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The name of the Rose
What is it about?
"Time Enough for Love" Robert Heinlein.
Back around 1970, I was big into motorcycle racing. I bought a book " The Bart Markel Story", about a legendary motorcycle racer. A few years later, I met Bart Markel at a race and immediately got into a "discussion" about a questionable device he had put on his racer. I had him sweating. I chose not to officially protest the device. Later that evening, I found myself in a heat race with the guy. Unfortunately, my machine sprung a gas leak all over the inside track surface and made it very slippery. I had to pull off while Bart Markel found himself sliding down onto his butt. He was able to continue but didn't win the race.
not for most people
but "Play of Consciousness"
by Swami Muktananda,
is the best book i have ever read.
The Shroud of the Thwacker
A historical detective story written by someone who clearly didn't study history and has no clue on the inner-workings of police and detective work.
The Zen of Farting. Tailchaser's Song. Undaunted Courage. Demon Haunted World. The Transcendental Temptation.
I asked for a book you have READ, not looked at the pictures. ;0
Yes, that is always fine literature.
"The Making of Psycho" or something. It is a book about the making of the Psycho.
Also, "The Making of Empire Strikes Back" is good too.
You're such a smarty pants.
In non-fiction; Peter Singer's "Practical Ethics."
In fiction, it's too hard to call. My favourites I might read five or more times, but there's a lot of them. Plus, I'm always on the hunt for new, second-hand hard-backs of classic and modern fine literature. It often seems to me that the best is the one I'm reading now.
The Joy Luck Club.
The Joy Luck Club (1989) is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club, playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters. The three mothers and four daughters (one mother, Suyuan Woo, dies before the novel opens) share stories about their lives in the form of vignettes. Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the game.
In 1993, the novel was adapted into a feature film directed by Wayne Wang and starring Ming-Na, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, France Nguyen, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, Lisa Lu, and Vivian Wu. The screenplay was written by the author Amy Tan along with Ronald Bass. The novel was also adapted into a play, by Susan Kim
I love that movie, "Psycho."
:)
"We Have Always Lived in the Castle"
~ Shirley Jackson
