Luko:

j0z3r:

dutyje:

Jozer - is that Huxley?

Yes it is. And it's good to see you back, certain among us were beginning to think you had gone the way of the Lassy. Not me of course, I knew you'd come hobbling back. :)

Kudos for that. Brave New World is one of those classics that's been on my to-read list for about two decades. The only ones I've really knocked off were The Sound and the Fury and Ulysses. That there is some tough sledding.

So tell me, should I tackle Huxley? Figuratively, I mean, of course.

I haven't quite finished it yet, but I think it is a worthwhile read. So yes, I'd say it would be worth your time to scratch it off of your "to read" list. At worst you've wasted a bit of time and found a novel you don't care for, right?

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"Beliefs are neat. Cherish them, but don't share them like they're the truth" Bill Hicks

Just finished reading in the last week The Appeal and The Broker by John Grisham as well as The warrior Elite which for anyone that is interested in Navy Seals and the training they go through to become a seal this is a great book by far the most interesting book on the subject I have ever read and I have read just about anything I can find on Military special ops. If this stuff appeals to you another excellent book is Lone Survivor my Marcus Luttrell. I am about to start Mortal prey by John Sanford which I am sure will be a good read since all of the other prey books have been. But still the best books of all time in my humble opinion are The Godfather and Where the red fern grows which I have read each 5-10 times.

Loved the godfather

I'm thinking my next book is going to be Liar's Poker, a Wall Street brokerage firm tell-all written by Michael Lewis, who was the author of an excellent article Urbi linked to somewhere in here.

Brave New World is actually a pretty quick & breezy read, Luko. I think you could knock that one off your list in no time, if you wanted.

Catcher in the Rye is a bit like the movie The Graduate, in that you really have to get your head into the culture that existed when it came out if it's going to do anything for you. At the time, a kid like Holden was practically unheard of (esp. in respectable literature). It became a huge hit because so many kids at the time (see Luko's advice about reading it when you're 14-17) instantly identified with Holden's disillusionment with the world of his parents and teachers. Part of Salinger's accomplishment is Holden's voice; the book reads from first to last like something written by a kid just like Holden Caulfield, which is not an easy thing to pull off.

As for Holden being the catcher, doody, and his sister keeping him from going over the edge, the thing is he pretty much did go over the edge. I don't want to drop a spoiler on anybody who hasn't read it yet, but by the end of the book Holden is pretty darn fucked up. So what happens when the catcher goes over the edge?

All that said, I was still underwhelmed by it. I didn't read it when I was 14-17.

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Luko:

I'm thinking my next book is going to be Liar's Poker, a Wall Street brokerage firm tell-all written by Michael Lewis, who was the author of an excellent article Urbi linked to somewhere in here.

I'm bettin' that's a fascinating read, Luko.

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Stoogee:

Just finished reading in the last week The Appeal and The Broker by John Grisham

I love Grisham. The Broker was good but The Appeal was easily the most profund book Grisham has written. It left me sitting there at the end questioning my political stances. Great book.

Have you had the displeasure of trying to suffer through the Innocent Man though? I haven't been able to finish it, I pick it read a few pages and damn near fall asleep.

Luko-Liars Poker is a great book-especially if you enjoy the wall street/financier type books (which I do) also Wolf of Wall Street and Born to Steal are two more good ones.

 

 

But if your interested in those reads then Den Of Thieves is a must read

The Palestine - Israeli Conflict, by Dan Cohn-sherbok and Dawoud El-alami two Professors at University of Wales, Lampeter.
The authors are, as their names suggest an Israeli and a Palestinian. I believe these two gentlmen toured the US this past summer and did the talk show circuit.
A very informative book with very minimal judgements made. It is a cronological order of this conflicts' events from 1862 up to 2001.
There is some fascinating reading in this book.

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Sounds like it.

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laker1963:

The Palestine - Israeli Conflict, by Dan Cohn-sherbok and Dawoud El-alami two Professors at University of Wales, Lampeter.
The authors are, as their names suggest an Israeli and a Palestinian. I believe these two gentlmen toured the US this past summer and did the talk show circuit.
A very informative book with very minimal judgements made. It is a cronological order of this conflicts' events from 1862 up to 2001.
There is some fascinating reading in this book.

I might look into that one. Sounds interesting.

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"If life was fair, ELVIS would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead." Johnny Carson

Tonight it was newest ccom catalog. For some reason, I can stop singing "I left my wallet in El Segundo."

I don't know that one. Hum a few bars.

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madurofan:

Stoogee:

Just finished reading in the last week The Appeal and The Broker by John Grisham

I love Grisham. The Broker was good but The Appeal was easily the most profund book Grisham has written. It left me sitting there at the end questioning my political stances. Great book.

Have you had the displeasure of trying to suffer through the Innocent Man though? I haven't been able to finish it, I pick it read a few pages and damn near fall asleep.

only grisham book i am yet to be able to finish