Posted on 01/08/2008 7:59:25 AM PST by MplsSteve
We have a great Gos’d Graves and Glypsh group here. Blam Recommended the book....Voyages of the Pyramid Builders.
I’ll be reading it.
I’m currently reading On The Road..... sucks
Darby’s Rangers..... also poor.
I pick up great tips here on FR. I always like Steve’s quarterly thread. And Freepers tend to be far more intelligent, erudite, and sophisticated than the average blokes out there.
I did read “In Cold Blood” during my Truman Capote escapade last fall. I thought he was overrated as a writer, although he is the quintessential Southern Gothic. My take was, his debut novel “Other Voices, Other Rooms” was a literary sensation because it had a obvious and sympathetic homosexual character. I thought it was an average novel. However, “In Cold Blood” was an incredible detailed effort. What a lot of talent he put into that! I still plan to read “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
>>So Euclid first, then Ptolemy?
Definitely Euclid first. Thomas Heath’s commentaries are a really good read.
I used some of the Cross Sum puzzles for extra credit years ago. It gave my students some basic math practice, and caused them to do some thinking.
He has done several series since The Ashes. I think he died in ‘04. He was certainly a prolific writer. I have never read any of his western series.
I read his "Baroque Cycle" when they were in hardback. C'mon Neal, write more!
"Cryptonomicon" is still his best.
I’ll try that at some point. Right now, I will on a rare occasion hand out Su Doku puzzles from a magazine that I picked up for $1.99. I rip the page out and give them two puzzles when they’re finished early. Keeps them busy, and they enjoy it. (And I have the answers handy!)
Gotta love an author with the balls to name his characters things like “Half-Cocked Jack” and “Hiro Protagonist”.
I've made it through the City of God once-the second time I tried, I got 'bogged down' in all the defunct deities and superstitions of Rome, and gave out around pagan Roman marital customs or thereabouts. I think the next time, I'll just start with book 10.
I’m reading a true horror.
Bay Buchanan’s book, “The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton”
When I sub, I do the same. I also keep some Word Search that I can tear out and give to them. One of the Algebra teachers has an on-line site where she prints out Su Doku, etc.
I forgot all about Breakfast at Tiffany’s!Thanks for the reminder.
I DID see the movie long ago.
Actually I’ve given up reading novels for a good while. I quit smoking almost 3 months ago as well. Starting to wonder if the two were related in some way (sitting in one place made me want to smoke a lot)
So, I am currently “between reads”. Just finished “1824: The Arkansas War” by Eric Flint. Sort of breezing through the Zelazny “Amber” novels to tide me through until I can get new stuff. With the political stuff heating up in the real world, I’ve been in a light mood for reading lately.
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I love these threads! I always find at least one promising suggestion. I looked up the author on Amazon and have ordered the first in her series. I am an historical mystery fan (especially Anne Perry's William Monk series.)
Thanks for the tip.
You are most welcome. I read mostly military history, but I love a really good mystery. Lately, I have been reading English period mysteries. I like the war years/early 30’s stuff, but discovered Captain Lacey through my searches on Amazon.
The books really have the feel of the Regency period. Captain Lacey is a really interesting character with a very complex personality.
yeah, I love the amount of research that obviously went into a work of this scope.
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