chelle Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Brothers K - David Duncan That's a great book. A new perspective on baseball! Duncan's book "The River Why" was a great read too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 "Sensory Exotica: A World Beyond Human Experience", Howard C. Hughes. "Monsters of the Deep", Richard Ellis "The Book of the New Sun", Gene Wolfe "Foucault's Pendulum", Umberto Eco "A Soldier of the Great War", Mark Helprin "Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra", John F. Szwed "Mount Analogue", Rene Daumal "Quantum Psychology", Robert Anton Wilson "Nadja", Andre Breton "Last Call", Tim Powers. Now you'll know what it means when someone tells you they are going to "assume the Flamingo". "Annals of Klepsis", R.A. Lafferty. It's about pirates! ARRRR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshimko Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Song of the Dodo by David Quammen In the land of White Death by Albanov White Spider by Heinrich Harrer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Hobbick Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 A Cabinetmakers Notebook by James Krenov The Soul of a Tree by George Nakashima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Correct. As luck would have it London Calling was playing in my office as I wrote that. Sounds like a nice office Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espirita Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Life of Pi! I hear they are making this into a movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitergal Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Tales of Margarittaville Oh the places you'll go Good to Great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitergal Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 The art of war.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitergal Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Bringing down the house... man..there's sooo many good books!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted August 27, 2005 Author Share Posted August 27, 2005 Gaviotas: A Village To Reinvent The World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 The Magus by John Fowles. Found it in the 'library' at Plummer hut many years ago while waiting for the helo. i had to steal it as i couldn't put it down until i was done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I just re-read Dune and am trying to apply its premise to the current political situation on Earth. From a leftists' viewpoint (which isn't easy for me to see, but which I believe Frank Herbert was) I can see the following parallels: The spice: Oil The space guild: The American public The Freemen: Radical Islam The Barron Vladamir Harkonnen: Saddam Hussein or Saudi Royal Family The Emperor: GWB Princess Irulan: Laura Bush?? Sardukar Army: American Military Jessica: Hillary Clinton Paul Atreides/Maudi'b: The embodiment of religious fanatasism Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Yes. Dune was written in/around 1964...I believe Lyndon B. was president...not W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 No shit. Read, ... am trying to apply its premise to the current political situation on Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harrison, fun reads. the Odyssey. Pretty kickass story, fine females, and puttin a cap in some trippin' fake-ass bitches. Tao Te Ching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 well aren't you a bit touchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 No shit. Read, am trying to apply its premise to the current political situation on Earth. Hey I just read THE LORD OF THE RINGS and am trying to apply its premise to the current political situation since that makes just about as much fucking sense as applying Dune. Do you think Bush is Sauron, Saruman, or Gollum? The Hobbits are obviously France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 And what about THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS? If we say that Ratty represents Canada, and Mr. Toad the US, and The Otter represents The Otter, does Badger represent space aliens? Parp parp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Brothers K - David Duncan That's a great book. A new perspective on baseball! Please tell me this "new perspective on baseball" is that it's just a game, not a metaphor for life or an allegory or a morality play or any of that BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Oh, and while I'm here, I might as well throw "A Tale of Two Cities" onto the pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Actually right at this moment I'm reading "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. I read a chapter, then spray for 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I read a chapter, then spray for 5 minutes. It must be exceedingly pornographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted August 27, 2005 Author Share Posted August 27, 2005 A friend of mine gave me "A Course In Miracles" and said it changed his life. He said it took him a year to read, but I found it waaaay too heavy. Anybody else looked at this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Hey Mr E why don't you read "The Celestine Prophecy" and "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From venus" and report back if you survive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 nobody believe you guys even actually know how to read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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