Sci-fi is not really my thing, but I'm willing to make an exception when the writing is first rate. I gave up on this after about 20 pages because of Sci-fi is not really my thing, but I'm willing to make an exception when the writing is first rate. I gave up on this after about 20 pages because of the tedious, romance-novel-inspired dialog. The fact that it won a Hugo award says something about Hugo awards....more
Couldn't make it past the author's introduction. A spiritual journey with a spirit guide is really not my thing. If it were my thing I would skip the Couldn't make it past the author's introduction. A spiritual journey with a spirit guide is really not my thing. If it were my thing I would skip the trouble and bother of a spirit guide (because, let's be honest, they have to be an annoying pain in the tuches even when they're on their best behavior) and just go straight for the peyote. More vomiting, maybe, but a good exchange. ...more
I have put this on hold for a while after reading the first 50 pages or so. I hope to get back to it this fall. I found the early chapters really inteI have put this on hold for a while after reading the first 50 pages or so. I hope to get back to it this fall. I found the early chapters really interesting, mostly because Ronstadt grew up in Tucson about 10 years before I did, and in a much wealthier family. I really enjoyed reading about what it was like there, for her, in the late 40s and early 50s. Similar, but sounding much better, to what I experienced....more
Life is too short. If somebody will please let me know when the cartoon version of this is released, maybe then I'll take another run at it.
"Whatever Life is too short. If somebody will please let me know when the cartoon version of this is released, maybe then I'll take another run at it.
"Whatever conception one might have of a relation of articulation, this must include a system of differential positions; and, given that this system constitutes a configuration, the problem necessarily arises of the relational or non-relational character of the identity of the elements involved. "
The preceding quote is meant solely as a reminder to myself, in case I am ever tempted to spend more time reading this book....more
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