John Adams
John Adams
What Happened.
By Crooked Hillery
Available on Amazon for 15 bucks, Amazon.com
Hope you didn't purchase that garb.
A Time to Betray: The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran
https://www.amazon.com/Time-Betray-Astonishing-Double-Revolutionary-ebook/
^lol
The world's shortest book
The upside from a blokey cooking perspective is that the recipes are have very short ingredient lists and very simple preparation instructions
These...
I finally finished The Three Body Problem. Being translated from Chinese , I had a problem keeping the names of the characters straight, many of the names being similar . So I finally got back to it.
I started from the beginning and on a note pad I wrote the names with a brief explanation of who they were. I am glad I did because it is one of the best Sci-Fi books I have read in a long time.
I highly recommend it .
I am reading the second book right now , which is Ok . but as usually is the case, not as good as the first book.
I Heard that Netflix is making a movie out of it. It would be interesting to see how they accomplish that.
Anyway .
The Three Body Problem, a must read book IMO .
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.
...well, if not a must read, then certainly an interesting one...I much prefer the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (I'm on book 3 now): no English-speaking aliens, no magical appearances, no multi-dimensional travel...instead, the story of a group of Mars pioneers struggling to terraform the planet...lots of science, particularly geology, and maps. An engrossing read...
Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd
In the past 10 to 20 years the Science Fiction genre has collapsed IMO , That's why I get excited when I find a book that is innovative, imaginative, and touches on social issues and concepts without being didactic .
The Chinese perspective was informative , most books treat them as caricatures. And The Cultural revolution era was very interesting.
Being retired and not sleeping well , I read a lot, and it can get expensive, so I use Kindle Unlimited. You cant imagine the crap that is being published now days. Especially on Kindle unlimited. I have dozens of Sci-Fi books that I have not made it through the first 20%.
The Mars trilogy was also written in the nineties, and sounds interesting. For many of these older Sci-fi books I find the science a bit dated. As soon as I finish the book I am reading right now I will give it a shot.
Thank you for the suggestion.
If you have not yet, and is interested in Mars, try Stranger in a strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.
Right now I am reading the Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey. In the book, Nixey argues that early Christians deliberately destroyed classical Greek and Roman cultures and caused the Dark Ages. It makes for interesting reading IMO.
I started to read Still Life by Val Madrid, another crime thriller that failed to thrill. It was okay but too easy to put down and I'll read it when I have nothing else back in Thailand.
The Guest List by Lucy Foley is another that I'll take back and wait for a very rainy day. It switches from person to person on a chapter basis and fails to grip. Has good reviews as well but not from me.
I've picked up Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi, it also has a decent review so hope it succeeds where the other two didn't.
BTW, has anyone read Stephen Fry's account of Troy? I was going to buy it this afternoon but for some reason or other put it back.
Currently reading "The Old Curiosity Shop" published in 1840 by Charles Dickens. Took a while to get into it and get in sync with the style, but thoroughly enjoying it now and reading about gambling addictions and other social issues in that age. Fascinating story!
Dickens is still fucking brilliant, isn't he.
I read 'A Tale of Two Cities' when I was 14 and it changed my life.
No shit.
[QUOTE=cyrille;4315192]I read 'A Tale of Two Cities' when I was 14 and it changed my life.
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Really, how?
I have it on my book shelf and haven't got around to reading it yet.
This book changed my life....
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