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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Jun 26, 2015 - 07:02pm PT
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I haven't seen the film but the book is a joy.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2015 - 04:48am PT
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Just finished the last two volumes of Allan Eckert's series, The Winning of America, The Conquerors & The Wilderness War. Although Eckert's work has taken some criticism for his employment of imagination when recreating conversations based on historical facts, these books are valuable accounts of this land's history.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 28, 2015 - 12:01pm PT
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I just finished Command & Control by Eric Schlosser. Basically a history of nuclear weapons safety in the US. Interesting and well-written, but also a bit scary and depressing. Finished it thinking that it was sheer luck that we didn't have an accidental nuclear detonation at some point between 1950 and 1980. And that such an accident could very easily have led to war with the Soviets.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2015 - 06:46am PT
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Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman. A good read and probably the last look at China before the advent of the internet; which has had a marked impact on the ancient culture there, at least from what I read in the news about modern China. Of course the internet has changed every culture; but probably not to the extent that has taken place in China.
stevep, Command And Control sounded interesting so I bought a used copy and am starting it today.
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Stewart
Trad climber
Courtenay, B.C.
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Homegrown Democrat by Garrison Keillor: A must read for all citizens of the U.S. as the next Presidential election nears.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jul 12, 2015 - 02:32pm PT
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2015 - 03:31pm PT
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malemute, looks like a good read, i will give it a try, i'm about to finish up Command And Control , if that isn't enough of a realistic scare, i don't know what is. Mind boggling.
sycorax, our stories are reversed, i came home to GA for a medical checkup for what i thought was going to a few month's visit until spring of 1985 and here i have unintentionally remained for 30 years. i had planned on another exodus to Yosemite.
Thanks for the link, i read that in 2010; certainly worth reading again.
Somethings have changed, somethings have remained the same. i have a friend who is an organic chicken farmer for both laying and frying hens and two others that are organic truck farmers. Waffles and grits remain strong and the instant variety of grits is not part of the diet.
tgt, my little library looked like that once;however i culled what i knew i would never read and have whittled down the orange variety to about four. That was a mission i started 2 years ago, most belonged to my mother, a student of history.
i have two of the "gray" variety Tom Wolfe's A Man In Full (i did enjoy the parts on quail hunting.) The other is Hunter Thompson's Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas. Tom Wolfe's other works i have read more than once, he must have owed his publisher one more and dumped A Man In Full on them to settle up. i have no idea why i keep them; except to tear the pages out to light the fire in the winter. i offer them up to anyone who wants them to read.
i did enjoy HT's Hell's Angels.
i can't say i have any of the hot pink one's, except that which are made to be looked at.
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Psilocyborg
climber
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Jul 12, 2015 - 03:40pm PT
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I liked fear and loathing, I thought it was a fun read. Some times when things are over-hyped, critics become over critical. Or perhaps you really didn't like it!
I also enjoyed his Hell Angels book.
I am reading desert solitaire. I like it!
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jul 12, 2015 - 04:12pm PT
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David Edmonds and 1 more
Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
The one time Wittgenstein met Karl Popper -in the Cambridge debating club - it ended with Wittgenstein threatening Popper with a fire poker and then storming out of the room...... or so the story goes. :)
Fun read so far if you are into that sort of thing. Important philisophical issues in the background but the book is not too dense for a layman.
More about personalities and the culture of Cambridge in 1946. And the great clash of competing approaches to reality as represented by these two figures.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 12, 2015 - 06:21pm PT
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So this copy's lying in the cab of Flip Flop's truck and we agreed it's got more smooth moves than a Casanova.
Then Erika, his climbing partner for the weekend, showed up in camp and she had her female wolf-dog with her, a mellow little love named "Bumi."
Flip Flop decided to give me the chance to read it one more time. Thanks!
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Jul 13, 2015 - 08:59am PT
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Sir Karl Popper was my Dad's PhD adviser at LSE...
One story my Dad liked to tell was that he and Sir Karl were discussing some difficult theory and Sir Karl leaned back, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and said, "Crouch, even after all these years, I am amazed by what I do not know."
Wise man, that.
Wish more of us had that depth of understanding.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jul 14, 2015 - 01:51am PT
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^^^like^^^
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2015 - 04:05pm PT
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Wrapped up Command & Control by Eric Schlosser a few minutes ago. It is a captivating tale of the haphazard handling of nuclear weapons dating back to their advent. The sad part is that the saga of nuclear weapons will continue. Thanks for posting it stevep.
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jmacrosoft
Sport climber
Atlanta, GA
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Jul 27, 2015 - 07:20am PT
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"How to climb big walls"
Yay for supertopo plugs on the supertopo forums!
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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Jul 28, 2015 - 08:52am PT
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The Study of Counterpoint
It's a real page turner!
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Jul 28, 2015 - 11:03am PT
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The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt. Second time around.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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“Here’s another thing I always carry. A souvenir of Oxford days. It was taken in Trinity Quad — the man on my left is now the Earl of Dorcaster.”
(Jay Gatsby bragging to Nick Carraway) Interesting that sycorax posted a Gatsby quote since I just reread that a couple of weeks ago for the first time in about 25 yrs. Absolutely terrific. I hadn't really appreciated it in the earlier period of my life.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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"What Hath God Wrought"
The transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
by Daniel Walker Howe
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 5, 2015 - 04:30pm PT
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I think it was who Reilly mentioned Fur, Fortune And Empire by Eric J. Dolin on another thread, it sounded interesting and it is. Less than ˝ through it; but it is very good reading.
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