what got me about that specific book was the preface that came somewhere around the cover page that intentionally blurred fact and fiction. The author also repeatedly stated that the novel contained a great deal of truth and even claimed in one interview that it was 99 percent true. that's why I got upset with it.
Currently working my way throught The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Trilogy of Four. What a fantastic book, absolutley hilarious and a drastic change from my shelf full of horror and suspense.
I took a class with The Market for Liberty by Morris and Linda Tannehill being the text. It's a good read for those that are interested in anarchism but I got bored half way through. Be forewarned, it is iconoclastic. I'm reading Booom! Voices of the 60's by Tom Brokaw and next I'll be rereading From Camelot to Kent State by Joan and Robert Morrison and that is a damn good read for anyone interested in the 60's but were born to late.
What, not counting the later books? I haven't had a chance to read the newest one by that other guy, but I hear it just doesn't live up to Adam's talent. I can believe that. The man was a genius.
I choose to imagine this book having all the pages in random order. Don't be a slave to "the system" man!
I just finished Christ in Postmodern Philosophy by Freeriek Depoortere, an exploration of the works of Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard, and Slavoj Zizek in relation to Christ and the meaning of incarnation/crucifixion. Very interesting book. Now I'm rereading Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology, a collection of essays from 1999 attempting to outline a theological basis for the whole of life, not just "religion" as such, including explorations into such topics as philosophy, language, music, art, politics, and erotics. I'm also working on Deleuzisms, a commentary/interpretation of the work of Gilles Deleuze by University of Cardiff professor Ian Buchanan. Finally, I'm starting a couple of books on postmodernism and anarchism, including Todd May's The Political Philosophy of Poststructuralist Anarchism and Saul Newman's From Bakunin to Lacan: Anti-Authoritarianism and the Dislocation of Power. Nothing like a little light reading.
Have you ever read Orson Scott Card's Homecoming series? It's basically a kind of re-telling of Exodus, but millions of years in the future and interplanetary. I really dug it, thought it was better than Ender's Game, though I tended to prefer the sequels to the original because they were more complex and raised more social and political issues that I found fascinating.
Now reading "Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie" by Hunter S. Thompson. A journey along the campaign trail during the '92 Clinton Presidential Campaign.
Clive Cussler has always been one of my favorites along with Wilbur Smith. Currently reading "Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown.
Cussler is the greatest. There is no better "Hero" than Dirk Pitt! Both the movies based on his novels stunk though. Especially Sahara. The dirty Pitt as played by Johnny Depp sucked.
I haven't read that one but I loved "Hell's Angels", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72". I went looking for them after i read your post and realized my sons have borrowed all three and I've never gotten them back!
Hey, at least they have good taste! I had a Thompson collection called The Great Shark Hunt that had quite a collection of his stuff, including on the Campaign Trail '72 and Hell's Angels. I've never actually read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas though. Hard to believe, I know.
Just started reading the third part of the Millenium-series by Stieg Larsson.. A swedish thriller series picturing a very intresting cast of characthers.. Good Reading!! They are actually aviable in english as well!! Män Som Hatar Kvinnor - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden - The Girl Who Played With Fire Luftslottet Som Sprängdes - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest Great Stuff if youre into thrillers!
You might also enjoy Hakan Nesser's "Van Veetering" series. I really enjoyed reading Mind's Eye a couple of months back.
MEG: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten It finally came out in paperback, so it will match the first three MEG books I have (and surprisingly enough, have read ) It 's been good recovery reading after surgery, except I have now discovered a justifiable excuse for an ebook reader...you will too if you start trying to read a novel with one arm in a cast I'm only into Chapter 5, and already there's been a mention of the late Dale Earnhardt (in regards to the injury that killed him), and of Dauphin Island in Mobile. Oh, and of course, the sharks happy088
I've recently read a bunch of books. I got the book fight club and that was awesome. I then read the zombie survival guide( interesting little book for the end of the world preperation manual) Also done reading the golden compass trilogy. Then the hitchikers guide to the galaxy( the thick book with all 5 books in it) all these books I've started/finished since the start of the year. I know it's not much but I only get a little time once a week to read. But since I'm now done the guide to the galaxy I have finished every single book I have ever owned. Now I need to go out and buy more!
My current read list As per the title, currently I'm into the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I'm into epic stories, and this one definately fits the bill.
Basil - His Dark Materials Trilogy is definitely a good read IMO, always been partial to those books. Currently I am in the process of reading my dads old French copy of The Three Musketeers.
I started reading the Dan Simmons' novels Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion again. My son got them for me as a Christmas gift, bound together as the Hyperion Cantos. Readers of John Keats' poetry will find much to be familiar.
