Cellar Book of the Month discussion group - Page 14

lumberjim · 06-22-2004, 03:08 PM

I'd like to day that i'm participating, but even though i've voted, i have yet to read one of these books. i've been busy reading a decology that perth would frown upon, and i'm a very slow reader.......up to book 6 i think.......jinx has made me buy a couple of the selections, but i dont know that she's read them yet......

i still like having three strongly recommended books reviewed, though, so keep it up.....i'll get thru this series eventually.

Brigliadore · 06-22-2004, 03:23 PM

I didn't vote because I don't think I will have the time to really read a book this coming month. I don't think its fair for me to vote for a book I have not intention of reading.

SteveDallas · 06-22-2004, 03:36 PM

I admit I fell down on reading Ghost Soldiers and Imajica... in both cases I just couldn't connect with the books and ended up reading other stuff. I'm not sure why. But let's keep it going for a bit.. even if it's just reading suggestions.

BTW wolf and others who have read stuff by Feynman himself, I did not find there was a lot of duplication between that and the Gleick biography.

(PS... some of my "extra suggestions" are bogus... I was waiting to see if anybody went out to try to find them)

Clodfobble · 06-22-2004, 04:22 PM

I'm definitely still in, just not this month. I got so excited about reading Lamb that even though it wasn't voted in whatever month that was, it got put in line and read anyway. I'm still gonna bust out with Imagica eventually here, but I wanted to take a month off to catch up.

Slartibartfast · 06-22-2004, 05:48 PM

For those that are into Feynman, there are two comic books that touch on his life, one of them, Fallout, centers more on the Manhattan Project, and the other one, Two Fisted Science, is short pieces on many different scientists. You can find info on them at:

http://www.gt-labs.com/

Slartibartfast · 06-22-2004, 05:50 PM

I'm glad you're all still interested, let's keep the ball rolling!

wolf · 06-27-2004, 09:55 PM

So we're doing the Feynman biography, right?

Torrere · 06-28-2004, 01:46 AM

Damn! I never look at this thread at the right time. Maybe I need to set up something to remind me.

Steve, I was so sure that I Was A Teenage Dominatrix was one of your fake books -- especially when I tried to search for it on Amazon and didn't find it.

Praise Google!

Slartibartfast · 06-28-2004, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolf
So we're doing the Feynman biography, right?

It looks that way! I'm putting my order in today.

That author, James Gleick, also wrote Chaos, which is a really good science book, though a bit dated by now.

wolf · 06-29-2004, 11:21 AM

I also ordered today. And I got the Fallout comic.

Just because I could

wolf · 07-14-2004, 11:23 AM

I'm very much enjoying Genius, but I doubt that I'll finish before the end of the month ... Do we have a comments thread for it yet?

(THIS IS NOT REALLY A COMPLAINT: Is it me, or are the books getting longer?)

SteveDallas · 07-14-2004, 01:03 PM

I haven't started one, but I will. I'm planning on re-reading it while I'm on vacation.

Actually I eliminated one choice, Girls Lean Back Everywhere by Edward Degrazia (which I still recommend highly for anybody who is interested in the history of censorship in the US) because I decided it was just unrealisitically long. (Though it probably does have more naughty bits than any selection to date, so maybe that would encourage closer reading?

)

Slartibartfast · 07-14-2004, 03:20 PM

I am STILL waiting for my book from eBay/half.com. Its nearing the outer edges of the expected delivery timeframe.

Wolf, did you get Fallout? Tell me what you think when you get a chance to look at it.

Slartibartfast · 07-14-2004, 06:39 PM

I just noticed its about time for announcing next month's chooser.

so without further delay, I've run the number generator, and my result is

Headsplice!

While I haven't spotted this person around, he has posted as of 7-8-04, so he's around. I've pm'ed him, so let's see if he responds quickly.

wolf · 07-16-2004, 12:09 AM

I have Fallout, but really want to finish Genius before I get distracted by something else.

I also have a copy of Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas beckoning seductively from the bedside. As well as a large pile of DVDs and a pile of assorted books I got on sale from the Townhall.com Conservative Book Club.

Zell Miller's A National Party No More is my current bathroom book. (does anyone else do that? Leave some reading more interesting than People Magazine in the temple of comfort for those moments described in the sit or stand thread? Usually the potty book is something that is a bit more "sectional" than this. One that I had MUCH enjoyment with was an encyclopedia of mystical places, so I whiled away my time reading about Stonehenge and Atlantis and the Piri Reis Map.)

06-22-2004, 03:08 PM	#196
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I'd like to day that i'm participating, but even though i've voted, i have yet to read one of these books. i've been busy reading a decology that perth would frown upon, and i'm a very slow reader.......up to book 6 i think.......jinx has made me buy a couple of the selections, but i dont know that she's read them yet...... i still like having three strongly recommended books reviewed, though, so keep it up.....i'll get thru this series eventually. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-22-2004, 03:23 PM	#197
Brigliadore stays crispy in milk Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: A strange planet called Utah Posts: 270	I didn't vote because I don't think I will have the time to really read a book this coming month. I don't think its fair for me to vote for a book I have not intention of reading. __________________ I cant think of anything to put here so this is all I am going to write.

06-27-2004, 09:55 PM	#202
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	So we're doing the Feynman biography, right? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-29-2004, 11:21 AM	#205
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I also ordered today. And I got the Fallout comic. Just because I could __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-14-2004, 11:23 AM	#206
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm very much enjoying Genius, but I doubt that I'll finish before the end of the month ... Do we have a comments thread for it yet? (THIS IS NOT REALLY A COMPLAINT: Is it me, or are the books getting longer?) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-22-2004, 03:36 PM	#198
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I admit I fell down on reading Ghost Soldiers and Imajica... in both cases I just couldn't connect with the books and ended up reading other stuff. I'm not sure why. But let's keep it going for a bit.. even if it's just reading suggestions. BTW wolf and others who have read stuff by Feynman himself, I did not find there was a lot of duplication between that and the Gleick biography. (PS... some of my "extra suggestions" are bogus... I was waiting to see if anybody went out to try to find them)

06-22-2004, 04:22 PM	#199
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm definitely still in, just not this month. I got so excited about reading Lamb that even though it wasn't voted in whatever month that was, it got put in line and read anyway. I'm still gonna bust out with Imagica eventually here, but I wanted to take a month off to catch up.

06-22-2004, 05:48 PM	#200
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	For those that are into Feynman, there are two comic books that touch on his life, one of them, Fallout, centers more on the Manhattan Project, and the other one, Two Fisted Science, is short pieces on many different scientists. You can find info on them at: http://www.gt-labs.com/

06-22-2004, 05:50 PM	#201
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	I'm glad you're all still interested, let's keep the ball rolling!

06-28-2004, 01:46 AM	#203
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Damn! I never look at this thread at the right time. Maybe I need to set up something to remind me. Steve, I was so sure that I Was A Teenage Dominatrix was one of your fake books -- especially when I tried to search for it on Amazon and didn't find it. Praise Google!

07-14-2004, 01:03 PM	#207
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I haven't started one, but I will. I'm planning on re-reading it while I'm on vacation. Actually I eliminated one choice, Girls Lean Back Everywhere by Edward Degrazia (which I still recommend highly for anybody who is interested in the history of censorship in the US) because I decided it was just unrealisitically long. (Though it probably does have more naughty bits than any selection to date, so maybe that would encourage closer reading? )

07-14-2004, 03:20 PM	#208
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	I am STILL waiting for my book from eBay/half.com. Its nearing the outer edges of the expected delivery timeframe. Wolf, did you get Fallout? Tell me what you think when you get a chance to look at it.

07-14-2004, 06:39 PM	#209
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	I just noticed its about time for announcing next month's chooser. so without further delay, I've run the number generator, and my result is Headsplice! While I haven't spotted this person around, he has posted as of 7-8-04, so he's around. I've pm'ed him, so let's see if he responds quickly.

07-16-2004, 12:09 AM	#210
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have Fallout, but really want to finish Genius before I get distracted by something else. I also have a copy of Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas beckoning seductively from the bedside. As well as a large pile of DVDs and a pile of assorted books I got on sale from the Townhall.com Conservative Book Club. Zell Miller's A National Party No More is my current bathroom book. (does anyone else do that? Leave some reading more interesting than People Magazine in the temple of comfort for those moments described in the sit or stand thread? Usually the potty book is something that is a bit more "sectional" than this. One that I had MUCH enjoyment with was an encyclopedia of mystical places, so I whiled away my time reading about Stonehenge and Atlantis and the Piri Reis Map.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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