Attribute to L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise

I hate seeing headlines like this one:

Widespread Crop Failures Happening All Over America. It is starting to look more and more like everything is about to fall apart. I have grandchildren. I would prefer them to inherit a peaceful and prosperous world. But what are the chances of that, huh?

Books. So many books, so little time. If I could just stay awake all the time.… Okay, that would be bad for my health. Oh well.

But I have read some good ones this week. Viz, to wit:

Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice. Which is an old-fashioned California Private Eye mystery, featuring a “hippy” doing the detecting, a cast of various, and frequently hilarious, characters, and all kinds of crazy stuff. Very entertaining and I recommend it. They even made a movie out of it, it sez here. Don’t know about the movie, but the book is worth reading, for sure. Link: Kindle

Then, after that one, I read Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge which takes place in “Silicon Alley” in New York City, involving conspiracies, murders, fraud, and other computer mishaps and crimes. Couldn’t put it down. Link: Kindle

And just finishing up yesterday, The Peripheral by William Gibson. A rip-roaring science fictional tale involving time-travel of a sort I haven’t see before, along with a future world that is excessively believable (or likely), with some really nice people you’ll enjoy getting to know. And some really, really vile bad-guys too, of course. The story has rather more warmth and likable characters than we have come to expect from Gibson, who is sometimes excessively grim. Another one I couldn’t put down, until my eyes gave-out and/or I fell out of my chair asleep. Link: Kindle

And in my vast amount of spare time (if that’s what they call it), I have been putting the finishing-touches on the next Free Book Premium for Subscribers. I’ve decided to call this series of books “Studies in History and Moral Philosophy”, which is what they are. This being a subject which I am fascinated by, and have read and read and studied and consider of vast importance, and think you probably should too, but then that is up to you, right? Wouldn't have it any other way. More next week.

Why do I always point to Kindle books from Amazon.com? Because they make it so easy to do, and because I buy a lot of inexpensive books on one-day sales from there. $1.99 is better than full price. And because I will get a small bit of cash from any purchase directed there from this web site. Very small, but every bit counts to putting some groceries on the table, and prescriptions in the medicine cabinet. And gasoline in the automobile. Which reminds me, time to renew the car registration. Always something.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving feast, and say deplorable, my friends!