Tue, 24 Oct 2006
Expanded Universe
Angry Heinlein worried about nuclear war, government, and the failure of kids today. If you’ve read Heinlein, you know it already. If you haven’t, there are better places to start.
West of Jesus
This was a weird one. It made me want to learn to surf and take acid.
However, my primary reason for reading this was a Prairie Home Companion sketch (the adventures of Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian) which involved a hapless library client asking about a book in which Jesus carried a surfboard and being quickly told that the library didn’t carry “The Davinci Dude”. The next day, I saw a review for West of Jesus. So it goes.
The Illuminatus Trilogy
The Illuminatus Trilogy is one of my favorites, and it’s always a fun read. If you want to read a real conspiracy book, where the conspiracies are complex and intertwingled, and the nouns and verbs are occasionally invented, this is worth the time.