Books read, 2007
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dreamer_easyGreg Bear. Slant.
Brian Michael Bendis. Fortune and Glory.
William S. Burroughs. Queer.
Dominique Collon. The Queen of the Night (British Museum Objects in Focus).
Marcel Cohen. In Search of a Lost Ladino.
Michael David Coogan. Stories from Ancient Canaan.
Douglas Coupland. JPod.
Piers Moore Ede. Honey and Dust.
Stefan Fatsis. Word Freaks.
Ian Fleming. Casino Royale.
- Live and Let Die.
Wanda Gag. Millions of Cats.
Niall Griffiths. Runt.
- Sheepshagger.
- Stump.
- Wreckage.
Richard Hammond. On The Edge.
Jonathan Harley. Lost in Transmission.
bell hooks. Bone Black.
Nick Hornby. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree.
- Fever Pitch.
- How to be Good.
Aldous Huxley. Brave New World
- Crome Yellow.
Arvid S. Kapelrud. The Violent Goddess.
Etgar Keret. The Nimrod Flip-Out.
Betty MacDonald. The Egg and I.
Magnus Mills. The Restraint of Beasts.
Me. Return of the Living Dad.
George Orwell. A Clergyman's Daughter.
- Coming up for Air.
- The Road to Wigan Pier.
Paul Radin. The Trickster: a study in American Indian mythology.
Rainbow Spirit Elders. Rainbow Spirit Theology.
Ali Rattansi. Racism: A Very Short Introduction.
Ruth Rendell. A Guilty Thing Surprised.
Lionel Shriver. Ordinary Decent Criminals (aka The Bleeding Heart).
Neal Stephenson. Cryptonomicon. Oy gevalt.
Jacqueline Susann. Valley of the Dolls.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.
- Kingdom of Fear.
Fred Waitzkin. Searching for Bobby Fischer.
Tom Wolfe. Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers.
Notable short stories
John Baxter. The Hands. In Carnell, John (ed) New Writings in SF: 6. Corgi, London, 1965. Argh!!
James Tiptree Jr. The Women Men Don't See. Wanted to see if this had any relevance to DW S3. It doesn't. But I did understand the story much better on the re-read. And Tiptree's relentless prose!
Brian Michael Bendis. Fortune and Glory.
William S. Burroughs. Queer.
Dominique Collon. The Queen of the Night (British Museum Objects in Focus).
Marcel Cohen. In Search of a Lost Ladino.
Michael David Coogan. Stories from Ancient Canaan.
Douglas Coupland. JPod.
Piers Moore Ede. Honey and Dust.
Stefan Fatsis. Word Freaks.
Ian Fleming. Casino Royale.
- Live and Let Die.
Wanda Gag. Millions of Cats.
Niall Griffiths. Runt.
- Sheepshagger.
- Stump.
- Wreckage.
Richard Hammond. On The Edge.
Jonathan Harley. Lost in Transmission.
bell hooks. Bone Black.
Nick Hornby. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree.
- Fever Pitch.
- How to be Good.
Aldous Huxley. Brave New World
- Crome Yellow.
Arvid S. Kapelrud. The Violent Goddess.
Etgar Keret. The Nimrod Flip-Out.
Betty MacDonald. The Egg and I.
Magnus Mills. The Restraint of Beasts.
Me. Return of the Living Dad.
George Orwell. A Clergyman's Daughter.
- Coming up for Air.
- The Road to Wigan Pier.
Paul Radin. The Trickster: a study in American Indian mythology.
Rainbow Spirit Elders. Rainbow Spirit Theology.
Ali Rattansi. Racism: A Very Short Introduction.
Ruth Rendell. A Guilty Thing Surprised.
Lionel Shriver. Ordinary Decent Criminals (aka The Bleeding Heart).
Neal Stephenson. Cryptonomicon. Oy gevalt.
Jacqueline Susann. Valley of the Dolls.
Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.
- Kingdom of Fear.
Fred Waitzkin. Searching for Bobby Fischer.
Tom Wolfe. Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers.
Notable short stories
John Baxter. The Hands. In Carnell, John (ed) New Writings in SF: 6. Corgi, London, 1965. Argh!!
James Tiptree Jr. The Women Men Don't See. Wanted to see if this had any relevance to DW S3. It doesn't. But I did understand the story much better on the re-read. And Tiptree's relentless prose!
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- australia,
- book-mucking,
- books read/bought/borrowed,
- comics,
- feminist science fiction,
- homer sexuality,
- it's the mind: chess and crosswords etc,
- melanin,
- religion,
- religion: tehology,
- religion: the view from babylon,
- science fiction,
- tv: top gear apparently,
- words words words,
- writers: george orwell,
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Yay! Intolerence!
Date: 2007-08-15 05:07 pm (UTC)http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/07/17/news/casper/88d8fdf4b4e017548725731b00006a13.txt
(This is happening in the state I live in)
I need to send TGC after them:
http://www.fearthegaychicken.com
no subject
Date: 2007-08-15 11:13 pm (UTC)Re: Yay! Intolerence!
Date: 2007-08-15 11:47 pm (UTC)I think you'll find this interesting:
Date: 2007-08-24 07:31 pm (UTC)Re: I think you'll find this interesting:
Date: 2007-08-25 08:12 am (UTC)(You're allowed to email me if you want btw - korman@spamcop.net. :-)
Re: I think you'll find this interesting:
Date: 2007-08-25 12:25 pm (UTC)suggestion
Date: 2007-09-14 08:10 am (UTC)Re: suggestion
Date: 2007-09-21 01:14 am (UTC)Re: suggestion
Date: 2007-09-21 06:50 am (UTC)it's a bit unbelievable.. but definantly worth the read. opens your eyes abit on elephants :P they're quite smart!
no subject
Date: 2007-10-06 02:41 pm (UTC)the rush of exhilaration
you thought you'd feel - but
It doesn't come.
...
All you saw was the top of that mountain -
there was no one to tell you
about the Valley of the Dolls.
Re: ARGGHHH
Date: 2007-10-28 11:33 pm (UTC)And, I'm impressed. the list is in alphabetical order by author. How very librarian of you. Maybe you're a member of our secret society.
http://www.slgpublishing.com/prev_rex/prev_rex.html
Re: ARGGHHH
Date: 2007-10-29 12:10 am (UTC)