loogie 115 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I just finished Michael J. Fox's autobiography for the second time. Link to post Share on other sites
LadyGrey 6 Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 I just finished Michael J. Fox's autobiography for the second time.Is that some kind of Alzheimers joke? Link to post Share on other sites
loogie 115 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Is that some kind of Alzheimers joke?Um...what? Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I've stopped reading fiction, essentially. (Oddly, LG, following the DFW suicide, in a funk, I revisited my Pynchon love, but that's about it. Oh, also, I've developed a somewhat less literary fixation with Tom Robbins, but I'm gay like that.)I read another road side attraction, and it was okay, if a little hippy. Then I tried to read another book, but it was too hippy, and I think I read american psycho instead, plunging me down a po-mo dirrection, and forsaking the hippy earnestness of robbins. Maybe it's because Olympia had so many Tom Robbins fans that I hated, but I have a strong aversion these days. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Is that some kind of Alzheimers joke?MJF has Parkinsons, not Alz. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodAFD 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I just finished Michael J. Fox's autobiography for the second time.Seriously? Link to post Share on other sites
loogie 115 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 MJF has Parkinsons, not Alz.Yes.Seriously?Yes. Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtydutch 8 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I read another road side attraction, and it was okay, if a little hippy. Then I tried to read another book, but it was too hippy, and I think I read american psycho instead, plunging me down a po-mo dirrection, and forsaking the hippy earnestness of robbins. Maybe it's because Olympia had so many Tom Robbins fans that I hated, but I have a strong aversion these days.I remember the second chapter of Jitterbug Perfume contains one of the funniest sentences I can recall. There are two characters who are lesbian waitresses, intentionally 2-dimensional (one of whom is also a brilliant part-time scientist), and the narrative notes of one lesbian that the length of the Seahawks' cheerleader's skirts is "the standard upon which she bases her currency of joy." Beat that. Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I've stopped reading fiction, essentially.I agree, although I hit this point somewhere around the 5th grade. Link to post Share on other sites
LadyGrey 6 Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 MJF has Parkinsons, not Alz.Oh oops, that was an honest mistake. I thought he was making a joke about memory loss but it didn't really make sense to me and now I realise that's because Fox doesn't have Alzheimers. I hope I didn't offend anyone. Link to post Share on other sites
runthemover 39 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If you like biographies, loog, Phil Esposito's is good.http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Lightning-B-...r/dp/1572435399I got a hardcover for like $8 including shipping Link to post Share on other sites
loogie 115 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If you like biographies, loog, Phil Esposito's is good.http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Lightning-B-...r/dp/1572435399I got a hardcover for like $8 including shippingI'm not really into figure skating. I keed!I recently reread Gilda Radner's autobiography. What is the matter with me? Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Given my limited mathematical/scientific background, would any of these actually be readable?Not really, they're all advanced graduate texts. The closest to "readable" would be Gravitation by M, T, and W. It's about a thousand pages, but it's written in a very charming style. Link to post Share on other sites
CrookedLink 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Has anybody read World Made by Hand by James Kunstler? I just randomly picked it up at Borders and finished reading it a couple of days ago.If you're into the whole post apocalyptic genre, I'd definitely recommend it.It's set in a "not too distant future" where global warming, nuclear terrorism and an oil shortage has pretty much collapsed the world economy and set society back to the mid 1800s. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Re reading Harold Coyle's booksTom Clancy recommends him, he is to ground warfare what Clancy is to spy books.Trying to get through Christian in Complete Armor, 17th century english is hard to follow though, and it's 1,600 pages Link to post Share on other sites
fleung22 1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Finished 'Asia Future Shock' by Michael Backman and going through 'Good to Great' by Jim CollinsOutside of that most of my reading is newspapers and magazines.I don't even know if I belong in this thread. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I've been pretty lax on my fiction reading lately. I've got "All the Pretty Horses" and I plan (hope) to start it soon. Link to post Share on other sites
JubilantLankyLad 1,957 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Love You Forever and Primary Colors Link to post Share on other sites
DinkDonk 1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Just finished A Farewell to Arms and I'm now deciding whether to continue down the Hemingway path with For Whom the Bell Tolls or jump over to Faulkner with The Sound and the Fury. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Just finished A Farewell to Arms and I'm now deciding whether to continue down the Hemingway path with For Whom the Bell Tolls or jump over to Faulkner with The Sound and the Fury.I prefer the Hemingway short stories to anything else he wrote. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I prefer the Hemingway short stories to anything else he wrote.Old man and the sea might be the perfect short story. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The Bible Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Just finished A Farewell to Arms and I'm now deciding whether to continue down the Hemingway path with For Whom the Bell Tolls or jump over to Faulkner with The Sound and the Fury.You need to read everything Hemingway."The Sun Also Rises" being my favorite."The Old Man and the Sea" being a masterpiece. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 You need to read everything Hemingway."The Sun Also Rises" being my favorite."The Old Man and the Sea" being a masterpiece.American Psycho> The sun also rises. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 American Psycho> The sun also rises.fine, i'll read it. Link to post Share on other sites
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