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Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:37:43 +0200
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 2:
Isaac Asimov Title: Understanding Physics Vol. II Light, Magnetism, and Electricity
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Sat, 08 Jun 2024 17:50:30 +0200
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Day 2
Hey, Kevin, thanks for the great inspiration. ?
I just loved the idea of
#Psychohistory
. ?
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Sat, 08 Jun 2024 18:08:49 +0200
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yes, that was a nice idea. but inherently flawed just like the lapace deamon ...
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Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:14:59 +0200
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Yes, all this talk about AI recently has made me think about psychohistory quite a bit really.
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Day 3:
Ugh, this is hard w/o looking at my library.
This series of books taught me quite a bit about the culture I live in and human nature along with a famous person's perspective on that history.
The four book series from Winston Churchill 'A history of the English-Speaking Peoples
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Tue, 11 Jun 2024 01:26:33 +0200
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I like that
thanks
did not know that books ?
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Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:24:00 +0200
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Day 4:
This book stoked a fierce green fire in my soul.
A Sand County ALMANAC and sketches here and there By ALDO LEOPOLD
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Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:27:52 +0200
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This book deserves the Wiki entry:
"book by American
#ecologist
, forester, and environmentalist
#AldoLeopold
. Describing the land around the author's home in...
#Wisconsin
, the collection of essays advocate Leopold's idea of a "land ethic", or a responsible relationship existing between people and the land they inhabit.... considered a landmark in the American conservation movement"
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Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:08:06 +0200
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Mina
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Oh! I absolutely loved that one!
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Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:17:29 +0200
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Me, too. One of my all-time favs.
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Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:18:25 +0200
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Would you like to be added to the thread?
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Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:49:09 +0200
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That sounds really interesting
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Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:27:53 +0200
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Day 5:
I'm seeing a theme in what books I think have most influenced me it seems.
Walden on Life in the Woods by Henry D. Thoreau
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Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:02:25 +0200
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Day 2:
I read this, the classical Greek mythology as a kid, and it impressed me deeply, of course especially the Trojan War and the Odyssey.
I became a big fan of the goddess Athena back then, and still am.
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A black book cover Gustav Schwab - Sagen des klassischen Altertums (Classical tales and legends) On the cover, a Greek style drawing of Europa and the bull.
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Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:08:46 +0200
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I second all that! ??
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Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:25:30 +0200
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Very nice one! Loved it!
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Must read! I'm going to order this one! ?
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I have not read this, it looks fascinating so just got the digital copy & added to my TBR pile !
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Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:36:00 +0200
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When my daughter was in 2nd grade, she had the Greek legends on CD, and during the school breaks she would gather her friends around her and retell the stories she had listened to, the night before, to them.
She managed to get quite a fanbase.
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Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:16:22 +0200
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Very admirable. ?
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Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:39:19 +0200
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I've just re-posted my books from Day 1 as the included some of my all-time favs and most of you were not yet participating.
Alas, despite copying the most recent handles list, some handles are now shown as inactive. WTF?
I've seen this happening quite a few times on
#Mastodon
for a week or so.
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Day 6 :
When I read "Pillars of the Earth," the added value for me was, apart from learning about that important period in
#English
history and being entertained, was learning about a major new architectural feat, the
#Gothic
, with lots of new vocabulary.
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Book Cover: "#KenFollet's "PILLARS OF THE EARTH" "...about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Becket, but focuses primarily on the Anarchy. The book traces the development of #Gothic architecture out of the preceding #Romanesque architecture, and the fortunes of the Kingsbridge priory and village against the backdrop of historical events of the time." (WIKI)
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Loved that book. One of my favorites from years ago. Nice memory.
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Me, too. Also loved the TV mini series of
#PillarsOfTheEarth
:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1453159/
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That was a fascinating book. I'm glad that I was able to visit a few cathedrals before I stopped traveling.
Taking on multi-generational projects of that magnitude was something else.
Glad you posted it. I haven't thought of that book for decades and decades.
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Oh and I also learned there's a TV miniseries of it too, awesome!
Speaking of which, I've been wondering if Poldark will make my list.
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Pillars of the Earth has been on my bucket list for at least 20 years.
At some point, I'm gonna read it!
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Initially, it took me quite some time to get started, too...
I should point out that the
#KingsbridgeSeries
has 5 volumes so far:
Kingsbridge series
The Evening and the Morning (prequel, 2020)
The Pillars of the Earth (1989)
World Without End (2007)
A Column of Fire (2017)[39]
The Armour of Light (2023)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett
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Day 7:
Today, I was torn between going with the architectural theme from yesterday and a long-time word-class author.
I went for the latter,
#JamesAMichener
. Apart from a few autobiographic novels, he tells the story of a region from the perspective of a fictitious family, much like
#PillarsOfTheEarth
.
To pick but one,...
#Hawaii
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Cover of Hawaii, no. 1 bestseller.
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Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:39:05 +0200
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I feel I have read it (I have read some Ken Follet) I just don’t remember that one. (1/2)
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That said I can barely get from one chapter to the next in any given book without forgetting 80% of what I’ve read. ??♂️ (2/2)
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Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:03:44 +0200
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Huh, that makes Follet, Tolstoi, and Micheners novels a no-go.
How about the TV/movie versions ?
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Oh I can read them, I just can’t remember them ?
Movies & TV are great , I can watch a movie about 4 or 5 times before I start remembering the plot ?
I HAVE to rate movies on IMDB so I know I’ve watched them - it saves me watching the awful ones again ! ??♂️
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This book is the reason I found myself moving to Hawaii over thirty years ago.
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Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:18:39 +0200
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Making a dream come true, enviable.
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My choice for today's
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
is also one from James Michener. I just love how he does his deep history by following fictional families.
I've read a bunch of his and not sure which might be the one I'd highlight, but I will definitely choose this one considering that I think a lot of people talking about Israel would benefit from reading this.
James Michener's 'The Source'
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Funny.
I just went through
#Michener
's bibliography and got stuck on this one, for obvious reasons.
I have read it so far, but I intend to do so.
The Source is an excellent idea, Kevin.?
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