Just stylistically similar enough... not a knockoff, but as I read it, I remember thinking to myself "I remember feeling like this; having this much fun with THYOMWSOTWAD!"
Both great, entertaining reads!
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Just stylistically similar enough... not a knockoff, but as I read it, I remember thinking to myself "I remember feeling like this; having this much fun with THYOMWSOTWAD!"
Both great, entertaining reads!
Hey! Just finished his biography a week or so ago. Good read and a lot of band dynamics information. Loved it.
I ordered and finally, finally got Graham Hancock's "Magicians of the Gods" and it is proving to be epic as Heck. He and Randall Carlson are on an episode of the Joe Rogan podcast. That's how I heard about the new book; had seen him in documentaries somewhere before. It took Amazon over a month to deliver, so if you're interested or gifting, plan accordingly.
My loving daughter got this for me to read while I recoup in the wake of surgery. On the 2nd day after the chopping, I had to put it down before I finished the 2nd page. Laughing out loud immediately after getting cut on hurts... ALOT!
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I'm 150 pages into Magicians right now.
Something knocked us on our collective a$$ at the beginning of the Younger Dryas.
Yeah I'm surprised that I've literally never heard more than Carlson and hancock talk about that. Humans for sure got demolished and then built some crazy stuff. That gunong padang thing in Indonesia is going to produce some exciting data in the coming years.
Get well soon, brother. Rest easy. Keep the laughing to a minimumView attachment 826186 Some day I may get enough of Bill Bryson...BUT TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY.
My loving daughter got this for me to read while I recoup in the wake of surgery. On the 2nd day after the chopping, I had to put it down before I finished the 2nd page. Laughing out loud immediately after getting cut on hurts... ALOT!
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"The Art of Racing in the Rain" - Garth Stein
The story of a young family of three told from the family dog's perspective.
The father is a talented up and coming race car driver.
The dog loves watching tapes of his master's races and famous races along with other TV shows as he's left home on his own a lot during the day.
According to an educational program the dog has seen on The Discovery Channel the Mongolian people have a belief that after a a good dog dies it returns in the next life as a man after running free in sunny mountain meadows for a short time. Enzo the Dog is already a man trapped in a dog body.
Very good read!
The story of a young family of three told from the family dog's perspective.
The father is a talented up and coming race car driver.
The dog loves watching tapes of his master's races and famous races along with other TV shows as he's left home on his own a lot during the day.
According to an educational program the dog has seen on The Discovery Channel the Mongolian people have a belief that after a a good dog dies it returns in the next life as a man after running free in sunny mountain meadows for a short time. Enzo the Dog is already a man trapped in a dog body.
Very good read!
View attachment 826186 Some day I may get enough of Bill Bryson...BUT TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY.
My loving daughter got this for me to read while I recoup in the wake of surgery. On the 2nd day after the chopping, I had to put it down before I finished the 2nd page. Laughing out loud immediately after getting cut on hurts... ALOT!
Today is that day...imagine that?!
It is not nearly in a league with any other book he's written.
I have "Words Will Break Cement" and "Truth Is Tranger Than Publicity" on the way from the intrawebs. Whichever arrives first, I suppose.
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"Beasts of No Nation" - Uzodinma Iweala
A West African teenage boy's village is overrun by rebel soldiers. His father killed, his mother and sister having been taken away a couple of days before by a UN truck. Agu is automatically taken into the rebel group and learns to become a boy soldier - it is that or be killed. Learns to fight and kill, surviving on minimum food, clothing, or care.
People who basically have nothing killing other people who are in the same condition. Or fighting, running, and hiding from the Government troops who have superior weaponry.
What it is to be young in war torn West Africa.
Small book. Fast read. Not pretty.
A West African teenage boy's village is overrun by rebel soldiers. His father killed, his mother and sister having been taken away a couple of days before by a UN truck. Agu is automatically taken into the rebel group and learns to become a boy soldier - it is that or be killed. Learns to fight and kill, surviving on minimum food, clothing, or care.
People who basically have nothing killing other people who are in the same condition. Or fighting, running, and hiding from the Government troops who have superior weaponry.
What it is to be young in war torn West Africa.
Small book. Fast read. Not pretty.
I've had this on my bookshelf since '83,
Mostly, I've just looked at the pictures…
… and there's a whole lot more. I have some on my phone too, as wallpaper etc.. They've been like interplanetary traveling companions, in one way or another, for decades. But there's lots of info. in there too. And it's about time I sat down and actually read it. I had a little scan the other day which lit this futuristic fuse. Should be fun.
Mostly, I've just looked at the pictures…
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