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From: Don <g@crcomp.net>
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Subject: Re: What I'm listening to
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:49:38 -0000 (UTC)
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BCFD 36 wrote:
> Don wrote:
>> BCFD 36 wrote:
>>> Currently, I am listening to "The Stars, Like Dust" by Asimov (of
>>> course). I do this while I am doing various chores and yard work around
>>> the house and don't need to give full attention to the chore. It is
>>> interesting enough, but not great, IMHO. In fact, Wikipedia says that he
>>> said it was "his least favorite novel". I had not read it before and I
>>> found this surprising. But I love the title. The first time I saw the
>>> Milky Way whilst camping at Lassen National Part, I was reminded of this
>>> title. When you are up at 8000+ feet and the air is calm and clear, the
>>> stars ARE like dust.
>>>
>>> I am currently rereading Glen Cook's "She is the Darkness". I am
>>> enjoying it more than I did the first time.
>>
>> Did you ever hear the story about Saul Alinsky's influence on Hillary
>> Clinton and Barack Obama? If not you can giggle it.
>>      Saul supposedly said something along the lines of "The very first
>> radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did
>> it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer."
>>      Although the modern words may belong to Saul, the sentiment
>> doesn't. It dates back millennia to the start of Gnosticism.
>>
>> _The Hidden Life is Best! - Francis Bacon and the Gnostic English Empire_
>> talks about such topics (but not Clinton and Obama specifically). There's
>> free audio available at <https://thehiddenlifeisbest.com/episodes>
>>
>> Long story short, all of the free episodic excerpts were recently heard
>> by me.
>>
>> Danke,
>>
> Why is this mess a reply to my post? It has nothing to do with my post,
> unless "She is the Darkness" is some kind of reference to Hillary
> Clinton. In which case it is still not welcome since I try to keep my
> stuff non political.

Doesn't this thread's title - "What I'm listening to" - entitle me (so
to speak) to also share my own recent audio adventures in literature
with the group?

Danke,

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