| Title | Author | Why | Started | Completed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demon Box | Ken Kesey | saw it at Half Price when i was getting jmike's bday present. | 7 Oct 2008 | ||
| Discipline | Paco Ahlgren | I have no idea where i got this book. It was on my bookshelf, and i was sick with food poisoning, and wanted something to distract me. It's another example of Synchronicity i guess. | 3 Oct 2008 | 6 Oct 2008 | |
| Lost on Planet China | K. Maarten Troost | Liked the others, saw it in Book People | 14? Sep 2008 | 25? Sep 2008 | |
| Synchronicity
An Acausal Connecting Principal | C. G. Jung | hmm... Well, we can start with Jung's forward to the the
Wilhelm/Baynes translation of the I Ching.
And then there's my preoccupation with the (apparent) Fundamental Interconnection of All Things (as manifest by the so-called "coincidences...") And i guess i like the album by the Police, too. (Though not as much as Regatta de Blanc.) | 26 Aug 2008 | ||
| Getting Stoned with Savages | J. Maarten Troost | Delia | 24 Aug 2008 | 26 Aug 2008 | |
| The Sex Lives of Cannibals | J. Maarten Troost | Delia | 20 Aug 2008 | 24 Aug 2008 | |
| The Last Light of the Sun | Guy Gavriel Kay | Liked his earlier stuff | 14 Aug 2008 | 19 Aug 2008 | |
| Cat's Cradle | Kurt Vonnegut | bought it used at Left Bank Books in Hanover, NH | 6 Aug 2008 | 12 Aug 2008 | |
| The Island at the Center of the World | Russell Shorto | loan from Dad | 19 June 2008 | 2 Aug 2008 | |
| The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break | Stephen Sherrill | bought it used at Left Bank Books in Hanover, NH; liked the title. | 1 Aug 2008 | 2 Aug 2008 | |
| The Man Who Loved China | Simon Winchester | gift from Moux | 16 June 2008 | 12 July 2008 | |
| Canone Inverso | Paolo Maurensic | gift from Moux? | ? | 13 June 2008 | |
| Terror | Dan Simmmons | gift from Demetri | ? | 4 June 2008 | |
| Pale Fire | Nabakov | Les | ? | put it down. wasn't doing it for me. | |
| The Secret Lives of Cowboys | Tom Groneberg | present. | ? | ~1 May 2008 | |
| The Neon Bible | John Kennedy Toole | Pam loaned it to me. | ? | 12 Apr 2008 | |
| Sirens of Titan | Kurt Vonnegut | Pam loaned it to me. | ? | ~2 Apr 2008 | |
| Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World | Samantha Power | Interview with the author on The World, and an Indepedent Lens program on PBS. I know a little bit about Sergio Vieira de Mello, and admire him more than just about anyone else i can think of. | ? | 25 Mar 2008 | |
| Prometheus Rising | Robert Anton Wilson | Boerner | ? | ~25 Feb. 2008 | |
| National Electrical Code 2002 | National Fire Protection Association | Remodeling my house | ? | - | |
| Interpreting the National Electrical Code 2002 | Truman C Surbrook | Remodeling my house | ? | - | |
| Renovation, 3rd edition | Michael W. Litchfield | Remodeling my house | ? | - | |
| The Eye of the World | Robert Jordan | Mairi | ? | 8 Dec. 2007 | |
| Collapse | Jared Diamond | present from Mairi | ? | 28 Oct. 2007 | |
| David Suzuki: The Autobiography | David Suzuki | present from Mom | ? | 21 Oct. 2007 | |
| The Good Men | Charmaine Craig | Secret Files of tde Inquisition (see also Inquisition Productions | ? | August? 2007 | |
| Chindi | Jack McDevitt | present from Aunt Barbara | ? | 1 May 2007 | |
| The Character of Cats | Stpehen Budiansky | BookPeople sale. | ? | 3 Apr. 2007 | |
| IBM and the Holocaust | Edwin Black | referenced in Tde Corporation | ? | 29 Aug. 2006 | |
| A Feast for Crows | George R.R. Martin | hooked | ? | 19 July 2006 | |
| The Drawing of the Dark | Tim Powers | Peoples | ? | 29 August 2005 | |
| Wild Cards (VII) | edited by George R.R. Martin | Hooked, (Gonzalez) | ? | August 2005 | |
| Wild Cards (VI) | edited by George R.R. Martin | Hooked, (Gonzalez) | ? | August 2005 | |
| Wild Cards (V) | edited by George R.R. Martin | Hooked, (Gonzalez) | ? | August 2005 | |
| Wild Cards (IV) | edited by George R.R. Martin | Hooked, (Gonzalez) | ? | July 2005 | |
| Wild Cards (III) | edited by George R.R. Martin | Hooked, (Gonzalez) | ? | July 2005 | |
| Wild Cards (II) | edited by George R.R. Martin | addicted | ? | June 2005 | |
| Wild Cards (I) | edited by George R.R. Martin | Gonzalez | ? | June 2005 | |
| The Darkest Road | Guy Gavriel Kay | Samoht | ? | March 2005 | |
| The Wandering Fire | Guy Gavriel Kay | Samoht | ? | March 2005 | |
| The Summer Tree | Guy Gavriel Kay | Samoht | ? | February 2005 | |
| The Bourne Identity | Robert Ludlum | the movie, Mairi. | ? | Aug 2004 | |
| The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman | addicted | ? | April 2004 | |
| Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | insomnia (and it was handy); i liked the movie | ? | - | |
| The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | J. R. R. Tolkien | Mairi | ? | - | |
| i six nonlectures | e e cummings | Mairi | ? | - | |
| The Subtle Knife | Philip Pullman | addicted | ? | March 2004 | |
| The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman | Mairi | ? | March 2004 | |
| Civilwarland in Bad Decline | George Saunders | Kulak | ? | - | |
| The Girl witd the Curious Hair | David Foster Wallace | liked the otder stuff of his that i read. | ? | ? | |
| The Botany of Desire | Michael Pollan | NPR, Markus | ? | 23 June 2003 | |
| Dreaming War | Gore Vidal | WALD | ? | 5 May 2003 | |
| The Notebooks Of Malte Laurids Briggs | Rilke | Kulak | ? | - | |
| Speaking witg the Angel | Nick Hornby | Delia | ? | 25 Feb 2003 | |
| The Tao of Pooh | Benjamin Hoff | just felt like reading it again. | ? | 13 Feb 2003 | |
| The Magus of Java | Kosta Danaos | Mom | ? | 19 Feb 2003 | |
| On Love | Alain de Boton | Kulak | ? | 31 Dec 2002 | |
| The Color of Magic | Terry Pratchett | Liked the last one | ? | 25 Dec 2002 | |
| Pastoralia | George Saunders | Kulak | ? | 31 Nov 2002 | |
| Equal Rites | Terry Pratchett | Liked the last one | ? | 6 Dec 2002 | |
| Inspector Imanishi Investigates | by Seicho Matsumoto | Peoples | ? | 4 Dec 2002 | |
| Naked | David Sedaris | Kulak | ? | Nov 2002 | |
| Archer's Goon | Diana Wynne Jones | Peoples | ? | Nov 2002 | |
| Men at Arms | Terry Pratchett | Liked the last one | ? | 7 November 2002 | |
| A Storm of Swords | George R.R. Martin | Addicted | ? | 16 Oct 2002 | |
| A Clash of Kings | George R.R. Martin | Addicted | ? | 5 October 2002 | |
| Game of Thrones | George R.R. Martin | Yoakum, Kulak, and Peoples | ? | 28 September 2002 | |
| Soul Music | Terry Pratchett | Liked the last one | ? | Sept 2002 | |
| Reaper Man | Terry Pratchett | Liked the last one | ? | August 2002 | |
| Interesting Times | Terry Pratchett | Liked the last one | ? | July 2002 | |
| Heart of the Comet | David Brin
Gregory Benford | Aunt Barbara? | ? | July 2002 | |
| Catastrophe | David Keys | Looked Interesting | ? | July 2002 | |
| Pyramids | Terry Pratchett | Liked the last one | ? | July 2002 | |
| Small Gods | Terry Pratchett | Peoples | ? | July 2002 | |
| American Gods | Neil Gaiman | Peoples | ? | July 2002 | |
| Stardust | Neil Gaiman | Peoples | ? | June 2002 | |
| My Ishmael | Daniel Quinn | Liked the last one | ? | June 2002 | |
| Ishmael | Daniel Quinn | Liked the last one | ? | May 2002 | |
| The Story of B | Daniel Quinn | Cam | ? | May 2002 | |
| Eight Skilled Gentlemen | Barry Hughart | Liked the last one | ? | May 2002 | |
| Tea with the Black Dragon | Barry Hughart | Liked the last one | ? | April 2002 | |
| Bridge of Birds | Barry Hughart | Peoples | ? | March 2002 | |
| There is a Tree More Ancient than Eden | Leon | NPR | ? | This is a fine book (like stream of consciousness sort of tding?), but just not what i'm in the mood for right now, because i'm addicted to a George R.R. Martin series. | |
| Traveling Mercies | Annie Lamott | ? | ? | Lotsa big G Ghod here. That's not really my bag, and so just put it down. |
| Title | Author | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Uglier than a Monkey's Armpit | Robert Vanderplank | Interview with the author on The World |
| World on Fire | Amy Chua | Delia |
| Seabiscuit | Laura Hillenbrand | Delia |
| Orchid Fever | Eric Hansen | Delia |
| Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Jean-Dominique Bauby | Awesome movie, Delia told me about it. |
| Love in the Time of Cholera | Gabriel García Márquez | Delia |
| Free Lunch | David Cay Johnston | Interview on Fresh Air |
| Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | Haruki Murakami | The Christian Science Monitor |
| - | Carl Hiaasen | jtodd |
| The Decline of the West | Oswald Spengler | Jospeh Campbell |
| Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda | Roméo Dalliare | Rwanda |
| The New Nuclear Danger | Dr. Helen Caldicott | NPR |
| The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | Greg Palast | NPR |
| Debt to Pleasure | John Lanchester | Les |
| House of Leaves | Mark Danielzewski | Les |
| Tex and Molly in the Afterlife | Richard Grant | Les |
| Riverworld | Philip Jose Farmer | Mic |
| Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity | Siva Vaidhyanathan | Jen |
| Mission of Gravity | Hal Clement | Lisa |
| War Against the Weak | Edwin Black | Edwin Black's website |
| Pattern Recognition | William Gibson | miked |
| - | China Mieville | miked |
| It Didnt Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States | Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks | - |
| A Voice to Sing With | Joan Baez | - |
| Third Chimp | Jared Diamond | Kulak |
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