i havent read that one yet.. i didnt notice the car thing


im reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm, steak.



I'm reading Dan Simmon's Ilium and Sissela Bok's Lying

i finished roberson cruesoe last week.. my personal favorite is 1984 by George Orwell.. and of course Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. but 1984 is my number 1

David Mitchell, Ghostwritten, Best of I.F. Stone and All Governments Lie: A Biography of I. F. Stone

I sure like I.F. Stone. Good thinker, fine writer.

I just finished a fiction entitled, "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholoas Monserrat. Good read.

B

Lots of good titles here.

I'm currently reading "Under and Alone" by Joseph Pistone. The author of Donnie Brasco.
The true story of an ATF agent who infiltrated the Monguls Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.

Very interesting book.

Danny

brave new world is the one in which certain types of women are described as "very pneumatic" right? i always enjoyed that image.

tom w

If you liked Huxley and Orwell you'll love Ayn Rand.

I think when I was a Senior in HS Atlas Shrugged was on the list just after Huxley.

I've been reading Joe Pepitone's autobiography. I'll bet you guys didn't know that he wrote an autobiography. Joe Pep was one wacky dude back in the day. Great baseball player.

Some Inspector Banks novels. Light stuff. The character is growing on me, but I still prefer Rebus.

Ayn Rand rocks
 

I don't think there ever was a writer who was as good an apologist for capitalism as Rand was. Guess that's why business schools have made her required reading for so long. I read a short bio on her and wasn't surprised to learn that her youth was spent in Imperial Russia. She came here fleeing the Bolsheviks.

The Fountainhead was great, too. Any of you architects here read that?

Ian's good
 

I love Ian Rankin's books, too, Zeus. Rebus is an interesting character. I worry about him, though. What's he going to do when he finally has to retire? Lucky for him, he's just make-believe.

Have you read her semi-autobiographical, "We the Living"? It's her best novel, IMO, though not her best propaganda. Probably why it is not required reading.

B

Yeah, he is a great character, isn't he? It'll be interesting to see what happens with him and if Rankin will keep Siobahn going in a new series...