Add Umberto Eco. Oh man. What a writer! Not sure if I should praise him or the translator or the both of them. Pure joy to read. Can't say I feel much lust however...
I know I'm not as well read as most here but I really liked the early Steven King books. His novellas and short stories especially. He was a truly gifted writer before fame(or boredom) bent him and he started to churn out crap. Crap that sold millions of copies of course. dj On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 7:35 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Add Umberto Eco. > > On May 16, 7:31�am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am attracted by lust to an author because of his humor or wit or >> curiousity. Like Philip Roth, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, William Safire. >> As for self-help books, they are mostly pathetic along with MSM. >> >> On May 16, 7:16 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Many of the self help books you mention are poorly written or >> > hopelessly out of date. The effective self help book or group of >> > tapes will be entertaining as well as informative. Many also have a >> > religious aspect which offends some people. I enjoyed Zig Ziegler >> > tapes when I was young but I don't recommend him now as he is >> > certainly out-of-date and he also has a religious theme. He told >> > funny, allegorical stories. The basic goal, I think, of most of these >> > types of books(besides to make the author money) is to give the reader >> > a way to create order from chaos. And to whenever possible; keep it >> > simple. >> >> > dj >> >> > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:04 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> > > you know I agree with you space... i kinda avoid books with an >> > > ideological or philosophical bent(except for my academic books of >> > > course).... i get angry reading them.. if i disagree with the point of >> > > view.. and end up irritable....that is why i prefer >> > > stories...novels..literary pieces... plus i absolutely hate the self >> > > help buks like 'think positive' 'you can win' '10 steps to >> > > happiness'... they seem so shallow... its like they try to apply a >> > > formula to life.. narrow it down.. how can you give steps to >> > > happinesss... ridiculous.... >> >> > > On May 15, 9:59 pm, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> id recommend Damien by Herman Hesse (or any of his books), but that >> > >> was the last book of any signifigance that i read and that was about >> > >> 35 years ago...Hesse is sorta good because he intertwines his >> > >> philosophy into a neat novel form...it isnt clinical... >> >> > >> why did i stop reading? while making my way through Damien i noticed >> > >> that the way the kid thought (it was actually Hesse doing the >> > >> thinking) was very similar to the philosophy that i was developing >> > >> myself. scared that i would derail my own natural growth process, i >> > >> deemed that i would not read any book that wasnt comprised of mostly >> > >> large pictures! i have learned a lot since then, but not from reading >> > >> the words of others...a lot of people disagree with my approach, but >> > >> thats ok...its my life...right? >> >> > >> On May 15, 11:25 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > I'd recommend ' A theory of justice' By John Rawls... >> >> > >> > On May 15, 2:53 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > Currently reading 'The Voyge of the Beagle'. I'd recomend it. >> >> > >> > > On 14 May, 17:41, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > > ill get back to u on that once i have determined what subject u >> > >> > > > are >> > >> > > > talking about >> >> > >> > > > On May 13, 8:16 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> > >> > > > wrote: >> >> > >> > > > > What books and authors on the subject do you recommend and >> > >> > > > > why?- Hide quoted text - >> >> > >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
