http://jkingweb.com/booknerds Collaboritve reading lists and book reviews Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:53:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Official discussion thread for Henry Adams' "The Education of Henry Adams" (Amazon) Non-Fiction book of the month, February 2008 Description: Many great artists have had at least intermittent doubts about their own abilities. But The Education of Henry Adams is surely one of the few masterpieces to issue ... http://jkingweb.com/booknerds/2008/02/05/the-education-of-henry-adams-discussion/ Official discussion thread for Mary Roach's "Stiff" (Amazon) Non-Fiction book of the month, February 2008 Description: "Uproariously funny" doesn't seem a likely description for a book on cadavers. However, Roach, a Salon and Reader's Digest columnist, has done the nearly impossible and written a book as informative and respectful as it is ... http://jkingweb.com/booknerds/2008/02/05/stiff-discussion/ Well, 2008 is upon us and it's time to get going! Of course this is a bit hypocritical as I haven't actually started myself yet, but tonight's the night! I'll be starting with "Stranger in a Strange Land". What has everyone else decided to start with? http://jkingweb.com/booknerds/2008/01/03/so-have-you-started-yet/ Official discussion thread for Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" (Amazon) Science Fiction book of the month, January 2008 Description: Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the 1962 Hugo Award, is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, born during, and the only survivor of, the first manned mission to ... http://jkingweb.com/booknerds/2007/12/26/stranger-in-a-strange-land-discussion/ Official discussion thread for Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" (Amazon) Science Fiction book of the month, January 2008 Description: "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of ... http://jkingweb.com/booknerds/2007/12/26/brave-new-world-discussion/