Mike Palij wrote. ".............Looking over these entries (in The NY Times has a special section on Summer Reading), I thought back to a couple of books that made an impression on me and that stand out in my memory. They are: (1) B.F. Skinner's "Beyond Freedom and Dignity"............(2) David Morrell's (1971) "First Blood"........"
I, too, was greatly influence by "Beyond Freedom & Dignity" as well as by "Walden II" but I must confess that a number of years ago I reread "Walden II" and found myself tsk tsking about it's naiveté. I had a similar reaction to re-reading Asimov's "Foundation" series. There are so many books that had such a great impact on me as a callow youth that I now dare not reread for fear of disappointment. So here's the question: Did these books have such a great impact at first reading because they were great eye-opening & mind-expanding books? Or through the jaundiced filter of the intervening decades do we realize that they were embarrassingly naive. I like to think they were still great books. Ed P.S. This discussion makes me so truly sad for the legions of current students who, when asked if they read books for fun as children, look at me like am a raving lunatic. Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/home.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in approximate order of importance. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2826 or send a blank email to leave-2826-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
