GOD IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOU: Still on my "Bible" kick, I followed The Gospel According to Peanuts and The Uncensored Bible up with God is Disappointed in You by Mark Russell. It has been described as "a frequently hilarious, often shocking, but always accurate retelling of the Bible, including the parts selectively left out by Sunday school teachers and church sermons... Stripped of its arcane language and interminable passages, every book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, in no more than a few pages each... Irreverent yet faithful, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to see past the fog of religious agendas and cultural debates to discover what the Bible really says."
I started reading God is Disappointed in You once before, in conjunction with the actual Bible itself, but I got only a couple of books in before the "arcane language and interminable passages" mentioned above drove me away. This time, I decided to read justGod is Disappointed in You. One thing I learned both times is to trust Mark Russell. Every once in a while I encountered a section which I thought must be a joke or an exaggeration, but after checking it in the actual Bible I verified that Russell's was an accurate interpretation. Every once in a while I read an article in the newspaper about one school district or another's list of banned books. Every once in in a while, I see the Bible on such lists. I am convinced that the Bible would be censored much more often if people knew what was actually in it (not that that's what I am advocating by any means).
Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, by Junji Ito. Legendary artist Ito describes how he became a horror manga artist, and gives his thought on how to create horror manga. Interesting stuff, especially if you're a big Ito fan, which I am.
Stitches, by Hirokatsu Kihara, with illustrations by Junji Ito. Nine ostensibly true short stories (they read more like urban legends) of encounters with the supernatural by Kihara, plus a short manga by Ito adapting another of Kihara's stories. Entertainong stuff, a very quick read.
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GOD IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOU: Still on my "Bible" kick, I followed The Gospel According to Peanuts and The Uncensored Bible up with God is Disappointed in You by Mark Russell. It has been described as "a frequently hilarious, often shocking, but always accurate retelling of the Bible, including the parts selectively left out by Sunday school teachers and church sermons... Stripped of its arcane language and interminable passages, every book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, in no more than a few pages each... Irreverent yet faithful, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to see past the fog of religious agendas and cultural debates to discover what the Bible really says."
I started reading God is Disappointed in You once before, in conjunction with the actual Bible itself, but I got only a couple of books in before the "arcane language and interminable passages" mentioned above drove me away. This time, I decided to read just God is Disappointed in You. One thing I learned both times is to trust Mark Russell. Every once in a while I encountered a section which I thought must be a joke or an exaggeration, but after checking it in the actual Bible I verified that Russell's was an accurate interpretation. Every once in a while I read an article in the newspaper about one school district or another's list of banned books. Every once in in a while, I see the Bible on such lists. I am convinced that the Bible would be censored much more often if people knew what was actually in it (not that that's what I am advocating by any means).
Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, by Junji Ito. Legendary artist Ito describes how he became a horror manga artist, and gives his thought on how to create horror manga. Interesting stuff, especially if you're a big Ito fan, which I am.
Stitches, by Hirokatsu Kihara, with illustrations by Junji Ito. Nine ostensibly true short stories (they read more like urban legends) of encounters with the supernatural by Kihara, plus a short manga by Ito adapting another of Kihara's stories. Entertainong stuff, a very quick read.
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