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

[Lucifer]

"what you make it" (short stories) by michael marshall smith; "the intruders" by michael marshall (yes, it's the same person); "the criminal mind: a writer's guide to forensic psychology" by katherine ramsland.

That Katherine Ramsland? Anne Rice's #1 fan?

having just looked her up, it would appear so. 

[duncvis]

Tim Moore - Frost On My Moustache, Andrew Bibby - South Pennines and the Bronte Moors (Ramblers Association book of suggested moorland hikes), OS map. 

[odeon]

"what you make it" (short stories) by michael marshall smith; "the intruders" by michael marshall (yes, it's the same person); "the criminal mind: a writer's guide to forensic psychology" by katherine ramsland.

That Katherine Ramsland? Anne Rice's #1 fan?

having just looked her up, it would appear so. 

She's a good writer, IMO, but afaik she started her career being a fan. Didn't know she was a forensic psychologist, though.

[Callaway]

"the criminal mind: a writer's guide to forensic psychology" by katherine ramsland.

That one sounds REALLY interesting... I might buy that also.

i'll let you know, shall i?

Yes please

Question: why is it different in England... is it the phraseology. Surely we have similar crimes in the UK as in the US... I thought it was only the English language and the NHS that separated the two nations.

police procedures are different, plus diagnosis and treatment, generally.

it hasn't been a problem so far, but i'm sort of being a cassandra about it.  i'm not terribly good at optimism. 

Even if the police procedures are different, wouldn't the forensic psychology be the same?  We are not that different culturally, I think.

[Lucifer]

yes the psychology is the same, but for writing - especially crime writing - one needs to know procedures too.  and forensic psychology is all about crime and the law, etc.

[Callaway]

Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood: A Guide.

The mother of the little girl who rides the bus with me loaned it to me because her daughter has seizures fairly often even though she is taking medication and has a vagus nerve stimulator implanted. 

I think I saw her have one the other day on the bus.  I was not sure at first whether or not it was a seizure, but I'm pretty sure now that it was.

[ApotheosisIV]

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks

[Lucifer]

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks

i want to read that, and it's on my amazon wishlist - he was talking about it on R4 a while ago.  any good?

btw, nocti, "the criminal mind" isn't terribly good - it focusses mainly on legal stuff and procedure, and should really be called "the froensic psychologist", cos it's mostly about the role of the FP, which is practically meaningless if you're not in the US. 

it's an okay read, but a bit patchy and hoppy-about for my liking, too.  i should get a more technical/academic book, i think.

[ApotheosisIV]

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks

i want to read that, and it's on my amazon wishlist - he was talking about it on R4 a while ago.  any good?

It's promising judging by the first chapter.
I wouldn't rate him as a writer, but the subject matter is interesting and I've seen at least one documentary with Oliver Sacks and he seems like a good guy.

[Lucifer]

i found "the man who mistook..." more or less unreadable, myself.  gave up after a couple of chapters.  a shame, cos i'm really interested in his ideas and research.

[odeon]

I'd like to read his book about music, "Musicophilia".

[Lucifer]

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks

I'd like to read his book about music, "Musicophilia".

er, hello?  what do you think we were talking about?

[odeon]

Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks

I'd like to read his book about music, "Musicophilia".

er, hello?  what do you think we were talking about?

I missed that post completely, for some reason.

[ApotheosisIV]

I'm halfway through Musicopholia.
It seems to be a collection of anecdotes about people with extreme ways of perceiving music interspersed with some semi-technical jargon about neurology which may as well be written in Greek as far as I'm concerned.
It's readable, but I think a close-call whether I will finish it or not.

I have The Divine Comedy, Rimbauld's "A Season In Hell" and Ovid's Metamorpheses on the menu next.

[Lucifer]

ovid's meta-oojits is something i've been "going-to-read" for ever, too.

i don't like the way sacks sets out his books either, btw.