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outlaw1 is offline outlaw1 Post #1  February 16,2009, 3:50am

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Holy cow Catwoman, all I see is fiction...fake stuff is cool. Sure I've got my Kurt Vonnegut Jr. days, etc but does anyone read non-fiction anymore? I've read far and wide from the Pearl to Jack London, etc...but I always come back to non-fiction (yikes I'm lecturing.) What say all of yea?


Is like non-fiction too hard to read? Am I missing something here? History has always been my favorite subject.
 
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Outlaw...I just posted this response on the "Book Clubs" thread....beforeI saw this thread:


*Wavin'*...I'm an avid reader of non-fiction. Even as a young girl, my mother says I would prefer reading the encyclopedias, from cover to cover, to a great fiction book. I remember being shut in one summer with really bad asthma, and read the entire Webster's, writing sentences for words I thought were interesting. (sad, but true...I was a strange child...lol)


I prefer historical non-fiction, and at the moment I'm reading "Portals of Hell:Military Prisons of the Civil War". The last book I read was titled "Caligula: The Corruption of Power".


So...what are you reading outlaw? What is your favorite non-fiction genre?
 
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Hey come on in, the internet waters warm here. Encyclopedias are cool because they are condensed & pack a wallop oops I'm not much of a morning person... my brain juices are low right now. Working on 20% capacity...grrr.


Wow I'm impressed, what a cool lass you must of been at that age. Asthma, I sometimes get a light touch of that in cold weather. But nothing noticable in awhile. Hmm strange childcould be good. I was kinda strange too, always trying to avoid getting ...well surviving. Hmm sounds kinda Anderson to me...Civil War jail, yuck.


I'd of hate to have been injuried back then. Caligula, I remember he was first...oh wait "little boots!" His father was the famous and loved Germanicus? I think dad was assassinated? Dang stupid meters...oughta be a way to overcome them. Just when I'm having fun...


Was mom whacked out, Caligula felt she turned on him? I can't remember...and at first Little Boots was a good kid. Maybe lonely growing up. Then he got real sick as a teenager or young adult? I think he had a sister who nursed him during his illness? Supposedly everyone lied to him---he felt betrayed? Then he emerged from his sickness.... a changed and evil human?


Heck I didn't even google this and remember some things... Hmm as a kid it was mostly Indians, dinosaurs and history (with Tarzan& Sci Fi thrown in.) In college and to this day it's WW2-Ost Front. When you study WW2 you can understand WW3 clearer. Then I got hooked on Vietnam. I read some otherop stuff but I'd have to kiss you before I told you. I still love to read about Indians and lately read some of the Geers books.-People of the Owl, etc.


Oh I've been known to peruse thru 2 or 3 books at the same time. Pick up and read a chapter here or there. I just finished The North American Indian Reader given to me by my friend Charlie. Lately my eyes have been glued to the internet instead of reading. Krikey.


So what's your favorite genie I mean non-fiction genre?
 
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Nonfiction is my preferred genre (odd for a literature major, but I guess I got my fill of lit crit in college and don't like to do it in my leisure time).





Fantastic science reads: Parasite Rex, by Zimmer. An examination of the relationships between parasites and their hosts (including humans). It sounds icky, but is fascinating, giving the reader a broadened perspective on health, evolution, and the interdependence of many species.


Also, Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin, about paleontology and evolution. Yeah, I'm a science geek.


In history, I read Victorian Murderesses, by Mary S Hartman, subtitled "A True HIstory of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes".


Virgins of Venice: Broken Vows ans Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent, by Mary Laven


The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius who Discovered a New History of the Earth, by Alan Cutler





This past autumn, I enjoyed Frida, by Hayden Herrera, a biography of Frida Kahlo, the wonderful Mexican painter.
 
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outlaw1,490021 wrote :

Hey come on in, the internet waters warm here. Encyclopedias are cool because they are condensed & pack a wallop oops I'm not much of a morning person... my brain juices are low right now. Working on 20% capacity...grrr.


Wow I'm impressed, what a cool lass you must of been at that age. Asthma, I sometimes get a light touch of that in cold weather. But nothing noticable in awhile. Hmm strange childcould be good. I was kinda strange too, always trying to avoid getting ...well surviving. Hmm sounds kinda Anderson to me...Civil War jail, yuck.


I'd of hate to have been injuried back then. Caligula, I remember he was first...oh wait "little boots!" His father was the famous and loved Germanicus? I think dad was assassinated? Dang stupid meters...oughta be a way to overcome them. Just when I'm having fun...


Was mom whacked out, Caligula felt she turned on him? I can't remember...and at first Little Boots was a good kid. Maybe lonely growing up. Then he got real sick as a teenager or young adult? I think he had a sister who nursed him during his illness? Supposedly everyone lied to him---he felt betrayed? Then he emerged from his sickness.... a changed and evil human?


Heck I didn't even google this and remember some things... Hmm as a kid it was mostly Indians, dinosaurs and history (with Tarzan& Sci Fi thrown in.) In college and to this day it's WW2-Ost Front. When you study WW2 you can understand WW3 clearer. Then I got hooked on Vietnam. I read some otherop stuff but I'd have to kiss you before I told you. I still love to read about Indians and lately read some of the Geers books.-People of the Owl, etc.


Oh I've been known to peruse thru 2 or 3 books at the same time. Pick up and read a chapter here or there. I just finished The North American Indian Reader given to me by my friend Charlie. Lately my eyes have been glued to the internet instead of reading. Krikey.


So what's your favorite genie I mean non-fiction genre?
LOL...you typed this post the way my brain often works...it never seems to shut down and I always have loads of useless info roaming around in my neurons all day and night!


Andersonville is in the book....as well as other Civil War prisons, with first person narratives. In regards to Caligula...you did a great job remembering! Caligula eventually went mad...killed his sister, mother, nephews, and made the Senators place their wives at his disposal for s e x ..sort of like a royal brothel. He would also f o r n i c a t e with their wives in front of the Senators. Oh yeah...and when he couldn't trust women anymore, he married his horse. He was indeed insane..like most Roman rulers. Must have been all that inbreeding!


I used to read more then one book at a time...but barely have time for one book now!
 
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Spider,490311 wrote :

Nonfiction is my preferred genre (odd for a literature major, but I guess I got my fill of lit crit in college and don't like to do it in my leisure time).





Fantastic science reads: Parasite Rex, by Zimmer. An examination of the relationships between parasites and their hosts (including humans). It sounds icky, but is fascinating, giving the reader a broadened perspective on health, evolution, and the interdependence of many species.


Also, Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin, about paleontology and evolution. Yeah, I'm a science geek.


In history, I read Victorian Murderesses, by Mary S Hartman, subtitled "A True HIstory of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes".


Virgins of Venice: Broken Vows ans Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent, by Mary Laven


The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius who Discovered a New History of the Earth, by Alan Cutler





This past autumn, I enjoyed Frida, by Hayden Herrera, a biography of Frida Kahlo, the wonderful Mexican painter.
Zimmer? Herb Zimmer?When I was a kid I used to read all these biology books I think by a Zimmer. Too long ago to remember. I used to want to be a Paleontologist when I was like in 3rd grade. My father looked at me like I was nuts.
 
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outlaw1,490021 wrote :


Hey come on in, the internet waters warm here. Encyclopedias are cool because they are condensed & pack a wallop oops I'm not much of a morning person... my brain juices are low right now. Working on 20% capacity...grrr.


Wow I'm impressed, what a cool lass you must of been at that age. Asthma, I sometimes get a light touch of that in cold weather. But nothing noticable in awhile. Hmm strange childcould be good. I was kinda strange too, always trying to avoid getting ...well surviving. Hmm sounds kinda Anderson to me...Civil War jail, yuck.


I'd of hate to have been injuried back then. Caligula, I remember he was first...oh wait "little boots!" His father was the famous and loved Germanicus? I think dad was assassinated? Dang stupid meters...oughta be a way to overcome them. Just when I'm having fun...


Was mom whacked out, Caligula felt she turned on him? I can't remember...and at first Little Boots was a good kid. Maybe lonely growing up. Then he got real sick as a teenager or young adult? I think he had a sister who nursed him during his illness? Supposedly everyone lied to him---he felt betrayed? Then he emerged from his sickness.... a changed and evil human?


Heck I didn't even google this and remember some things... Hmm as a kid it was mostly Indians, dinosaurs and history (with Tarzan& Sci Fi thrown in.) In college and to this day it's WW2-Ost Front. When you study WW2 you can understand WW3 clearer. Then I got hooked on Vietnam. I read some otherop stuff but I'd have to kiss you before I told you. I still love to read about Indians and lately read some of the Geers books.-People of the Owl, etc.


Oh I've been known to peruse thru 2 or 3 books at the same time. Pick up and read a chapter here or there. I just finished The North American Indian Reader given to me by my friend Charlie. Lately my eyes have been glued to the internet instead of reading. Krikey.


So what's your favorite genie I mean non-fiction genre?


LOL...you typed this post the way my brain often works...it never seems to shut down and I always have loads of useless info roaming around in my neurons all day and night!


Andersonville is in the book....as well as other Civil War prisons, with first person narratives. In regards to Caligula...you did a great job remembering! Caligula eventually went mad...killed his sister, mother, nephews, and made the Senators place their wives at his disposal for s e x ..sort of like a royal brothel. He would also f o r n i c a t e with their wives in front of the Senators. Oh yeah...and when he couldn't trust women anymore, he married his horse. He was indeed insane..like most Roman rulers. Must have been all that inbreeding!


I used to read more then one book at a time...but barely have time for one book now!
Yup I got a special brain (metal parts clinking inside as I say this) preordered and a rare one at that. Sounds like you got a similiar model? The ole #1100 model series with advanced emotion, humor, curiosity, romance and intelligence. Fully upgradeable, somewhat adaptable beauty? Gosh reminds me of a robot movie where a male searches for parts (Robin Williams?) and finds a similiar model.


Sure I've got strange facts (close whizzing noise) that whirl around. Maybe that's why I love nature, reading and exercise. To relax and take a break from ideas. So I got the Andersonville thingie and...hmm souds likea real witness to horror book.


Thanks, I took one Roman History class.killed his sister, mother and nephews, wheew. I had thought he loved his sister, that's really wrong what he did. I remember that when someone was getting married Caligula claimed the right to be the first to make love to her on the wedding night.


And I remember something about the Senators wives forced to have sex with him. Forgot the part about him doing it in front of the Senators. Married a horse? Holy Moses, Jesus, Buddha and Vishna. Well you know what they say about horses, once you go bareback riding you never go back! :-O Uck...I wonder if he had lovers quarrelswith his horse?


Did you hear that some believe lead from their drinking goblets leaked into their blood streams? That was one theory in the 80s. Time-are you taking classes now or just work?
 
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Christian fiction is nothing compaired to bigrophys of great people, christians or not. you learn what real people can do. I am into histry too once found a copie of Golden Deeds, printed some time after the civel war, and The comming Furry is the best on the start of the civel war.
 
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Non-fiction is my first choice always! Gathering useless knowledge is a hobby.All it takes is some inspiration and off I go exploring and researching. Ithrive on facts and realism mostly.The subject matter is not important because Ienjoy learning! If I want my fantasy fix I can watch TV.
 
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Yep - I love reading autobiographies of our Cricketers. Tangles is hilarious the way he writes, I have his 'How To ...' books, I laugh out loud with them. I hardly ever do that with fiction. It's true I reckon, life is funnier than fiction!
 
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