Book Call

[ase]

I am bored, and my personal "to read" list is packed with fiction and looks boring. So give me recommendations. I'm in the science nonfiction market, especially biology. Bonus points for things large university libraries should have on their shelves. Is there a good Linus Pauling biography? If anyone knows of a lay-ish intro to bioinformatics, please comment.

Shoutout to herewiss13: Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything is available... at the public library. It requires a little pre-planning to get there, so I'm going to wait until they call about my Fifty Degrees Below hold and pick them up at the same time. What else where you exalting? My memory is a sieve.

It's probably just as well I'm out of nonschool reading this week, what with Wednesday's physics test. (The end of Midterm Madness!) Me + novels + stress = things not getting done. Nonfiction is usually a little safer.

Comments

[tashok.livejournal.com]

Holy crap... Pat Tallman is married to the guy who played Kosh!

Also, read my latest LJ post for some fangirlish squealing.

--Raven

[tashok.livejournal.com]

I realize that comment was totally unrelated to your post.. I need more B5 fans to squeal at.

In regards to good books.. most of my top ten nonfic list has to do with animals or mythology. However, The Future of Life by E.O. Wilson isn't bad, and Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is excellent.

--Raven

[ase.livejournal.com]

I need more B5 fans to squeal at.

Don't we all. I need to be less reticient about grabbing people and sitting them in front of DVD marathons.

And the library has Future of Life. Brief History put me to sleep once, but I was 13 or 14 at the time. I'll give it another shot one of these days.

[tashok.livejournal.com]

I think Future is more soporific than Brief History, personally, but then again I had to read the former for a class, the latter was for fun.

I need to get the B5 DVDs so I can convert more people. I have already converted my girlfriend to the Cult of Zim and we haven't even been dating a week yet. Go me.

--Raven

[ase.livejournal.com]

No way! I had totally missed that! Any fangirl points you lost on the Lost thing are totally restored to you.

[tashok.livejournal.com]

w00t!

In my defense re:Lost, I have been assiduously avoiding that show and most other new network shows. It's principle.. I know too many addicts, I don't have the time, and just.. well.. networks have lost my respect for the most part. They're even fucking up Law&Order, and that bad boy is almost unkillable.

--Raven

[ase.livejournal.com]

My rental gets four stations: 4, 5 (sometimes), 7 and 9. I watch the morning news, and I have all the entertainment I need from the TV. I mean, really, the Harriet Miers nomination was a scream. What was up with Bush nominating someone so obviously not fit for the position? Who needs reality shows when you have the White House?

Also, there are newspapers. One Sunday Post will give you reading material all week, if you ration it right.