| The most memorable passage from all the books I have read comes from The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. I would like to share it with you ------------------- "Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life. ...............Your work.....the material the earth offers you and what you make of it ........." |
| "Rage" by Stephen (King) Bachman. Read it "Heathers meets the Breakfast Club" I am not a big Stephen King fan, but this is one of my favorites books. Charles Decker figured at an early age that you can have anyone's number with a big enough stick. Thats when he started to carry a weapon. One day in school he is pushed over the edge and decides to "get it on". He shoots two teachers and holds a class hostage, or are they holding him hostage ? The story is very interesting and has many funny lines in it ( "there is no gravity , the earth just sucks !" ). . I have read this book twice and will read it again. " there must be a line in all of us, like the line that divides the light side of the planet from the dark, I think they call that line the terminator " |
| I enjoy every subject in college. Keep that in mind while I lay out my book review plan. It's simple. Either I will give it a "read it" or "dont read it" rating, along with a brief, shallow synopsis. |
| Mathematical Mysteries by Calvin Clawson Read it Is the number 1 prime ? Want to know the basics of secret codes ? Can you name two 20th century mathematicians ? If you enjoy math and want to learn more about exotic connections between numbers you will enjoy this book. After I read the section on perfect numbers I was literally up to 4 a.m. thinking about ways to find them. Prime numbers and the Golden Mean are explored quite well also. Though the second half of the book contained many equations which I must accept without a complete understanding of them, the author eases the reader into them and explains why the complex equations are necessary. At the end of the journey Kurt Godel is introduced and his theory speaks of a paradox in formal set theory. Since scientists rely on mathematical formulas to explain the universe the paradox has left me with alot to think about. |
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| "Dawn" by Octavia Butler. Read it This is the second time I have read this book. ( the dice were loaded on this one ) I enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time. Lilith falls in and out of a deep sleep to find herself in an empty white room. During one awakening she notices a scar on her body. She believes she is going insane when she starts to hear the voices. They tell her she is on an alien ship orbiting the earth which was destroyed by a nuclear war 250 years ago. To find the truth, Lilith must face her fears and accept what the voices tell her. Only then will she have a chance to get back to Earth, if she has in fact left it. This book is all great sci-fi story, with no filler. It is part one of a trilogy. Adulthood Rites and Imago are the other two books in the series. I have recently seen them offered in one volume with the title "Lilith's Brood." |
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