Reading Lolita in Tehran. Good, but somehow not quite what I expected.
War of the Newts, by Karel Capek.
Bah. That’s War With the Newts.
Still got War of the Worlds stuck in my head, apparantly.
“Maniilaq, Eskimo Prophet”, by Sarah Haile
I’m not far enough into it to say whether or not it’s any good. Maniilaq was an Inupiat whose prophecies foretold the arrival of the white man and many products of modern technology.
I’m one of the few people who disliked it as far as I know…but it doesn’t get any better.
HOLY CRAP! ME TOO!
It’s quite a book… has got me thinking so much there’s smoke!
Also
Rabbi Jesus by Bruce Chilton
Hatchepsut by Joyce Tyldesley
The Brother of Jesus by Hershel Shanks & Ben Witherington III
Monarch of the Nile by Aidan Dodson
Yup, I am on ancient history kick right now.
Top 10 (v. 2) by Alan Moore. Moore is such a skilled story teller, and all the little visual jokes are so neat–it’s just fun to read. I like this comic all the more because it’s not as serious as his other works I’ve read (V for Vendetta & Watchmen.)
How the Mind Works by Alan Pinker. Very interesting, but heavy going.
Okay, why the heck did I say Alan? I meant Steven, of course. Steven Pinker. I just woke up; forgive me.
I just finished Letter to My Descendants by Niels Skov. Even on the SDMB I doubt anybody has heard of the man or the book (except my brother Cervaise and his wife herownself who have probably read the thing as well).
It’s the true account of one of the very few members of the Danish civilian resistance to Nazi occupation of Denmark in World War II. It details his efforts as a saboteur, his capture by the Gestapo, and his incarceration in a concentration camp – and escape therefrom. It’s an unbelieveable look into World War II as I’ve never seen. Amazing. More amazing is that I actually met the man and never knew this about him.
FISH
Just finished Jack Nastyface by William Robinson, a memoir of an English seaman who was at Trafalgar, first published 1836. Next up is a reread of Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler.
“House of Seven Gables” by Hawthorne.
Stay with it, Tanaqui – like all Pinker’s stuff, I found it fascinating. Of course, you must consider the source – I read his “Words and Rules” (which is basically about the hows and whys of regular vs. irregular verbs) on a beach vacation once. I’ve got his latest (“The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature”) in the “read sooner rather than later” stack.
Archergal – it definitely is a really thought-provoking book. I read about 20 pages this morning and had to stop and play Rocket Mania (ahem) for a while to give myself time to digest it before proceeding. If you think you might enjoy it – you probably would.
Lest Darkness Fall - L. Sprague de Camp
Villa Vortex- Maurice G Dantec, very strange as usual with this author
and Gods Of Mars, the second John Carter by Burroughs, for now it is as good as the first one
Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan (play)
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy (non-fiction)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (fiction)The Dune Prequel Trilogy, and now I’ve got to re-read the original series to remember how it ends…hmm maybe i’ll read it backwards
Steppenwofl by Herman Hesse
Permanent Midnight by Jerry Stahl
Chekhov Seven Stories by Chekhov
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
I’m reading Sophie’s World at the minute after seeing it recommended here. Its better than i thought it would be, it’s even made me consider dropping psychology and taking up philosophy instead.
The Epic Of Gilgamesh Required reading for school.
It’s Danny P. Jackson’s translation. The translation takes liberty with the text but that’s understandable considering the original tablets are fragmentary. It’s a good, short read anyway.
Fire Lover: A True Story, by Joseph Wambaugh. The story of a serial arsonist in California who worked as a fire department’s arson investigator and started arson fires from the late 1980’s until his arrest and trial in the early 1990’s.
Very interesting.