Comments on: You’re reading about books…how meta is that? http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: George Potter http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-546 George Potter Fri, 17 Jun 2005 05:29:01 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-546 <p>(crossposted from NO TREASON, with an update on 'last book read')</p> <p>How many books: A few hundred. It varies. The local library has a cool thing -- a trade table. People bring in books and trade them on a one to one basis. Delightfully, about 90% of them are paperback SF novels, and a nice mix of classic and newer stuff.</p> <p>Last book bought: Ack, been a while. I'm thinking a paperback TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE to replace a loaner that I never got back.</p> <p>Last book read: My absolute classic of classics -- THE HUGO WINNERS VOL. 1 & 2. This is the tome my mother taught me to read from. It warped me for life. Clifford Simak's "The Big Front Yard" is one of those stories I can read again and again. That ode to the power of trade and the individualist themes of Murray Leinster's "Exploration Team" probably shaped my political mind more than anything else.</p> <p>Concurrent with that I read WORLD'S BEST SF 1972, which contained R.A. Lafferty's jewel of a short story "All Pieces Of A River Shore". Highly recommended.</p> <p>Currently reading: RebelFrire 1.0: Out Of The Gray Zone by Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman. Highly recommended. I'm on the second read.)</p> <p>Five Books That Mean A Lot: Without repeating authors -- TEFL by Heinlein. CHICAGO POEMS by Carl Sandburg. BRIGHTNESS FALLS FROM AIR by James Tiptree, Jr. SNOW CRASH/THE DIAMOND AGE by Neal Stephenson (I can't choose.) STEEL BEACH by John Varley. </p> (crossposted from NO TREASON, with an update on ‘last book read’)

How many books: A few hundred. It varies. The local library has a cool thing — a trade table. People bring in books and trade them on a one to one basis. Delightfully, about 90% of them are paperback SF novels, and a nice mix of classic and newer stuff.

Last book bought: Ack, been a while. I’m thinking a paperback TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE to replace a loaner that I never got back.

Last book read: My absolute classic of classics — THE HUGO WINNERS VOL. 1 & 2. This is the tome my mother taught me to read from. It warped me for life. Clifford Simak’s “The Big Front Yard” is one of those stories I can read again and again. That ode to the power of trade and the individualist themes of Murray Leinster’s “Exploration Team” probably shaped my political mind more than anything else.

Concurrent with that I read WORLD’S BEST SF 1972, which contained R.A. Lafferty’s jewel of a short story “All Pieces Of A River Shore”. Highly recommended.

Currently reading: RebelFrire 1.0: Out Of The Gray Zone by Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman. Highly recommended. I’m on the second read.)

Five Books That Mean A Lot: Without repeating authors — TEFL by Heinlein. CHICAGO POEMS by Carl Sandburg. BRIGHTNESS FALLS FROM AIR by James Tiptree, Jr. SNOW CRASH/THE DIAMOND AGE by Neal Stephenson (I can’t choose.) STEEL BEACH by John Varley.

]]> By: petya http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-542 petya Mon, 06 Jun 2005 01:14:24 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-542 <p>i'm done. :) i think you've read most of them. and those that you haven't...well, you should. </p> i’m done. :) i think you’ve read most of them. and those that you haven’t…well, you should.

]]> By: mock savvy » book junkies http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-541 mock savvy » book junkies Sun, 05 Jun 2005 04:04:26 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-541 <p>[...] 005 </p> <pre><code>book junkies Filed under: books &#8212; mock @ 11:03 pm Following the trend, here are some book facts about myself: Number of bo [...] </code></pre> […] 005 

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]]> By: petya http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-540 petya Sat, 04 Jun 2005 02:20:24 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-540 <p>i'll do it tomorrow. :) </p> i’ll do it tomorrow. :)

]]> By: mock http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-539 mock Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:23:46 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-539 <p>I'm on it!</p> I’m on it!

]]> By: billy-jay http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-538 billy-jay Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:07:21 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/06/03/youre-reading-about-bookshow-meta-is-that/#comment-538 <p>Done.</p> Done.

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