year old mateless, heirless biological failure
of Afton Oaks Apartment, Baton Rouge,who pussied
out of the Vietnam draft, showing his gay side
despite his avowed anti-gay bigotry
Contact duke's priest and ask
him why duke is such a racist:
http://www.stpatrickbr.org/
Father Gerard "Jerry" Martin
stpatrickbr<AT>bellsouth<DOT>net
Saint Patrick Catholic Church
12424 Brogdon Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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05 Jun 2006 07:16:49 PM |
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chibiabos <chibiabos@nospam.com> wrote in
news:050620061614559479%chibiabos@nospam.com:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get
enough of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and
should be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
Anything by H. Rider Haggard. "King Solomon's Mines" was the archetype
of the Indiana Jones type of explorer/adventurer story. "Eric
Brighteyes" is a Norse epic sword and sorcery romance.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
If Bush is responsible for what happened in Al Haditha, does that mean
Clinton is responsible for the massacre at Waco Tx. in 1993?
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Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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| User: "Mike Smith" |
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05 Jun 2006 10:34:04 PM |
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chibiabos <chibiabos@nospam.com> wrote:
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass
along the names, authors? I'd be much obliged.
Mary Stewart's Merlin series, Orson Scott Card's
Ender series. I've read each several times.
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| User: "stoney" |
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11 Jun 2006 07:50:54 PM |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:34:04 -0500, Mike Smith <mikesmith@godisdead.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
chibiabos <chibiabos@nospam.com> wrote:
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass
along the names, authors? I'd be much obliged.
Mary Stewart's Merlin series, Orson Scott Card's
Ender series. I've read each several times.
Yes.
The Second Coming of Lucas Brokaw
by Matt Braun
http://www.baen.com/library/ [Free Library e-books]
'Slepnir' by Linda Evans
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "magilla" |
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05 Jun 2006 09:15:53 PM |
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chibiabos wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
I have "Manhunt" and "Tiger Force" lined up. The first is about the
chase after John Wilkes Booth, and the second is about an elite unit in
Vietnam that went on a rampage, killing hundreds of civilians.
Chris
-chib
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| User: "Chris Johnson" |
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05 Jun 2006 07:44:13 PM |
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chibiabos wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
The books I'm currently in the midst of are:
Journey to the End of the Night - Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The End of Faith - Sam Harris
The Wheel of Time (a very long series with one book still to be
written; first book - The Eye of the World) - Robert Jordan
I'm also starting on Dostoyevsky's 'The Idiot', but haven't gotten far
enough to know whether I'll like it or not.
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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08 Jun 2006 01:09:53 AM |
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"Chris Johnson" <effigies@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1149554653.838540.282310@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
chibiabos wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
The books I'm currently in the midst of are:
Journey to the End of the Night - Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The End of Faith - Sam Harris
The Wheel of Time (a very long series with one book still to be
written; first book - The Eye of the World) - Robert Jordan
I'm also starting on Dostoyevsky's 'The Idiot', but haven't gotten far
enough to know whether I'll like it or not.
Haved you ever read anything by Charles de Lint? He writes
the most marvelous fantasy stories most of which take place
currently but have Indian and/or Celtic mythology running
through them. I'd recommend anything by him. He's a
Canadian writer, so most of his stories take place in
Canada in and around his made up city of Newford, but
some stories take place in the US. And, I love the way he
handles Faerie -both funny and scarey at the same time.
Mickey
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| User: "Chris Johnson" |
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08 Jun 2006 02:12:46 AM |
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Michelle Malkin wrote:
"Chris Johnson" <effigies@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1149554653.838540.282310@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
chibiabos wrote:
Well, it's that time again in my little corner of paradise. Time for
sipping margaritas and soaking up some rays. And I'm looking for some
suggestions for summer reading to fill the more "aware" moments.
Looking for something not too light but also not too heavy. Doesn't
have to be about atheism (in fact, I'd rather it didn't -- I get enough
of that here). Should be a fun read from beginning to end, and should
be moderately challenging. No pulp novels. No hack serials.
The last five books I've read are:
1. Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
2. Audrey Niffenegger's _The Time Traveler's Wife_
3. Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness In the Sky_
4. Connie Willis' _The Doomsday Book_
5. Tim Robbins' _Villa Incognito_
Which should give you some indication of my tastes.
Anybody read any good books lately? Wanna pass along the names,
authors? I'd be much obliged.
The books I'm currently in the midst of are:
Journey to the End of the Night - Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The End of Faith - Sam Harris
The Wheel of Time (a very long series with one book still to be
written; first book - The Eye of the World) - Robert Jordan
I'm also starting on Dostoyevsky's 'The Idiot', but haven't gotten far
enough to know whether I'll like it or not.
Haved you ever read anything by Charles de Lint? He writes
the most marvelous fantasy stories most of which take place
currently but have Indian and/or Celtic mythology running
through them. I'd recommend anything by him. He's a
Canadian writer, so most of his stories take place in
Canada in and around his made up city of Newford, but
some stories take place in the US. And, I love the way he
handles Faerie -both funny and scarey at the same time.
Mickey
Thanks, I'll have to check him out.
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