Book reccs

Mar 26, 2009 15:50

Lately, I've been reading books very much outside of my usual sphere, which feels kind of odd. I usually stick pretty close to fantasy or YA and romance books. But this has been very educational.

First, I read Boomsday, by Christopher Buckley (author of "Thank You for Smoking", which I never read or saw). It's a political satire about a young woman ( Read more... )

tender is the night, boomsday, books, stumbling on happiness

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tehrussian March 27 2009, 22:26:08 UTC
>>Does he think that imagining the future is a good or bad thing?

He says that it is something that we all do, and something that makes some people happy. He also says that trying to predict, instead of imagine, the future would make our perception of the future more accurate. But he also says that he believes most people will dislike his idea so it won't matter anyway. heh.

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finchory March 28 2009, 20:38:00 UTC
These aren't usually books I would read, but I'll go check them out. Thanks for the recs.

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