The BOOK Thread

[Pushrod]

"Squeeze Me" . . . Carl Hiaasen

National politics distilled into a Florida golf resort with snide commentary about big money, feckless widows with big money, twat waffle heirs, people trying to do the right thing, idiot politicians, people doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons and big, big snakes.

Give a python a hit of acid and set it loose at a political fundraiser in Floriduh. Hiaasen delivers with a big WTF.

 

[bikewanker]

I like Carl Hiaasen for a quick humorous green read. I just finished Flush one of several that features kids as protagonist. I probably just have good reason to appreciate juvenile delinquents.

“ The Prince of Risk” by Christopher Reich.
Read some of his books and I like the $/ Wall Street angle. Found The “Prince of Risk” to be very timely in a commie china rule the world way. I’m optimistic that it’s a 3 initial intelligence agency exercise possibility.
Not sure if this qualifies as an achievement other than letting my mind wander.

 

[Sean D]

I've read a few Hiaasen books and always enjoy them. Razor Girl was the last one I read, will have to pick up the new one.

I just finished Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, which takes place in the swingin' 60s london and follows a band on their way to stardom. Being David Mitchell it's not a completely straight forward story, but I really enjoyed it and it reminded me of "Hall of Mirrors", a great biography of Jimi Hendrix. I would love to teleport back to London in those days.

The band makes a trip to SF and LA and a bunch of musicians from back in the day make (fictitious) appearances.

 

[NorCalAthlete]

https://trhickman.com/meaning-of-dragonlance/

 

[Butch]

William Gibson has written bunches of good stuff.

For some reason, Johnny Mnemonic came to mind...
It’s a moooovie too. IMDB plot summary:

In 2021, the whole world is connected by the gigantic Internet, and almost a half of the population is suffering from the Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS).Johnny with an inplanted memory chip in his brain was ordered to transport the over loaded information from Beijing to Newark. While Pharmakom Industries supported by yakuza tries to capture him to get the informaiton back, the Low-tech group led by J-Bone tries to break the missing code to download the cure of NAS which Johnny carries.

 

[bikewanker]

For some reason:rofl