Planning to read... "The Saturated Self" - Kenneth J. Gergen. About: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life. "Becoming Human" - Jean Vanier About: Vanier's human vision of creating common good for all. "Distant Suffering" - Luc Boltanski About: Moral and political implications for a spectator of the distant suffering of others as presented through media. "Ospreys: A Natural and Unnatural History" - Alan F. Poole About: The magnificent osprey's life, habitats, and activities. Finished "Isaac Asimov: It's Been A Good Life" - Isaac Asimov About: Asimov's autobiography, pieced together from letters and experiences into a lovingly crafted book about Asimov, edited by his wife Janet Jeppson Asimov. RIP, Good Docter. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Want to read Anything I can find on Sparta, my new obsession. Got any suggestions? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I am reading: 1. Skeleton Crew by Stephen King 2. The Shining by Stephen King 3. Curse by Andrew Neiderman 4. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Nice books especially by Stephen King!!!
Well, I re-read (for like the 30th time) The Wizard of Oz this morning (hey, I was trying not to study for Latin) and over Christmas, I will be cracking into Hindu Myths. And I'm also reading The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Old Testament and should be reading Aeschylus' Agamemnon.
Just finished reading: The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard God is Red by Vine Deloria, Jr. Still reading: The Symbolism of Evil by Paul Ricoeur About to start reading: the selfish gene by Richard Dawkins Christmas Books by Charles Dickens
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I've been reading this book on my bus journeys to visit someone and it's most probably one of the best reads I've ever had!! It's the first book of the 'Mission Earth' series by L.Ron Hubbard and is titled 'The Invaders Plan' It's a great read so if anyone (especially you Sci-Fi buffs) sees it, grab it, it's a classic from the same man who wrote the award winning 'Battlefield Earth' (much, much better than the film!!)
L. Ron Hubbard quote: "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion" Reader's Digest reprint, May 1980, p.1 Hubbard later created the Church of Scientology... Nuff said.
Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley In the Wake of the Plague (school reading) Both good-recommended
Currently: Thief of Time- Terry Pratchett After that: More than complete hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy- douglas adams Napal and Silly Putty- George Calin Lord of the rings+ hobbit
That book is awesome! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I love the philosophy of Wen, the Eternally Surprised. I even typed up an excerpt ... must find it...Ah! Here it is: <i>The first words that are read by seekers of enlightenment in the secret, gong-banging, yeti-haunted valleys near the hub of the world, are when they look into The Life of Wen the Eternally Surprised. The first question they ask is: 'Why was he eternally surprised?' And they are told: 'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'</i> Unless you are not at that part yet ... then I'm terribly sorry for ruining it for you. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
