"Permanent war, which has defined the United States since World War II, extinguishes liberal, democratic movements. It cheapens culture into nationalist cant. It degrades and corrupts education and the media and wrecks the economy."
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PanaX finished reading The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann
PanaX started reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
Following the smash-hit sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is …
PanaX finished reading It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's …
PanaX finished reading Poor Things by Alasdair Gray (British literature series)
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray (British literature series)
A fantasy novel, presented as a discovered a manuscript, set in the nineteenth century. Frankenstein-like tale. Whitbread Novel Award, 1992.
PanaX started reading It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's …
PanaX finished reading Der Geschichtenerzähler by Mario Vargas Llosa (Biblioteka Velimir Visković bira za Vas)
Der Geschichtenerzähler by Mario Vargas Llosa (Biblioteka Velimir Visković bira za Vas)
El hablador es una novela del escritor hispano-peruano Mario Vargas Llosa, Premio Nobel de literatura 2010. Fue publicada en España …
PanaX reviewed Greatest Evil Is War by Chris Hedges
Review of 'Greatest Evil Is War' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
PanaX reviewed The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes.
In her eleven years, no one had ever …
Review of 'The Bluest Eye' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
As Toni lays out, "I focused, therefore, on how something as grotesque as the demonization of an entire race could take root inside the most delicate member of society: a child; the most vulnerable member: a female."
A truly devastating book in almost every regard.
PanaX rated The Pastures of Heaven (Penguin Modern Classics): 5 stars
The Pastures of Heaven (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
A series of short stories connected by a moral, hardworking, compassionate family that moves into a rural California valley and, …
PanaX reviewed Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
Review of 'Stella Maris' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Certainly not as riveting as The Passenger. It's simply a dialectic journey between a traumatized woman and her psychologist in the mental ward. There is lots of interesting scientific philosophy; specifically regarding mathematics and mathematians.
PanaX reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
Review of 'Sea of Tranquility' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Nice short book. Nothing groundbreaking but adequately conveyed it's purpose.
PanaX reviewed Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
A man finds that one wolf inside him, then it’s Katie bar the doors.
Review of 'Steppenwolf' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Disclaimer: If you are struggling with depression, I would skip this one.
That being said, as a long time Hesse adorer, I found this particular book difficult to get into. I found myself, many times, wanting to put it down in favor of something else. But I continued by sheer will alone and found the ending to be among the best I have ever read. From the masked ball to the magic theater, what a fevered dream of imposing dialogue and candid internal dialogue.
PanaX reviewed The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Review of 'The Passenger' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Fantastic new edition to Cormac's catalogue.
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
“You are the next step in human evolution.”
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels …