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worsel60 · 02-14-2009, 07:48 PM

I just finished Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay, an old non-fiction book, but one that is relevant today. I found the sections on Tulipmania, the Mississippi scheme, the South Seas Bubble and the Crusades fascinating. The Witch Hunting part is OK. The rest was maybe not worth reading.

Too bad Congress can't act like Parliament did at the end of the South Seas fiasco.

I've started on the 1632, 1633, 1634, etc. SF books by Flint. I may read all of them. I'm impressed so far, a nice alternative history twist that obviously has a lot of research behind it.

02-14-2009, 07:48 PM	#1536
worsel60 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Kindle	I just finished Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay, an old non-fiction book, but one that is relevant today. I found the sections on Tulipmania, the Mississippi scheme, the South Seas Bubble and the Crusades fascinating. The Witch Hunting part is OK. The rest was maybe not worth reading. Too bad Congress can't act like Parliament did at the end of the South Seas fiasco. I've started on the 1632, 1633, 1634, etc. SF books by Flint. I may read all of them. I'm impressed so far, a nice alternative history twist that obviously has a lot of research behind it.