Jazzmoose Posted August 29, 2007 Report Posted August 29, 2007 I've just finished Slouching Toward Gomorah by Robert Bork. It examines the moral decline of America in our lifetime. It was written in 1995, but is just as applicable today. He feels that the sixties accelerated the decline, but that the decline was already on its way even if the sixties had not happened as they did. He puts particular blame on two elements of the cultural elite - the Supreme Court (and of course all courts in general, including trial courts which are increasingly unable to convict and punish criminals) and the universities, which he says have rejected logic and reason for the goal of equal results. I'm surprised he didn't trace it back to women's suffrage... Quote
BruceH Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 Bork is almost as big a jerk as Allan Bloom. Quote
Kalo Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 Bork is almost as big a jerk as Allan Bloom. Who was an even better cocksucker, so they say... Speaking of Bloom, I've been meaning to get around to reading Saul Bellow's Ravelstein. Quote
7/4 Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 PKD on stand by while I check this out: SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye Quote
Van Basten II Posted September 29, 2007 Report Posted September 29, 2007 Currently reading Balzac's Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (The Harlot High and Low) Quote
Tim McG Posted September 30, 2007 Report Posted September 30, 2007 (edited) Right now: On deck: In the hole: Edited September 30, 2007 by GoodSpeak Quote
BruceH Posted September 30, 2007 Report Posted September 30, 2007 "In the hole"? Wha? Does that you mean you threw it away? I tried to read Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq, by Thomas E. Ricks, but the dang this is just too depressing. Now reading instead---Inversions, by Iain M. Banks. Quote
AndrewHill Posted September 30, 2007 Report Posted September 30, 2007 Aristotle's Complete Works Volume II ....for school..... Quote
porcy62 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Pamela Des Barres "I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie". To balance the above hard working of Ghost. Quote
7/4 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Pamela Des Barres "I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie". To balance the above hard working of Ghost. Been a long time since I read that one. -_- Quote
porcy62 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Pamela Des Barres "I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie". To balance the above hard working of Ghost. Been a long time since I read that one. -_- The first italian translation dated 2006. Quite dull reading, but interesting... for a sociologist or a rock fan. (I am the latter). Quote
7/4 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Pamela Des Barres "I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie". To balance the above hard working of Ghost. Been a long time since I read that one. -_- The first italian translation dated 2006. Quite dull reading, but interesting... for a sociologist or a rock fan. (I am the latter). Amazon shows the 1st edition as June 1987. Man, I feel old. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Picked up some real cheapo SF on Saturday and am just starting into Robert Heinlein's "The number of the beast". MG Quote
rostasi Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Picked up some real cheapo SF on Saturday and am just starting into Robert Heinlein's "The number of the beast". MGHe would've been 100 this year. Quote
ejp626 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Contesting Neoliberalism: Urban Frontiers edited by Leitner, Peck and Sheppard. If it sounds like work, it is. I'm writing the book review for a journal actually. Quote
ejp626 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Picked up some real cheapo SF on Saturday and am just starting into Robert Heinlein's "The number of the beast". MGHe would've been 100 this year. If I recall, it is this one where Heinlein started in on his dirty old man of SF routine (well maybe Time Enough for Love). In fact, there are stretches that are essentially fan-fiction but at a really high level. You'll see what I mean when you get to them. That said, it is an entertaining novel, but not as good as Heinlein in his prime. Quote
rockefeller center Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Just starting a novel by Eric Garcia called "Anonymous Rex." Appears to be a noir-ish detective story set in L.A., except that several of the characters, including the two guys running the detective agency, are actually dinosaurs in human disguises. I'll let you know how that all works out... How did it work out? Quote
Sundog Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 Been reading Letters From The Earth by Mark Twain this week. It certainly deserves a lot more attention than I can give it over my frequently interupted lunch breaks. Quote
7/4 Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 Just starting a novel by Eric Garcia called "Anonymous Rex." Appears to be a noir-ish detective story set in L.A., except that several of the characters, including the two guys running the detective agency, are actually dinosaurs in human disguises. I'll let you know how that all works out... How did it work out? I read Hot & Sweaty Rex. A quick fun read! Quote
Kalo Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 For my reading group: Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, by Garry Wills. Wills is an American treasure, and this might be his finest book. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 Picked up some real cheapo SF on Saturday and am just starting into Robert Heinlein's "The number of the beast". MGHe would've been 100 this year. If I recall, it is this one where Heinlein started in on his dirty old man of SF routine (well maybe Time Enough for Love). In fact, there are stretches that are essentially fan-fiction but at a really high level. You'll see what I mean when you get to them. That said, it is an entertaining novel, but not as good as Heinlein in his prime. Yes, I've noticed some of the in jokes already. Every so often, Heinlein really pisses me off, because he's so right wing. But he tells a good yarn, so I keep trying another book or two. MG Quote
BruceH Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 Picked up some real cheapo SF on Saturday and am just starting into Robert Heinlein's "The number of the beast". MG I never could get through that one. Quote
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