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"A very good use of his celebrity, I do not dispute. It does not change the fact that I found this particular book a slog. A reminder of the importance of giving blood is, of course, always welcome.
Unrelated but related: a neighbourhood kid with…"
Unrelated but related: a neighbourhood kid with…"
"THE MANDALORIAN OF NEVARRO: From 2013 through 2020, Ian Doescher adapted all nine Star Wars movies as faux-Shakespeare plays. Now he's back with the first season of The Mandalorian TV series, eight episodes in five acts. I probably won't read this…"
".....and I gave another pint today."
"This year the San Diego Comic Con will host its 50th annual blood drive, Five decades ago Mr Heinlein said he would only attend if they had a blood drive. I gave at that drive and had given before and since. I'm up to 19 gallons!"
"After finishing the brief but fascinating Looking for Little Egypt by Donna Carlton (examining one of the enduring legends of the 1893 Chicago Fair), I started reading a second-hand copy of Heinlein's Time Enough for Love. If I didn't find it enough…"
"Working my through Water Sleeps by Glen Cook. The second to last book in the Black Company series. This takes place 15 years after the last book, with a new narrator as the most of the company including the previous narrator are stuck in suspended…"
"TO INFINITY AND BEYOND: After I finished re-reading Starry Messenger, I began re-reading To Infinity and Beyond. I haven't yet gotten to Political Animals, but I have been reading some Conan. I've also got some Star Wars waiting on deck.
EDIT: I've…"
EDIT: I've…"
"Heather Ann Thompson's Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage is worth reading, especially for those who never followed just how that story story turned out. Whether history would have occured…"
"POLITICAL ANIMALS and STARRY MESSENGER: When I re-read Just How Stupid Are We? recently, I was surprised to discover that it was written in 2008 (I had thought it was more recent). So I ordered Political Animals (subtitled "How Our Stone-Age Brain…"
"Just finished reading The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant, by Bertrand Hébert and Pat Laprade. I found this to be a very interesting book, very well-researched. The authors do their best to get at the truth of André's…"
"ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD:
I picked this on up yesterday on a whim. I hesitate to place it in the "besides comics" catagory because it is illustrated, but it's a thought-provoking look at death and friendship in the same way Shel Silverstein's The…"
I picked this on up yesterday on a whim. I hesitate to place it in the "besides comics" catagory because it is illustrated, but it's a thought-provoking look at death and friendship in the same way Shel Silverstein's The…"
"Just finishhed reading The Luminous Fairies and Mothra, by Shin'ichiro Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, and Yoshie Hotta. This is a novella that Toho had commissioned as a bit of "pre-publicity" for the film Mothra (1961). The novella itself is quite…"
"I just finished Game of Sniper by Stephen Hunter.
I just started Road Work by Mark Bowden, best known for Black Hawik Down. This is a collection of some of his articles."
I just started Road Work by Mark Bowden, best known for Black Hawik Down. This is a collection of some of his articles."
"CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE"
"John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye: Scalzi's first book drew comparisons with Robert Heinlein. This leans a little more Vonnegutian. It's about the consequences of the moon and all lunar material on earth turning inexplicably one day into…"
""I think the more you bring into it the more you'll get out of it"
I think this is the most brilliant review I've ever read. It encapsulates half of everything I've experienced, and explains a lot I've never been able to explain. I am stealing it."
I think this is the most brilliant review I've ever read. It encapsulates half of everything I've experienced, and explains a lot I've never been able to explain. I am stealing it."
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