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In The Ticket That Exploded, William S. Burroughs’s grand cut-up trilogy, which began with The Soft Machine and continues through Nova Express, reaches its climax as Inspector Lee and the Nova Police engage the Nova Mob in a decisive battle for the planet.
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A Must Reread.......2003-07-25
Burroughs's The Ticket that Exploded, the second installment of this early trilogy (The Soft Machine and Nova Express, respectively) is a literary pleasure. It encompasses many ideas (Jung's Synchronicity, Foucault's Structuralism, Korzybski's linguistic theories, to name a few) in a post-modernist style. With many texts in the post-structuralism/post-modernist period and vein-like Joyce's Finnegans Wake and Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow-this book teaches the reader how to read the text as one continues through the work. As such, it is a must reread, for as entertaining as the work is throughout the first reading, Ticket is more interesting and more insightful with each successive read.
"cut-up" masterpiece.......2003-04-28
Out of the three books in Burroghs' "cut-up" trilogy (the soft machine, the ticket that exploded, and nova express) this i feel is the best and most creative. Included in this book are Ginsyn's tape recorder experiments which produce a psychological analogy for the way our brains opperate as well as an interesting pass-time for anyone who finds the concept of words being a virus of the mind of any interest.
one weird bizarre galactic ADVENTURE.......1999-07-27
this book is an outerlandish(outer space) type of bizarre nuclear book... it has what few books lack visual impact, and adventure..and keeps exploding with action (unlike few books that stick to one place for a million hours..and emotions, it jumps countlessly with entertainment and never fails at that.
Possibly "better" and more insightful than "Naked Lunch".......1999-06-12
This book is the final word in cut-ups and Burroughs' tape experiments of the early 1960's. This is Burroughs' most beautifully written text, if somewhat overrepetitive at times. Moreso than in "Naked Lunch" or in "Nova Express," Burroughs fleshes out his ideas about language "being a virus from outer space," and looks forward to his essay, "The Electronic Revolution." This is a tough and uncompromising book, filled with beautiful nonsequitors, funny anecdotal tales, and plenty homoerotic sexual fantasies and realitease.
a messed up text.......1998-08-19
This is the parallel text to The Soft Machine and Nova Express. But the qualities of these two almost unreadable but awesome works of art are only partly presented here. It shows that Burroughs did a lot of rewriting on this one, the repitions seem not all intended, and what he added to or changed in the original, which would have been a beautiful further view in the repelling cut up universe, undermines the visionary character of the trilogy. Technical prose about recorders and idealistic musings about what you can do with them makes this book sound dated. The idea itself, revolving around a prerecorded universe and how to unrecord it, is essential, but it gets a too political and too oneminded unhumorous treatment here and there. Where he can be such a laugh if he tries. The attacker of preachers falls prey to preaching. But then this turning into your own enemy is inherent to his work. Those who haven't yet read the first two novels of the cut up trilogy should start there, although there is no chronological need to do so. In the end you will have to read this as well, if you come as far. The hypnotising power of the trilogy shines through despite 'the dr frankenstein goes for recorders' pasages.
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The MacKenzies: David (Mackenzies, #4)
Ana Leigh
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The MacKenzie Women
The MacKenzie sisters are smart, strong, and sassy--and it will take strong men to match them! So when sophisticated, city-bred Cynthia MacKenzie meets rugged westerner David Kincaid, its a clash of opposites--which always attract!
Teased Beyond Temptation
Someones had to loosen the man up! David Kincaids serious, by-the-rules way of living had him wound up so tight, hed forgotten how to have fun--and Cynthia MacKenzie decided she was just the woman to teach him how.
When David agreed to oversee building the MacKenzie railroad in the wilds of New Mexico, he was prepared to fight off the dangers of nightriders and outlaws--not to do battle with a free-spirited woman whose escapades seemed designed to drive him to distraction, and whose flirty teasing was surely more than any man could endure! But when the sexy westerner turns the tables on Cynthia, the sable-haired temptress discovers that the biggest thrill isnt the chase--but being caught.
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A little slow but still enjoyable..........2005-01-14
I'm reading all of these books in order & this is #4. I'm really enjoying this series but I didn't find this book to be as good as the first 3. The first 3 books are Luke, Flint & Cleve who are the 3 MacKenzie brother then this book introduces you to Cynthia, Angeleen & Elizabeth who are distant cousins to the 3 men. This story follows Cynthia & David. I really enjoyed it but it was just quite a bit slower then the first 3. I recommend this book.
A little slow but still enjoyable..........2005-01-13
I'm reading all of these books in order & this is #4. I'm really enjoying this series but I didn't find this book to be as good as the first 3. The first 3 books are Luke, Flint & Cleve who are the 3 MacKenzie brother then this book introduces you to Cynthia, Angeleen & Elizabeth who are distant cousins to the 3 men. This story follows Cynthia & David. I really enjoyed it but it was just quite a bit slower then the first 3. I recommend this book.
Not a keeper.......2004-10-14
I read the first Mackenzie books and enjoyed them thoroughly but this one was a huge disappointment. David and Cynthia just seemed to fall into bed without any emotional or even mental commitment (not that there's anything wrong with that!). It seemed to me that they never really developed any relationship beyond sex. Cynthia came across as shallow, plotting, and lacking in morals while David presented as a holier-than-thou hypocrite. Definitely not one of her best.
Unimpressed.......2004-05-09
I checked this out of the library based on the great reviews I read here. Wow, could my tastes be that different? I thought this was a lousy book, mostly because I couldn't stand the heroine and didn't care much more for the hero. Cynthia was an overagressive tease who offered herself to David at nearly every turn. Her morals seemed more 1979 than 1879, and I'm really not used to that in a historical romance novels. Not that I need all the females in books I read to be shy virgins, but Cynthia just seemed like a hussy. David goes around angry with her all the time for no good reason that I could tell, and though he claims to despise her loose ways he gives in to her very quickly. And the way he constantly called her "Miz Sin", often multiple times in the same paragraph, got old quick. They just were not an appealing couple, and I found I had no interest in whether they ever got together. The only thing that made me finish the book, and kept this from being a one star review, was the set up of the relationships of her other two sisters. They are much more interesting women, as are the men they seemed destined to be with, so I will read their stories and hope for better chemistry all around.
The MacKenzies: David.......2002-10-30
This one is about Cynthia, the long lost cousin of the MacKenzie brothers.
Cynthia meets Cleve and his wife in Europe and discover they are cousins through their fathers. Cynthia is on her way home after a 2 year tour of Europe to be with her ailing father. When she gets home to Colorado though, no one comes to greet her at the station but David Kincaid, a straight-laced railroad engineer!
From the beginning, Cynthia delights in unmercilessly teasing David to no end. He disagrees with her even coming home after being gone so long, disagrees with her starting a school for the construction workers' children, and even her teaching methods!
The man is so exasperating, that all they do is fight because of their stubborness when it comes to each other which leads hot making up sessions and straight into love!
Ana Leigh gets better with every MacKenzie book! I'm so glad she decided to continue the series! I highly recommend all the books in the MacKenzie series!
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Read this second!.......2007-02-28
I (and many others) believe the best place to start with Doc Smith's "Lensman" series is Galactic Patrol; and as I've said why, at length, in my review of that opus, I won't repeat it here.
"Gray Lensman" begins where "Patrol" left off, and never flags, from the start to the finish.
Smith at this point is a massively improved writer from the author of the earlier Skylark series, and much more confident in his characters: Richard Seaton, for instance, never has the moments of self-doubt that trouble Kinnison, and would certainly never burst into tears (as the latter does when his nurse won't feed him beefsteak in hospital!).
Even more unexpected is the development of an impish sense of humour, manifested in several places, but most notably in the exploits of Wild Bill Williams of Aldebaran II, in the present volume -- surely one of the most entertaining episodes in the whole of Golden Age SF.
I've never understood critics -- including the normally-perspicacious Brian Aldiss* -- who say that Smith couldn't write. True, he probably never gave T.S. Eliot (his exact contemporary) any sleepless nights, and better authors have certainly stood on his shoulders; but the Lensman series is F-U-N, and without it the SF world would be a much duller place.
*in Billion Year Spree, later revised as Trillion Year Spree.
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Read this second!.......2007-02-28
I (and many others) believe the best place to start with Doc Smith's "Lensman" series is Galactic Patrol; and as I've said why, at length, in my review of that opus, I won't repeat it here.
"Gray Lensman" begins where "Patrol" left off, and never flags, from the start to the finish.
Smith at this point is a massively improved writer from the author of the earlier Skylark series, and much more confident in his characters: Richard Seaton, for instance, never has the moments of self-doubt that trouble Kinnison, and would certainly never burst into tears (as the latter does when his nurse won't feed him beefsteak in hospital!).
Even more unexpected is the development of an impish sense of humour, manifested in several places, but most notably in the exploits of Wild Bill Williams of Aldebaran II, in the present volume -- surely one of the most entertaining episodes in the whole of Golden Age SF.
I've never understood critics -- including the normally-perspicacious Brian Aldiss* -- who say that Smith couldn't write. True, he probably never gave T.S. Eliot (his exact contemporary) any sleepless nights, and better authors have certainly stood on his shoulders; but the Lensman series is F-U-N, and without it the SF world would be a much duller place.
*in Billion Year Spree, later revised as Trillion Year Spree.
Customer Reviews:
Super Reader.......2007-08-27
Kimball Kinnison has earned the right to wear the Gray. This is the Lensman's Lensman. A member of the Patrol so good that he is no longer under the direct command of the organisation, and can do whatever he wants. He has the ability to requistion, people, materiel, or whatever he wants, to get the job done. They are 'unattached'. This means if he wants his old friend, the ex-space marine giant Van Buskirk and his crew, then he gets them.
Having taken care of a Boskonian base, Kinnison the Gray wants to search out where the Boskonians came from and check for any still remaining in his own galaxy.
The search leads to another galaxy, and an ever increasing arms race on just a crazy scale. Want to blow up some bad guys? Then throw an anti-matter planet at them, no problem.
In the process, Kinnison learns to again expand his abilities, leading to the next book.
Read this second!.......2007-02-28
I (and many others) believe the best place to start with Doc Smith's "Lensman" series is Galactic Patrol; and as I've said why, at length, in my review of that opus, I won't repeat it here.
"Gray Lensman" begins where "Patrol" left off, and never flags, from the start to the finish.
Smith at this point is a massively improved writer from the author of the earlier Skylark series, and much more confident in his characters: Richard Seaton, for instance, never has the moments of self-doubt that trouble Kinnison, and would certainly never burst into tears (as the latter does when his nurse won't feed him beefsteak in hospital!).
Even more unexpected is the development of an impish sense of humour, manifested in several places, but most notably in the exploits of Wild Bill Williams of Aldebaran II, in the present volume -- surely one of the most entertaining episodes in the whole of Golden Age SF.
I've never understood critics -- including the normally-perspicacious Brian Aldiss* -- who say that Smith couldn't write. True, he probably never gave T.S. Eliot (his exact contemporary) any sleepless nights, and better authors have certainly stood on his shoulders; but the Lensman series is F-U-N, and without it the SF world would be a much duller place.
*in Billion Year Spree, later revised as Trillion Year Spree.
Book Four of the Lensman Series, 253 Pages, Publ 1951.......2006-07-26
I thought the series started to trail off starting with this book. I've missed two of the six book series due to their unavailability, but I really enjoyed Triplanetary and Galactic Patrol, books 1 and 3, respectively. Book 1 really sets up the background of the Arisians and the Eddorians and the great confrontation that eventually will have to come between them. Galactic Patrol goes heavily into what makes a Lensman, what a Lens is, and the integrity of a Lensman. Kimball Kinnison is the best of the best. He goes from Lensman (of which only 100 are graduated per year on Earth) to Unattached or Gray Lensman, and eventually even further to Second Stage Lensman. The book Gray Lensman misses the edge of the impact of a lensman, I thought, that Galactic Patrol had. Certainly what the book does is bring up the dangerous potential risks to a life of a lensman. The one scenario of torture written here is one of the most horrific I've ever read and is absolutely hair-raising. And certainly, from what Kinnison has to go through regarding drug use, for the good of the galaxy, it's a good thing lensman are of absolute integrity.
The originality of the series is not to be understated and one can see the influences from this series on science fiction shows and movies from Star Trek onward.
The Saga Continues..........2005-04-29
"Gray Lensman" is the fourth book in the Lensman series and it picks up right where "Galactic Patrol left off. As with the previous book, this is the collection of material that was previously published in "Astounding Science Fiction" from October of 1939 through January 1940. The book was first published in 1951, and was ranked 13th on the 1952 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll. The series as a whole was nominated for the Hugo for best all-time series in 1966.
In this book, Kimball Kinnison searches for traces of Boskone after the destruction of their base in our Galaxy. The search takes him to the Second Galaxy where he stops the Boskonians from destroying the Medonians. He also searches out remnants of Boskone within our own Galaxy, and he continues to learn how to better use the Lens. The book leads up to a climactic battle against the Boskonians in the Second Galaxy.
As with the previous books in the series, the science is the weakest part of the story. Despite this, it is still worth reading for the characters and fast paced storyline. This is a great example of Space Opera from the golden age of science fiction.
GALACTIC JAMES BOND.......2002-02-01
Kim Kinnison is Doc Smith's James Bond. What fun the author must have had putting this one to ink. Wouldn't bond have enjoyed using a negasphere, black hole-like wave of hyperspace, to destroy one bad guy planet? The next bad guy hideout planet squashed like a walnut between two colliding planets. What a gas! Your hero loses both hands and feet but not to worry. Brilliant geneticists discover how to excite the dormant pineal gland. Soon all body parts are regenerated (like a starfish grows new points) and the hero is good as new. Just in time to let him marry his beautiful, red headed nurse. Hollywood, here comes Kim Kinnison!
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1951 Fantasy Press Gray Lensman (Lensman Series)
Edward E. , Ph. D. ("Doc") Smith
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Of all his works, Edward E. Smith's Lensman stories are his greatest contribution to science fiction, and by many of his multitude of enthusiastic followers, Gray Lensman, fourth in the series, is considered his best.
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Gray Lensman
E. E. Smith
Manufacturer: Jove
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 0515045896 |
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E.E. Smith
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Gray Lensman
E.E. Smith
Manufacturer: Pyramid
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000V97XL4 |
Book Description
Since its publication in 1989, The Riddle of Amish Culture has become recognized as a classic work on one of America's most distinctive religious communities. But many changes have occurred within Amish society over the past decade, from westward migrations and a greater familiarity with technology to the dramatic shift away from farming into small business which is transforming Amish culture. For this revised edition, Donald B. Kraybill has taken these recent changes into account, incorporating new demographic research and new interviews he has conducted among the Amish. In addition, he includes a new chapter describing Amish recreation and social gatherings, and he applies the concept of "social capital" to his sensitive and penetrating interpretation of how the Amish have preserved their social networks and the solidarity of their community.
Customer Reviews:
More In Depth Look at the Amish.......2007-10-03
This is a more in depth look at living Amish through the eyes of its adherants that what's offered in the 11 People's Place books that are priced at $6.95 each. What I don't like is Amish became trendy, for some a life long trend after it sold out with Weird Al's Amish Paradise. The picture from the CD single of Amish Paradise looks like Weird Al lost his humor. Weird Al was hilarious in the 80s, then in the 90s he grew up quick and just wasn't funny any more, taking himself too seriously on Running with Scissors and looking Amish and younger on the poorly planned Poodle Hat. Anyway, the closest I fall into his getting ready to be a life long traditional old order Anabaptist Amish. The big no no is a car and the second big no no is a computer. Don't believe what you heard about the Amish in school- yes it is a big deal because the average Amish family averages 7 kids and they often live on multi million dollar farms, feeding at times a whole country. The Amish are not a joke, they are not even weird- they are serious people who actually were more content leading a plain lifestyle. Divorce is forbidden in most branches of Amish. Weird Al, I hope you're making this work well you do look a lot younger on Poodle Hat.
They call everybody English!.......2007-09-10
My experience with Amish people is limited to having lunch with an Amish family who were neighbors of friends in Ohio. My (ex)wife expressed approval that corn-on-the-cob was being served. The hostess said, "I didn't realize English liked corn-on-the-cob!" My wife (whose name was Ryan) replied, "Irish, not English!" This little vignette is an example of Amish anomaly. If you want to read about the whole thing - why and how, read this book. The most fascinating thing I learned is that the Amish leadership do not apply their rules in a rote fashion. Each modern technology is considered by the criteria of whether or not it will help or hurt the unity of the Amish family and people.
Great book.......2007-01-07
Timely shipment and in great condition. I was very pleased with order. Very educating.
Amish life: the same and yet so different.......2006-09-04
Not your typical photographic essay. Discusses in depth the complexities of the Amish nation's dynamic interelations with the larger English society. Amish life has, apparently, changed greatly in the last century, whether it be gas stoves, business ventures, fiberglass buggies, or toxic chemicals spewn from modern devices pulled by horses, although such details vary somewhat from church district to church district. There are no easy outs for those born into the faith and no easy ins for those born outside. A more truly revealing book on the Amish would have to be written by someone in the inside, which will not happen. However, Kraybill's work is a sympathetic, comprehensive, and revealing work. An informative read also suggested for public and academic libaries.
More than buggies.......2006-05-09
Kraybill knows his topic. He's a prof. at Messiah College, a top-drawer evangelial school with Anabaptist/Brethren roots, located near PA Amish country. He has studied and written on the Amish since the mid-80s. He is also a clear communicator, able to summarize complicated material with ease.
He is clearly very sympathetic to most of the Amish distinctives, though he is able to maintain a critical stance.
To me the Amish are more than simply a curious cultural oddity. They offer some insights into ways for Christians to confront and stand apart from Modernity and materialism. Though Kraybill shows, they may be subtly Modernist in their very rejection of Modernity.
The Amish are also important as an example of an extreme Anabaptist tradition. The 16th century European Xianity can be divided into three groups: Roman Caholics, Reformation, and Anabaptist. Surely the latter, while smallest of the three in the 16th cent., has long been ascending in contemporary America. Anabaptist distinctives -- sectarianism, believer baptism, emphasis on piety over intellect, anticlerical, antisacramental, democratic in church polity, etc. -- are now dominant in American evangelicalism. How important then to understand the Amish, as a fairly well-preserved example of the early Anabaptist tradition.
Anyway, wonderful book. Worth repeated readings.
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Title: Donald B. Kraybill. The Riddle of Amish Culture.(Book Review) (book review)
Author: William L. Smith
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Utopian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: Society for Utopian Studies
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Page: 160(3)
Article Type: Book Review
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