Posted on 01/11/2006 12:04:15 PM PST by MplsSteve
I'm gonna start doing this thread on a quarterly basis.
The last time I did it, I got some very interesting answers from Freepers.
What are you reading? It can be anything. A classic. A technical journal. A trashy pulp novel. Soldier of Fortune magazine. Anything.
I'll start. I'm reading: "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's race for Governor of California and the birth of media politics".
So far, it's not a bad read. But what did you expect? I'm a Pol Sci major.
Well, what are you reading?
Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation by Robert Gildea
Wounds Our Hearts by Petronski (incomplete)
Ellis Peters' (née Edith Pargeter) "The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael".
Neat, convoluted, non-messy-murder mysteries set in 12th century England.
20-some-odd little 200-page-ish paperbacks. Absolutely brilliant!
Collected 'em all and read them as I got them - this is the second time I'm doing the series in-order.
Derek Jacobi played Cadfael on PBS's program "Mystery" (13 eps? done by ITV from 5/1994 thru 12/1998).
Get them and you will love them.
See:
http://www.tv.com/cadfael/show/7244/episode_guide.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22brother+cadfael%22&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
I'm currently reading:
"Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of Psychopaths Among Us"
"Breaking the Habit of Adult Under-Achievement"
"Anne of the Island" (part of the Anne of Green Gables series which I am re-reading)
Yes, but it can be replaced. It was a replica anyhow and I seem to recall reading the rebuild would give archaeologists a chance to look for more artifacts and straighten out some of the errors that were made originally. All I can think of when I hear about the place is the really miserable winter the group spent there: so wet all the time their leather clothes actually rotted off their bodies. The diet was awful: boiled elk and wappato root. To this day I can't understand why Jefferson didn't send a ship to meet them with fresh supplies.
One of my sisters loved that series.
Good point. ;')
Zannger's view is that the Atlantis story is an Egyptian version of the Trojan War (the Iliad having been the national epic of Greece for over 2000 years). I am not favorably impressed with his reasoning. But the rest of the book (so far has been a lot of fun.
Absolutely, but then again he had no way of knowing when the corps would arrive. The Indians would possibly have been trouble with the ship as they had been with others. I guess Jefferson hoped that a ship of any number of nations would be likely to trade at the coast.
It was a horrible winter. We are on the way to setting a record as far as consecutive days of rain. So I have a good idea of what they went though. If they had stayed east 80 miles it would have been colder but with far less rain.
Experts have checked the site and as far as I know still have not located the true location of the fort nor found any artifacts. But, lots of people have volunteered to rebuild (well underway already) and Stimson Lumber donated the logs.
I'm just glad that Martin didn't kill off Tyrion. He is my favorite character. (With Daneryes being my least). Do you know, will the 5th be the last in the series?
Logically you're right. But still that oversight strikes me as very un-Jeffersonian. He was a detail guy who tried to leave nothing to chance. I've always suspected the Corps had been given up for lost or dead in Washington. The way it was received back at St. Louis sort've hints at that. Anyhow, the expedition was an inspiring example of the best of the human spirit. When I measure myself against those men I want to go hide shamefully in a corner!
"Are you sure you're not a typing dog posing as a human on the internet, too..??!!!
WOOF"
I KNEW it!
True enough. My Dad was one of those people -- I'll never forget the day he pulled one of his own front incisors with a pair of pliers! It had gotten knocked loose in a fight and he'd had enough of bothering with it. He was in a bad temper that night though. We were sleeping in an isolated old line rider's cabin in Idaho and a mouse kept making noises in one of the walls. I was drowsing but suddenly came full awake to a flash of light and a horrendous KA-BOOOOOM. He'd shot right through the wall with his deer rifle. We heard no more mouse noises that night.
Humans are adaptive and the strong fit themselves to changing circumstances while the weak, unfortunately, die. Modern science & technology have made it possible for all of us, weak and strong, to live like former kings. I was just pointing out that there'd be a big die-off if we suddenly had to return to the rigors of 1805.
My dad would have done something like that.
I would also like to read the history of the corps from another party member. I'll have to look into it. Our conversation on an obviously shared interest has inspired me.
From the pace of the 4th book...very slowed down, I seriously doubt it. I'd be surprised if the dragons were in Westeros (you know they're coming) by the end of the 5th. Tyrion will not appear at all in the 4th book. Neither will Danaerys. I wouldn't be surprised if this didn't go on as long as it has already has (four more books).
The Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson I just finished This Hallowed Ground by Bruce Catton.
Soooo, what's on the nightstand right now?
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