[kj] OT: books / Total Rock

[Jiri]

*listening to Death And Resurrection Show on TotalRock
at about 10 past the hour...a request they credited to
"Peter West," and now they've said hello to "all the
Gatherers"* Wow, all this metal is not my taste!

Nonfiction-wise, I've been reading "All the Shah's
Men," a nice recap of Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. and how
the U.K. (and then U.S.) decided on a coup to take out
Mossadegh and lay yet more seeds and powder for
today's environment.

I just read "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers,"
which (if you're into history) was a nice run-down of
how economics and military might shaped major-power
politics from 1500 to the present. It was written in
1989, though, so the perspective on the last 40 years
is a bit...dated. Otherwise, it was quite good though,
and of course depressing for its reflection of
humanity and its forms of government.

Fiction-wise, I just finished "Black Tulip," a quick,
interesting novel about a CIA op in Afghanistan during
the '80s, arming our mujahedeen "friends" with RPGs to
resist the Soviet occupation.

--- nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm just looking for some inspiration about books.
> I'm reading Bonfire of 
> the Vanities at the moment (very, arrrgh... 80s).
> What are you reading? Do I 
> get my head kicked in for sounding educated?
> 
> Anybody recommend any sci-fi or fantasy? Not my
> usual genre but thought I 
> might try it out. But not Tolkien.
> I'm into detective stuff, gothic horror, historical,
> and when it comes to 
> high brow literature, I prefer the south american
> magial realism variety.
> 
> Anybody reading this Killing Joke novel by Harrowitz
> (name???). I looked for 
> it the other day but couldn't find it.
> 
> Feel free to recommend non-fiction too.
> 
> cheers
> Nick Satan Beast 666
> 
> 
> PS: thanks for informing me about the 93 thing. I've
> really got into it, as 
> you can see from my new name.
> 
>
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