Reading List for February
Friday, February 01, 2008
I pledge to do better next month. If you elect me as your reader of the day, I will perform to the best of my ability while I am in office. I will not be distracted by television, computers, or chatty podcasting. I will not fall asleep while on the job, and I will allow my cat to take up 2/3 of the couch as I contort my body around him to make him comfortable.
Thank you.
Read in January
God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens
The Plague - Albert Camus
Currently Reading
Media Mythmakers: How Journalists, Activists, and Advertisers Mislead Us - Benjamin Radford
Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Coming Up Next
Galaxy in Flames (The Horus Heresy) - Ben Counter
Seasons - Robert Frost
A History of the End of the World - Jonathan Kirsch
Spirit Gate - Kate Elliott
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea - Carl Zimmer
Dark Tower - Stephen King
The Lucifer Effect - Philip Zimbardo
The Android's Dream - John Scalzi
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science - Natalie Angier
Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 2:27:00 AM CST
That Zimmer book has been on the "to read" list for a while.
I will stick with you as Reader of the Day if you also will pledge not to let work distract you - none of this half-stepping "to the best of my ability". But I'll forgive you if you accommodate the cat.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 12:37:00 PM CST
I started reading Hitchens' book a couple of nights ago. I'm about halfway through and expect to finish it in another two or three days.
I read Angier's book a couple of months ago. I won't say anything about it, as I don't want to pre-dispose you to look at it from any particular point of view.
Two others on your list that I want to read are deGrasse Tyson's and Zimmer's. I saw deGrasse Tyson on an awesome interview a couple of months, I think it was with Colbert.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 12:38:00 PM CST
The interview was a couple of months ago, not a couple of months long. As if Colbert would let anyone else speak for that long! ;)
Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 1:04:00 PM CST
Chappy, I think I saw that interview too. I love to hear deGrasse Tyson speak.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 1:05:00 PM CST
And if it went on for a couple of months, I'd probably listen to it all. ;)
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 12:32:00 AM CST
If you want to see some great Degrasse Tyson video, go to my blog and search "Tyson".
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 7:37:00 AM CST
May I suggest two by Parke Godwin: Waiting For the Galactic Bus and its sequel; The Snake Oil Wars?
And you might like Victor Koman's The Jehovah Contract.
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 10:19:00 AM CST
Evo, I think I saw the video there, but maybe not all of the videos.
Sarge, thanks for the suggestions. I'll add them to my growing list of (get to eventuallys). They deserve better, I'm sure. I've been exposed to so many new books lately that I can't keep up. And the worst thing is that I'm really longing to read all of them. I feel greedy about books. Reading has always been my first passion.