Re: Useful instructions concerning the Halloween weekend for all

Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:36:25 -0600 

thor,

i'm so glad someone else out there loves _stranger in a strange land_.  one of
my favorite all-time books.

matt


>
>
>Thank God (whichever God you choose) that there are still Bokononists in
>the world.
>Actually, all kidding aside, the really strange thing I find about this
>place is that there are so many witty, well-read people here & so many
>disagreements about what is good.  I mean, I made a half-hearted stab at
>Catcher as a kid.  I couldn't get into it.  Now, because of Will's
>class, at 32, I'm reading Salinger and REALLY getting into it.  Was it
>crap before and good now?  No, I had to look at it with eyes that were
>forgiving of his early, unpolished works, trust that all these Salinger
>fanatics were really clued into something, and hang in long enough to
>"get it".
>Let me give you a short list of books that mean the world to me.
>Although nearly all Vonnegut novels could go here, I'll keep it down to
>one.  Those of you who haven't read any of these, start somewhere & see
>what you think.  Those of you who already hate books or authors here, I
>challenge you to try again, and hang with it, because even if you don't
>agree with the author, if you hang with it, there really is some meaty
>stuff here.  I dare you to fing the gold.
>
>Illusions......................Richard Bach
>Cat's Cradle...................Kurt Vonnegut
>Stranger In A Strange Land.....Robert Heinlein
>Atlas Shrugged.................Ayn Rand
>Winter Trees...................Sylvia Plath
>Razor's Edge...................W. Sommerset Maugham
>
>"All a person needs to be educated is to be told which books to read and
>in what order to read them"
>-- Thomas Jefferson
>
>Thanks, guys, I really like being here & reading your stuff, highly
>opinionated though we are.
>
>Namaste,
>
>Thor
>
>P.S. Please check out my web page & let me know what you think.
>http://www.uscolo.edu/TAC/
>
>
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