Books I Make A Point To Re-Read
Submitted by BuckGS71 on Thu, 06/28/2001 - 12:04
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- "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton. Written by a former major-league baseball player, this tell-all about the daily routine of your average baseball player sent shock waves throught the sport in 1970, and while some of the antics described are somewhat tame by today's standards, much of what Bouton described, and subsequently found himself in trouble for, rings very true today.
- "Dune" by Frank Herbert. As sci-fi goes, I believe only in the gospel according to George Lucas, but I have read this book once a year every year for as long as I can recall. It reads more like a well-crafted soap opera, one that is extremely character heavy.
- "The Fountainhead", by Ayn Rand. Behind the story of a man who risks all to be the person he wants to be lies a philosophical theory that selfishness is a virtue, as long as it doesn't impede on the virtues of others.
- "Gravity's Rainbow". Insane is the only way to describe Thomas Pynchon's masterpiece. The only way to read it is very sloooooowly, or you'll lose out on a lot. I still haven't figured out what it's all about.
Author Comments:
This list is in no particular order.
Don't be absurd. The Fountainhead is right wing tosh.
What do I re-read?
Catcher in the Rye
Lolita
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
...but mostly there's always a new book waiting. So why do I never throw a book out?