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Flatland
Edwin Abbott Abbott
ISBN 0899665764
Flatland is one of the very few novels about
math and philosophy that can appeal to almost any layperson. Published
in 1880, this short fantasy takes us to a completely flat world of two
physical dimensions where all the inhabitants are geometric shapes, and
who think the planar world of length and width that they know is all there
is. But one inhabitant discovers the existence of a third physical dimension,
enabling him to finally grasp the concept of a fourth dimension. Watching
our Flatland narrator, we begin to get an idea of the limitations of our
own assumptions about reality, and we start to learn how to think about
the confusing problem of higher dimensions. The book is also quite a funny
satire on society and class distinctions of Victorian England.
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The
Recursive Universe
William Poundstone
ISBN 0 19 285173 X
"A startling innovative and fascinating way of discussing
the deepest problems of existence" Isaac Asimov.
"Fascinating, compelling, and instructive" Roger
Penrose.
Why should an electron weigh 0.000000000000000000000000000091096
grams? Why is the speed of light 299,792.456 kilometers per second? Might
these numbers have been a little different?
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Gödel,
Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R Hofstadter
ISBN 0 394 74502 7
Everything is a symbol, and symbols can combine to form
patterns. Patterns are beautiful and revelatory of larger truths. These
are the central ideas in the thinking of Kurt Gšdel, M.C. Escher, and
Johann Sebastian Bach, perhaps the three greatest minds of the past quarter-millennium.
In a stunning work of humanism, Hofstadter ties together the work of mathematician
Gšdel, graphic artist Escher, and composer Bach.
Gšdel, Escher, Bach, a Pulitzer prize-winning treatise on genius, explores
the workings of brilliant people's brains with the help of historical
examples and brainteaser puzzles. Not for the dim or the lazy, this book
shows you, more clearly than most any other, what it means to see symbols
and patterns where others see only the universe. Touching on math, computers,
literature, music, and artificial intelligence, Gšdel, Escher, Bach is
a challenging and potentially life-changing piece of writing.
R. Serena Wakefield (chibieudial@chickmail.com) from
Boca Raton, Florida, USA , September 4, 1999
Mandatory reading Absolute, unmitigated genius.
Hofstadter takes difficult concepts in several different fields (mathematics,
philosophy, psychology, music, biology, art, and even religion), explains
them lucidly and even humorously, and brings them all together into a
single unified whole. This book is an absolutely indispensible part of
a modern liberal arts education.
Metamagical
Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
Douglas R Hofstadter
ISBN 0 465 04540 5
Hofstadter's bestselling collection of brilliant and quirky
essays has been reissued to coincide with the paperback release of Fluid
Concepts and Creative Analogies. "Reading Metamagical Themas is perhaps
the closest thing imaginable to taking a voyage through a mind."
Arthur Fischer (afischer@ucalgary.ca) from Calgary,
Alberta, Canada , June 15, 1999
Many, many, many topics. In this collection of articles from his days
as a regular with "Scientific American," Hoftstadter covers everything
from self-referential statements (like this one), the Rubik's Cube, nuclear
proliferation, the prisoner's dilemma, sexist language, fonts, and more.
Surprisingly, most of these topics become intertwined throughout the work
(in fact, one of Hofstadter's goals). It's amazing as he runs the gamut,
and you see the connections being built!
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Making
History
Stephen Fry
ISBN 0 099464 810
"A powerful imaginative pull that keeps the pages
turning while the tea goes cold and the cat gets the goldfish."
Independent.
Availing himself of that durable literary device, time
travel, Fry entangles Michael Young, history student at Cambridge University,
in a scheme to prevent the birth of Adolf Hitler. An unwitting prey to
dozens of the author's entertaining traps--yes, this is a funny novel,
albeit an uneasily amusing one--the first trap being his desire to publish
his thesis, sort of a "Hitler: The Early Years" written up as a novel.
For help he turns to Professor Leo Zuckermann, physicist and son of an
SS doctor. The professor burns to purge himself of this parentage, and
happens to have invented a time machine; Young happens to have some male
sterilization pills he stole from his ex-girlfriend, a geneticist. So
they time-transport the pills to poison the wellwater of Adolf's would-be
father. That works, but--shazaam!--both Young and Zuckermann inadvertently
fall into the time machine. They separately reappear at Princeton University,
circa 1996, where the world appears not to have heard of Adolf Hitler.
History has, however, produced a Rudolf Glober, under whose aegis Zuckermann's
father led a more "successful" career than under Hitler, so Young and
Zuckermann must, once they reunite, reenter the time machine and restore
history as it was. A simultaneously zany and serious yarn spinner, Fry
creates here a bizarre but skillfully controlled alternative world, with
the virtuoso pacing and tension that attract readers.
Paperweight
Stephen Fry
ISBN 0 7493 1397 8
"Appallingly funny" Daily Telegraph.
A reader from British Columbia, Canada , November 6,
1998
A Fry for all seasons! Stephen Fry's Paperweight provides well-thought
arguments, witty jabs at deserving targets, and most importantly lots
of laughs. Out-loud-laughs. Do take this book on the bus. This is a collection
of various articles, reviews, and radio sketches (plus a play), all easily
digestible and quick reads - a good thing, since you'll want to read them
over and over. (If you're looking for a present for an associate, score
some brownie points and get them Fry's Paperweight instead of the traditional
glass one!)
A reader , August 4, 1997
Fry takes to heart the bacon of his years. Mr. Fry's 'Paperweight'
is indeed just that: a heavy-ish object which may be utilised to confine
smaller, unbound bits of paper. It has the requistite bulk, a pleasing
shape, and an interesting cover, featuring Mr. Fry himself.
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Sly
Rick Feneley
ISBN 0 330 35679 8
Heartwarming, funny, compelling ... a Huck Finn for the
nineties.
**** I can't find it
online (yet) ****
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Foucault's
Pendulum
Umberto Eco
ISBN 0 330 31497 1
A reader from New Hampshire , September 8, 1999
Total Masterpiece. For better or for worse, this book has changed
my life. Not that I have become some paranoid conspiracy theorist, but
I was inspired to discover the larger story hidden beneath our "known"
history. Many of the reviewers comment on the difficulty of plodding through
the density contained in this novel, going so far as to blame it on the
writer's sanctimonious ego for its inclusion. I think these people are
missing the boat, ignoring the fact that this density is what is require
of the novel to make evident its meaning. I was fascinated and entranced
by the extensive historical details, insofar as to say it was those aspects
were what made this read so pleasurable. The message of the book, exemplified
by Abulafia's skill at piecing together esoteric bits of information goes
to show us how seemingly incoherent events of time shape our story of
history. Eco shows us that the story can be changed, altered, and tailored;
an alternate view of history revealed. Does this new history have any
less validity than the accepted one? Eco makes the case that it doesn't,
but also not to stress over it. This is the final revelation of the protagonist.
Enjoy the density, enjoy the history. This is a fantastic opportunity
to glimpse back in time.
The
Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa)
Umberto Eco, Humberto Eco
ISBN: 0156001314
JSJapp@aol.com from Miami , August 31, 1999
Outstanding!! This was the first book of Eco's that I'd read, and
I was totally engrossed with the story. The allegories convey ideas on
many levels, and it's a book that allows readers to walk away with different
levels of insight, depending on the individual reader's personal knowledge.
Just as with "Ulysses" and "Moby Dick," what you gain from reading this
book is proportionate to what you bring to the table. I see myself rereading
this book ten years from now and, hopefully, understanding it on a higher
level. Anyway, this is a must read, and don't let the Latin intimidate
you.
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Gatton
Man
Merv Lilley
ISBN 0 86914 344 4
The Gatton murders solved? A father and son story like
no other.
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Funny
Boy
Shyam Selvadurai
ISBN 0 7710 7950 8
A boy's bittersweet passage to maturity is hauntingly
set against growing political tensions in Sri Lanka.
Good on you Shyam, a real winner.
Anugraha Palan braj@law.harvard.edu from Boston, USA
, May 30, 1998
Coming of age as life comes apart. A poignant,
extremely well-written book set in modern, upper class Sri Lanka. Arjie
comes of age in a country convulsed by ethnic violence, his little-boy
world shatters as he realises that he will be a misfit both as a Tamil
and as a homosexual in his country. Selvadurai's accounts of the pain
and mindlessness of the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict are frighteningly believable.
The novel ends with his family leaving as refugees, making a new start
in Canada but with little to rejoice about. A stunning debut.
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My
Place
Sally Morgan
ISBN 0 949206 31 8
From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Holly Smith
This is a story of extended family, the treatment of Aboriginals, and
history lost and found. Nan, the author's grandmother, wants to "forget"
about her heritage. She teaches her grandchildren about birds and bullfrogs
to make sure they know nature's side of life and instills in them a certain
distrust of white people, but she won't talk about her past. Late in his
life, great-Uncle Arthur is eager to tell of his past, the fair and the
unfair, even though it makes his sister Nan angry, for his stories bring
forth painful memories she buried long ago. Gladys, the author's optimistic
mother, has allowed her past to fade from her consciousness: with a sick
husband and four children she has plenty of other things on her mind.
And finally there is the author, Sally Morgan, who was told her family
was from India and didn't realize for years that they were Aboriginal
Australians. Although the autobiography centers upon the author's early
life, it is the stories of her mother, great-uncle, and especially her
grandmother that make this a moving book. When Sally Morgan's mother and
grandmother allow themselves to remember their pasts, they affirm the
power of the mind and the spirit. My Place demands that we respect what
people want and are able to remember: some secrets stay buried.
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Black
Dogs
Ian McEwan
ISBN 0 330 32635 X
A shopper from Chicago, IL , July 17, 1998
Subtle, thought provoking, and beautifully written
Take the time to search for this book in the library or used book store.
It's one you'll want to loan to friends or read again yourself. There
is so much in just 160 pages. A relationship, a memoire, a narrator's
connection to the people he is writing about... Plus, the countryside
of France and top notch writing. What more could you want?
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Little
Birds
Anaïs Nin
ISBN 0671680110
A reader from Canada , August 11, 1999
Outstanding erotic. Wonderful and sensual hardcore
that is so soft and touching at the same time. When I read it, it read
real! It carries one's uninhabited imagination. Anais recognized passion
can and do come in many forms, right or wrong. This is a novel and that
readers may enjoy it more without being judgamental. Sensitive theme like
title story "little birds" is just a minor reflection of Lolita anyway.
evil-inferno@webtv.net, InfernO.xs3.com from somewere,
u dont know , September 21, 1999
WOW!! a was amazed on her use of words. . . . she makes me fell
a warmth inside i never felt before. . .
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Milton's
Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella
Michael Olmert
ISBN 0 684 80164 7
This collection of 50 very readable essays expands on
some of the "Points of Origin" columns Olmert wrote for Smithsonian as
well as on some of his writings for Colonial Williamsburg and Historic
Preservation. Here he examines the clues to past events that historians
and archaeologists have found in unusual "texts," such as oyster shells,
cow teeth, toothbrushes, and folklore. Olmert discusses running, lotteries,
chess, April Fools' Day, lawns, umbrellas, and toothbrushes. For example,
toothbrushes, introduced in the late 1600s, eased us into the Industrial
Revolution by emphasizing personal hygiene (an essential discipline for
those gathering in groups to labor for someone else). As they evolved
from hand-fashioned, irregular implements to mass-produced, standardized
products, toothbrushes symbolized the basic work ethic of capitalism.
The reader will also gain insight into summer vacations, playing cards,
and taxes--for, as Olmert reminds us, "we have been so chafed by hateful
taxes that no fewer than four historic milestones have been tax revolts.
Magna Carta, the English Civil War, and the American and French Revolutions
have all been about taxes."
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Illusions:
The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach
ISBN 0 330 24355 7
shakaseth@webtv.net from Los Angeles,CA , September
14, 1999
This story will change you! I first read this bok when it first appeared
in 1977. I thought it was an interestingand enjoyable story, put it away,
and promptly forgot about it. Then, several years later, some shattering
events occured in my life that made me seriously consider whetherlife
was even worth living. I rediscovered ILLUSIONS in my closet and re-read
it, and it, along with the Jane Roberts books I discovered about the same
time, totally changed the way I view my life, and the "nature of reality".
(Incidentally, Jane Roberts and Richard Bach were friends!). I still can't
believe that I missed the point of this story when I first read it-I guess,
I just wasn't ready for the message-until I REALLY needed to hear it.
dohovenus@hotmail.com from California, USA , August
20, 1999
Wonderful writer. For all of you out there who believe that this is
New Age crap, that's your opinion. But the fact that Richard Bach is a
great writer and he phrases everything just so that you understand it,
is not something you can deny. First of all, this is not New Age. It's
nothing so unreal or unusual, it's just that you high-speak only-terribly-complicated
book readers don't like the fact that he doesn't use sentences in which
there is double or triple meaning. That's fine. But I still think that
this is great. Just great.
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The Fiftieth Gate
Mark Raphael Baker
ISBN 0 7322 5804 9
**** I can't find it
online (yet) ****
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Roddy Doyle
Paddy
Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle
ISBN 0 436 20159 3
Another Booker winner. Reaffirmed my faith
in the Booker judging panel and lead me to read all I could find by Paddy
Doyle. An absurd and very funny story.
The others I've read:
The
Commitments
Heidi_Sage@compuserve.com
from San Diego , December 15, 1997
Spectacular. This was the first Roddy Doyle novel I ever read, and
I think it's still my favorite. I go back and read it again every 2
or 3 months just to make sure it's still great. The book is virtually
100% dialogue; it only takes a few pages before the characters are talking
amongst themselves in my head. I almost forget that the characters are
so firmly placed in Dublin because they remind me so much of my own
friends. There's pretty much a belly laugh on every page, but Doyle
also peppers the text with transcultural issues such as the meaning
of family, the struggle of the working class, and the simple joy of
living. These themes are there for you to consider and examine if you
want to, but Doyle doesn't lecture or force them upon the reader. The
book works on so many levels that even if you're just in the mood for
a quick chuckle, it's a highly recommended remedy.
The
Snapper
A warm, frank, and very funny account of family life
and pregnancy as Irish writer Doyle (The Commitments, 1989; also see
below) continues the saga of the endearing working-class Rabbitte family
of Barrytown, Dublin. A playwright as well as novelist, Doyle tells
the story of 19- year-old Sharon Rabbitte's surprise pregnancy almost
entirely in dialogue. In less gifted hands, the experience would be
claustrophobic, but with Doyle the reader becomes the undetected fly
on the wall able to relish the unguarded talk as Sharon plucks up courage
to relay the news first to her mom and dad (Veronica and Jimmy, Sr.)
and her siblings, and then to the toughest group--her girlfriends--who,
ribald and skeptical, want to know everything. But Sharon isn't telling
who the father of her ``snapper'' is, which naturally fuels speculation,
especially when the father of one of her friends insists he's responsible.
Sharon tries to deflect the gossip by claiming that while drunk she'd
been seduced by a nameless Spanish sailor, ``but she knew this as well:
everyone would prefer to believe that she'd got off with Mr. Burgess.
It was a bigger piece of scandal and better gas.'' For a while, Jimmy,
Sr., feels his friends at the pub are laughing at him, and he blames
Sharon; but Jimmy, a wonderfully complex and good man, realizes he's
being unfair and, to make up, concentrates on Sharon's pregnancy in
earnest. From library books, he learns as much about sex as pregnancy--information
that he shares with his pub pals while keeping close tabs on Sharon's
condition: ``She was getting really tired of her dad; all his questions--he
was becoming a right pain in the neck.'' There are the usual ups and
downs of family life, but when Sharon sees her baby ``and about as Spanish-
looking as--she didn't care. She was gorgeous. And hers.'' Life and
pregnancy as it really is: scatological, unsentimental, and, in spite
of it all, with lots to laugh at. Not a false note anywhere
The
Van
A beaten-up
van dispensing fish and chips, not some clearing in the deep woods,
is the setting for Doyle's warm, humorous, and cleareyed look at male
friendship--in this his third book featuring the irrepressible Rabbitte
family of Dublin (The Commitments, 1989; The Snapper, see above). When
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr., loses his job, he tries to make the best of it,
but what he misses most are his evenings in the local pub with his friends
(``it wasn't the pints Jimmy, Sr., loved...it was the lads here, the
laughing. This was what he loved''). He joins the library, develops
a taste for Dickens, and takes care of granddaughter Gina; but when
his best friend Bimbo is ``made redundant,'' he's delighted because
now, ``only with the two of them, they could do plenty of things.''
And when Bimbo decides to buy a rusting old chipper van, Jimmy accepts
his offer to join him in the venture. After much effort, the van is
cleaned up, recipes are tested, and the two men are set to sell fish,
chips, and burgers to football crowds and pub-goers. Despite any certification
from the Health Department, they are a great success, but then the football
season ends, business falters, and Jimmy, Sr., misses the fun of the
old days--``He'd been starting to think that Bimbo had lost his sense
of humor from hanging over the deep-fat fryer too long.'' Meanwhile,
Bimbo, egged on by entrepreneurial wife Maggie, becomes bossy and assertive.
An encounter with officialdom provokes a crisis in their already fraying
friendship, and Bimbo drives the van into the sea; but Jimmy, not so
sure the friendship can be restored, returns wet and exhausted to wife
Veronica: ``Give us a hug, Veronica, will yeh...I need a hug.'' As usual,
Doyle has got it all just right--this is what friendships and families
are really like: stubborn, contrary, loving, and, aware of life's absurdities,
always ready to be cheered by a good laugh. Vintage Doyle
The
Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper, & The Van)
The
Woman who Walked into Doors (No
relation to The
Man who mistook his Wife for a Hat)
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Coyote
Blue
Christopher Moore
ISBN 0 380 72523 1
A reader from Sydney, Australia , September 7, 1999
Do yourself a favour, people! We miss out on a lot of American authors
here in the land down under...thank goodness someone had the good sense
to import Christopher Moore! Coyote Blue is a great read. It's fun and
clever and immensely enjoyable. What a mood lifter. Don't go past this.
A reader from Cobden Illinois , June 21, 1999
From a new Christopher Moore fan Amazon profiled me and recommended this
book. I never heard of Christopher Moore, and now I'm a fan. How did they
know? This read had an artful combination of culture and allegory and
lunacy that is reminiscent of the best of Tom Robbins. It was hysterically
funny and touching and profound. Read it!
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The
Screwtape Letters
C S Lewis
Who among us has never wondered if there might not really
be a tempter sitting on our shoulders or dogging our steps? C.S. Lewis
dispels all doubts. In The Screwtape Letters, one of his bestselling works,
we are made privy to the instructional correspondence between a senior
demon, Screwtape, and his wannabe diabolical nephew Wormwood. As mentor,
Screwtape coaches Wormwood in the finer points, tempting his "patient"
away from God.
Each letter is a masterpiece of reverse theology, giving the reader an
inside look at the thinking and means of temptation. Tempters, according
to Lewis, have two motives: the first is fear of punishment, the second
a hunger to consume or dominate other beings. On the other hand, the goal
of the Creator is to woo us unto himself or to transform us through his
love from "tools into servants and servants into sons." It is the dichotomy
between being consumed and subsumed completely into another's identity
or being liberated to be utterly ourselves that Lewis explores with his
razor-sharp insight and wit.
The most brilliant feature of The Screwtape Letters may be likening hell
to a bureaucracy in which "everyone is perpetually concerned about his
own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where
everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and
resentment." We all understand bureaucracies, be it the Department of
Motor Vehicles, the IRS, or one of our own making. So we each understand
the temptations that slowly lure us into hell. If you've never read Lewis,
The Screwtape Letters is a great place to start. And if you know Lewis,
but haven't read this, you've missed one of his core writings.
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Irrationality:
The Enemy Within
Stuart Sutherland
ISBN 0 14 016726 9
duane_hartse@hotmail.com from Cedar Rapids, Iowa ,
July 22, 1998
A wonderful book on the frailty of human thought! If
you are at all interested in clear thinking, you'll love this book. Sutherland
takes dry psychology studies and turns them into wonderful anecdotes that
illustrate how we are often less rational than we think we are. He covers
the common kinds of irrationality that we are all prone to, even Nobel
Prize winners. If Sutherland didn't make you laugh occasionally about
all this stupidity, you'd have to cry.
lorkow@ins.at from Vienna, Austria , January 31, 1998
absolutely marvellous, you even laugh out loud at yourself. Absolutely
excellent. This book takes our own way of thinking and shows us where
we make mistakes while thinking we are being perfectly rational. Wonderful
examples, easy reading style - you don't notice how much you learn while
being entertained - and he really makes you laugh at your own mistakes
- that's not easy, at least for me, I tend to get annoyed when I'm wrong
and some very wise person shows up and tells me about it - while he does
it in such a funny way, I really don't mind. A wonderful book, I reread
it again and again. It is scary, though, to think of all the foolish decisions
being taken every day in the name of "rational decisionmaking" - this
book ought to be mandatory reading for everyone who makes decisions -
so really, for everyone.
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Anne Rice
While I tend to (unjustly) dismiss Rice
as a populist pap author I almost always find myself totally engrossed
in her works. A sensual and bold author, her books are great for trips
or holidays where you want to be dragged into the text .... ready or not.
Memnoch
the Devil
Anne Rice
ISBN 0 345 40967 1
Watersja@hotmail.com from Earth Bound, for now...
, September 9, 1999
A Blockbuster of Vampiric Morals and Tribulations... Grab your beliefs
and hold on tight!! Will the devil tantalize
and sweep you up in a whilrwind of death, lost souls, and circus maximus
of lies, sending you cursing God all the while. Or do you trust in the
"Creator" and all his Divine wisdom and power to know all that is and
all that is to come?
Those I've read (Under various pseudonyms):
Memnoch
the Devil (Anne Rice)
Interview
with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
The
Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)
The
Vampire Armand (Anne Rice)
The
Queen of the Damned (Anne Rice)
The
Tale of the Body Thief (Anne Rice)
Servant
of the Bones (Anne Rice)
Exit
to Eden (Anne Rampling)
The
Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (A N Roquelaure)
Beauty's
Punishment (A N Roquelaure)
Beauty's
Release (A N Roquelaure)
The
Complete Vampire Chronicles
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A
Knot in the Grain ... and other stories
Robin McKinley
ISBN 0 06 440604 0
A reader from Tacoma, Washington , September 10, 1999
A Beautiful Collection of Stories. These stories are mezmerizing and
full of color. I especially enjoyed the Rapunzil re-telling. There are
many stories in here for different tastes, but are all fantastical. "A
Knot in the Grain" itself is modern, while the rest are set in the middle
ages probably. The stories are so original and different. These stories
give you a a taste of McKinley's style.
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Credo
( Also titled as The
Sword and the Miracle)
Melvyn Bragg
ISBN 0 340 68905 6
I know these epic novels are not the way
to learn history .... but they're much, much more entertaining than the
traditional routes. As the cover says "The violence is truly awe-inspiring,
the battles magnificent" ... there's still one scene that haunts
me several years after reading.
Melvyn Bragg's acclaimed epic novel is set at the tumultuous
dawn of Christianity in Britain and Ireland. It is a stunning story of
adventure and spirituality, war and romance, but it is deeply rooted in
Bragg's historical studies of the Dark Ages, and it throws into question
our modern-day conceptions of faith, hope, and true love.
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Spider Robinson
I've no idea how many awards
Robinson has won. Everything I've read is infused with his quirky humour
.... and apparent determination to have a really good time.
If you hate puns and word-plays
(as does my wife) you might think twice about these books .... but it
was my wife who introduced me to this author and has read them all.
Callahan's
Crosstime Saloon
Spider Robinson
ISBN 0 425 09586 X
A shopper , April 23, 1997
Tall tales and puns abound - You have been warned!
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is an anthology of Spider Robinson's wonderful
an-alien-walks-into-a-bar stories. Of course, the bar is more spectacular
than any of the aliens - in fact, it spawned a Usenet newsgroup, alt.callahans
(check it out!). A pretty cool book, and one of my personal favorites.
Four stars.
Amazon says this book is out of print but Barnes
and Nobles carries this book.
Callahan's
Lady
Spider Robinson
ISBN 0 441 09072 9
Lady
Slings the Booze
Spider Robinson
ISBN 0 441 46929 9
Also:
Time
Travellers Strictly Cash
Off
the wall at Callahan's
Callahan's
Legacy (or Secret)
The
Callahan Touch
The
Best of all Possible Worlds
.... etc,
etc, etc
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