I just finished reading "Between Silk & Cyanide" by Leo Marks. WOW this was a great book.

Leo Marks is primarily known to most people as the screen writer of the infamous cult flick "Peeping Tom". During WWII, he ran the cryptography department of Britain's military, the SOE. "Between Silk & Cyanide" is his autobiography of those war years.

The bravery of the agents who were being dropped into the occupied countries of EuroFuckyLand was unbelievable. I had never really thought about what it took for them to operate in France & Holland & Belgium & Denmark etc until reading this. The efforts of those back in the UK & some of the things that had to be done for the greater good is incredibly well described by Marks. I really recommend this book to all you Lounge Lizards.

I'm just sorry Marks died before he could write the rest of his story; I would have loved to learn more about what was involved with "Peeping Tom".

"The Alienist" is great, but I didn't think the sequel "The Angel of Darkness" worked as well (despite having some wonderful descriptions of Greenwich Village at the turn of the century). And I HATED Carr's attempt at science fiction, "Killing Time". It read like a teenagers re-write of "The Illuminati Trilogy".

damn, that's a lot of words.

My see-and-spell can't go that fast, slow down, will ya?

DG

The monkey says-Gimme a smoke and a drink.

OK, guys, I can take a hint. I'll keep my book reviews for Amazon....(the phrase "casting pearls before swine" somehow seems apropos here)

This section of the Lounge is totally appropriate for book reviews, lengthy or otherwise. Otherwise, what's the freaking point of the Lieberry??? Carry on, Lystie!

damn Rimmy! we wuz only funnin her.

next thing you know you'll be asking Buck to elucidate.

'Cept we'll need to send out for more bandwidth.

It's gonna get wordy in here.

DG

Somebody has to fill in for Buck....

I've read Sexus. That whole Rosy Crucifixion trilogy is probably the sloppiest stuff Miller ever wrote. But if you can handle his ego, they're fun to read.
His best book, IMO, is The Colossus of Maroussi. In Sexus, where he goes on for pages and pages before he completes a paragraph, he'll get the same thing across in Colossus in one sentence. It's honestly one of the best books I've ever read.


I'm about 100 pages into Geek Love. Man, that book is absolutely incredible. It will probably end up in my top 20 for sure.

For the first 20 or 30 pages of 'Sexus,' I thought is was all pretty juvenile and self-glorifying. I was just about to put it down and read something else. But ya know what? I couldn't. The writing is just too damn good. The same kind of guilty-pleasure type of feeling you get from watching a really excellent action movie: half of you knows that it isn't that good, but the other half of you is having a really great time and tells the first half to shut its smarty-pants little mouth before I come over there and sock you one.

hahaha, i have felt that way before reading Miller.

another ego trip: have you read Shit Magnet? i think i got 15-20 pages into it before i just couldn't take it any more and put it away for good. "my mommy and daddy didn't love meeee"
- ok, great. i got the point.

AH-HA! You can't fool me.
That beer can doesn't have THAT many words on it! Uh, unless you consider a beer can heavy reading....

DG

welly welly welly welly well.

Wetter got his groove back.

good stuff.

That nap really paid off for him.

let's hope the one i'm about to take will have a similar impact.

sweet dreams, chilluns!

Yes, let's hope!

Tomorrow is another day ....

DG

Not that I can tell.

and then fucking disappeared.

jeebus.

i feel so alone.

I'm here CG, I just can't get a post in edgewise.

Actually, I've been sick with that killer flu that's going around.

DG

Sorry to hear that, DG. Remember to get plenty of fluids.

I will peeps.

No, not THOSE kind Jack!

DG

Why I don't have any idea what you mean???

Oh please ... don't start playing coy now.

DG

Fluids? Bodily fluids?
Good lord man, do I have to spell it out for you?

DG

I don't get it either.

If they give you too much saline because you are sick with the flu, they sometimes give you plasma. Is that the bodily fluids you are chitt'n around about?

<sigh>

Okay ... what was this topic orginally about?

DG

I don't know, I just like to play along with what others are posting.

I'll go ahead and get us back on topic.

*ahem*

Yes admins, thanks for making the lieberry!

DG

Here is a book I know CG might like... I am gonna buy a copy after Xmas. Assuming I have the cash.

[URL=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0609809997/002-5138841-4508842?v=glance]
"How the Scot's Invented the Modern World" by Arthur Scott[/URL]

Use Froogle for the Best Price

Sidenote: Froogle Rocks! That book was $15 at Borders.Now I can buy it for $8.59 + $1.40 shipping. Amazon ieat your heart out! Google has done it again!

Um, dude .... seriously. That's not a good deal.

I think you went to Screwgle instead.

DG

Does it include a recipe for haggis?

Are you going to look through that bookshelf for some more psych fiction?

Or are you pissed at me for my rant about Robo-women?All I have to do is watch
The Stepford Wives a few times and it will be out of my system.A classic good
bad movie.And there is even a book.

I apologize for not addressing my last post.It is meant for Jethrow.

You can look through your bookshelves also,funky monkey;I bet you would dig up some interesting selections.

Doubtless.

Yeah, no kidding. It's a good thing I used a fake library ID, or I'd have no library at all.

DG