Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Reading recommendation sought.

Has anyone read Starving the Monkeys?

Any good?
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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does one do this at Menard's?

Shootin' Buddy

7:13 AM, January 19, 2010
Tam said...

No, that's shaving the monkeys.

(People who've never heard Menard's commercials are totally not getting this.)

7:49 AM, January 19, 2010
Anonymous said...

Totally not getting Menard's. The monkey book's add style has a Special Forces top secret martial art death technique feel to it that totally turns me off. But maybe it's just because deep down I'm a monkey.

Reno

8:59 AM, January 19, 2010
Tam said...

Menard's, a regional chain, sports the commercial jingle "Save big money at Menard's!" which gets sung as "Shave big monkeys at Menard's!" around Roseholme Cottage.

9:06 AM, January 19, 2010
Newbius said...

Tam,

I am halfway through it. Good so far. But, then again, I like Atlas Shrugged and have read THAT one about 10 times.

YMMV

(WV: "uption" where a caption goes?)

10:08 AM, January 19, 2010
Chas S. Clifton said...

Anyone who writes, "This book would never pass the filtering process that exists at a normal publisher" is either (a) ignorant of the publishing business or (b) trying to convince you that they have sooper-sekret knowledge.

We need a word that means "literary equivalent of mall ninja."

11:14 AM, January 19, 2010
Anonymous said...

"literary equivalent of mall ninja"
Good idea. Some suggestions:
pendeltonish ("The Executioner")
rossian
"worthy of the Orange Ninja"

3:28 PM, January 19, 2010
Richard said...

The author definitely has an enormous attitude, but I'm half way through and enjoying it so far.

He draws an extended analogy to a caveman tribe which is very well put; by the time he reached the cooperation of religion and state I was starting to get mad at the world. (Righteous indignation, perhaps?)

4:35 PM, January 19, 2010
milton f said...

I am better than halfway and it is an interesting read. Collectivists WILL NOT like this book, as these are the monkeys the author advocates starving. Massive *recommended reading* lists and *entertaining* psychological individuality-assessing experiments are/will be challenging. Imagine playing the Soviet national anthem while playing an official version of "sink your battleship". Hilarious.

9:10 PM, January 19, 2010

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