Same as sugar skull... All of the above! .. one thing books taught me, there is a vast difference between knowledge which can be gained from books, and wisdom ...
Nonfiction (tons) and classical literature. Won't waste my time (or shelf space) anymore with fiction.
I put a premium on learning from what I read. My library is chock full of history, philosophy and science texts. I am currently reading Sam Harris' "The Moral Landscape".
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 6, 2017 6:23 PM MST
It comes through in your posts, Zee. I've cherry picked the classical literature genre. Too lazy to spend much time with it but those I've read have been great.
So much of classical writing I've found contains profound messages or larger teachings, beyond just being great stories. From The Iliad to the Brothers Karamazov, so many. Modern fiction doesn't measure up in my view. Then there is the use of the language: Twain, Dickens, Shakespeare (of course) David Hume, Spinoza, Kant, Bacon, the great thinkers of the Enlightenment. This is my wheelhouse, Didge.
You did say that you loved comic books and I remember telling you that I loved them too. As for that other stuff, maybe you can talk me into reading a few to broaden my horizons.
This post was edited by Zack at March 6, 2017 6:23 PM MST
Most are Spiritual Books in my Library. But since I work as a General Contractor to pay the bills, also having Manuals, Reference books for electrical issues etc, code references etc for the trades, that work with the jobs occasionally. No tablets, no E readers etc
Thanks, Baba. There's a vast difference between spiritual and religious, as you know. I'll have to work on converting you to an e-Reader. Very easy to carry lots of books around.
Hi Dozy, That Q became very relevant for me when I moved into my car homeless...you quickly find out what REALLY matters!
So, here is the list: ULYSSES, by James Joyce A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, by Stephen Hawking ADDICTION AND GRACE, by Gerald May, M.D. (excellent review of the biological basis of addiction) DRUMMERS AND DREAMERS, by Click Relander (it was more that this book is difficult to replace, the history of a small tribe of Native Americans along the Columbia River who produced a great medicine keeper.) THE TAO TE CHING, by Lao Tsu (The book itself is easy to replace, but not this edition...my favourite) IRRATIONAL MAN by the philosopher William Barrett. One of your friends on Ask suggested this to us, and I love it SO much, recently re-read it...I wish you could think of your friend's name. THE FISHER KING AND THE HANDLESS MAIDEN, by Robert Johnson, a Jungian psychologist. THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION, by Aldous Huxley. WHAT IS LIFE? by Erwin Schödinger along with another of this great Nobel physicist's classics THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER, by Lord Dunsany...a fascinating fictional parallel to Einstein's work with time and space, contemporary with Einstein. A couple of Buddhist classics on Mindfulness that are likewise difficult to replace. BLACK ELK SPEAKS, by John G. Niehardt
I also took ETHAN FROME, by Edith Wharton but gave it away to a tiny library in Oregon, along with a dollar I donated...they were very nice there, and I used their Internet.
* * * So that is it; you notice I left behind my Omar Khayyam, that is how short space was!
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 7, 2017 9:11 AM MST
Let's just say at least one of everything. I read anything and everything. But I donate most of them back to the Library as I don't really have room for many. Mostly fiction though. But just finished this one.
That's a really graphic cover, Rooster. Space is a problem with books. We've donated a lot over the years but with the switch to digital that's no longer a problem.
Sugar Skull 