blake murphy wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:04:54 +0200, Michael Kuettner wrote:
<snip>
>> Well, I'd recommend the Brentford trilogy.
>> (The Antipope, East Of Ealing, The Brentford Triangle,
>> The Sprouts Of Wrath and The Brentford Chainstore
>> Massacre).
>> If you like a mixture of everyday life in Britain and dadaistic
>> fantasy, you'll like the books.
>> The Times called Rankin "the James Joyce for the drinking man",
>> AFAIR ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael Kuettner
>
> o.k., noted. i hope "the James Joyce for the drinking man" means he's
> not as abstruse as joyce was.
>
Nope. You'll learn about the epic struggle between good and evil -
well, maybe not so epic ...
And how Brentford is the center of the planet (in occult ways).
And flesh-eating canary-birds, ancient magi, etc ;-P

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

(austin.food snipped. Sorry, didn't see that earlier)

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:25:06 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:37:07 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> blake murphy > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:10:41 -0500, Kathleen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally, I would get naked for Mark Twain or Terry Pratchett
>>>>> (assuming the one wasn't dead and the other afflicted with rapid onset
>>>>> Alzheimer's).
>>>>
>>>> i credit mark twain for me becoming an atheist.
>>>>
>>>> your pal,
>>>> blake
>>>
>>> Letters from the Earth? :-)
>>
>> yep, that was one. perhaps the nail in the coffin. 'huckleberry finn'
>> certainly had some clues, though.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> I totally understand.
>
> You may enjoy "The Golden Bough" for a bit of historical reading.
> It had a similar effect on me that "Letters" did for you, but probably
> for different reasons. I'm not an Atheist tho'. More of a Pantheist.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough
>
> It's a bit dry, but very enlightening.

i have 'the golden bough,' but i haven't looked at it in many years.

for some reason that makes me think of 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and
the Madness of Crowds,' by charles mackay, another classic text from 1852
that is much referred to:

<http://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madness-Crowds/dp/1897597320>

your pal,
blake

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> >>> Letters from the Earth? :-)
> >>
> >> yep, that was one. perhaps the nail in the coffin. 'huckleberry finn'
> >> certainly had some clues, though.
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >
> > I totally understand.
> >
> > You may enjoy "The Golden Bough" for a bit of historical reading.
> > It had a similar effect on me that "Letters" did for you, but probably
> > for different reasons. I'm not an Atheist tho'. More of a Pantheist.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough
> >
> > It's a bit dry, but very enlightening.
>
> i have 'the golden bough,' but i haven't looked at it in many years.
>
> for some reason that makes me think of 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and
> the Madness of Crowds,' by charles mackay, another classic text from 1852
> that is much referred to:
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-...rowds/dp/18975
> 97320>
>
> your pal,
> blake

Hm, Yet another to put on my book list. <g>
Thanks!

If you liked "The Golden Bough", you may also enjoy "The White Goddess".
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>
>>>>>Letters from the Earth? :-)
>>>>
>>>>yep, that was one. perhaps the nail in the coffin. 'huckleberry finn'
>>>>certainly had some clues, though.
>>>>
>>>>your pal,
>>>>blake
>>>
>>>I totally understand.
>>>
>>>You may enjoy "The Golden Bough" for a bit of historical reading.
>>>It had a similar effect on me that "Letters" did for you, but probably
>>>for different reasons. I'm not an Atheist tho'. More of a Pantheist.
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough
>>>
>>>It's a bit dry, but very enlightening.
>>
>>i have 'the golden bough,' but i haven't looked at it in many years.
>>
>>for some reason that makes me think of 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and
>>the Madness of Crowds,' by charles mackay, another classic text from 1852
>>that is much referred to:
>>
>><http://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-...rowds/dp/18975
>>97320>
>>
>>your pal,
>>blake
>
>
> Hm, Yet another to put on my book list. <g>
> Thanks!
>
> If you liked "The Golden Bough", you may also enjoy "The White Goddess".

Homer Smiths "Man and his God's" is not only very informative but, imo,
very readable, entertainingly written. It is out of print (originally
published in 1952) but not hard to find in used book stores and there
are a number of full text (PDF and HTML) versions archived on various sites.

http://www.irthsumer.com/site/PDF/HomerSmith.pdf
--
--
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
http://www.dancingmice.net/Karn%20Evil%209.mp3

cybercat wrote:
> "Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq." > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>
>>Kathleen wrote:
>>
>>>Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I didn't think much of Walton's "The Complete Angler" or "Zen and the
>>>>Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." And Kerouacks "On the Road" was only
>>>>slightly better.
>>>
>>>
>>>I didn't like any of the above, although I was told that I was supposed
>>>to.
>>>
>>>I read through Hemmingway's stuff by the time I was 10 - it was in the
>>>living room bookcase. At that point, nobody had told me what ultimately
>>>became of the man. Based on his writing alone, I thought that there was
>>>something seriously wrong with him. I was right. Don't even get me
>>>started on Salinger...
>>
>>I never found a Hemmingway story that i actually enjoyed reading. But im
>>very fond of Norman Mailer, his "Ancient Evenings" is a favorite
>
>
> Sheldon Toad would love it. As I recall from reading it over 20 years ago,
> Mailer fixated on fellatio. In an Ancient Egypt setting.
>
>
Hmmm how to put this politely? .... wrong end of the spectrum? Pharaoh
had a favorite
male friend, and Pharaoh rather treated him like a 'wife' in the sex
aspect of it?

The story is told by that friend, as a ghost recounting his life to himself.

--
--
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
http://www.dancingmice.net/Karn%20Evil%209.mp3

In article >,
"Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq." > wrote:

> > If you liked "The Golden Bough", you may also enjoy "The White Goddess".
>
> Homer Smiths "Man and his God's" is not only very informative but, imo,
> very readable, entertainingly written. It is out of print (originally
> published in 1952) but not hard to find in used book stores and there
> are a number of full text (PDF and HTML) versions archived on various sites.
>
> http://www.irthsumer.com/site/PDF/HomerSmith.pdf
> --
> --
> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Hadn't heard of that one, thank you!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.


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