Maybe kids these days are not that bright. D&D for Dummies says it all. (I thought it was an April Fols type prank.) I suspect some marketing researcher found lots of people felt intimidated? Even worse than being less intelligent. Its… a… game… Have fun! Who cares if its “right”? Between high school and college,…
These are the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing‘s users (as of some point). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize those you started but couldn’t finish, and strike through what you couldn’t stand. Add an asterisk to those you’ve read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.…
Anyone interesting in co-authoring a book? Freakonomics Blog » The Man Behind Tyler Cowen, and Freakonomics Too: FWIW, I am constantly surprised, and a little bit saddened, that more books aren’t co-authored, especially between academics (who often have great research but subpar writing skills) and writers (who spend their days trying to write well but…
At lunch, I got to the section about “disgust” and “distaste” in How the Mind Works.
“Become illiterate, save a tree” – Darryl Henriques, 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Pave the Earth Hmmmmmmm, as much as I love technology, I tend to shy awy from electronic books. Part of it, I think, has to do with how I use computers. In what I do, I multitask quite a bit,…
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, Book 2) Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Yup, still on reading five books.
This article about the novel Imperium (a fictional biography) suggests there are parallels between Rome’s transition from a Republic to an Empire and where we stand in America. If true, then we are right now on the cusp of a great turning point. Imperium is historical fiction. So how much of it is not real?…
I have always considered the Illiad or the Odyssey to be among the best of love stories. True, there is lots of violence. True, the characters are mostly men. Love is the motivation and driving force behind the heros and why each is able to overcome and win. If they were written by women, then…
This series is my LOTR (the books I have read over and over). From 7th grade through 11th grade I read them at least once a year, usually twice. I replaced my first copy with another as the covers were nearly destroyed. So, now I know how the fanatics feel (not true, . I so…