The need to escape from the backwoods of Taichung County, and re-familarize myself with the English language above a grade two level, compelled me to spend a couple of days in Taipei. Before I came away, I made the obligatory trip to Page One and picked up a copy of a book I hadn’t read since the n…

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke DNF Gets great reviews but they either love it or hate it. Dull ongoing diary of nothingness. Flipped through book and continues throughout. [image] Piranesi Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are…

Hope to come across this one the next visit stateside. Reclaiming Ted Hughes | RealClearBooks

[image] tango42: Paul Coelho Your first mistake

Yea, Coelho has like a cult following but I’m not feeling it after reading 2 of his books.

Given my humbling experience wrt Space X today and my happenstance visit to Hualien Eslite, I picked up a couple of refreshers! [IMG_4684]

[image] tango42: Yea, Coelho has like a cult following but I’m not feeling it after reading 2 of his books. I mentioned him here [image] Crap published books Arts & Entertainment The Shining is a good example The Stand was ahead of its time The Outside…

[image] Mr_PBH: I picked up a couple of refreshers Read the Housel book. Most of it just seemed like common sense.

Can’t get enough common sense these days. But yeah— I get that. Tim Ferriss got quoted on the back cover. lol I know what it is. I’ll start here. :joy: [IMG_4685]

This also looks good: Reading Nietzsche in Amsterdam Hurston and Nietzsche both see the consolation of metaphysical beliefs as necessary for those not strong enough to face the challenges of life by themselves. Compare Hurston’s “People need religion because the great masses fear life and its con…

A signed version. :laughing: [image]

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I mentioned him here

He came up again that year

One of these threads, or another, discusses him a lot.