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58% complete! Justin has read 7 of 12 books.
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Justin finished reading Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
Justin wants to read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the moste endearing screwed-up families in …
Justin wants to read Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb …
Justin set a goal to read 12 books in 2025
Justin rated Parable of the Sower: 4 stars
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
…Justin finished reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
…Justin stopped reading Justice by Michael J. Sandel
Justin started reading Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
Jailbird presents the memoir of one Walter F. Starbuck, recently released from jail after serving time for a minor role …
Justin wants to read Island by Aldous Huxley
Island by Aldous Huxley
The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which …
Justin finished reading Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut (Delta book)
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut (Delta book)
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families …
Justin started reading Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut (Delta book)
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut (Delta book)
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families …
Justin finished reading Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
This is not Deadeye Dick, it is "Fanaticism explained
Justin rated Deadeye Dick: 4 stars
Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
This is not Deadeye Dick, it is "Fanaticism explained
Justin reviewed The crazy ape by Albert Szent-Györgyi
Found it interesting as a historical political/humanist piece
4 stars
A great, concise plea to advance mankind's behavior in the era of powerful technology. Much of what Szent-Györgyi discusses is still politically and scientifically relevant today, but there are cases of historical events since the books publication significantly shifting the context of the book (but mostly in interesting ways, not invalidating the core message of the text). His optimism in scientific thinking is painful to read, knowing how short we've come up.
In the appendix of my copy is a "Psalmus Humanus" along with six humanist prayers from the author.
A great, concise plea to advance mankind's behavior in the era of powerful technology. Much of what Szent-Györgyi discusses is still politically and scientifically relevant today, but there are cases of historical events since the books publication significantly shifting the context of the book (but mostly in interesting ways, not invalidating the core message of the text). His optimism in scientific thinking is painful to read, knowing how short we've come up.
In the appendix of my copy is a "Psalmus Humanus" along with six humanist prayers from the author.