Monthly Bookpost, January 2016

[admnaismith]

For the first half of the decade, I tried to read pretty much All The Things that were fit to come out of Western Civilization from the earliest times until the death of Louis XIV. I was also struck by the number of books claiming to have marked the transition into the "modern era" at the start of each year I was reading: Augustine in 2013;

Comments

[jenk]

I <3 The Martian. :)

BTW, Andy Weir is eligible for The Campbell Award this year - it's his last year of eligibility.

Reading for the 1700s

[anonymous]

Is "The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Stern on your list? In the book, "Burr", supposedly this was the book Aaron Burr was reading at the time of his death. I started reading it and it is funny as all get out.

Thanks. Your reading inspires me.
-- Holly

Re: Reading for the 1700s

[admnaismith]

Oh, definitely. Some time in late Summer/early fall, I think.

It has the most elaborate curse I've ever seen in print. Among other jokes.