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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,935

    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    23scidoo said:

    That’s a good one. It’s been a while since I read it and I was thinking about it a few weeks ago so maybe time for a re-read. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,935
    23scidoo said:

    That’s a good one. It’s been a while since I read it and I was thinking about it a few weeks ago so maybe time for a re-read. 
    Top 20 sci fi books ever!!
    There is also a mini series based on this..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,935
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?
    Only you W!!
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,821
    I recently re-read "The Basketball Diaries" by Jim Carroll.

    I first read it when I was the same age as the author when he wrote it, so it has a lot of meaning, though I didn't experience anything similar to him.
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,556
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?

    I usually skim them, wishing I had skipped it.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    23scidoo said:
    23scidoo said:

    That’s a good one. It’s been a while since I read it and I was thinking about it a few weeks ago so maybe time for a re-read. 
    Top 20 sci fi books ever!!
    There is also a mini series based on this..

    Interesting.

    What are your other top 19?
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    edited July 2022

    static111 said:
    brianlux said:
    static111 said:
    @brianlux I was wondering if you have read any Wendell Berry?  He seems like someone that is very aligned with your close to nature pro environment worldview.  He just came up on my radar, via his essay The Idea Of A Local Economy, and I was hoping you had some reccomendations? 

    Hey static111 , sorry for the late response, just saw this.
    Yes, I have read several books by Berry.  One of my very favorites is a collection of his stories called, The Wild Birds.  But one of my other favorite novels of his that I loved is Nathan Coulter and, in terms of his fiction, that would be a better place to start, partly because it is excellent, and partly because it gives you a good sense of some of the characters in Wild Birds like Uncle Burley. Remembering is also a fine shorter work.
    For Berry's non fiction, I would definitely recommend The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. It's probably his most widely recognized work and considered a classic in American letters.  That book lit a spark in me when I read it in 1988 that still resonates.  I keep a card file on all books I read and at the top of that card I listed it as "essential."
    The 80's were a transitional time in my life, and ready people like Wendell Berry and Edward Abbey helped me hugely,  Many of those books were like a compass for my life.  I wrote to Mr. Berry and a few weeks later, received at rather lengthy hand typed letter in which he addressed some of my concerns. 
    And the one day in (around) 2004 or so, I was given tickets to see Berry do a reading at the Crest Theater in Sacramento.  After the reading I met him very briefly and told him how grateful I was for his work and his guidance.  He looked at me sheepishly and said, "Thank you, I'm glad I did something right."  I thought, "Oh my God, you are Wendell Berry.  Of course you did!"  But of course I just smiled in embarrassment and said, "Oh yes!  Thank you so much!"
    Also, about 5 years ago I was talking to Ken Sanders, a long time major book seller from Salt Lake City, and Ken told me stories about he and Wendell going fishing and camping together.  At one point he looked right at me and told me quite seriously, "I believe Wendell Berry is the greatest living American writer of today."  I nodded in agreement.
    I hope you find some works of his to be enjoying.  I think you very likely will!

    Oh, I almost forgot to mention his books of poetry.  Collected Poems 1957-1982 is excellent.   And, yes,  that's a fine essay you came across!
    Thanks Brian.  My first purchase of his work is the April 2002 issue of harper's that feature's the essay The Idea of A local Economy.  I could only find a partial of the text online and wanted to check out the whole essay.  I was thinking of starting with The Unsettling of America and going from there.  I will definitely take your recommendations into consideration going forward. Just when I thought I had read all the life changing authors I would come across in my life! So many books so little time.

    Hey, static111 once again, sorry for the late response.  All to often, my stylus gets stuck on AMT!
    You're very welcome and I'm really happy for you having discovered Wendell Berry.  I know exactly what you mean about how great it is to find a new favorite author.  I'm that way with music too, though I must say, neither happen very frequently these day.  But when they do, oh joy!



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,935
    23scidoo said:
    23scidoo said:

    That’s a good one. It’s been a while since I read it and I was thinking about it a few weeks ago so maybe time for a re-read. 
    Top 20 sci fi books ever!!
    There is also a mini series based on this..

    Interesting.

    What are your other top 19?
    Some of my favourites..
    Valis - Philip Dick
    Neuromancer - William Gibson
    The three body problem - Cixin Liu
    Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
    Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
    Solaris - Stanislaw Rem
    Exhalation - Ted Chiang
    The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury 
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    23scidoo said:
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?
    Only you W!!
    W, reading the intro is like going to a buffet and loading up at the salad bar, what the hell man? 
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Malroth said:
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?

    I usually skim them, wishing I had skipped it.
    Damn straight.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,935
    23scidoo said:
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?
    Only you W!!
    W, reading the intro is like going to a buffet and loading up at the salad bar, what the hell man? 
    What's wrong with the salad??..haha
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    23scidoo said:
    23scidoo said:
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?
    Only you W!!
    W, reading the intro is like going to a buffet and loading up at the salad bar, what the hell man? 
    What's wrong with the salad??..haha
    I forgot my audience in this instance, even Greek salad is delicious. 😁
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,935
    23scidoo said:
    23scidoo said:
    Anybody else have the habit of skipping the Introduction in books?
    Only you W!!
    W, reading the intro is like going to a buffet and loading up at the salad bar, what the hell man? 
    What's wrong with the salad??..haha
    I forgot my audience in this instance, even Greek salad is delicious. 😁
     :) 
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893

    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited August 2022
    So stoked to finally have these collected in a trade paperback!



    It had been out of print for the longest time, but I think Isaiah’s appearance in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier may have been enough to finally get a reprint. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,797
    It was ok....the ending was better than most of the book.  Cool concept but perhaps a little too slow in developing.

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    Pap said:


    Heavy but essential reading.  This would be an easy candidate for any high school reading list.  Hard truths about our history that every young adult and up in America would do well to read. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    edited August 2022
    brianlux said:
    Pap said:


    Heavy but essential reading.  This would be an easy candidate for any high school reading list.  Hard truths about our history that every young adult and up in America would do well to read. 
    It's an interesting read so far. Three chapters in, and the main theme is deception.
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025