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I'm currently reading this:



A very interesting book about a very important scientist who is on the same level as Newton, Einstein or Darwin but almost forgotten these days. Humboldt was the first to have an holistic view of the world and thus an important precursor of the Gaia hypothesis. He had actually originally planned to give his book "Kosmos" the title "Gäa" which is German for "Gaia". He was also the world's first ecologist and environmentalist.


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Finding time for the new biography CASANOVA, The World of a Seductive Genius by Laurence Bergreen.  Takes me back to when I read (and still own) the multi-volume collection of the complete memoirs of Casanova.  I used the memoirs as source material for my comedy play in 1976, CASANOVA'S LIPS.  The biography is very well written and contains the elements that made the original memoirs so interesting on so many levels.  Amazing history, possibly embellished.
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Nightside of Eden by Kenneth Grant

About halfway through. Seems more focused and much more creative/inspirational/entertaining than the first book of his I read (The Magical Revival). Thumbs Up
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Salt: A World History - Kurlansky, Mark
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."   -- John F. Kennedy
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Leah Remini Troublemaker

Good book about Remini's 35 years in Scientology and why she finally left the "church".
I read it in two days; much faster than my normal read.
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The Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."   -- John F. Kennedy
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currently reading this-
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It's been a while since I last posted here. I read some great books in the last few months:
Arthur Conan Doyle - Professor Challenger series (The title of the book is "The Lost World", but it turns out it has the whole series and not just the first book.)
Philip K. Dick - The Man in the High Castle (I found his description of the two alternate pasts fascinating, with all their political/social/technological implications. I thought the ending was a bit hasty though.)
Stephen King - Under the Dome (Probably the best I read from him, it took me only three weeks to read it Embarrassed)

I'm currently reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and I'm really enjoying it. It's not as dark as I thought it would be, the Alpine landscapes have something to do with it.
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Reading this now
We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain.

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Just finished reading: Ian Gillan's The Autobiography of Deep Purple's Singer



Mr Gillan comes across as a big headed prat and the book is all about him rather than the music. I struggled to finish it as it was pretty boring reading about how much he can drink every night on tour and never have a hangover. 2/5

Just started re-reading: Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda



Read this in the 70's after Jon Anderson mentioned it in an interview and I enjoyed it but I'm more cynical now so let's see if it still resonates now.
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I've read like six hundred detective novels.
This one's a cool whodunit, but I've found it to be a bit on the easy side: got both the murderer and the method. Good read, though.
Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy: Extensive New Evidence of a Radical Right-wing Conspiracy

A very important and meticulously researched book; a must for anyone interested in mid-20th Century U.S. politics (couldn't find a postable cover image for the life of me) .



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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."   -- John F. Kennedy
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I read Faulkner's As I lay Dying, Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion and Safran Foer's Extemely Loud and Incredibly Close in the past 2 months. All three were quite great.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy: Extensive New Evidence of a Radical Right-wing Conspiracy

A very important and meticulously researched book; a must for anyone interested in mid-20th Century U.S. politics (couldn't find a postable cover image for the life of me) .



perhaps I should be reading that instead of getting a wild hair to start reread the George R.R Martin books as I did today. LOL
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Hey you gotta live.   But yeah the Walker book is outstanding... and long; 800 pages, plus notes.
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