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Suggestions Box for the Next Book Club Thread
I don't think I picked a great one last time, but I want to do this again.
People will want to read a political book. There are two such books I want to read, and which are endlessly recommended to me, but which I need a nudge to read (which the point of a bookclub, the nudge): Thomas Sowell's Vision of the Annointed and F.A. Hayek's Road to Serfdom. One book I'd like a nudge to read is Dracula, which I was enjoying before I put it down for no good reason. I was surprised it was well written -- for some reason I expected it to be gothic trash. Maybe it is, but I liked the scenery-painting of Transylvania. Other suggestions? The only type of book I'm going to call in the book club is one that people need a nudge to read -- classics, smart-stuff. I don't need a nudge to read the sort of entertainment fiction I already read. Like, I don't need a nudge to read the Jack Reacher book Killing Floor; I already did that, without a nudge. Nor the sci-fi candy Ready Player One. So, that said, and feel free to recommend books, but there's no point saying "You should read the Vince Flynn book" because, while I take your recommendation seriously, it's also the case that I'd read the new Vince Flynn book if I liked the cover and the first few pages. Ultimately I want to do Moby Dick, but I guess I need to build to that. Maybe at some point I'll try Huckleberry Finn, another classic I was supposed to have read but did not.Choice: CBD suggested Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher," which I always wanted to read. I have no idea what it's about, though I suppose there's a house involved, and some substandard foundation work. It's 7000 words, so it's just a short story, a mere tenth of a novel, and it's free on Kindle (and B&N, I assume). It's also available freely at project Guttenberg, here. So Fall of the House of Usher it is! This is very exciting! Let's go for... um, I dunno. Let's go for the Sunday after next.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 30, 2015 06:18 PM (St6BJ)
Per Amazon: "This is the classic true adventure story of a man who by the pen, the sword and the diplomatic pouch influenced some of the most significant events of our era. Here Fitzroy Maclean recounts his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia, in the Western Desert, where he specialized in hair-raising commando-style raids behind enemy lines, and with Tito's partisans during the last months of the German occupation of Yugoslavia. An enthralling narrative, brilliantly told, "Eastern Approaches" is also a vivid personal view of episodes that have already become part of history."
Posted by: steffmckee at June 30, 2015 06:19 PM (w+mZJ)
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:20 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Zoomie at June 30, 2015 06:20 PM (3l9k4)
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:21 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Hermocrates at June 30, 2015 06:22 PM (0J4L7)
Posted by: Zoomie at June 30, 2015 06:22 PM (3l9k4)
Posted by: xanderphife at June 30, 2015 06:22 PM (guwq9)
Posted by: Wyatt's Torch at June 30, 2015 06:22 PM (DeqSC)
hmmm... kinda interested in the Right Stuff
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:23 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 30, 2015 06:23 PM (oVJmc)
It approaches morality and ethics from an evolutionary biology standpoint. You'll understand a lot about both conservatives and liberals after reading it. It's the best non-fiction book I've read in the last five years.
Posted by: Billy Hollis at June 30, 2015 06:23 PM (aqIx8)
That being said, I read Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scientific Truth recently. It was an interesting take on modern physics and cosmology. The author is highly critical of string theory, super-symmetry and M theory and questions whether they can even really be called science.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 06:23 PM (8ZskC)
How about a classic short story? That way even if it sucks most people will finish it, and lead time will be a few days instead of a few weeks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 30, 2015 06:23 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Zakn at June 30, 2015 06:23 PM (fE9nD)
It approaches morality and ethics from an evolutionary biology standpoint. You'll understand a lot about both conservatives and liberals after reading it. It's the best non-fiction book I've read in the last five years.
i might just put this one on my own list.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:23 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (SyKbw)
I can't believe this is true and am looking for an excuse to put that proposition to the test.
Posted by: Von Bismarck at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (43DWb)
Posted by: Ishmael Huckleberry at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (W5DcG)
I suggest that everyone read Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds by Charles Mackay.
This book is one of four books in my personal Must Read List. Seriously. I mentioned these before.
If you only read 4 books in your life, they must be:
1. The Holy Bible
2. Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds
3. A Conflict Of Visions
4. The Godfather
All you need to know to understand human nature and human folly is in these books.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (ye7KB)
Or, alternately, Twilight fanfic.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel
I have some original "Twilight" fanfics.
Posted by: Emma Sulkowicz at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: Hermocrates at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (0J4L7)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (2ap0X)
I'd go with VoftA. It's a short, relatively easy read. RtS, not so much.
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:24 PM (LAe3v)
interesting, I read about that debate, I might have read this particular critic in shorter form.
I'm reading that pop-science writer, the one with the initials MK, japanese name, on wormholes and the fifth dimension and super-string theory right now.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: jmel at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (cfFqn)
Posted by: Kenway at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (HhHk8)
that's a good idea... any suggestions?
I always want to read Poe.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (bhepQ)
Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle - Richard B. Frank.
Unless you want ghey shit.
Posted by: MIG-25 at June 30, 2015 06:26 PM (CFcIt)
"Replenishing the Earth" by James Belich
[Note: Neither the author nor the publisher have financed, authorized, or are aware of this comment.]
Posted by: RioBravo at June 30, 2015 06:26 PM (NUqwG)
Which is not to say we shouldn't do meaty books, just that after the last one, I think you're going to want to encourage people that there is a good payoff without too much effort. VoftA is a good example.
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:26 PM (LAe3v)
For you Healthshare types out there, my wife and I moments ago enrolled in Samaritan Ministries. I am relieved and hopeful to have settled on that (we lost my wife's insurance due to layoff at end of February).
If anyone can spare a prayer or two, we'd appreciate it. She's experiencing symptoms that might be cervical cancer *knock on wood*, as it runs in her family. I would hope not at 32, but we've had issues there before (two miscarriages, irregular periods).
Hopefully it's just hormones, but it's at a point where she needs to be seen, and we're spooked.
God bless all.
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at June 30, 2015 06:26 PM (m9HtY)
I have loaned my book out to neighbors and famoly. All rave about the book. Once, I did not get it back, and bought it again.
His Show Trial coverage is very timely.
I loved how he got out of the Foreign Service and into his father's Regiment in WWII,
Private to Brigadier in 6 years. The last few pages are a classic as well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 30, 2015 06:26 PM (u82oZ)
sounds interesting.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:26 PM (bhepQ)
I've been reading Brad Thor (natch), and just picked up Nelson DeMille's "The Quest." Anything Preston and Child. Am nearing the end of "The Lost Island", a Gideon Crew novel.
That's my two cents.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:27 PM (FsuaD)
Tip of the cap to you Ace. This is appreciated.
Posted by: Von Bismarck at June 30, 2015 06:27 PM (43DWb)
Posted by: Lord Haw Haw at June 30, 2015 06:27 PM (IkTb7)
Dreadnought - Robert K. Massie.
Great book, as was Castles of Steel, but a limited audience, I think.
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:27 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:27 PM (FsuaD)
i got about 80 pages in, then put it down, a few months ago. I want to finish it. (The first one, obvs.)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:28 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:28 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Hermocrates at June 30, 2015 06:28 PM (0J4L7)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:28 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Hermocrates at June 30, 2015 06:22 PM (0J4L7)
--Reading Back to Blood. So far, so good.
And hey, how about some history? Lots of historical milestones upon us. Then again, I've always been partial to non-fiction vs. fiction.
I'm reading 3 WWI books now.
Posted by: logprof at June 30, 2015 06:28 PM (JVgzo)
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Timely.
For the speed readers, just go to Chapter 6 for the answer.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 30, 2015 06:28 PM (u82oZ)
And as far as CBD's suggestion of short story how about "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Melville? You've mentioned that several times, Ace, and it's one of my favorites too. Maybe other people like it too or would if they haven't read it since high school?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (OSs/l)
Another good one is "When Worlds Collide", though the sequel ("After Worlds Collide" not so much). Meyrink's "The Golem".
I had trouble reading Poe because of all the French. That might be a plus for you. Maybe "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"?
Love me some Victor Hugo..."Hunchback" is hilarious...but it ain't short. Washington Irving? I remember how surprised I was that "Sleepy Hollow" is (very clearly) comedic.
We could read some James Fenimore Cooper and follow-up with Twain's essay on Cooper's literary offenses. Heh.
How about Jon Swift? Gulliver's Travels?
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (7zeA4)
And when you do get to Moby Dick I would consider breaking it up into goals of discussing the book at specific chapter intervals so it doesn't feel like as much of slog to have it all read by a set date right at the start.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: aquaviva at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (QdrYb)
Posted by: Jack at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (53CCM)
I guess no one took me seriously with my idea about picture books.
Oh well.
Posted by: mynewhandle
Well, I like the idea.
Posted by: Joe B. at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (bhepQ)
Check out Edge by Koji Suzuki (author of Ringu). Has a lot of those elements with a fair amount of horror mixed in. Plus an impending apocalypse that is partially created by math.
And math is scary in its own right.
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (F9322)
yeah but i've already read it like three times
Maybe later.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:30 PM (bhepQ)
Or, alternately, Twilight fanfic.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel
Can we bring back the chapter-by-chapter destruction of Fifty Shades of Grey? I had no idea the writing was so bad until Ace's post. And oh, how it made me laugh.....
Posted by: pookysgirl walks like a pirate at June 30, 2015 06:30 PM (IJeUX)
Posted by: Greg Shackelford at June 30, 2015 06:30 PM (WBrKl)
I went on a tear for several months and read a lot of those popular physics books in a short time. Max Tegmark's book Our Mathematical Universe was probably the kind of theory that Farewell to Reality criticized, but it posits that at its most foundational level, our universe is nothing but a mathematical structure. Tegmark says that the only fundamental characteristics of particles are mathematical. If you want a book that makes you scratch your head, that's a great one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 06:30 PM (8ZskC)
"The Forgotten Man"
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at June 30, 2015 06:30 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Harp at June 30, 2015 06:30 PM (NY/Xw)
IMO, prayer concerns are never off topic. I believe in prayer. I can see why all that would be a concern. I will certainly keep your wife in prayer and you too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (OSs/l)
this one's incomplete, isn't it?
Interesting choices, Gulliver's Travels especially...
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (0u3uY)
Posted by: ben at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (L3u1y)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (SyKbw)
goals of discussing the book at specific chapter intervals so it doesn't
feel like as much of slog to have it all read by a set date right at
the start.
Good idea.
We could read some James Fenimore Cooper
Another good idea. I've never understood why he gets such bad reviews. Now, Norman Mailer...
Posted by: Joe B. at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (LAe3v)
But I recommend "Ideas Have Consequences." I admit I just read it recently, but wish to read it again. It is by all accounts an important conservative book. One that few have probably read. And more importantly, relatively short.
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (gmeXX)
Small West Virginia town dropped into the middle of "Germany" in the Thirty Years War.
It -is- entertainment. But. It exhaustively covers a very large swath of why many of the items in the Bill of Rights are there. It covers a chunk of history that is a footnote-at-best at the high school level. It covers aspects of marriage, dowries, and common law that don't mesh precisely with modern interpretations - and are thus interesting to think about.
The author is a historian, and apparently a card-carrying Communist. But the only particular facet he seems to really latch on (although not in a too-preachy way) is "Strong Unions!" Which ... I don't mind so much for the -mine-workers-of-America.
Posted by: Alan at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (ZkOKz)
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O. Henry wrote a bunch of good, short reads. I'm especially fond of ones with Jeff Peters.
Mark Twain had some good shorties, too.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 06:31 PM (yckiS)
"Animal Farm" and "1984" by George Orwell
or has everyone already read those. they are pretty quick reads tho
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:32 PM (W6iIX)
http://tinyurl.com/pj87n57
Yikes.
Although number 6 does look interesting...
6. Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters by Oliver Jeffers
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:32 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Connie St. Louis at June 30, 2015 06:32 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (bhepQ)
"The Fall of The House of Usher" is a good one....
"The Masque of The Red Death" is one of my favorites.
If you want to piss everyone off, how about "Bartleby The Scrivener?" It's impenetrable, but at least it's shorter than Moby Dick.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 30, 2015 06:32 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: dumpsterjuice at June 30, 2015 06:33 PM (Hsg8V)
6 Something by Tom Wolfe. Great combination of good, solid writing and
smart cultural criticism. He becomes more relevant by the day.
Posted by: Hermocrates at June 30, 2015 06:22 PM (0J4L7)
Love Tom Wolfe. When our son was little, husband and I were discussing one of his novels over dinner one night. A couple of nights later, we're at the in-laws', and a friend of my FIL was there. Tall, husky former GA Tech football player.
Son asks him, "Are you the man in full?"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:33 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:33 PM (e7T6D)
it seems that we're diverging into fiction and nonfiction. It might be a good idea to pick one category, and then alternate.
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:33 PM (LAe3v)
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Start with some of Twain's short stories in omnibus form. Try a couple of the shorter ones. If you don't like them, you don't like them. No point spending hours on Huckleberry Finn.
But if you get pulled in, you'll want to read Huck Finn without a nudge.
That's my suggestion.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 06:33 PM (VAsIq)
Or we could just do 'I am Legend'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at June 30, 2015 06:33 PM (pWzW/)
or has everyone already read those. they are pretty quick reads tho
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:32 PM (W6iIX)
Yes, but it would be good to re-read Animal Farm, with minimal investment of time. Haven't read it since highschool.
1984 I've read a few times since high school though... Not really worth re-reading.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:33 PM (AkOaV)
If you make a point of remembering what chapter you're on (just the chapter name is enough), it's easier to stay focused on the point he's making and not get lost in details. Just remember the chapter title as you read.
It is a truly great book, and I really came to like the guy after reading it.
Posted by: sandy burger at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (rHbEC)
Hm, anyone up for that one, as just a short story to get this party-restarted?
It's almost certainly available for free online and on kindle.
then we can do Vision of the Annointed, and then go for something longer.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (bhepQ)
His The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature is dated, but holds up well. Very interesting.
He wrote a later book, Genome, The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters. I liked that one a lot. It helps organize thinking about human nature.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (u82oZ)
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (eEb+d)
"Pym" is Poe's only complete novel, I believe.
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (7zeA4)
http://prayer-center.upperroom.org
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (OSs/l)
that's a good idea... any suggestions?
I always want to read Poe.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (bhepQ)
Then kill two Ravens with one stone.
The Cask of Amontillado
Posted by: Buzzion at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: huerfano at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (bynk/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:29 PM (OSs/l)
--I thought Conquests and Cultures by Sowell was better. A neat counter to Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel.
Posted by: logprof at June 30, 2015 06:35 PM (JVgzo)
for the ladies, and because I understand it's good, i'd be interested in trying that one.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:35 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I'd prefer not to.
Posted by: Everyone in 3,2,1 at June 30, 2015 06:35 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at June 30, 2015 06:35 PM (W6ipS)
(No more spoilers beyond these.)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 06:35 PM (yckiS)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 06:35 PM (SyKbw)
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:35 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (LAe3v)
Great book, as was Castles of Steel, but a limited audience, I think.
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:27 PM (LAe3v)
*Off rust bucket, piece of shit sock*
Yeah, the background, political situation/leadup to WWI, Jacky Fischer, et al....fantastic read.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (CFcIt)
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (7zeA4)
good stuff but i have this idea that history appeals chiefly to men and i'm going for a mixed-sex thing here.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Mark1971 at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (vaR50)
Posted by: rld77 far far away at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (P7ECb)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (Iyg03)
"Life On The Mississippi" is a fun read.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (Zu3d9)
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America Alone and/or After America - Mark Steyn
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The Money Game - Adam Smith (everything old is new again!)
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Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (OSs/l)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (bhepQ)
Well for a shorter and more interesting read, how about all 6 volumes of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
Or for some more uplifting prose, why not The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich?
Or for something easier for our modern eyes to read, why not James Joyces' "Ulysses"
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (AkOaV)
"Pride and Prejudice" is often cited as the greatest novel of the English language, and I am hard-pressed to argue. I read it many times years before I ever heard anyone call it a chick book.
What it is is really funny. That almost never comes out in the movies.
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 06:38 PM (7zeA4)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:38 PM (OSs/l)
if i were going to dickens i'd suggest tale of two cities... though I don't know if i can get through dickens.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (bhepQ)
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I cannot get threw the Rise and Fall.
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (bhepQ)
We prefer Trans-Sex, but thanks for thinking of me. ;-)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (AkOaV)
--I thought Conquests and Cultures by Sowell was better. A neat counter to Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel.
Posted by: logprof
Of there's anyone more overestimated than Toni Morrison, it's this guy. Every school in the country makes kids read it. Mine were astonished that I'd read it, and was underwhelmed.
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (gmeXX)
that was a good one
Posted by: ace
A great rebuttal to Lines In The Sand by Peter Dragon.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (tgnRB)
Classic short stories are great.
For instance The Birthmark by Hawthorne is entertaining.
My favorite book is an old tattered paperback I had since I was a kid that is falling apart. First published in 1954, (I have an edition from the 60's), Short Story Masterpieces is a collection 36 entertaining stories, most very short, all excellent. Great for the nightstand.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (SyKbw)
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (gmeXX)
I slugged through Rise and fall of the third reich years ago.
Really wasnt worth it, but it was a marathon i started and felt I had to complete.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (AkOaV)
Another great book(s) in the political category that is a classic is Democracy In America by Alexis de Tocqueville. Anyone who has not read that should certainly give it a shot. But if the idea is to complete this "read in a week that may not be possible.
But both vol 1 and 2 are available from project Gutenberg free.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (GpgJl)
This is best read in actual book format since the typography and layout is a significant part of the book.
Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us SMOD at June 30, 2015 06:40 PM (IrByp)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:40 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: John Doe@AnotherQuidam at June 30, 2015 06:40 PM (g1MTt)
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From Dawn to Decadence.
The epilogue may need to be updated.
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:40 PM (gmeXX)
I get it, fella. I get it.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:40 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 30, 2015 06:40 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM
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Excellent book.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (yckiS)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (GpgJl)
I actually like that idea.
That's a book I read (skimmed) in high school, but would love to re-read...
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (AkOaV)
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I cannot get threw the Rise and Fall.
It picks up on side 2, starting with "Our House."
Posted by: Hermocrates at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (0J4L7)
Posted by: best, Mike at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (bhepQ)
"Great Expectations" is a good one, with some wonderful views of the class system of 19th century England. Not a slog, although admittedly not a breeze either.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Iblis at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (9221z)
Incidentally, how awesome and how telling is it that X-X-tie announced his candidacy today and AoS didn't bother covering it?!?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at June 30, 2015 06:41 PM (kz2eW)
http://prayer-center.upperroom.org
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:34 PM (OSs/l)
Thank you bud. Really truly means a lot.
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (m9HtY)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (AkOaV)
The Innocents Abroad is hilarious. I think people don't read it because it's a classic, so it must be boring, but it's great. "Is he...is he dead?"
Sowell is always welcome. Poe is intense but mostly too short. I could use a nudge to read "Liberal Fascism," but the times do not make me want to read depressing books.
Posted by: Splunge at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (SyKbw)
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (0u3uY)
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You know what book I could not get through - The Forgotten Man.
Not sure why. Its not long.
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (gmeXX)
A classic on the nature of fanatical mass movements.
Posted by: Long Running Fool at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (/A5gb)
How does Ace feel about Gov X-X-tie?
Two words: Honey. Badger.
Doesn't even care enough to mention he doens't even care.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: nuk3dawg at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (2z4UX)
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (LAe3v)
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" --Flannery O'Connor
"Haircut" --Ring Lairdner
"The Cask of Amantillado" --Poe
"The Open Boat" --Stephen Crane
"Heart of Darkness" --Joseph Conrad
"Hills Like White Elephants" --Ernest Hemingway
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" --James Thurber
"The Pedestrian" --Ray Bradbury
Just a start . . .
Posted by: logprof USA!! at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (JVgzo)
sounds loverly!
Posted by: m' name is Pippins, guv'ner at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (bhepQ)
Sorry!
(p.s., it would have been a larger contribution, but I was afraid to invite the attention of the fascists.)
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (7Kbxu)
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Carnage and Culture
Extraordinary delusions ...
This is pretty long. Might want to limit it to selected chapters. Maybe the Tulip bubble and witch burnings.
the Forgotten Man
1632 (clever idea to include this!)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: ace
Hard Times is a pretty easy read as Dickens goes.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: Garrett at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: Golfman at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Lauren at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (MYCIw)
Diamond definitely had an agenda. I believe it was "if it wasn't for your grains, and your legumes, and your goats and your horses, you white Europeans would be no better than anyone else."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 30, 2015 06:43 PM (eEb+d)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (GpgJl)
I actually like that idea.
That's a book I read (skimmed) in high school, but would love to re-read...
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I'd be up for that. But I think it will take longer to get through than people think.
No love for Ideas Have Consequences? Its only 150 pages.
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (7zeA4)
Amazingly patriotic book written by a Communist. Short novel, too.
Posted by: Grad School Fool at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (A9KzJ)
It is sort of a journey through western literature. The end is a little creaky but it is a lot of fun getting there.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (W6ipS)
Dreams From My Father?
We'd be the first people to actually read it, so there's that...
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (AkOaV)
*wipes monitor*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:37 PM (e7T6D)
I missed that when it first came out (2004?) and am most interested as a follow on to Dreadnaught.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (CFcIt)
Plus, short, and free.
Is this acceptable to the group?
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (bhepQ)
Not sure why. Its not long.
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:42 PM (gmeXX)
Have it on the bookshelf. Have not read it.
Bought $500 in books at 90% when borders was going out of business.
Don't think I'll ever finish all of them. It's a shit ton of books.
I forgot how many it was until I moved and had to lug all of them in to and out of a uhaul. My buddy who was helping me move looked at me after the 20th box or so and said, "what the fuck? Havent you ever heard of a kindle?"
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:45 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Garrett at June 30, 2015 06:45 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:45 PM (AkOaV)
It is an interesting take on the story of Noah's Arc and there is sh*tloads of imagery and allegory if you want to read deeply into it.
Posted by: cold canadian at June 30, 2015 06:45 PM (3wv6l)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:45 PM (e7T6D)
Fyodor Dostoyevski's Brothers Karamozov
The Grand Inquisitor part of the novel is truly an important read. In fact, I certainly add that excellent parable to my Must Read List.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:45 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:46 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:46 PM (gmeXX)
Is this acceptable to the group?
I dunno. It's short, but really, is there that much to say about it?
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:46 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:40 PM
________
I didn't get that from him. Ah, well. There are some things (like baseball) that I don't get but I'm glad that other people understand and enjoy them. And then there's stuff (GG&S, EDM) that I enjoy but seem unable to share my appreciation with anyone.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (yckiS)
Plus, short, and free.
Is this acceptable to the group?
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:44 PM (bhepQ)
Saw the film many years ago. Creepy stuff.
Would be game for the boom.
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (m9HtY)
I think you[d like Nicholas Nickelby, Ace. Some of his books are not really funny, but that has some good light funny stuff. Given the grim couple of weeks maybe we could all use some humor?. Of course, it's long.
Or how about a "Confederation or Confederacy? of Dunces"? Is that the title? People have always recommending it and I have never read it
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (OSs/l)
Posted by: LochLomondFarms at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (vEYcI)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: Lord Tennyson at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (HhHk8)
"Putting People First: HowWe All Can Change America"
by Govenor William Clinton and Senator Al Gore
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:47 PM (W6iIX)
Slightly over 7,000 words.
Read it online at Gutenberg for free:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (7zeA4)
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (m9HtY)
Extraordinary delusions ...
This is pretty long. Might want to limit it to selected chapters. Maybe the Tulip bubble and witch burnings.
Agreed, but also the South Seas Bubble.
However, Mackay offers an excellent explanation of The Crusades that most people would learn a lot from.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: Old Hob at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (ZufZo)
Posted by: pep at June 30, 2015 06:39 PM (LAe3v)
--His description of the Austronesian expansion was brisk and informative. It is not a bad book, just falls short of historical explanations.
Posted by: logprof USA!! at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (JVgzo)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (SyKbw)
i have no idea! I don't know what it's about!
(I assume it involves a House, a family named Usher, and a fall of some sort.)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:48 PM (OSs/l)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 30, 2015 06:49 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:49 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Buckeye Katie at June 30, 2015 06:49 PM (1M/xn)
Posted by: Garrett at June 30, 2015 06:50 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 06:50 PM (7zeA4)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:50 PM (ye7KB)
Stick with the classics.
I'd be more than happy to reread Call Of The Wild. Or even Huck Finn.
Posted by: steak ordering Dad at June 30, 2015 06:50 PM (zc45R)
Satire in a fantasy setting, which puts some people off. But Pratchett has a fantastic, cynical grasp of the human condition, a keen mind for moral principle and is a comic genius wordsmith.
Posted by: f2000 at June 30, 2015 06:51 PM (ZqGAN)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 30, 2015 06:51 PM (YFw5T)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 06:51 PM (e7T6D)
The Prince, by That Italian Dude
The Road to Serfdom, by That Austrian Dude
John Adams, by David McCullough
The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith
Democracy in America, by That French Dude
The Annals (heh heh) of Imperial Rome, by Tacitus (aka "That Roman Dude")
Gulag, A History, by Anne Applebaum
The Jungle Books, by Kipling
oh, and like sixty more--I'll stop writing
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (VAsIq)
What a flick!
Posted by: Garrett at June 30, 2015 06:45 PM (p0KI9)
--Endeavour to persevere.
Posted by: logprof USA!! at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (JVgzo)
Civilisation: Kenneth Clarke There's a companion book to the BBC series. The BBC series is available on YouTube.
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: Wall-to-wall fuck-all ... the guy was a-mazing. My favorite part: He over heard some expedition porters plotting to kill him and take the stuff. So, during a break in the march, Burton buried a small cask of gun powder under where they built their cooking fire. Ka-boom.
I'll give a shout-out for Hemingway's short stories.
_
Posted by: BumperStickerist at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (0MJOU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (Zu3d9)
Because his short stories and "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" are good. Ulysses is up to taste. Finnegan's Wake is up to how badly you want to be able to tell people you read it.
Posted by: kartoffel at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (fVxXv)
Bill Buckley's stupid son wrote a book that I found very amusing, I admit. God Is My Broker.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: rrpjr at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (s/yC1)
Posted by: f2000 at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (ZqGAN)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 30, 2015 06:53 PM (kivUY)
No one reads Joyce. Some people pretend they read Joyce and say they really like it so they can be better than you.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 30, 2015 06:53 PM (YFw5T)
Thank You For Smoking was a very funny book. I would recommend it.
Way better than the movie.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 06:53 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: George Costanza at June 30, 2015 06:53 PM (p0KI9)
per wikipedia -- all I dared read, because I did not want to be spoiled -- it's poe's foremost example of "totality," where every detail is precisely chosen.
I don't know what that means, but it's all very exciting!!!
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:53 PM (bhepQ)
I love "The Tell-Tale Heart." It's creepy yet satisfying, written from the point of view of a mad man.
Posted by: California Girl at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM (l+qoZ)
If so, it's here (gutenberg . org) and totally free -
tinyurl.com/oo9e4ul
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM (yckiS)
Embarrassed to say that I've never read The Screwtape Letters. Probably most of you have.
Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM (RWGcK)
Posted by: Buckeye Katie at June 30, 2015 06:49 PM (1M/xn)
'Twas a far, far better deed than I have ever done
and a far better butt-kicking than I have ever butt-kicked!!
Posted by: Frazier Crane at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM (JVgzo)
Posted by: SH at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM (gmeXX)
i'm still on the lot 49.....i'm going to finish read a couple pages today.....maybe by next year i'll be done.
i vote for Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court........that is a great book....the visuals are outstanding
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM (0O7c5)
Anyhow, I'm fine with whatever ace and the horde choose.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM (FsuaD)
I kinda always wanted to read Barbarians At The Gate because I found the hbo movie so entertaining.
I don't know if I'd still enjoy it, today..
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: Buckeye Katie at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (1M/xn)
Posted by: president o'bumbles at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (kivUY)
Long out of print - I still have an original hard cover somewhere - but, has been reprinted in 2011 in hard cover.
Kindle version - 4.99
Every fucking brain-dead, Millennial, Obama-voting, participation trophy, special snowflake, 3/4 retarded, POS needs to read it.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (CFcIt)
Posted by: Chrispy Christie at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (Sf7oH)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (cgeHX)
i have picked up the chosen so many times and i just can't get into it....i would love to read it...i've stopped before i'm 100 pages in.......
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at June 30, 2015 06:55 PM (0O7c5)
His name is "Huck"? That rhymes with...
heh.heh.heh
Posted by: Beavis and Butthead at June 30, 2015 06:56 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: University English Departments at June 30, 2015 06:56 PM (VAsIq)
heh.heh.heh
Posted by: Beavis and Butthead at June 30, 2015 06:56 PM (AkOaV)
heh heh....i know......when he's in trouble..........
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at June 30, 2015 06:57 PM (0O7c5)
No political per se, but always relevant is After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) rogue bioethicst at June 30, 2015 06:57 PM (s92xH)
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at June 30, 2015 06:57 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at June 30, 2015 06:57 PM (OQ9R7)
yes it's a short story. However, it is apparently very dense with detail and implication, so it will read slow.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:57 PM (bhepQ)
If anyone wants a short and very amusing piece to read I highly recommend Mark Twain's Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses in which he gives it to the author of Last Of The Mohicans and gives it to him real good.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:58 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 30, 2015 06:58 PM (TJCSB)
Huck Finn
Lonesome Dove
Princess Bride (really. It's a masterpiece)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is very germane to today's world. Most important novel of the latter half of the 20th century, IMHO
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 30, 2015 06:58 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: logprof USA!!! at June 30, 2015 06:58 PM (JVgzo)
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Some books are like that.
I glanced at a few pages just now and it seems readable enough, but I don't remember much from my first reading of it. I think it'd have more meaning to me now.
Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2015 06:58 PM (RWGcK)
Short, clear, and very, very appropriate to what's going on these days.
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (unjBv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (OSs/l)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (FsuaD)
I go to my grave believing that he wrote that book to screw with critics and see how far he could push things with them.
Portrait of the Artist is legitimately good though.
Posted by: Lauren at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (MYCIw)
In fact, I wish Twain was alive today to rip apart Georrge Marrtin.
Are we ever gonna discuss the last season of Game Of Thrones? WHAT THE HELL??
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: Yo! at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Roderick Usher at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 07:00 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:00 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: Dr Spank
I get him. "I'm smart--look how smart I am! Look at what a good, clever writer I am! If you don't notice how good my writing is you must be dumb! Can't you tell I labored over every effing word in this book!?"
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (7zeA4)
Posted by: Bob Dole at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (P330y)
"A Distant Mirror" by Barbara Tuchmann is a terrific read. It's about 14th Century France and follows the events of the century through the true story of a noble who was present at pretty much everything.
A Distant Mirror falls well within the D&D / History buff /
Franco-phile wheelhouse.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (0MJOU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Yes.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (VAsIq)
it's great, but i've read that a bunch of times, and fairly recently too.
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 30, 2015 07:02 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:54 PM
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Looking for "Just Lather, That's All" by Hernando Tellez. It's out there somewhere. Good stuff.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 07:02 PM (yckiS)
Posted by: Franky Tuma at June 30, 2015 07:02 PM (3S5It)
Posted by: Bosk at June 30, 2015 07:02 PM (n2K+4)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:02 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 30, 2015 07:02 PM (P330y)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:02 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (Uq9ly)
Agree.
Posted by: rrpjr at June 30, 2015 07:03 PM (s/yC1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2015 07:03 PM (/tNwW)
Posted by: Justin Bieber at June 30, 2015 07:03 PM (6qR/9)
Which sort of limits its appeal today. But still.
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 07:03 PM (7zeA4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 06:59 PM (FsuaD)
If people want something short, "Screwtape Proposes the Toast" is very good, and a quick read-- fifteen or twenty pages.
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 07:03 PM (unjBv)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at June 30, 2015 07:03 PM (kGrdk)
i want to read this one. Maybe do this one next, instead of VotA?
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: Justin Bieber at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Dr Spank
I get him. "I'm smart--look how smart I am! Look at what a good, clever writer I am! If you don't notice how good my writing is you must be dumb! Can't you tell I labored over every effing word in this book!?"
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:01 PM (VAsIq)
I call extremely difficult putts "James Joyce's", since they're impossible to read.
Democracy in Americaby Alexis de Tocqueville would be my book club suggestion, as would Brave New World.
Posted by: SARDiver at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (DzJBg)
CS Lewis is another great author who offers great insight of the human condition.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Lovin Spoonful at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (ye7KB)
Posted by: Hobo with a laptop at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (ljAhW)
Posted by: ginaswo at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (+kfYT)
Posted by: Yip at June 30, 2015 07:05 PM (e7T6D)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:05 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Barky McDipshit at June 30, 2015 07:05 PM (JVgzo)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Baltimore? No thanks. May the Poe House in Richmond...
Posted by: steak ordering Dad at June 30, 2015 07:05 PM (zc45R)
Posted by: WNBA Legal Team at June 30, 2015 07:05 PM (P330y)
http://tinyurl.com/o2urq5c
Bruce Catton's "A Stillness at Appomattox." The guys at Powerline recommended it as perhaps the best narrative history ever written. I would be hard pressed to find fault in their assessment. It is absolutely lyrical in places. But not flowery. If I were king of the world, I would have this book adapted to a Netflix series.
Plus, it is somewhat topical being a Civil War history.
You will enjoy it immensely.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at June 30, 2015 07:06 PM (/vphp)
Posted by: Wyatt's Torch at June 30, 2015 06:22 PM (DeqSC)
That's about 3000 pages, and dry reading. It took me 4 years to get through it.
I'm game to discuss it.
Posted by: SARDiver at June 30, 2015 07:06 PM (DzJBg)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at June 30, 2015 06:57 PM
________
By "here" you mean the blog proper and not the comments, right?
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 07:06 PM (yckiS)
Posted by: LochLomondFarms at June 30, 2015 07:06 PM (vEYcI)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2015 07:06 PM (/tNwW)
I'd rather slam my dick in a car door than read another page of his shit.
Posted by: George Costanza at June 30, 2015 07:06 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at June 30, 2015 07:07 PM (P330y)
i'd like to read that one too. "
Screwtape is definitely a great intro into C.S. Lewis and an enjoyable, if depressing, read.
Posted by: Lauren at June 30, 2015 07:07 PM (MYCIw)
My guess is that the Moron Horde would solve about 75% of them. dKos, BuzzFeed, HA commenters about 22%.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at June 30, 2015 07:07 PM (0MJOU)
Posted by: LochLomondFarms at June 30, 2015 07:07 PM (vEYcI)
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 30, 2015 07:07 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Beavis and Butthead at June 30, 2015 07:07 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 07:08 PM (AkOaV)
"Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention" is a work of historical non-fiction, written by Catherine Drinker Bowen and originally published in 1966.
This book changed my life in college. Even though you know the ending, it reads like a political thriller. Like you were there.
That book and "Wealth and Poverty" by George Gilder formed the basis of my conservative beliefs. I have never read "The Road to Serfdom" , and I know I should, so maybe that would complete my personal trilogy.
Also the book called "The First American" about Ben Franklin was the best book I've read in the last ten years.
Posted by: Buckeye Katie at June 30, 2015 07:08 PM (1M/xn)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at June 30, 2015 07:08 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 30, 2015 07:08 PM (P330y)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:08 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Garrett at June 30, 2015 06:50 PM (p0KI9)
My son is an avid reader. He read Ulysses. Says it's one of the best books he ever read.
I tried. Lord knows I tried. I am naturally bent toward ADD so you can guess things went.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at June 30, 2015 07:08 PM (/vphp)
Bored me to shit, but I was *so proud* to tell everyone I'd read him.
If only I could retrieve those lost, boring, brain-dulling hours.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:09 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 07:09 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 30, 2015 07:09 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Garrett at June 30, 2015 07:09 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: Hussein Obama at June 30, 2015 07:09 PM (P330y)
i'd be game, have not read it, always up for Holmes
but isn't that a full-length novel?
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:09 PM (bhepQ)
going on. I literally read pages of it and it just seems like words in a
blender, sentences which (when I can actually parse them) seem
unrelated to the sentences before or after. Then I'll get to a paragraph
or two which I actually understand, and feel like I've accomplished something. Then it's back to the blender.
Posted by: is this some kind of elaborate Irish joke? at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (HQyvY)
Posted by: logprof: USA at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (JVgzo)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (0MJOU)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:08 PM (bhepQ)
Just take the ride at Disneyland. It will tell you all you need to know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (8ZskC)
"Bored of the Rings" - the Tolkein-inspired book that will finaly lay waste to the trilogiphilia of Peter Jackson.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (95CzI)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (YFw5T)
by Govenor William Clinton and Senator Al Gore
--
What ranks higher you say? Barry Williams' Growing Up Brady.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (0u3uY)
This calls for a glass of amontillado.
or some port. I will have some port on hand next Sunday.
May I recommend that when Ace picks a book, he also picks a drink to accompany? Or is value rite the only drink required.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Ken at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (FQMPG)
Posted by: California Girl at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (l+qoZ)
We should have a moron meet-up at Poe's grave.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:00 PM (FsuaD)
Baltimore?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:04 PM (bhepQ)
It's an interesting period piece as well. Written in 1951, I think, so the West still hadn't gotten the full, real picture of what Stalin and Friends were up to. He makes much use of the Nazis and Hitler as prime examples of how this stuff happens, and I think it's just as well; Hitler knew a thing or two about motivating mass movements, after all.
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 07:11 PM (unjBv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at June 30, 2015 07:11 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Garrett at June 30, 2015 07:11 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: S E Cupp at June 30, 2015 07:11 PM (P330y)
Ah! The Stealthy Green Toupees!
Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2015 07:11 PM (RWGcK)
Anyway, Joseph Conrad is one of the most conservative writers you are likely to encounter in English literature. And one of the best storytellers. Another book by him you might try is The Secret Agent, which looks into the mind of a terrorist, and terrorist cells and structures, and how they operate in perfect harmony with polite society...
Posted by: eric at June 30, 2015 07:11 PM (OH6Vr)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at June 30, 2015 07:12 PM (/vphp)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 30, 2015 07:12 PM (2ap0X)
309 I'm trying to read Ulysses (Joyce's) right now. I have no clue what is going on. I literally read pages of it and it just seems like words in a blender, sentences which (when I can actually parse them) seem unrelated to the sentences before or after. Then I'll get to a paragraph or two which I actually understand, and feel like I've accomplished something. Then it's back to the blender.
Posted by: is this some kind of elaborate Irish joke? at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (HQyvY)
Sounds waaaaay more coherent than our average ONT...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 30, 2015 07:12 PM (95CzI)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at June 30, 2015 07:12 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2015 07:12 PM (/tNwW)
The Horde could go Meta and read all the comments of a selected post by ace. For Breitbart.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at June 30, 2015 07:13 PM (0MJOU)
250
We should have a moron meet-up at Poe's grave.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:00 PM (FsuaD)
Baltimore?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (GpgJl)
I have an ancestor buried there who was actually married to Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, Jerome. She gave birth to the only American Bonaparte, before Napoleon summoned his brother home and made him divorce her.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:13 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 07:13 PM (unjBv)
Posted by: Zombie John Holmes at June 30, 2015 07:13 PM (p0KI9)
Link to Gutenberg version in comment 181.
I checked Amazon just to see if it was free and it's so cheap I might just click it.
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 30, 2015 07:14 PM (0xTsz)
I remember "Baskervilles" as a novella. It's not very long for sure.
All this stuff: Doyle, Carroll, Poe...Free on Gutenberg with multiple file formats.
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 07:14 PM (7zeA4)
Posted by: Iblis at June 30, 2015 07:14 PM (9221z)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:14 PM (n3Sbm)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at June 30, 2015 07:14 PM (/vphp)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 30, 2015 07:15 PM (xetep)
I downloaded a free copy of Poe's horror stories for free on kindle.
Posted by: lindafell de Spair at June 30, 2015 07:15 PM (+P27u)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:14 PM (n3Sbm)
...would require too many trigger warnings
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 07:15 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at June 30, 2015 07:15 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Roman Polanski at June 30, 2015 07:16 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:16 PM (n3Sbm)
All this stuff: Doyle, Carroll, Poe...Free on Gutenberg with multiple file formats.
I think Amazon had the Complete Sherlock Holmes for free for Kindle.
They also have the John Carter series too.
Posted by: Iblis at June 30, 2015 07:16 PM (9221z)
Shit, it was the Dauphine!
Posted by: Huck Finn at June 30, 2015 07:16 PM (YFw5T)
Posted by: eyes glazing over from reading Ulysses at June 30, 2015 07:16 PM (HQyvY)
It's 7000 words, so it's just a short story, a mere tenth of a novel, and it's free on Kindle (and B&N, I assume).
So you're saying it's like a really, really short Ewok Movie Review. Good to know.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 30, 2015 07:17 PM (+OXwX)
Posted by: Al Sharpton
The rabbit was black? That would explain why the cops were after him.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:17 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Jeffery Epstein at June 30, 2015 07:17 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at June 30, 2015 07:18 PM (/vphp)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at June 30, 2015 07:18 PM (0MJOU)
Posted by: NCC at June 30, 2015 07:18 PM (F8Iv/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:18 PM (n3Sbm)
The show is incredible. Move over boring Downton Abby. I am literally barely able to wait for the next installment.
I'm curious how her book reads.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:18 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: George Costanza at June 30, 2015 07:19 PM (p0KI9)
Posted by: jay hoenemeyer at June 30, 2015 07:20 PM (uvj0z)
We could have a quality Article V Convention discussion.
It gets bandied about, but the dreams, nightmares and limitations should be discussed rationally.
...One might 'follow it up' by actually reading Article V of the Constitution.
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at June 30, 2015 07:20 PM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:20 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Emma Sulkowicz at June 30, 2015 07:21 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Ezra Klein at June 30, 2015 07:21 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Anthony Kennedy at June 30, 2015 07:21 PM (YFw5T)
It's a very cinematic book. Author love to misdirect the reader and then bust out some killer action set piece.
Posted by: dude guy at June 30, 2015 07:21 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Pastorius at June 30, 2015 07:22 PM (gMAUH)
Posted by: davidt at June 30, 2015 07:22 PM (yYOXd)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:20 PM (GpgJl)
comment 163
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 07:22 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Alfred Dreyfus at June 30, 2015 07:22 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 30, 2015 07:22 PM (+OXwX)
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 07:23 PM (7zeA4)
Posted by: is this some kind of elaborate Irish joke? at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (HQyvY)
Supposedly you are supposed to read it as if it were an impressionistic painting. It is a recording of all the senses of a day in the life of the protagonist, and the more you back off the details, the more the book and the narrative comes into focus. I did not have the patience.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at June 30, 2015 07:23 PM (/vphp)
Posted by: LochLomondFarms at June 30, 2015 07:06 PM (vEYcI)
See? You sOcOnS just want to take us back into the 50's. The hip kids I hang with on my 700 foot yacht, just laugh at you, in their gayness.
House calls? Pfffft..... I just bought a hospital this morning as Jeeves was serving me breakfast.
Posted by: Mr. Poo Poo at June 30, 2015 07:23 PM (CFcIt)
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/155575/writing-eses
Posted by: @PeeteySDee at June 30, 2015 07:24 PM (DjII2)
Mark Forster...Machine Gun Preacher...
Posted by: blake at June 30, 2015 07:23 PM (7zeA4)
On the other hand.....
Marc Forster....Quantum of Solace
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 30, 2015 07:24 PM (+OXwX)
i'd give that kind of a western a try... but him or zane gray?
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:24 PM (bhepQ)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at June 30, 2015 07:24 PM (OQ9R7)
It's a fun read while also delving into a lot of issues we face now.
An overly vocal minority subjecting common people to their interpretation of progressive values. The elite SJW members of society limiting thought and speech and freedom of will to appease Islamists.
And how a few people persevere this oppression and ultimately win.
Also a saucy ship captain and his mate racing through the English countryside with a barrel of rum and a giant wheel of cheese.
I've read it before but I think I missed a lot of the hidden meanings that Chesterton packs into his works and have been thinking about reading it again because it is so prescient for today and the past week.
Posted by: bananaDream at June 30, 2015 07:24 PM (ZctfO)
Posted by: davit
"A Cankle for America," by Hillary!
Posted by: Hillary Rodham-Rodham at June 30, 2015 07:25 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: davidt at June 30, 2015 07:25 PM (yYOXd)
It really is a fun book. After all this queer vampire crap lately, i reread it to see if I could find evidence that the count was light in the loafers, but not a word. I am glad to say thatDracula is straight as Liberace's carpenter.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 30, 2015 07:25 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Caliban at June 30, 2015 07:25 PM (3GFMN)
I read three quarters of this. I usuall finish a book after getting that far. I have to pick it up again.
It's just... well, you know. it's all over the page, isn't it?
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:25 PM (bhepQ)
we might be able to defeat her presidency if someone actually reads her book.
lord knows the MSM wont.
How about some kind of crowd-sourcing oppo research from the horde? eh?
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 07:26 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:27 PM (VAsIq)
You're not referring to the one with the yummy Native American crab recipe, are you?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 07:27 PM (8ZskC)
If you want a nice, neat short novel, may I recommend something by Louis L'Amour? His western novels are about men who are men and how they did the right thing even through excruciating circumstances. The women in the books are also strong yet comely. Maybe "The Daybreakers" or "Sackett."
i'd give that kind of a western a try... but him or zane gray?
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:24 PM (bhepQ)
Or Last Of The Breed, which has an interesting take on multiculturalism (the interrogation scene near the beginning of the book).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 30, 2015 07:27 PM (+OXwX)
Posted by: Jeffery Epstein at June 30, 2015 07:17 PM (tgnRB)
Spare seat on the next flight?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 30, 2015 07:27 PM (CFcIt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 30, 2015 07:27 PM (8ZskC)
No. At least, I don't think so. Who knows what's in her NY Times best selling book?
Guarantee you less than 10 people in America have read her book, and 2 of them were paid to read it.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (YFw5T)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (Iyg03)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (SyKbw)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (n3Sbm)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 07:24 PM (bhepQ)
LL is (was) much better than Zane Grey in both stories and writing style.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (GpgJl)
and other revelations.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 30, 2015 07:28 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: logprof: USA! at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (JVgzo)
Yes.
It's called "A Fighting Chance"
But its Indian name is Sits By Remaindered
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (unjBv)
Swords of Exodus, by Larry Correia and Mike Kupari
These are my 2 recent orders from Amazon, the bookstore that doesn't suck or patronize me for my choices. *stares at sole remaining Barnes and Noble in Cincinnati area*
Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms was Moffat's first foray into Scottish history, and the Celtic Fringe in general. It is a short but masterful piece which proposes that Arthur existed, but lived and fought in a place where no one had been previously looking for him. Arthur (per Moffat) was the chosen general for a Romano-British kingdom north of Hadrian's Wall, and the area he defended was part of a larger set of British states speaking a form of Old Welsh that existed up to the first millennium AD. His proofs for this include the linguistics of place-names, Roman military and civic culture, old monastic records, and Old Welsh epic poetry. You will learn a great deal about the so-called Dark Ages in Britain beyond Arthur, who did exist even if he was not a king.
Swords of Exodus is Correia and Kupari's sequel to Dead Six, their first joint novel. (Number 3 might be out by Christmas; Correia is a hard-writing man.) A professional white hat outfit needs the two surviving heroes from Dead Six to help them take down an international rat bastard named Sala JiIhan. The problem is, one is retired and the other is in a secret Federal prison in Montana. Will that stop Exodus from trying to get the two men back together again to achieve their goal? Oh hell no! Correia is the current king of action writing and red-state action heroes, so all AOSHQ dudes should be reading his stuff.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (ry4ab)
A huge, roller coaster of a novel in four hundred sizzling chapters. A searing indictment of domestic servitude in the eighteenth century, with some hot gypsies thrown in.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (mJzia)
Line by line, could be the funniest book ever written. It does require familiarity with Tolkien.
Posted by: rrpjr at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (s/yC1)
Posted by: Doctor Cynic at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (rzggC)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 30, 2015 07:30 PM (Sf7oH)
First time through, I read it 3/4 of the way too ... even though I really liked it.
Recently, I finished it, and I liked it the whole way through to the end.
In retrospect, I did get a bit bored there in the middle as the exploration probably just went on a little too long.
Thing is, from my skewed perspective, House of Leaves is the best Postmodern novel this side of the Bible.
And the best thing about it's "Postmodernism" is that it is a satire of Postmodernism, at the same time as it is a passionate expression of philosophical questions and human emotion in an age of "no truth" and too many truths.
Or, that's the way I see it anyway.
Posted by: Pastorius at June 30, 2015 07:30 PM (gMAUH)
So "House of Usher" it is.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at June 30, 2015 07:30 PM (/vphp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:31 PM (n3Sbm)
Posted by: logprof: USA! at June 30, 2015 07:31 PM (JVgzo)
Posted by: Pastorius at June 30, 2015 07:31 PM (gMAUH)
The Martian by Andy Weir, The Croning by Laird Barron, House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski, Hell House by Richard Matheson, The Exorcist (obviously) by William Peter Blatty, Ghost Story by Peter Straub, and both 14 and The Fold by Peter Clines.
Some are older, some are newer, all are either Horror, Sci-Fi, or both.
Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 30, 2015 07:31 PM (2Uoun)
Posted by: logprof: USA!
I've seen crab-riddled people in Guthrie, OK.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:32 PM (VAsIq)
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "Treasure Island" in Savannah, while boarding in a house across the street from what is now known as the Pirate House (restaurant). The Pirate House is so named because of tunnels that led to the river, and men were shanghaied after getting drunk and woke up on board ships at sea. And he based a character or two on pirates who boarded there.
The old building is creepy as hell.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:32 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:36 PM (bhepQ)
Microagression!!!!
Seriously, I love history. I was going to recommend anything by David Hackett Fisher, who writes about colonial and early American history. "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Washington's Crossing" are great.
Lighter reading for summer, but still quite informative and interesting: anything by Bill Bryson.
"One Summer: America, 1927" and "At Home" are both very good.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:33 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:33 PM (n3Sbm)
Posted by: Smaug the Smug at June 30, 2015 07:33 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: rld77 far far away at June 30, 2015 07:33 PM (P7ECb)
Posted by: @votermom at June 30, 2015 07:33 PM (Pmyq5)
Posted by: French Spa Salesman at June 30, 2015 07:34 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at June 30, 2015 07:34 PM (lNSdJ)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 30, 2015 07:34 PM (Sf7oH)
Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 30, 2015 07:34 PM (2Uoun)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:34 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:35 PM (VAsIq)
Edmund: A Butler's Tale by E. Blackadder.
A huge, roller coaster of a novel in four hundred sizzling chapters. A searing indictment of domestic servitude in the eighteenth century, with some hot gypsies thrown in.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (mJzia)
I'm kind of chilled. Can someone start a fire?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 30, 2015 07:35 PM (+OXwX)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:35 PM (GpgJl)
An album by his sister POE: "Haunted" might help get you back in the mood. It's a set of songs that go along with the book. Actually I liked POE first and her album led me to her brother's book. The book is a hard read though, most of it a distraction.
Posted by: bananaDream at June 30, 2015 07:35 PM (ZctfO)
Posted by: is this some kind of elaborate Irish joke? at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (HQyvY)
________
America, not to be outdone in any regard, produced William Faulkner.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 07:35 PM (yckiS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:35 PM (n3Sbm)
Five Letters to the King of Spain by Hernan Cortes.
Flywheel - Memories of the Open Road, by Tom Swallow and Arthur H. Pill and the Members of the Muhlberg Motor Club, Stalag IVB, Germany, 1944-1945.
How to Mix Drinks Or The Bon Vivant's Companion by Jerry Thomas.
Just for starters....
Posted by: Skookumchuk at June 30, 2015 07:36 PM (/WPPJ)
If you want a nice, neat short novel, may I recommend something by Louis
L'Amour? His western novels are about men who are men and how they did
the right thing even through excruciating circumstances. The women in
the books are also strong yet comely. Maybe "The Daybreakers" or
"Sackett."
----------------
I recommend these L'Amour stories: Shalako, The Key-Lock Man, The Tall Stranger, The Man Called Noon, Hondo, Bowdrie and Bowdrie Passes Through, The Iron Marshal, Last Stand at Papago Wells, Down the Long Hills, The Walking Drum. Just about everything dealing with the Sacketts is good too.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 30, 2015 07:36 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 30, 2015 07:37 PM (n3Sbm)
Posted by: California Girl at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (l+qoZ)
He also wrote a book called "The Last of the Breed" that was great.
Posted by: SARDiver at June 30, 2015 07:37 PM (DzJBg)
Posted by: PassablyAffable at June 30, 2015 07:37 PM (343vT)
>>>If you want a nice, neat short novel, may I recommend
something by Louis L'Amour? His western novels are about men who are men
and how they did the right thing even through excruciating
circumstances. The women in the books are also strong yet comely. Maybe
"The Daybreakers" or "Sackett."
i'd give that kind of a western a try... but him or zane gray?
One cool thing about L'Amour is that he is accurate when describing geography; it's all real--places you can find. He's also quite conservative in his outlook. I haven't read any Gray for years; I've just started getting into L'Amour as a way to connect to my dad.
"Hound of the Baskervilles" is a great read; although, it's been since eighth grade since I read it. Made me love mystery books.
Haven't read Usher in decades either. It'll be interesting to see how much comes back to me as I read it because I don't remember much.
Posted by: California Girl at June 30, 2015 07:38 PM (l+qoZ)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 06:52 PM (VAsIq)
Gulag is excellent, but one of the most depressing books ever.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:38 PM (+XMAD)
I Am Legend is fantastic, and the title fits into the story in a way different and way cooler way than the meh Will Smith film.
Pride and Prejudice is great too. Good book, agree it's very funny, "for chicks" only in the sense that it does have several chicks in it.
Both short.
Posted by: Doctor Cynic at June 30, 2015 07:38 PM (rzggC)
Line by line, could be the funniest book ever written. It does require familiarity with Tolkien.
Posted by: rrpjr at June 30, 2015 07:29 PM (s/yC1)
----
"In his hand he carried an ancient and trusty weapon, called by the elves a Browning semi-automatic."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 30, 2015 07:39 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:32 PM (FsuaD)
At least two of the character names-- John Silver and Israel Hands-- are lifted straight from historical pirates. Dunno if those are the guys you meant, though
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 07:39 PM (unjBv)
Posted by: Sharkman at June 30, 2015 07:40 PM (72D6h)
Math book: Against The Gods: the story of Risk by Peter Bernstein.
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 30, 2015 07:41 PM (Sf7oH)
Ace, I'm happy to nudge you on Dracula. One of my all time favorites. I always liked very much how the structure of the book (letters, diaries, etc) not only told the story but developed the characters. I like "collection of records" books like that.
Those who recommend Tom Wolfe I can go with too--some of his earliest stuff is something I'd like to revisit, particularly Candy-Coated Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby, and the discussion of the relationship between bootlegging, stock car racing, and a tradition of personal physical courage. I have enjoyed most of his stuff.
I need my own nudges on the political stuff, but probably needn't be nudged too hard to read Sowell--his columns are always a source of interest.
Yes, do Dracula! (please)
Posted by: barbarausa at June 30, 2015 07:41 PM (DyGWm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 30, 2015 07:42 PM (jR7Wy)
RE--Political books: The great thing about "The Road to Serfdom" is that you get different things out of it with successive readings. One passage that I had not picked up on my first 2 readings is Hayek's attack on crony capitalism as well as his solution to the problem of rent-seekers. "The Vision of The Anointed" pretty much predicts the rise of the SJW crowd and it too is worth multiple readings.
$.02 kicked in.
Posted by: KingShamus at June 30, 2015 07:42 PM (vROHw)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:42 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 07:42 PM (SyKbw)
Huge Lovecraft fan. I don't think I'd even need to reread this one for a book club. It's one of my favorites.
Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at June 30, 2015 07:43 PM (2Uoun)
Fall of the House of Usher was chosen
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 07:43 PM (SyKbw)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 30, 2015 07:44 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: Time Rat at June 30, 2015 07:44 PM (mM/Om)
Harrison Bergeron.
Then watch the 30-minute movie version, 2084. Stunning.
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 30, 2015 07:45 PM (Uq9ly)
250
We should have a moron meet-up at Poe's grave.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:00 PM (FsuaD)
Baltimore?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 30, 2015 07:10 PM (GpgJl)
I have an ancestor buried there who was actually married to Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, Jerome. She gave birth to the only American Bonaparte, before Napoleon summoned his brother home and made him divorce her.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:13 PM (FsuaD)
There was a Horatio Hornblower episode about this. Great series of books (and A&E shows).
Posted by: SARDiver at June 30, 2015 07:45 PM (DzJBg)
Posted by: TheOtherJay at June 30, 2015 07:46 PM (lCxFJ)
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "Treasure Island" in Savannah, while boarding in a house across the street from what is now known as the Pirate House (restaurant). The Pirate House is so named because of tunnels that led to the river, and men were shanghaied after getting drunk and woke up on board ships at sea. And he based a character or two on pirates who boarded there.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:32 PM
________
Another factoid, albeit less interesting:
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "The Master of Ballantrae" in a cure cottage in Saranac Lake, New York, where he lived briefly due to his bad health. Anyone can tour the house, which isn't creepy at all.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 30, 2015 07:46 PM (yckiS)
Posted by: logprof: USA!! at June 30, 2015 07:46 PM (JVgzo)
" CBD suggested Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher," which I always wanted to read. I have no idea what it's about, though I suppose there's a house involved, and some substandard foundation work.
Spoiler Alert: It's fan fiction, based upon the scene where Dorothy arrives from Kansas (second spoiler alert: the mood is in black & white because the story ends when the film scene turns to Techicolor).
Posted by: Arbalest at June 30, 2015 07:46 PM (FlRtG)
It's interesting to me, because he discusses some economic concepts including one that suggest credit/debt is bad, and that at some point, all nations decided to just forgive each others debt. I was surprised to read that by Heinlein, and like many books of the era from great writers; it seems now to be a manual of operations for Progressives rather than a warning; although Heinlein's book is not a diopic.
Posted by: Leland at June 30, 2015 07:47 PM (5wUny)
Letters from a Stoic Seneca
Meditations Marcus Aurelius
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at June 30, 2015 07:47 PM (1RNgT)
Harrison Bergeron should be required reading in all public schools, but most are too busy making it happen.
best Vonnegut (IMO): Slapstick.
My absolute favorite
Posted by: barbarausa at June 30, 2015 07:47 PM (DyGWm)
Posted by: Mrs. Ace of Spades with a Wang! at June 30, 2015 07:47 PM (iQIUe)
Good but man, Masque of the Red Death was a better flick
Posted by: The Dude at June 30, 2015 07:48 PM (SyKbw)
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 07:48 PM (unjBv)
And the correct title from my post above is Five Letters from Mexico by Hernan Cortes.
Garrison's Who's Who in Woodhouse - indispensable for keeping everything straight.
Posted by: Skookumchuk at June 30, 2015 07:48 PM (/WPPJ)
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"One more step, Mr. Hands, and I'll blow your brains out." That line has stayed with me since I read the book as a seven(?)-year-old.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:49 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: bananaDream at June 30, 2015 07:35 PM (ZctfO)
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Me too. I loved that she incorporated recordings of her late father's voice taken from a box of audio tapes she found. Talk about being haunted from beyond the grave.
Also, "Hello" is one of my favorite albums.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 30, 2015 07:49 PM (jR7Wy)
Stan Lee's cameo was lame, too
Yeah, they really needed to get the timing of the red smoke down.
Posted by: Arbalest at June 30, 2015 07:49 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:51 PM (+XMAD)
The book is about a Polish teenager drafted into the Polish Army at the beginning of WWII and taken prisoner by the Soviets. He discusses the cruelties of the labour camps with sangfroid and the book is generally free of opprobrium, which comes as some surprise under the circumstances. After all, some of the guards carting the Poles and other flotsam of the Soviet invasions of Europe in 1939-40 (and retreats from the same from1941-1942) are as ragged and bare-arsed as their charges. The stoicism and good humour of his account is a welcome departure from the weak hearts and thin skins that typify these, the Obama years.
He spends time in the gulag before signing up with the Free Polish Army.
Posted by: Jarl at June 30, 2015 07:51 PM (SApvt)
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Posted by: no one at June 30, 2015 07:53 PM (VAsIq)
So you have some Bonaparte blood in you? That's quite interesting.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:53 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: Jean at June 30, 2015 07:54 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at June 30, 2015 07:54 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:53 PM (+XMAD)
Now you know why she hates Obama so much. "Pfft. Nouveau riche trash."
Posted by: Secundus at June 30, 2015 07:55 PM (unjBv)
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:51 PM (+XMAD)
I read it in high school. I like Melanie and scarlet but yes Ashley sucks. It's a thousand pages long though.
It looks like house of usher has already been picked though which should be easy. Probably read it a long time ago.
Posted by: Lea at June 30, 2015 07:55 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:13 PM (FsuaD)
So you have some Bonaparte blood in you? That's quite interesting.
Posted by: Donna V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:53 PM (+XMAD)
Nope. My ancestor was a known slutty acting wealthy young woman in Baltimore. Her blood runs through my veins. Heh.
Her son, by Jerome Bonaparte, has ancestors here in the U. S.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:56 PM (FsuaD)
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My favorite depiction of him is from the "Napoleon Bunnyparte" Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at June 30, 2015 07:56 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: Jarl at June 30, 2015 07:51 PM (SApvt)
Get rhythm when you get the blues, cmon...
Posted by: obscure johnny cash reference at June 30, 2015 07:56 PM (AkOaV)
Meditations Marcus Aurelius
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at June 30, 2015 07:47 PM (1RNgT)
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Enchiridion - Epictetus
(Not that I've incorporated any of it into my personal comportment, but I've enjoyed reading it.)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 30, 2015 07:57 PM (jR7Wy)
I was really hoping to read "Profiles in Courage" by conservative darling John F. Kennedy.
Posted by: no one at June 30, 2015 07:53 PM (VAsIq)
Ahem.
Posted by: Zombie Ted Sorensen at June 30, 2015 07:57 PM (+OXwX)
For books, decent historical fiction: Mika Waltari
Posted by: Actinide at June 30, 2015 07:58 PM (0mwvC)
Same here. I was hooked on female rock/pop soloists for a while with her being the best.
Posted by: bananaDream at June 30, 2015 07:58 PM (ZctfO)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at June 30, 2015 07:58 PM (/WPPJ)
Ah, I see. More than one possible 19th century baby daddy there....
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:59 PM (+XMAD)
Free Polish Army.
Posted by: Jarl at June 30, 2015 07:51 PM (SApvt)
With purchase of blini plate of equal or greater value.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 30, 2015 07:59 PM (+OXwX)
Posted by: bananaDream at June 30, 2015 07:58 PM (ZctfO)
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Second bestest: Vanessa Daou (Zipless and Plutonium Glow)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 30, 2015 08:00 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 07:56 PM (FsuaD)
Ah, I see. More than one possible 19th century baby daddy there....
Posted by: Donna V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 07:59 PM (+XMAD)
They were married, and apparently the toast of Baltimore (I have the family histor(ies). Jerome encouraged her to dress in nearly see-through clothing, and they were apparently very much in love. Then Big Brother summoned little brother home, ordered him to divorce her (baby had already been born), and ordered his brother to marry someone more "proper."
She never recovered from the divorce. Her own father dis-owned her for her previous "scandalous" behavior, and she died in old age alone.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 08:03 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Russian Uranium Interests at June 30, 2015 08:08 PM (8ZskC)
Most are free at Amazon.
Posted by: Anchovy at June 30, 2015 08:10 PM (BqtNO)
I would suggest Waterdhip Down, it contains a great contrast between tyranny and freedom that is applicable today.
I would also suggest The Lost Art of Walking, it's a fascinating read and has a lot to teach us about ourselves.
Posted by: Kreplach at June 30, 2015 08:11 PM (RfwXt)
Posted by: wth at June 30, 2015 08:13 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 30, 2015 08:03 PM (FsuaD)
Those Regency-era dresses were pretty revealing - the material was very sheer and, in Europe, at least, I've read that the more dissolute aristocrats would dampen their bodices for a "wet T-shirt" effect. So it could be that he was encouraging her to act more "European" and since she was in Baltimore and not Paris, it was held against her.
Sad story.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at June 30, 2015 08:20 PM (+XMAD)
Be damned if I can remember what it was about. But I do love a lot of 19th century writing. I look forward to cracking that book back open.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 30, 2015 08:20 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: Dave S. at June 30, 2015 08:25 PM (mhkbv)
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Posted by: C.T. at June 30, 2015 08:32 PM (N9zlS)
Heretics by G.K. Chesterton is under 200 pages. It's so brilliant that it takes your breath away.
If you want a long book, The Count of Monte Cristo is the most satisfying plot in the history of satisfying plots.
Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at June 30, 2015 08:35 PM (fdjeU)
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Posted by: Blake at June 30, 2015 08:39 PM (m3P2y)
Posted by: Blake at June 30, 2015 08:44 PM (m3P2y)
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
The Anabasis by Arrian
Cicero by Anthony Everitt
Anything by John McPhee
Anything by Mark Bowden
We Were Soldiers Once and Young by Joseph Galloway
Posted by: I.C.Nielsen at June 30, 2015 08:48 PM (PsLqF)
But I highly recommend: Hoplites: The classical Greek battle experience.
Most excellent book on hoplite tactics, life and strategies.
http://tinyurl.com/o4h7ra5
Posted by: exsanguine at June 30, 2015 08:48 PM (V0oj4)
Didn't know that, Blake. Good for Will Smith.
I'm stretching my self-control to its limit by not spoiling what "I am legend" really means for people who don't know. Probably my favorite lightbulb moment in anything I've ever read.
Posted by: Doctor Cynic at June 30, 2015 08:59 PM (rzggC)
Posted by: L.D. at June 30, 2015 09:02 PM (SipA3)
Posted by: Robinson at June 30, 2015 09:04 PM (1SHv1)
Posted by: Octopus at June 30, 2015 09:08 PM (gnD2y)
Posted by: Blake at June 30, 2015 09:14 PM (m3P2y)
Posted by: Manolo at June 30, 2015 09:15 PM (Z+kHZ)
Posted by: Manolo at June 30, 2015 09:16 PM (Z+kHZ)
It'll make you re-think a lot about the things you thought you knew about sports and athleticism.
Posted by: Warden at June 30, 2015 09:18 PM (wHAYQ)
Posted by: Barry at June 30, 2015 09:22 PM (4cEdi)
Always wanted to read Road to Serfdom and Forgotten Man.
If dystopian fiction isn't too throat slitting, animal farm or brave new world. Or Fahrenheit 451? Anything Bradbury really is a good bet.
Classics are good. Frankenstein would be an excellent one. There is a lit of Classic Russian lit I have never read but hope to get to one day. Or Fahrenheit 451? Anything Bradbury.
Scarlet pimpernel? We might need lessons on resistance after the modern guillotiners start guillotining each other. They seek him here they seek him there, those frenchies seek him everywhere...
Posted by: LizLem at June 30, 2015 09:27 PM (3sozU)
ostoyesky
Posted by: Ken at June 30, 2015 09:29 PM (FQMPG)
Posted by: Ken at June 30, 2015 09:32 PM (FQMPG)
Posted by: Blake at June 30, 2015 09:14 PM (m3P2y)
This is very true.
If Ace does do Dracula, I do think we should do a "how does Dracula die" pre-test. My favorite literary trivia question, tied with "What's Winnie-the-Pooh's real name?" (Edward Bear)
Posted by: Doctor Cynic at June 30, 2015 09:34 PM (rzggC)
I'd love the book club to be new books or ones I haven't read in a while, but I really do love watership down.
And I mentioned this in a garden thread once, but the book Founding Gardeners is great. A look at the founding fathers through their love of plants. Get it before it is banned! ( I'm kidding. Sorta.)
Posted by: LizLem at June 30, 2015 09:35 PM (3sozU)
Posted by: waelse1 at June 30, 2015 09:44 PM (DaHr6)
Posted by: Papa Rod at June 30, 2015 09:55 PM (EEAs2)
Fall of the House of Usher, is free on kindle along with other AEP stories.
Just ordered it.
Might I suggest Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" for future consideration ?
It tells of what happens when men want to play God.
And the results that ensue.
Sound familiar ?
Posted by: seamrog at June 30, 2015 09:56 PM (uLY8B)
I can't believe someone actually recommended Great Expectations. Horrible, horrible book. Wouldn't wish it on anybody.
For Hayek, I'd suggest The Constitution of Liberty instead of RtS. It's easier to sell the case for liberty than the case against totalitarianism.
Posted by: Luke at June 30, 2015 09:57 PM (8pLmV)
I will lower the ocean levels.
I will change marriage.
I will reform health of humans.
I will stop war by giving weapons to the enemy.
Cameo appearance by Joe "Ygor" Biden
Posted by: seamrog at June 30, 2015 10:04 PM (uLY8B)
Posted by: Veritas at June 30, 2015 10:16 PM (uI4W1)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 01, 2015 05:21 AM (GpgJl)
I thought I had this laying around somewhere, and I found this in my library this morning, in The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Old edition.
Tiny, tiny text versus my Kindle, but I will go old-style and hold the book in my hand with a
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 01, 2015 08:34 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: ace at June 30, 2015 06:25 PM (bhepQ)
It takes a lot of reading on quantum, physics, etc to even find some associations and links that give you that "a-ha" moment. The feeling like you are finally understanding how it is all connected. I've done the same. Including a lot of books on the brain, and many other areas of "science." I've not been one for political books, especially the fervor of what is now being dumped in the marketplace.
Some oldies I thought I would toss out there. I have shelves of this stuff, when physical books were a thing. In particular order, I just came across some while looking for the Poe book.
The Life of the Cosmos, Smolin
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, Greene
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, Kurzweil
And, some classics that should not be missed:
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter (one of my all time fav's)
The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "How does the mind work?"
Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter -- on a self-contained page -- corresponds to a piece in the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of the mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, The Society of Mind is an adventure in imagination.
old stuff, but goodies
It's interesting to see what has changed from their theories.
So, of course I read, later, the fiction:
Society of the Mind by Eric Harry
*Nowadays, there is always The Art Of War by Sun Tzu that is worth a few chapters now and again. It's next to my hiking/camping survival guides.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 01, 2015 08:52 AM (qCMvj)
I know people will mock me for this, but, Proust, which I also ran across in my library. Heady stuff, however. Translations are tough, too.
Probably best for personal consumption, but tossing it out there.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 01, 2015 09:00 AM (qCMvj)
My pick, one I'd really like to discuss with the horde, is One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: Emily at July 01, 2015 09:18 AM (7Rn+/)
http://www.amazon.com/Bernard-Cornwell/e/B000APAB68/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
I am working my way through the Aubrey/Maturin Series right now too which is excellent. http://www.amazon.com/Patrick-OBrian/e/B002BLL3ZC/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1435770267&sr=1-1-spell
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