I waited until after the election to write this. I am sad now for that decision. War is a book that made me happy we had Biden in office and looking forward to more time with Democrats in control.
War
War by Bob Woodward
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
I have sh*t to say, so I am going to try a different format here and bold the points I am trying to make. I read Atlas Shrugged because I believe in reading all sorts of influential works, even though I know the direction in which the book has been influential and I know that it does not reflect my philosophy nor my views on society. All the same, I’ve found that reading things like this helps me form better arguments for my own points. […]
Anthem
Anthem by Ayn Rand
I’m not going to say much about this one, because I think tomorrow I’m going to finally write my Atlas Shrugged review, and for that one I have OPINIONS. They will largely cover my thoughts on Anthem as well so I’ll take the opportunity to be lazy because it will keep me from being redundant. Anthem plus low-quality 1970s acid equals the movie Zardoz with Sean Connery. Take from that what you will. I do not recommend this book.
The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
This will be a very short one because I’m feeling very lazy. The Mysterious Island is also a movie, with fantastic stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen. It’s one of my favorite movies and has been since I was a child. Harryhausen uses incredible techniques, such as manipulating an actual crab shell (purchased at Harrod’s in London) into a gigantic monster crab that the protagonists fight. They also fight a giant cassowary-like bird, giant bees, and late in the movie a horrifying sea monster. The use of […]
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe
Years ago I lost a trivia round because I insisted that the “Father of the Mystery Novel” could not be Edgar Allen Poe. On what planet could that not be Arthur Conan Doyle, inventor of Sherlock Holmes!? This turned into me having more beers and ranting that it makes sense for Poe to be the father of horror, but not mystery. At the time I’d read The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, Cask of Amantillado, and Masque of the Red Death. Well, it turns […]
Anabasis
Anabasis by Xenophon
Anabasis or The March Up Country is an autobiographical history by Xenophon, a professional soldier and writer from Ancient Greece. This is not a work of fiction, nor is it even a work from any millennium close to our own. It is extremely dry, the text is old fashioned, and everything is said so curtly that you can easily miss things. Definitely do not go into this expecting an engagingly written, Dan Brown-style experience. But if you do give this a read, it is thrilling […]
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