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Old 05-18-2010, 08:56 PM   #4891
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Finally finished The Origin of Species, 6th Ed. by Charles Darwin. It was slow going, but the final chapter contained some really nice prose. If Darwin had been less concerned with scientific accuracy and more focused on readability, it would have made for easier reading, but it wouldn’t have been the foundational scientific classic that it is.

My favorite line is that with which the book closes:

Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone circling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
— Chapter XV: Recapitulation and Conclusion
Apparently that ending was re-written numerous times from what I have heard.
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Old 05-19-2010, 12:43 AM   #4892
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I think this was my first "steampunk" read, and I loved the world Wesley Allison (HistoryWes on MR) created. It was intriguing how past, future, and magic is all one in the world. Brechalon is a short novella prequel to the first novel, The Voyage of the Minotaur, and I'm anxious to begin book one.

I'm on Part Two of The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, this month's book club book. It was a bit slow in the beginning until I realized that it was written in the late 1800's (before TV) and the long, detailed descriptions were probably used to "paint" a picture for readers of the era.

I've also begun, Future Diary by Sakae Esuno ( a manga pbook) that was an impulse buy when I was purchasing a Mother's Day gift for my mom.
I'm about 1/5 the way through The Voyage of the Minotaur by Wesley Allison (HistoryWes on MR) and anxiously wanting to discover what is going to happen. <I love this one Wes!>

I'm still making it through this month's Book Club book, The Mysterious Island. So far, I've decided this would be a good book to have if stranded on a desert island.

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Currently reading the "Repairman Jack" series by F.Paul Wilson. Finished the first two books, "The Tomb" and "Legacies". Loved them! This series is like "the Equalizer" meets "Kolchak, the Night Stalker" in Lovecraft country! Just started the third book, "Conspiracies" and can't put it down!
I just made it home from work with a stop at a bookstore on the way home. SOMEBODY (I won't name who ) got me excited about starting F Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack's books again. (Since I already have some in pback, I decided to continue in pback.)
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Old 05-19-2010, 12:50 AM   #4893
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...I'm on Part Two of The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, this month's book club book. It was a bit slow in the beginning until I realized that it was written in the late 1800's (before TV) and the long, detailed descriptions were probably used to "paint" a picture for readers of the era. ...
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...I'm still making it through this month's Book Club book, The Mysterious Island. So far, I've decided this would be a good book to have if stranded on a desert island. ...
Hand in there, Dreams! In Part III it gets cranking! It makes up in spades for the slow pace of Parts I and II!
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Old 05-19-2010, 12:28 PM   #4894
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A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright.
Which was OK. Main plot points get resolved, but there's obviously lots of things waiting for sequels. I was a little unhappy with some of the things unexplained so far, and with some characters' actions and motivations.

Now for Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia

A new author. It sounds fun.
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Old 05-20-2010, 10:03 AM   #4895
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Just started Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin.
(Listed in the NYT compilation of the best books of the past 25 years (a few years back.)
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Old 05-20-2010, 10:08 AM   #4896
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Just started Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin.
(Listed in the NYT compilation of the best books of the past 25 years (a few years back.)
That's a book I loved when I read it, about age 19 (20 years ago). Then I would have seen it thoroughly deserving of that spot, though I haven't (yet) reread it. I hope you get the same pleasure out if it I did then. I can't remember the book very well, but I remember the pleasure.

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Old 05-20-2010, 10:15 AM   #4897
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Just started Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin.
(Listed in the NYT compilation of the best books of the past 25 years (a few years back.)
Oh, I loved that book when I read it a long time ago. In fact, I might like to re-read it now. I hope you enjoy it!
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Old 05-20-2010, 10:19 AM   #4898
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I'd already read it, but this week I received a hardback copy of Meeting of Minds Vol. 1 by Steve Allen, personally autographed by his widow, Jayne Meadows.

It appears that I may have received the last one!

http://www.steveallenonline.com/tele...g_of_minds.htm

I will treasure it as long as I live.
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That's a book I loved when I read it, about age 19 (20 years ago). Then I would have seen it thoroughly deserving of that spot, though I haven't (yet) reread it. I hope you get the same pleasure out if it I did then. I can't remember the book very well, but I remember the pleasure.

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Oh, I loved that book when I read it a long time ago. In fact, I might like to re-read it now. I hope you enjoy it!
With glowing endorsements like those I'm looking forward to spending more quality time with the book later today.
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Old 05-20-2010, 01:31 PM   #4900
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Finishing up re-read of Watership Down. Love that book and now available on Amazon fo K.
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Finishing up re-read of Watership Down. Love that book and now available on Amazon fo K.
Another book I might like to re-read some day...

Finished The Tomorrow People on my lunch break. Nothing stellar but it was a nice quick read. (Re)started Dragon Keeper on the train back home.
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I'd already read it, but this week I received a hardback copy of Meeting of Minds Vol. 1 by Steve Allen, personally autographed by his widow, Jayne Meadows.

It appears that I may have received the last one!

http://www.steveallenonline.com/tele...g_of_minds.htm

I will treasure it as long as I live.
Wow!


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My thoughts exactly! I was extremely surprised when I returned to the website today to discover it was sold out.

Will she be signing any in the future? I don't know. She is 89, you know!
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DUDE! You're a Bear on ICE!
My co-workers would understand. I've never seen an A/C turned too low. IMHO, Alaskan winter is shirt-sleeve weather!
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