Reading this one https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-r...andelion-wine/ a for me it is the best book ever
Reading this one https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-r...andelion-wine/ a for me it is the best book ever
Crawford, Scott, and Steve - Thank you from the bottom of my stoney little heart.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Reading another doorstop fantasy: Orb Sceptre Throne by Ian Esslemont (a side project of the Malazan Empire series). The body count will be high.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Reading The Presidents Club, by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. So far a very interesting insight into the relationships into a very unique club. I've heard of some of the stories but mostly, its all new to me.
It's good to be reading a book again after spending much of my free time watching TV. I'd forgotten how much I love to read for enjoyment and not just another computer manual.
Just finished Clayton Moore's autobiography I Was That Masked Man. Really enjoyed it, and I couldn't help hearing his voice as I read it. When I was little The Lone Ranger was my hero, until one day I was flipping the channels, all three of them back then in Providence, RI, and discovered Superman.
Just started The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock by David Weigel, which I believe got some ink here on PE.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Is there an account of the chase he got involved in as a passenger in Jay Thomas' car in the book? Thomas used to tell the story every year on Letterman.Just finished Clayton Moore's autobiography I Was That Masked Man. Really enjoyed it, and I couldn't help hearing his voice as I read it.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
At Our Wits' End: Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future (Societas) by Edward Dutton
The author claims that intelligence — which is strongly genetic — was increasing up until the breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution, because we were subject to the rigors of Darwinian Selection. Dutton and his cohorts explore how this change has occurred and, crucially, what its consequences will be for the future.
After 15 years and many novels about Joseph O'Loughlin and Vincent Ruiz it's nice to go back to Michael Robotham's first book "The Suspect" and read how those two men met.
Just read a fascinating book about cardiac surgery, Fragile Lives by Professor Steven Westaby. An incredible man, who achieved so much from a very humble start. I heard him interviewed on the radio and he had me enthralled, so I had to search out his first book, which was just 99p on kindle.
I also recently enjoyed Jonathan Coe’s “Middle England”, which I devoured in a few sittings, I find that I am so comfortable with these characters, and seeing as the Brexit travesty imbues our every waking moment, it was an easy , moving and topical read.
Now reading the Kalevala, a bunch of folk stories from Finland put together into something like a national epic. Quite interesting stuff.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
I am reading John Cleese's autobiography form 2014. I just finished Eric Idle's fairly recent one which was good, so thought I would check out Cleese. Not sure how I missed it when it came out.
Of the Python memoirs, I think Graham Chapman's (A Liar's Autobiography (Volume VI)) is still the best of the bunch
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Has anyone read The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin? I am reading glowing reviews interspersed by reviewers who loathe her style... got me curious...
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
I reac the first book and was enjoying it so much that I ordered books 2 & 3 before I even finished.
I would not in any way compare it to military SF. It's a book of deep secrets.
As for the style I would describe it as "sparse.'
Her "Inheritance Trilogy" is now on my to-read pile...
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Who Killed the Fonz? by James Boice. A murder mystery involving the Happy Days gang. Richie is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter in Hollywood and goes home to attend Fonzie's funeral. Lots of allusions to the TV show.
On deck is Joe Lansdale's latest Hap and Leonard caper The Elephant of Surprise. I was surprised to see it on the New Mysteries shelf at the library as Joe said he was giving Hap and Leonard a rest.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
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