March 2009
31 posts
Hindu Scriptures →
Hinduism is the world religion about which I think I know the least. I suppose I should probably re-read these Hindu Scriptures that I just happen to have laying around the house. I suppose I…
Escher →
This one I pulled out of a box of books to sell at a garage sale. I do like MC Escher (he’s my favorite MC) but this book is pretty small and it’s just tiny images of his work without a whole lot…
Fabric of the Cosmos →
Brian Greene is a physicist, string theorist, cosmologist. He’s written a few books on the subject and like Michio Kaku (who I also have a few books by) he excels at bringing an…
Food of the Gods →
Terence McKenna is kind of a personal hero of mine. I first read about him in Wired a long time ago, in which he was described as the sort of intellectual heir of Timothy Leary and also…
Flatland →
This book was written by schoolteacher and theologian Edwin Abbot in 1884. Flatland is a weird little mathematical science fiction story about some creatures that live in a two dimensional world,…
100 Poems →
Many people seem to love ee cummings. I guess he’s ok. My taste in poetry tends towards the rigid and classical, but I can see how you might like this sort of thing. This is Rebecca’s book as are…
Post Office →
This was one of the first books that Rebecca gave me to make me read. She has a real thing for Bukowski, and I had never read his stuff so I gave Post Office a go. I really liked this one a lot. The…
The Journey of Self Discovery →
The rule when I worked at a comic store was that all customers should leave their bags in a front area of the store where we had a rack for such things. This was to hopefully cut down on kids…
A Canticle for Leibowitz →
This is one of my favorite of all post-apocalyptic science fiction books. In A Canticle for Leibowitz a group of monks keep safe the esoteric knowledge of science and engineering from the ravening…
Jane Eyre →
I got Jane Eyre for a literature class ages ago and enjoyed it pretty well. I wrote a paper for that class about some of the supernatural elements in the book, like the Gytrash and the Spooky Red…
James and the Giant Peach →
Roald Dahl is of course required reading, and James and the Giant Peach is at least a good one to have around. I liked the Henry Selick / Tim Burton movie pretty well also. I think it’s kind of…
The Wolves in the Walls →
Today for the last of my Reading Week set, I give you the book that I brought into school to read to a class full of 1st graders: The Wolves in the Walls. It’s an awesome book, and because we’ve…
A Ghost Named Fred →
We found A Ghost Named Fred at one of the many garage sales we go to whenever the weather holds up. I vaguely recall having this book when I was little, though I can’t be sure. It’s certainly of the…
The Adventures of Captain Underpants →
These are some of Rowan’s favorite books in the world. Captain Underpants is the story of two very smart but bored elementary kids who get into lots of trouble.
Kat Kong →
March is reading month in Michigan (maybe other states also?) and is accompanied by lots of events and stuff designed to get kids reading books. The kickoff event happens in schools on March 2nd,…
The Ranger Digest I →
This weird little thing was found at King books in Detroit. The Ranger Digest is a series of pamphlet or zine type books with all kinds of tips and tricks for soldiers of all kinds. Everything…
The Time Traveler’s Wife →
I finished reading this book on the way to Chicago, where a lot of the story takes place. It’s really one of the best books I’ve read in the last decade. The story of The Time Traveler’s Wife is…
The Languages of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth →
This volume contains some grammar notes and other information about a few of the languages Tolkien created for Lord of the Rings and other stories, chiefly the Sindarin language used extensively…
The Spiderwick Chronicles →
This may be a set of 5 books, but I’m going to consider them together here since they fit in such a neat little package. The Spiderwick Chronicles is also a quick read and can be done…
Alice In Wonderland →
There are at least three different versions of Alice In Wonderland that I can think of hiding away in this house. There’s at least one other Alice related book, possibly more. This one is…
The Mask of Cthulhu →
Perched here on the edge of the abyss is The Mask of Cthulhu, a collection of Mythos stories by August Derleth. This came from the ever popular Dawn Treader, and I haven’t read it yet though I…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy →
This edition of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy contains the first five books of the increasingly misnamed trilogy. It’s bound like a bible with the durable cover, super thin paper and gold…
Linux Administration Handbook →
I currently make my living as a Linux Systems Administrator. This was one of the first books I ever read on the subject, and it still holds up pretty well. I think the edition first…
The Illuminatus Trilogy →
This classic of Discordianism is duplicated in our house. It just says a lot about our collection that we have two of these I think. Illuminatus is of course a giant psychedelic tale of…
Schott’s Miscellany →
Miscellanies are great. Schott’s Miscellany is an amazing collection of weird random stuff. Lists of countries where you drive on the right. Clothes tag washing instructions glyphs…
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel →
This is the Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith. Rebecca found this at a used bookstore somewhere around Royal Oak I think. She had to have it because it’s just an amazing…
Bridge of Birds →
I bought this book at Powell’s book in Portland, where I am currently spending my last day here. I had heard something about this book long ago, but I can’t for the life of me remember…
Red Google Book →
These were given out by Google at the Penguicon Linux/Sci-Fi convention a while ago. They’re real nice lined moleskine type books and came in a variety of colors. I like little red…
What is All This Again? →
Hi. This is your monthly reminder (and mine) of what in the world is actually going on on this blog these days.
I decided on 2/1/2009 to write an entry a day for a year, each with one photograph…
Halting State →
This book, a present from Santa Claus this year, was my reading material on the plane ride out to Portland. The story is that of a bank heist that takes place in a virtual world, similar…
Hyperion →
One of my favorite of all series is the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons. It’s got everything, transcendent AI’s, Posthuman deep space dwellers, far future wormhole travel technology, 19th century…