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I just finished reading, and am preparing to reread, Godplayers by someone or other.....dont remember the author...its a very good book, though i hope it is a series...
"The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head."
"Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow." - Kay, Men in Black
"Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow." - Kay, Men in Black
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I am done with "Hearts In Atlantis". It is a most excellent book. Currently, I am reading "The Pelican Brief". So far it is very good.
Duke
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"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
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diego wrote:I'm reading I, Jedi
I, read that. T'was pretty good.
Duke
"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
I started trying to read Ellen Dissanayake's "Homo Aestheticus: What art is for and why"... but it's really poorly written. Her ten-line-long sentences evoke nightmares of Joseph Campbell, which is really sad, since I think she might actually have something to say...
Unfortunately, my patience wore thin (I am an English major, afterall), and aside from offering my services as an editor, I don't think I want any more to do with her.
Beyond that, I'm reading "Yanomamo" for the 2nd or 3rd time...and T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets".
Unfortunately, my patience wore thin (I am an English major, afterall), and aside from offering my services as an editor, I don't think I want any more to do with her.
Beyond that, I'm reading "Yanomamo" for the 2nd or 3rd time...and T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets".
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gwood wrote:I've been reading the non-SF Phillip K. Dick titles-- "Humpty Dumpty in Oakland," currently. Great stuff, life in the late 50s - early 60s.
But the book I always recommend is "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.
I really love "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Phillip K. Dick. I have read it quite a few times.
Duke
"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
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Duke wrote:
I really love "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Phillip K. Dick. I have read it quite a few times.
Duke
Haven't read that one, will look for it my friend's extensive PKD library. Sounds like one of the many, many SF titles. I like the SF, but the handful of non-SF novels are a whole different writer, it seems like. Maybe my fave is "Confessions of a Crap Artist."
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Auntie Dee Dee wrote:"Do Androids Dream..." was the base story for Blade Runner.
Yeah! I want to see the movie so much it hurts, but I have been unable to. I heard the flim was good.
Duke
"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
--Mark Twain
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
--Woody Allen
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Duke wrote:Auntie Dee Dee wrote:"Do Androids Dream..." was the base story for Blade Runner.
Yeah! I want to see the movie so much it hurts, but I have been unable to. I heard the flim was good.
Duke
Make sure you see the director's cut (without Harrison Ford's voiceover).
"Oh yeah, 'ooh!' 'aah!', that's how it always starts, but then later there's running. And then screaming..."
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