Summer Reading List

[Grom 0]

I just wanted to chime in and say that Cornwell and Sharpe are excellent historical fiction authors. I'm not going to go into the amount of books on my shelf, but here are some of my more recent favorites. As you can tell, I like to read all sorts of stuff. :P

 

LOTR, Tolkien: Tolkien is a fantastic author and a part of an almost extinct breed of authors that have enchanted readers for centures.

Odyssey, Homer

On the Origins of War, Donald Kagan

Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard

Republic, Plato

The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis

Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville

Confessiones, St. Augustine of Hippo

The Theme is Freedom, Evans

Impeachment, K. Alan Snyder

Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas

Paradise Lost, John Milton

If the Foundations are Destroyed, K. Alan Snyder

Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift: Especially the two extra parts the movies never show.

Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky

The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Tolstoy

A History of the American People, Paul Johnson

Vindicating the Founders, Thomas West

More Fruit, Much Fruit, Rev. Eugene Smith

The Bible, (NIV)

 

As much as I like Sci-fi, I don't tend to read it that often, except for your random Trek book.

[Nemesis 0]

Well most of the basics are covered...

 

Anything by A.C. Clarke

Purjury-Stan Latrielle

Hatchet-Gary Paulsen

A Brief History of Time- Stephen Hawking

Everything is Eventual- Stephen King

Heavier Then Heaven, biography of Kurt Cobain

 

Most of the other things I read are mainly local so I highly doubt you'll get it in the states.

[Dumbass 0]

Heavier Then Heaven, biography of Kurt Cobain

OK, I liked Kurt Cobain and Nirvana as much as the next guy, but give me a break! Sure he was a good artist in his day, but he was no Jim Morrison or Ray Charles or Elvis or John Lennon or anyone of that caliber. He was popular for about 3 or 4 years before he died. Is it really worth 10 years of mourning?

[Images 0]

Yeah, the band was good but in the end it was just a band. Frankly i think this worship that some rock people get like cobain or hendrix is a bit over the top.

Edited July 20, 2004 by Images

[Marris Krax 0]

I think the emphasis on Cobain and Nirvana is because they apparently brought grunge to the national scene. And I think they tried to make Cobain the poster child for "Don't Do Drugs!" and it sorta turned into a "Let's Mourn Another Druggie Rocker Who Died" trend.

[Dumbass 0]

I think the emphasis on Cobain and Nirvana is because they apparently brought grunge to the national scene.

And for that I will never forgive them. Nirvana was good because it was original, but Pearl Jam and a couple other imitation bands just sound the same to me.

 

A related topic is would Courtney Love and Hole have made it big if Courtney hadn't been married to Kurt. I think they would have. Sure being Kurt's widow probably bought her some crossover fans, but the music style is completely different and those crossover fans wouldn't have stayed unless Courtney had something else to offer.

[Nemesis 0]

It's an interesting book, I'm not like praise Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. It's interesting story of the controls of addiction and so on.