I Am Alive and You Are Dead: The Strange Life and Times of Philip K. Dick by Emmanuel Carrère My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wow! What can you say about Philip K. Dick and this biography? I mean, I knew Dick was a paranoid, but I had no idea to what degree he was. …
Month: June 2012
Mitt Romney, 1994: “It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam”. 2007: “I longed… to actually be in Vietnam.”
Mitt Romney, 1994: “It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam”. 2007: “I longed… to actually be in Vietnam.” | | The Political CarnivalThe Political Carnival. Typical Romney. Flip flopper. Says anything to get elected. Nice....
A Review of A Search for What Is Real
A Search for What Is Real by Brian D. McLaren My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is intended to be a guide for those who are seeking something spiritually, no matter what faith, but yes, primarily Christianity. It's a little light (especially for McLaren), but the contents are pretty solid and the book …
A Review of Searching for God Knows What
Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm not a fan of Miller's Blue Like Jazz. I think it's an immature book written by an immature writer. This book -- Searching for God Knows What -- seems a vast improvement to me, albeit still with the same scatter …
A Review of A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a very serious book by Philip K. Dick, and it's another mind f***, but in a very literal way. It's about the drug culture in the not-too-distant future, and it's largely autobiographical, if you go by what the biographers write …
