Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: What I'm listening to Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:49:38 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 49 Message-ID: <20240425d@crcomp.net> References: <20240423a@crcomp.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8stipulation Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:49:39 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fe40ac1ebddc65bfd85e8a3521ed08e3"; logging-data="3325631"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18vh7azUCyTGuYER/PRbVxh" Cancel-Lock: sha1:67mCwVEkzZWRIB8nT2pQcOUXf0k= Bytes: 3217 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 >> >> 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, -- Don.......My cat's )\._.,--....,'``. https://crcomp.net/reviews.php telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. Walk humbly with thy God. tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' Make 1984 fiction again.