What Book Have You Read Recently?

I just picked up my first book of fiction in a long time. It's a collection of short stories by John Barth called Lost in the Funhouse. I heart John Barth.
 
Language and Myth by Ernst Cassirer

(only read chapter 1 so far, but it was pretty interesting)
 
Last book I read was Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. It was the fourth book by him I read, and I LOVE his writing.
 
seattlegal said:
Hehehe! I loved reading Kurt Vonnegut! :D
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Yeah, now there's an old fart I used to love reading :p

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”

“People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.”

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/kurt_vonnegut.html


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I'm rereading the......

"The Dharma Bums" by Jack Kerouac.

.......After a break of more than thirty five years. And it's a treasure of alternative prose compassion and exploration.
Walt Whitman I knew you when............
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I said:
"The Very Hungary Caterpillar"!
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not read that one, I have been reading

"Ten Wriggly Wiggly Caterpillars" which is quite good.

and "Breakfast Time Teddy" is another classic.
 
"Evolution of Consciousness" by John Kuykendall is appealing in particular because it explains the Christian mysteries so everyone can understand them. The book evolves in stages as the reader is taken on a transforming journey through the layers of the mind, the parts of the mind and evolution. Among the themes explored are: Christ Consciousness, Trinity, and the Soul. It answers many questions and leads one to Christian Mysticism. I would recommend "Evolution of Consciousness" as a resource for spiritual renewal because the book outlines, with specific and practical guidelines, a life any person in the world—no matter their station—might adopt with great benefit. Here is ancient Christian wisdom written so contemporary Christians may understand.
 
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I'm still working on that materials engineering book (I am in the last chapter, yay!). Picked up a few books at a yard sale: A collection of Robert Louis Stevenson (the classics plus a couple I had not heard of before), an anatomy book (quite graphic and thorough, the wife and I already got a couple of blushing laughs out of it), another book on wisdom / philosophies from assorted cultures, and my favorite of the bunch that I have already got a good start on...the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, by Bruce Lee. Quite a collection I thought, well worth the $2 the guy asked for the lot.
 
Started reading The Prophets by Heschel and picked up my Intro to Formal Logic book again. Was reviewing inference rules in propositional logic. Hope to move onto quantificational logic soon.
 
The philosophy book I mentioned earlier I brought in with me tonight: "Wisdom of the Elders" by David Suzuki and Peter Knudtson, c 1992. Having only gotten to the second chapter, it appears the remainder of the book is a collection of Native and Aboriginal legends regarding the association between humans and the earth.
 
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