what... are... you... READING

[renaeden]

i read the lobotomy article. it was horrible.

I have seen a picture of that procedure being done. Blech.

[SovaNu]

there were pictures in the article. made me sick. what a loonie that so called "doctor". doctors are supposed to do no harm.

[renaeden]

there were pictures in the article. made me sick. what a loonie that so called "doctor". doctors are supposed to do no harm.

But the doctor thought he was doing good. What do you think of ECT?

[The_P]

Is "Utilitarianism" by John Stuart Mill any good?

[DirtDawg]

I've re-read fourteen books from Anne McCaffrey in the past month.

Yes, I do masturbatory ceremonies to dragons.

Fuck off!

[Calandale]

Is "Utilitarianism" by John Stuart Mill any good?

It's not a fun read, if that's what you mean.
And, so much of it is built into modern ethics
that, unless you're looking at the historical value,
it's nothing exciting there, to the modern mind.

Kant is, and always will be, more interesting.

[Kosmonaut]

Piano for Dummies

[Pyraxis]

I've re-read fourteen books from Anne McCaffrey in the past month.

Yes, I do masturbatory ceremonies to dragons.

Fuck off!

 

Do you like her newer stuff (like the Rowan series) as much as the Pern books?

[DirtDawg]

I've re-read fourteen books from Anne McCaffrey in the past month.

Yes, I do masturbatory ceremonies to dragons.

Fuck off!

 

Do you like her newer stuff (like the Rowan series) as much as the Pern books?

Yes, I do. I was traumatised a few years ago when I discovered that she was very old and most of her work is "completed."

Asimov also; he died before I was done with his mind.

[renaeden]

I've re-read fourteen books from Anne McCaffrey in the past month.
Yes, I do masturbatory ceremonies to dragons.
Fuck off!

Do you like her newer stuff (like the Rowan series) as much as the Pern books?

Yes, I do. I was traumatised a few years ago when I discovered that she was very old and most of her work is "completed."
Asimov also; he died before I was done with his mind.

I have read all the Pern books (I think) and I liked the Pegasus series. Now I am reading "Memory" by Lois McMaster Bujold - apparently this writer has won loads of awards. I hadn't heard of her until recently.

[Calandale]

Asimov also; he died before I was done with his mind.

His mind was done before HE was done with it.

[DirtDawg]

How so?

[Natalia Evans]

No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark.


Good murder novel. I like her books. I should read more of hers.

[Calandale]

How so?

His later stuff just wasn't of the quality as
his earlier. Ah, he was better than Heinline, in
that respect, but it still wasn't too good.

[DirtDawg]

How so?

His later stuff just wasn't of the quality as
his earlier. Ah, he was better than Heinline, in
that respect, but it still wasn't too good.

I agree, to a degree, but I blame his co-authoring efforts for some of the decline. It seemed that his university duties were taking too much of his fun time, towards the end. Apparently his last textbook was well received, with some fanfare from his colleagues in biochemistry. Of course it's grossly out of date, now.

I thought you were saying he had Alzheimer's or something. He actually died of AIDs, about which his family revealed the truth a few years ago. His "heart failure" was supposedly a complication associated with AIDs. Sad, really.