Allow me now to applaud your priorities, sir. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 15:17:02 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Roll Call: What are you reading? I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume this comment is made tongue in cheek. The sentiment itself is one widely held and it annoys me mightily because books remain an entertainment bargain. Conversely, you never hear anyone comment on how expensive video games are or how expensive text messaging is (I just found out my son - who currently does not have a pot to piss in - is spending $90 a month for his cell phone - how many books a month would THAT buy?). (This is right up there with my favorite pet peeve which is when people see all the books in my living room, bedroom and office and invariably, incredulously, ask "Did you read ALL these books?" Yet, I have a several carousels containing hundreds of DVDs and nobody has ever asked me if I have watched ALL those movies). Further, a book, especially a hardcover book, is a gift that keeps on giving. My daughter is currently reading my hardcover copy of "Beloved." My son has read all my Easy Rawlins mysteries and then, when he began purchasing them on his own, I read his copies. Lastly, it is possible to purchase a hardcover book for the same price as a previously viewed DVD at Blockbuster. I shop the bargain table at Barnes and Noble all the time. As I like to say, you gotta have priorities. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer <clockwork...@...> wrote: > > How do you folks find the budget to buy all these books!!! > > c w m > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:54 PM, B Smith <daikaij...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Tobias is biracial. His father was from Grenada and his mother was English. > > So no culture vulturing going on with him. > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, "Kelwyn" > > <ravenadal@> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the heads-up on "Sly Mongoose." I will add it to my queue. I > > thoroughly enjoyed "Ragamuffin." Wish a black person had written it (one > > prolly did but, unlike Mr. Buckell, could not get it published) but beggars > > like me ("were born to run!" no, wait, uh...) can't be choosers. > > > > > > ~rave! > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, "B > > Smith" <daikaiju66@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm reading the third book in Tobias Buckell's Ragamuffin series, Sly > > > > Mongoose. The series is a great space opera with the main characters > > > > hailing from colonies settled by Caribbean folk and Aztecs > > > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Sly-Mongoose-Tobias-S-Buckell/dp/0765319209 > > > > <http://www.amazon.com/Sly-Mongoose-Tobias-S-Buckell/dp/0765319209> > > > > > > > > This book deals with the fallout from overthrowing the series big bads > > > > and finding out they were a control mechanism set in place by an older > > > > and even more enigmatic race. They see uncontrolled sentience as > > > > dangerous and since humanity has thrown off that leash they take steps > > > > to end it. > > > > > > > > So far we've got scorched planets, space battles and did I mention the > > > > zombies? It's a hell of a ride. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Omari Confer <clockworkman@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > *Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy* by > > > > > Lawrence Lessig <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: File:Lessig > > > > > > > > > remix.jpg]< > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Lessig_remix.jp\ > > <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Lessig_remix.jp>> > g> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am reading "Queen City Jazz" by Kathleen Ann Goonan and > > thoroughly > > > > > > enjoying her post apocalyptic novel. It is eerily precognitive > > about > > > > the > > > > > > incipient dangers of giving too much of our lives over to "smart" > > > > tech. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~rave! > > > > > > > > > > > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal > > > > > > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > READ MY BLOG > > > > > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com > > > > > STRING THEORY > > > > > http://stringtheory.podbean.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > READ MY BLOG > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com > STRING THEORY > http://stringtheory.podbean.com > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/
