What's Everyone Reading?
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Neuromancer, by Bill Gibson. I read it first about twenty-five years ago and it still amazes me.
I'm not sure what to make of Faulkner, at times he seems to ramble on and on and on in a somewhat vague fashion, sort of an American version of Charles Dickens. Right now I just starting another classic "The Winter of our Discontent" by John Steinbeck.
Faulkner's novels read like a sermon or like the Bible with its variations on the same theme - you often see flashbacks, stream of consciousness, characters with biblical names like Christmas, Absalom, or name like Hightower which seems to denote hypocrisy or self righteousness, the old question of free will-determinism, and, of course, racism and its affects. The novels are admittedly complex but they are very profound and reveal much about the southern character and milieu.
Since i read the book "The longest War" ive only read these 2 books.
"The Last Spike - The Great Railway 1881-1885" Pierre Berton
"Klondike - The Great Gold Rush 1896-1899" Pierre Berton
Right now im 158 pages into " The Artic Grail - The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole 1818-1909" by Pierre Berton. Ill have to say for sure that Pierre Berton can write a good history book and keep it interesting, sometimes it can be dry but for the grand most part Pierres books are good reads!!!
"The Last Spike - The Great Railway 1881-1885" Pierre Berton
"Klondike - The Great Gold Rush 1896-1899" Pierre Berton
Right now im 158 pages into " The Artic Grail - The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole 1818-1909" by Pierre Berton. Ill have to say for sure that Pierre Berton can write a good history book and keep it interesting, sometimes it can be dry but for the grand most part Pierres books are good reads!!!
I just finished this book, couldn't put it down until it was finished.............................
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I'm onto another book, "People of the Raven" - this is a huge series of books about prehistoric (fiction liberally applied)
people on the North American Continent. "Raven" takes place in Washington State and British Columbia. These books have quite a bit of fact inserted, as the authors are both archeologists, Michael and Kathleen Gear.
Uncle
Roger Williams ~ one of the USA's true Founding Fathers.
Roger Williams? Dang me!
I'm working my way through L.M. Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga. Fantastic SF if you are into that sort of thing.
The Gangs of San Francisco (Asbury)
The Gangs of San Francisco by Herbert Asbury
The Gangs of San Francisco by Herbert Asbury
(originally released as The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld)
Caveman Uhuh Meets The Super Unknown, by B.Fish
A seemingly, somewhat normal Caveman named Uhuh (yes, that's his name
) Meets The Super Unknown( +so much more ) in this comical, up beat, adventure, with a twist .
Best part...It's FREE!
So Enjoy...
http://www.free-ebooks.net/ebook/Caveman-Uhuh-Meets-The-Super-Unknown-2
A seemingly, somewhat normal Caveman named Uhuh (yes, that's his name
) Meets The Super Unknown( +so much more ) in this comical, up beat, adventure, with a twist . Best part...It's FREE!
So Enjoy...
http://www.free-ebooks.net/ebook/Caveman-Uhuh-Meets-The-Super-Unknown-2
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Jerome K. Jerome (seriously)
Three Men in a Boat (Not to Mention the Dog)
Yet again. The funniest book ever written. Published in 1889, the original belonged to my grandfather....when it fell apart, I searched Amazon for it....and there it was!! A Penguin Classic!!
If you need a laugh, this is the place to find it.
Three Men in a Boat (Not to Mention the Dog)
Yet again. The funniest book ever written. Published in 1889, the original belonged to my grandfather....when it fell apart, I searched Amazon for it....and there it was!! A Penguin Classic!!
If you need a laugh, this is the place to find it.