100 Books

re: 100 Books

William — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:41:00 GMT

Actually, you have a very good point there. Especially nowadays, he could have come up with some more hard core stuff than that, like in the Punisher. Did you see the Punisher by the way, for some reason I'm really digging it.

re: 100 Books

William — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:52:00 GMT

I love Dumas writing style and I loved the first part of the book. I was very disapointed whith the way the revenge took shape, and it had such promise . I guess I was hoping for something more than:

"I am he whom you sold and dishonored--I am he whose betrothed you prostituted--I am he upon whom you trampled that you might raise yourself to fortune--I am he whose father you condemned to die of hunger--I am he whom you also condemned to starvation, and who yet forgives you, because he hopes to be forgiven--I am Edmond Dantès!"

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:41:00 GMT

Shogun was excellent! Ok, I'm starting to realize I'm the least well read of the bunch. But Angel, how could you hate the Count? I'm crushed ;-).

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:34:00 GMT

Have read:
1,2,4(pf),5,6,7,8,9,11,15,17,20,22,23,24,25,29,30,32,34,36,39(pf),43,44(ugh, sorry Bill),46,47,51,52,53,54,63,64,70,87,89,91,92.

Adding three books.
Shogun James Clavell
The Phoenix Guards, Steven Brust
Jaka's Story, Dave Sim (I am cheating, this is a comic book)

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:22:00 GMT

I read NRO and have forever (well, before there was NRO I read the print version which I still have a subscription to). I got mad at them when they had their little span with http://www.anncoulter.com the diva, but I got over it. Goldberg is really funny and Lowry is always a good read. WFB is cool but a bit long winded for fun reading. I may have to take a look at the book though, the desc on Amazon looks pretty neat.

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:13:00 GMT

How about WFB Jr? I just finished God and Man at Yale, am about to read Up From Liberalism.

Even if you disagree with his politics (I do, in a few ways), WFB's writing makes the ride worthwhile.

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:29:00 GMT

cool post. I command Andy to fix his RSS! Agree on if you like Animal Farm you'll probably dig Watership Down.

http://www.scottcreynolds.com/PermaLink.aspx?guid=f0b69074-f067-4be2-bffe-5170d86fb590

there's mine.

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 02:14:00 GMT

Thanks Andy, looks like I got some reading to do (Watership Down)

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:53:00 GMT

Cr@p I accidentaly hit submit the Watership Down part should be:

On Watership Down, my Dad read it to me when I was little and I read it again a few times as I got older. It's very much about social relationships and how societies function. It an alagory about a bunch of rabbits. Books that are like it would be "Animal Farm"-Orwell, "the Cold Moons"-Aeron Clement, "The Plauge"-Camus. So if you like any of those you will probably enjoy Watership Down.

If you have a choice of reading the Hitch Hikers guide series or Watership Down, read Watership Down.

re: 100 Books

William — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:48:00 GMT

On your Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy question. Yes, they are excellent books. Very funny books. If you are looking for a deep intellectual read they are definitely not that though. They are just good fun, much much lighter subject matter than say "The Lord of The Rings" type stuff. I am not a big Science fiction fan so it must be very good in order for me to read it all the way through. I read the first few when I was in high-school. A friend in one of my math classes gave them to me. She was hot so started reading them to humor her. I promptly read all of the ones that were out at the time. It takes about a weekend to read all five books. They go really fast.

On Water Ship Down

I am really not into politics at all so I rarely read political books so other than general political and social philosophy books like Rand's Atlas shrugged I really haven't read much at all in that genre.