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Books, meet data!
Data: 2008 – 2017 So, it turns out that turning ten years of book-reading data into a 15-item line graph is..kind of anti-climatic. Most of the items just kind of blend together, and the only things that leap out are … Continue reading
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We the Living
We the Living © 1936 Ayn Rand 528 pages “I fear for your future, Kira,” said Victor. “It’s time to get reconciled to life. You won’t get far with those ideas of yours.” “That,” said Kira, “depends on what … Continue reading
What I Read in 2010
At last we come to 2010, the last year I never kept a list for. At 184 items, it’s my second-highest year. This was the year historical fiction really arrived, driven by Bernard Cornwell and C.S. Forester. but with a … Continue reading
What I Read in 2009
Continuing in my attempts to make 2007 – 2010 legible in terms of the books I read, below is everything from 2009. At 218 books, it stands as my biggest year on record, and the closest I’ve come to rivaling … Continue reading
What I Read in 2008
As mentioned a few days ago, I’m presently creating lists of books read for the first four years of this blog, from the days before I’d adopted that useful practice. I’ve discovered in the process that many titles trigger flashes … Continue reading
Quotes from "Brave New World Revisited"
These are selected quotations from Brave New World Revisited. “In the course of evolution nature has gone to endless trouble to see that every individual is unlike every other individual. […] Physically and mentally, each one of us is unique. … Continue reading
The Ends of the World
The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions© 2017 Peter Brannen336 pages Earth has tried to kill us five times before, and now it’s at it again. (To be fair, … Continue reading
Sunrise to Sunset at the Grand Canyon
I landed in Arizona late in the afternoon, but as soon as I’d checked into my motel room and purchased a few supplies at the local WalMart, I headed for the Canyon. It didn’t matter to me that it would … Continue reading
Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World Revisited© 1958 Aldhous Huxley144 pages Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1931) transported readers to a deeply creepy nightmare-vision of the future, in which man had disappeared as an independent being, instead becoming the raw materials for a new, … Continue reading
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Encompassing Flagstaff: Red Rock State Park
The red cliffs of Sedona, taken from the air on my flight into Flagstaff. I thought this was the Grand Canyon, and…so did most everyone else on the plane. I realized my mistake once I’d driven northwest to the Grand Canyon … Continue reading
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