Good Books.... Well, there are a few.

[Panik]

I re-read 1984 recently too… The last time was around 1984, I think for English class in high school.

Many of the warnings are more likely than ever with advances in technology and indeed happening today in some measure.

I was pretty disappointed in the actual story though. It really felt thin, like philosophy for dummies.

I suspect you're correct about 1984, but then the last time I read it was in high school as part of English class for critical analysis. I went to an all boys Jesuit Catholic High School and ethics and education were interesting... I much preferred reading Romeo & Juliet for class than 1984. The English teacher we had was very much into looking at Shakespeare less as "high" literature and more as it was intended in the time period.... which meant for class we hunted down every single double-entendre and dirty word play and looked at it much as you would soap opera's for the masses.

Anyone read any of the personal accounts of the Vietnam War written in the late 70's and 80's? Dad was both an avid reader & was in the military for a period during the late portion of that war.... but his involvement was special forces and by his DD214 Central/South America focus. He, and because they were in our library I, spent a lot of time reading about helicopter pilots in Vietnam. Always wanted to ask him why they were of interest, but never got the chance.

I was born in 77, so the Vietnam War happened well before my time, but I was always fascinated by the humanistic side of war presented in the books he read.

 

[BackRoad]

The 5000 Year Leap - W. Cleon Skousen. Just finished it.

It's sobering what the prescient Constitution creators were trying to prevent...

 

[fiddlearound]

Have you read "The Naked Commuist " by Skouson? I got to meet him and get an autographed copy at a Texas Farm Bureau citizenship seminar in the summer of 1966.

He gave a very interesting lecture that opened my young naive eyes.

 

[dodge man]

I just read Hornet Flight by Ken Follett, good book, not great. It’s a WW2 spy novel.

 

[BackRoad]

Have you read "The Naked Commuist " by Skouson? I got to meet him and get an autographed copy at a Texas Farm Bureau citizenship seminar in the summer of 1966.

He gave a very interesting lecture that opened my young naive eyes.

Adding it to my list...Thanks Mr. Fiddlearound!

 

[BackRoad]

40 pages into The Naked Communist. It's a free read online.

Marx was an amazing absolute loser throughout his whole life. I can now understand (but not comprehend) the appeal of communism to people with a total lack of initiative or personal responsibility.

They just want to steal what others have earned or own.

 

[RobertN]

"Love & Whiskey" by Fawn Weaver was an interesting read. The early history of Jack Daniels first Master Distiller, and making a distillery based on Nearest Green.

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

It's winter and no one is reading?

Abandon by Blake Crouch was a good read recently. Keeps you guessing until the very end.

 

[gsganzer]

I'm reading "Killers of a Flower Moon".

Really interesting to learn that the Osage people of OK were once the richest people in the world, per capita.