tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3111141049455492604..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Liberal Fascism...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85477667950315401152008-09-29T15:27:00.000-04:002008-09-29T15:27:00.000-04:00harman: try Leonard Peikoff's "The Ominous Paralle...harman: try Leonard Peikoff's <I>"The Ominous Parallels"</I>.<BR/><BR/>It freezes my spine to page through that thing these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28514236567478733602008-09-29T14:21:00.000-04:002008-09-29T14:21:00.000-04:00If Liberal Fascism is unnerving, The True Believer...If Liberal Fascism is unnerving, The True Believer by Eric Hoffer is downright terrifying.Vaarokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020684744844808118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51214562694208699152008-09-29T11:57:00.000-04:002008-09-29T11:57:00.000-04:00I dug out and begand the re-read of Farnham this w...I dug out and begand the re-read of Farnham this weekend (not quite finished yet). <BR/><BR/>I found the matter-of-fact discussions of incest moderately disturbing. <BR/><BR/>The warnings against what happens to man in a <I>de jure</I> situation of inequality of the races didn't strike me as hard as they probably did people in 1964. I've frequently thought most people feel much better about themselves when they feel superior to someone else. He was kind of preaching to the choir on that one for me.<BR/><BR/>I haven't quite finished it yet, so I won't spoil anything for anyone who still needs to read it.<BR/><BR/>Ponse is lecturing him on how Hugh hurried Ponse's plans right now.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483498608206295895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81025133599371313362008-09-28T18:48:00.000-04:002008-09-28T18:48:00.000-04:00I try to read one book a week. They tend to be tec...I try to read one book a week. They tend to be technical. But I did reread "Ender's Game" and thought something along the lines of 'When will Bill Whittle put this into a screen play?'Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1443995112552104132008-09-27T22:26:00.000-04:002008-09-27T22:26:00.000-04:00Your reaction to LF is bad enough, my wonderful se...Your reaction to LF is bad enough, <I>my</I> wonderful sense of timing had me reading <I>The Forgotten Man</I> last weekend.CaptainAttilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521816148040834890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47134784985607657572008-09-27T05:58:00.000-04:002008-09-27T05:58:00.000-04:00Rickn8or,Oh, most of it I have read many times, bu...Rickn8or,<BR/><BR/>Oh, most of it I have read many times, but there are a few that I've only read once or twice.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50504074450122737672008-09-27T00:24:00.000-04:002008-09-27T00:24:00.000-04:00How can you only read Heinlein's stuff once??I get...How can you only read Heinlein's stuff <I>once</I>??<BR/><BR/>I get something new every time I re-read one of his novels. It's sort of like visiting with an old friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10784286331713186362008-09-26T21:33:00.000-04:002008-09-26T21:33:00.000-04:00I found Farnham's Freehold did not age well for me...I found Farnham's Freehold did not age well for me. Read it when first published and was only 2 years from doing duck-and-cover at school 'cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis. I think that made me focus more on the shelter-survival rather than social aspects of novel. Re-read it this past winter. Struck that power vacuum filled by surviving Muslim culture. Not pleasant to think about as large segments of Western Society slowly evaporate. Time to re-read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Always good to know how to run a revolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15137385127224327622008-09-26T16:37:00.000-04:002008-09-26T16:37:00.000-04:00Brad K.,Bujold, McCaffrey, Card: Check, check, and...Brad K.,<BR/><BR/>Bujold, McCaffrey, Card: Check, check, and check. :)<BR/><BR/>Read the whole Honorverse by Weber except the stuff done with/by Eric Flint. With the exception of the original 1632, Flint just doesn't do much for me.<BR/><BR/>Did the whole Paksenarrion cycle as well as a few others by Moon, too.<BR/><BR/>My SF library may not be as extensive as my roommate's but it's still probably over 750 volumes. :)<BR/><BR/>I will check into some of your other recommendations, thx!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70331501349914085872008-09-26T16:14:00.000-04:002008-09-26T16:14:00.000-04:00Tam,voice dictation software...(it got me through ...Tam,<BR/><BR/>voice dictation software...(it got me through grad school)<BR/><BR/>and to all the good fiction let me add<BR/>Will Thomas's victorian detective novels<BR/>John Sandfords's Kidd novels<BR/>All of the Oxford History of the United States volumes<BR/>Schuck and Wilson's Understanding America<BR/>and <BR/>Frederick Lewis Allen's Since Yesterday and Only Yesterday...social histories of the 20's and 30'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33794946852687105382008-09-26T16:13:00.000-04:002008-09-26T16:13:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393344788210904114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9163301611246007502008-09-26T16:05:00.000-04:002008-09-26T16:05:00.000-04:00re Brad K., or more generally SF which includes a ...re Brad K., or more generally SF which includes a wide range of interests including politics, you can get a good start without spending a great deal of money - <BR/> <BR/>*<A HREF="http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm" REL="nofollow">Baen Free Library</A>* <BR/> <BR/>which includes some of Brad's recommendations. t includes some current titles by major authors as well as classics. <BR/> <BR/>And of course, there are several "WWW...Gutenberg..." sites (US, UK, AUstalia...) offering works of almost any interest which are no longer in copyright.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60911042304608132462008-09-26T13:55:00.000-04:002008-09-26T13:55:00.000-04:00May I submit for your consideration that Woodrow W...May I submit for your consideration that Woodrow Wilson was the Barack Obama of his day. <BR/><BR/>Minus the suntan, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29252741744980576312008-09-26T13:44:00.000-04:002008-09-26T13:44:00.000-04:00Since I was raised as a lefty collectivist by reli...Since I was raised as a lefty collectivist by religious Socialists, reading Goldberg was practically a clairvoyant experience.<BR/><BR/>My brother went all Velikovsky just out of Truthery spite against the Halls of Science, but I think he's recovered now.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51617615671652036402008-09-26T12:41:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:41:00.000-04:00When I read Farnham's Freehold, it pissed me off. ...When I read <I>Farnham's Freehold</I>, it pissed me off. In fact, I have to say, it's the worst case of red-ass I've gotten from reading a work of fiction. I was mad for days. Then I figured out what RAH meant. It's still one of my favorite of his novels, exclusive of the usual ones. <BR/><BR/>I read <I>Ender's Game</I> this week, for the first time, if you can believe it. I can tell Card used to be a liberal from that, irregardless of what he considers himself now. I couldn't work up any Righteous Indignation about xenocide from reading it, but folks say I'm wired funny.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Rabbit.Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7619935884867214102008-09-26T12:31:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:31:00.000-04:00I find something new every time I re-read a Heinle...I find something new every time I re-read a Heinlein. Occasionally it's something I've missed previously, but more often it's because I've changed.<BR/><BR/>They age well because the stories are about people, not technology, and people don't change.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46745894836550326712008-09-26T12:16:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:16:00.000-04:00Farnham's Freehold is definitely difficult to expl...<I>Farnham's Freehold</I> is definitely difficult to explain to people. I have the edition with the Freehold roadsign on the cover.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35842912707862009712008-09-26T11:54:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:54:00.000-04:00"I feel like a moron when I see how much you read....<EM>"I feel like a moron when I see how much you read."</EM><BR/><BR/>Yeah, me too, and as you can see, she's up to about 3 books <EM>a day</EM>, now.<BR/><BR/>I'm lucky if I can squeeze in three <EM>chapters</EM> every two to three days from whatever I'm reading.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15818448564571197702008-09-26T11:34:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:34:00.000-04:00Goldberg's book is tragic. It is appalling that i...Goldberg's book is tragic. It is appalling that it was necessary to write the thing, and despite repeated efforts, he can barely apologize for his own logic.<BR/><BR/>{shrug} It's about as good as it gets, these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65420051245892315182008-09-26T11:18:00.001-04:002008-09-26T11:18:00.001-04:00I feel like a moron when I see how much you read. ...I feel like a moron when I see how much you read. It's NOT that I'm drooling over shoe-adverts 24/7, but that I have to read slowly or I just can't absorb it. Anyway, I think that's the thing about you I most envy.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65047027646461350012008-09-26T11:18:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:18:00.000-04:00Tam, Really engaging - "Conflict of Honors", Shar...Tam, Really engaging - "Conflict of Honors", Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Or "Balance of Trade" - both in their 'Liaden Universe'.<BR/><BR/>Silly space opera - "McLendon's Syndrome", Robert Frezza. Or Christopher Stasheff's "A Company of Stars".<BR/><BR/>"Warrior's Apprentice", Lois McMaster Bujold. Starts a nice series of books. "The Ship Who Sang", Anne McCaffrey, or "DragonSong", or "The White Dragon". Or an sf/fantasy romance - "Nerilka's Story", Anne McCaffrey.<BR/><BR/>More serious insight: "Enders Game", Orson Scott Card. Or the dark SF "Exchange of Hostages" by Susan R. Matthews.<BR/><BR/>Grand military sf: "On Basilisk Station", David Weber. First of the lo-ong list of Honor Harrington novels and spinoffs and short story and novella collections. "Hunting Colors", Elizabeth Moon, or "Trading In Danger" or (really good) "Once A Hero".<BR/><BR/>Recreating civilization, nearly 'men's adventure': "Cross Time Engineer", Leo Frankowski.<BR/><BR/>Fantasy: Christopher Rowley's "Bazil Broketail". Patricia Briggs "The Hobs Choice". Elizabeth Moon, "The Deed Of Paksennarion" or the three component novels, "Sheepfarmers Daughter", "Divided Allegiance", and "Oath of Gold". Deed mostly qualifies as epic military fantasy.<BR/><BR/>YA Fantasy: "Wild Magic", Tamora Pierce, or "Tricksters Choice" or "Sandrys Book". <BR/><BR/>Urban Noir: "Broken", "Bitten", "No Humans Involved", Kelley Armstrong. Patricia Briggs, "Iron Kissed", "Moon Called", "On The Prowl".<BR/><BR/>I re-read James Blish's "Cities In Flight", a Science Fiction Bookclub version of four of his novels. Only, this time I understood all the Okie and bindle references, to the social upheavals of the Dust Bowl days, to hobos, etc.<BR/><BR/>The other books I mention, I have read at least four times.<BR/><BR/>If you get the chance, the book "Forest Gump" is pretty good. Not the Tom Hanks/Sally Field version from the movie, but a good story.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14970478494920402762008-09-26T11:06:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:06:00.000-04:00Wait, I just started reading LF myself. Madness.Wait, I just started reading LF myself. Madness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26712592179780470452008-09-26T10:39:00.000-04:002008-09-26T10:39:00.000-04:00Have you tried Hogan's "The Proteus Operation"? E...Have you tried Hogan's "The Proteus Operation"? Excellent sci-fi.<BR/><BR/>Have to get a copy of "Freehold"; never read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27446481807289046462008-09-26T10:33:00.000-04:002008-09-26T10:33:00.000-04:00It's been ages since I read Farnham's Freehold, so...It's been ages since I read <I>Farnham's Freehold</I>, so the details are kind of fuzzy. Not sure I remember where it is, either...<BR/><BR/>Feel like giving us a brief Tamnalysis on the first and second impressions?Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483498608206295895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83152504791163420662008-09-26T10:22:00.000-04:002008-09-26T10:22:00.000-04:00The more you know about Wilson, the creepier he be...The more you know about Wilson, the creepier he becomes.<BR/><BR/>Votes for women: Against it<BR/><BR/>Sending American troops in inadequate numbers off on missions for vague ideological purposes (Archangelsk, Vladivostok): For it <BR/><BR/>Intellectual pomposity of the worst "I know more than you do" kind: Got it.<BR/><BR/>And ask anyone who really knows how pernicious an influence Colonel House was.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.com