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I'm now reading Neuromancer. I caught myself thinking a lot about the opinion from William Gibson about the internet:

William Gibson says he was wrong about something else: He thought the Internet would be a mysterious and sexy place. "Cyberspace, as described in Neuromancer, is nothing at all like the Internet that we live with, which consists mostly of utterly banal and silly stuff."
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Introduction to Renewable Energy by Solar Energy International. I was reading the pros and cons of solar panels in this post and got interested to learn more about solar energy in general. Interesting book.
 
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The Complete Stories of Erskine Caldwell

H.L. Mencken, Prejudices (Series 1-6)

The Complete Vonnegut (just now finishing Player Piano [first novel in this four volume set]).
 
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Actually, A Nefarious Plot is excellent albeit a hard read. It's Screwtape Letters for America. I suppose the movie will have the death row inmate possessed by Nefarious saying the things he says in the books (there's A Nefarious Carol, too), even though the book is just the demon talking about how clever he is and how stupid humans are. Quite a good little history lesson on the USA in there. Would say it's an MA rating though for some disturbing content.
 
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clavells king rat (meh) and whirlwind (okay).

adventures of robinson crusoe. good! enjoyable.

captains courageous by kipling. okay.

the stranger by albert camus. if theres a deeper meaning in this short novel, i didnt catch it. i felt it was like someone gave me a 2 pieces of bread with nothing between as a sandwich.

russell kirkpatricks 'fire of heaven' series. starts out very promising, but loses a bit of steam at the end. the battle scenes were well written. i was entertained, but it wasnt fantastic. his fantasy world he created seems a bit empty without some strange, otherworldy creatures. its just humans and normal animals. i was hoping for something more.
 
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Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey. Highly recommend it. It pretty much addresses every social issue mentioned here (abortion, euthanasia/assisted suicide, transgenderism, tyranny of government over individual lives, etc) in a logical, well-researched way. Want to read more by her, especially her book on masculinity that is upcoming.
 
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Zakat said:
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The eternal enemy : Pike, Christopher : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

192 pages
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I used to binge read his stuff in jr high/high school at the public library. Ended up buying most of his stuff used online once i was an adult.

This one in particular had a terminator-ish feel to it. Well, terminator with less action and weapons lol.

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The lost mind : Pike, Christopher, 1961- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

An Archway paperback.
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This one was another favorite. Really makes some connections to the dangers dissociation and drug abuse. Not so harmless...
 
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