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19 Jun 09
22 Jun 09
Originally posted by ChronicLeakyNeal Stephenson -- I've started two books by him only to hit some barrier a hundred pages in and stop. Cryptonomicon got me very excited (it did indeed seem 'an important book'😉, but I couldn't push on through. Yet I was able to slog all the way through Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series.
This is an important book. Let me know what you think of it.
22 Jun 09
Originally posted by Bosse de Nagethe road to wigan pier is extraordinary good book, but i was duped into think that he really was down and out in Paris and in London, now i learn it was a conscience appeasing experiment, does he really go and fight in the Spanish civil war, if so, i must read that.
I enjoyed it thoroughly -- so much so that I haven't opened Anansi Boys in fear that it will be a disappointment.
22 Jun 09
Originally posted by robbie carrobieHe did, nearly getting killed for his efforts.
the road to wigan pier is extraordinary good book, but i was duped into think that he really was down and out in Paris and in London, now i learn it was a conscience appeasing experiment, does he really go and fight in the Spanish civil war, if so, i must read that.
22 Jun 09
Originally posted by robbie carrobiethere's one based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma - can't think what it's called, but it's also worth reading.
the road to wigan pier is extraordinary good book, but i was duped into think that he really was down and out in Paris and in London, now i learn it was a conscience appeasing experiment, does he really go and fight in the Spanish civil war, if so, i must read that.
22 Jun 09
Originally posted by robbie carrobieHomage To Catalonia is Orwell's account of his time in the Spanish Civil War. It is an excellent book.
the road to wigan pier is extraordinary good book, but i was duped into think that he really was down and out in Paris and in London, now i learn it was a conscience appeasing experiment, does he really go and fight in the Spanish civil war, if so, i must read that.
23 Jun 09
Originally posted by Bosse de NageWell, I actually got it at the local RCP store. Crazy wackos are even more leftist than I am.
It would make a perfect little gift -- the sort of thing you find at book shop check-out counters.
Is it any good?
And it's ok. I disagree with some of his ideas, and some are outdated or apply solely to China, but as far as Communist works go, it's in my top ten.
23 Jun 09
Originally posted by scherzoIs there anything in it that you could actually apply?
Well, I actually got it at the local RCP store. Crazy wackos are even more leftist than I am.
And it's ok. I disagree with some of his ideas, and some are outdated or apply solely to China, but as far as Communist works go, it's in my top ten.
24 Jun 09
Originally posted by scherzoAnd just what is in your "Communist top ten." Can we have Casey Kasem count them down for us?
Well, I actually got it at the local RCP store. Crazy wackos are even more leftist than I am.
And it's ok. I disagree with some of his ideas, and some are outdated or apply solely to China, but as far as Communist works go, it's in my top ten.