h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I always confuse Gravity's Rainbow with Foucault Pendulum.
Have just watched The Name of the Rose. The casting Director's imagination is more literal than mine.

I'm sorry; I haven't read the backlog. Some of these may be repeats, for all I know...

+ something by playwright Eugene O'Neill
+ something by Pirsig; ie Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (or: Lila: An Inquiry Into Values)
+ The Selfish Gene by Dawkins
+ something by a Beat Generation artist


Shee

I'm sorry; I haven't read the backlog. Some of these may be repeats, for all I know...

+ something by playwright Eugene O'Neill
+ something by Pirsig; ie Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (or: Lila: An Inquiry Into Values)
+ The Selfish Gene by Dawkins
+ something by a Beat Generation artist


Shee

Well, that certainly was repeated... 'Scuse me, please; I didn't even push the post message button twice...

It's that Eco ( Umberto ) again!

Dropped by to see what April's book is and no suggestions!

I've just started reading 'Northern Lights' by Phillip Pulman which Lil's Atelier have been reading too.

A travel book might be of more general interest, anyone venturing off to some exotic place we could read about?

'northern lights' is a book that i've been planning to read for a long time. i've heard that it's very good.

April's book is No Logo. The book is so big and detailed that we decided to read it over March and April.

ah yes, i remember now.

Fair enough! I dropped out of that one and will check again next month.

I just picked up a book that might appeal to those of you here. It's called The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts and edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It's the story of a house slave who lived in the 1850s. I heard about it on NPR while I was going to the hardware store. I decided to go buy it after listening to the editor on the program. It is a very new release, but it looks interesting.