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Chasing a Mirage by Tarek Fatah. Specifically, a discussion of the dangers of politicizing Islam, but also he writes about the danger os the policiticization of any religion. Overdue. I must finish it today.

In Search of Timeby Dan Falk A discussion of the art and science of the nature of time from a Western perspective.

A Natural History of Seeing by Simon Ings A discussion of the art and science of vision of all lifeforms who have the ability to see.

Other books, too numerous to mention.

Recently been reading Richard Matheson's Hell House which, is very good as, I've only just started reading it but, so far it is quite good..

I just finished Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin.

Right now I'm reading The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates.

'Tower of Glass' by Robert Silverberg.





It's a bloody great book thus-far.

"Searching for Schindler", by the author of the original book, Keneally. It details his struggle to write the book, and then his sudden fame and fortune when it was picked up by Spielberg. About three quarters of the book is his discovery of the story of Oskar Schindler, and how he wrote the book.


Annotated H.P. Lovecraft stories, two editions. Great stuff, I love reading the footnotes as much as the stories ! !! Never realized the old gent put so much autobiographical detail into his work ! !!

Does anyone that post in this thread have a goodreads.com account? It's easier to keep track of books you're reading and you can rate them reviews etc and I think it'd be cool if I had other people from here on it.

I'm currently reading The Known World by Edward P. Jones and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay is what I'm reading now...

Just finished The Mummy by Anne Rice, just because it was one of her books I's never read, definitely not her best work!

"Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs", by Cheryl Peck. A collection of humorous true stories by a very round lesbian. She's got a great sense of humor and I swear she's an Aspie... who else would think a 3/8 wrench meant 3/8's of a wrench and therefore couldn't find it because all the wrenches she saw were whole?

I haven't got an account at goodread, I keep a running list on my computer.

"The Dehumanization of Art" by José Ortega y Gasset.

No, you're not. I love Russian writers, although I prefer Dostoevsky to Tolstoy. But "The Kreutzer Sonata " is one of my favourite books.

And how do you like China Mieville so far? I liked his trilogy and look forward to read his new book.

If it's François Mauriac, I found so many disturbing resemblances with my family in it... Although the ending contradicted my experience with such people.

Looking at your signature, may I ask if you also like Hesse? "Der steppenwolf" is another favourite of mine.

It's fascinating going further back in this thread, I'm glad I found it...

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov. Foundation series.

I've been slogging through Paradise Lost, on and off, for a few years now, interspersed with other, less hefty works (mostly hyper-violent Warhammer 40,000 fiction).

Presently, however, I'm reading Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen.

And I'm enjoying it, too, so yah-boo-sucks to anybody wishing to mock me for doing so

I've just finished Chris Brown's Firefight, it wasn't great. It's sole aim was to try and cram as many modern cliche's into a single book as possible, a terrorist (1) gone rogue (2) is planning a massive attack (3) on london (4). A hard-boiled SAS man (5) with nothing to loose (6) must hunt him down. The plot twists are predictable but they help make things more interesting, and one of the action scenes is well written, if a little unlikely.

Now I'm going to finish re-reading Lord of the Rings, the first book alone is the equivalent of about 1200 pages (the writing is tiny compared to most books):D

Our Own Devices - Edward Tenner. Another of those 'history of mundane objects'; shoes, beds, chairs, etc. Is that 'aspie' or what?....