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Post by nickhowes on Apr 4, 2022 14:03:36 GMT -8
I really enjoyed the Baroque Cycle Chacun à son goût I loved Snowcrash and most everything else he's written.
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Post by starwalker on Apr 4, 2022 21:09:21 GMT -8
Mr. Ives Christmas. I'm over half way through it and find it to be a story of a family man who lives in New York City in the 1960's. It is more interesting than my description is of it.
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Post by desert dweller on Apr 5, 2022 8:25:59 GMT -8
everything else he's written. The first book I read by Stephenson was Cryptonomicon and I was amazed at his style and depth of his writing. I saw the book while waiting for a connecting flight in Houston and was wandering the book stores at the airport. It was the title that caught my eye. I did some crypto stuff in the Army so I went straight for it. And, the short bio of Neal on the back cover is a classic case of serendipity. It says that he was born at Fort Meade and the photo of him was from his childhood. He was reading a book about cryptography. What's weird is that I was also born at Fort Meade, a few years before him, and my dad had given me the same book on cryptography. (My dad was in Military Intelligence.) Of course I bought the book and was glad I did.
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Post by nickhowes on Apr 5, 2022 9:46:29 GMT -8
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Post by FamilySherpa on Jan 5, 2023 13:43:53 GMT -8
Has anyone read Cloud Cuckoo Land?
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Post by FamilySherpa on Feb 21, 2023 8:17:29 GMT -8
John Irving is/was one of my favorite authors. I was so excited for "The last chairlift". His last novel.
Last night, after only 100 pages, i've decided to give up on it. such a massive disappointment, imo. almost 1000 pages of what comes across as drivel. completely worthless detail that jumps all over the place. Kept waiting for a story to begin but finally gave up.
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Post by hikerjer on Feb 22, 2023 18:23:03 GMT -8
Fire On The Mountain - Edward Abbey
I've always been a fan of Abbey's nonfiction but have never been overly impressed by his novels. Fire on the Mountain tells the story of an old die hard rancher who refuses to give up his ranch to the government for its expansion of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, all in the name of national security. It pits the noble rancher against the aggressive and soulless government. While you naturally sympathize with the rancher, one wonders how close he is to the Bundys and their anti-government stance. In my mind, the book raises some interesting parallels between public ownership of land, regardless of it's intended use, and private ownership. Probably worth the short read it is.
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Post by Coolkat on Mar 22, 2023 8:30:11 GMT -8
Currently part way through this book. So far is really well done. Its good to hear someone talk about the need to protect minority rights and "the tyranny of the majority" and point out that both Hitler and Chavez started out as elected leaders.
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Post by starwalker on Mar 22, 2023 20:01:43 GMT -8
The Nickel Plate Story, which is a railroad's history. The Nickel Plate went from Buffalo to Chicago and St. Louis. The first half of the book is about the various legal and financial manipulations of its predecessors.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 23, 2023 7:12:14 GMT -8
Just finished David Roberts’ the Bears Ears: A Human History. A good piece that doesn’t demonize the locals who are opposed to the monument, but also doesn’t give them undue rights in the land. His sympathies are obvious, and align pretty well with mine
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Post by trinity on Apr 1, 2023 11:23:50 GMT -8
I'm reading Doug Peacock's latest, "Was it Worth It?" A great collection of short essays, mostly about forays into the wild, often in search of bears. I am really enjoying it. Great accounts of a trip to Chihuahua in search of the last surviving grizzlys in Mexico, an expedition with Doug Tompkins into Polar Bear country, and his efforts to honor his friend Ed Abbey's final wishes. It's a great book.
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Post by thedude on Apr 3, 2023 14:23:37 GMT -8
I recently finished A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Bryson is a great writer with a good sense of humor. The first book I read by him was In a Sunburned Country about his travels through Australia. I read that book prior to visiting Australia. A Walk in the Woods is about hiking the Appalachian Trail. The book seems to have been ahead of its time as hiking seems to be growing in popularity and the book provides a good history of the trail.
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Post by georgeofthej on Apr 3, 2023 20:10:43 GMT -8
I recently finished A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Bryson is a great writer with a good sense of humor. The first book I read by him was In a Sunburned Country about his travels through Australia I read both of those and enjoyed them. "A Walk in the Woods" is a real classic. The movie was sure a dud, though.
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Post by trinity on Apr 4, 2023 5:09:51 GMT -8
"A Walk in the Woods" is a real classic. The movie was sure a dud, though. Agreed and agreed.
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Post by thedude on Apr 4, 2023 6:37:43 GMT -8
I had no plans to watch the movie but this is a good bit of info in case I ever get the urge to do so.
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