Sep 19
CNN reports that Christopher Tolkien has edited and will release a new book by his father [JRR Tolkien.]
From the article: ‘Christopher Tolkien has spent the past 30 years working on “The Children of Hurin,” an epic tale his father began in 1918 and later abandoned.’
[via Slashdot]
Sep 12
Cleaning up, I came across my copy of The Fountainhead. Just a quick note to the person who got it for me: thank you :) You know who you are.
While I don’t entirely agree with Rand’s Objectivism, I would still recommend this book wholeheartedly. It’s chunky as with most of Rand’s work.
Click to continue reading “The Fountainhead”
…brain.
It was revealed that President Bush read Albert Camus’ The Stranger during summer.
According to research, people believe a person can be judged by the book he’s hogging around. In fact, Bush’s handling of Camus’ intellectual classic categorizes him as a reader of “literary fiction”. Which means he’s likely to be well-educated and smart. It’s also slightly disconcerting as MoorishGirl explains:
A novel about a Frenchman who kills a nameless Arab for no discernible reason, by an author who once said of the brutal French occupation of Algeria: “Je crois à la justice, mais je défendrai ma mère avant la justice.” (”I believe in justice, but I will defend my mother before justice.”)
via MoorishGirl
