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I've read the Dune books a few times years back. It seems as though the first one was the best the first time through but when read back to back a second time they're all about the same.

Just recently I've been re-reading a graphic novel (graphic film?) called The Cowboy Wally Show by Kyle Barker. I had forgotten how incredibly funny the "remake" of Hamlet was. The guy is a genius. http://www.kylebaker.com/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140120 ... s&v=glance

The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey. I can't put any of his books down.

Nature, Children, and Survival : A Tom Brown Field Guide

hippy new age awareness meets Cherokee heritage meets Survivalist.

I just finished the Border Trilogy by Mccarthy and I hated to finish it. While some say they don't think the third book Cities on the Plain is as good I would disagree. I thought the romantic feel of it was the perfect ending to two such compelling figures like John Grady and Billy. I'm still asking myself questions about the epilogue especially the story of the dream and rather at the end when Billy is 78 and taken in by those folks who are curiously like his parents ,would have been ,had they lived.
never mind I could ramble about this all day.
Dick I give it 5 stars has a nice melody and the beat makes it easy to dance to.
Zspider yes I do believe the Judge is the devil incarnate. the Judge speaks all languages, knows all manner of things be it chemistry, playing music, art, cultures, biology, etc. He never dies he has been walking the earth forever. Most importantly he is always around to prode , push and persuade man to do the most heinous base things humans can do to one another.
Btw the first time you meet the Judge he walks into a tent revival and tells the audience that the preacher is a fraud and worse than that he is wanted in several states, most recently for the rape of an 11 tear old girl and having congress with a goat. A man pulls a pistol and kills the reverand. All things said were lies, in fact, the judge had never heard or seen the preacher before in his life. The judge tells this to the men at the bar.
"He raised his glass and drank.
There was a strange silence in the room. The men looked like mud effigies. Finally someone began to laugh. Then another. Soon they were all laughing together. Someone bought the judge a drink."
Many examples like this in the book.
and that really isn't me in that t-shirt thats jeff neal when he was really young and pudgy, after one of his early vacation climbing trips.

skibum wrote:

11 tear old girl

Odd thing about that typo is that is what she becomes............many tears and old before her time.

dipsi wrote:skibum wrote:

11 tear old girl

Odd thing about that typo is that is what she becomes............many tears and old before her time.

Huh? It's not even true, even within the fictional context. It's a lie the Judge made up to incite the crowd against the preacher.

ZSpider

Oh, sorry. I haven't read the book. Just got caught up in the typo and the irony of what an 11 year old girl becomes after she becomes a victim. I see how my post was confusing.

I'm glad it was a lie.....even in fiction!

Banner in the Sky by Ullman

Its a fictional account of the FA of the Matterhorn (sort of, not really) and its geared towards adolescents. The protagonist is 16 years old. Despite the reading level it very accurately describes mountaineering back then.

I just read that Chris.
I thought is was good as well if only because of when it was written.

oops, drunk