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The Ambidextrist
Peter Rock
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Compassionate, funny and haunting.......2004-03-31
I'm a bit surprised by the PW and LJ reviews of this book, at least the negative aspect of them. It was probably the best book I'd read last year. Rock's writing has matured from his prior two books, both of which were really good, into something far more compassionate, if simultaneously haunting and desolate. But more than simply a narrative strewn with the picaresque, or flatly dark, this book has a great beauty to it, a formal elegance binding three downtrodden narrative lives within the same general fictional and geographical turf. Simlarly astonishing is Rock's prose and his knack for dialog--for capturing the said and the intended in as few words as possible. If being allowed to look into lives and motivations that are perhaps unlike your own is unpleasant, or icky, or sinful or whatever, then, yeah this book probably isn't for you. If, however, getting a real jolt from a young writer who has the emotional maturity of someone generations older, even if it means looking at the world as it goes wrong before your eyes, then do read this.
Serious Disappointment.......2002-06-30
The Ambidextrist started out seeming like a good book. The concept was good. But that is where the positive stopped and the negative started. The book is a picture of inner city life in Philadelphia from the slums and homeless perspective. The plot is weak. The character development is flimsy. And the writing style is just one step above "pot boiler" mass market novels.
The book in no way can be labeled as literature. It seems like a piece whipped off in an afternoon. Very little depth to the characters and very low levels of description on just about any aspect of the book. Even the dialogue seems less than realistic. In fact, the only character in the book that was developed was that of the Schuylkill River, which the reader gets a pretty good feeling for throughout the book.
Otherwise, the reader's time would be infinitely better spent, reading "Native Son" by Richard Wright. That is a modern day classic where the characters are well developed and really ring true. If you truly feel a need to read Peter Rock's book, perhaps borrowing it from the library is better than spending the money to own it.
a minor masterpiece.......2002-03-29
This is a novel about people trying to make connections, people on the margins looking in, people trying to reach outside of themselves, powerless people trying to feel strong. Unpretentious, understated, this novel elucidates what life is like for a community of disparate spirits who spend their time on the Schuylkill riverbank. I think it's a very relevant book for our times. It shows an aspect of the American spirit not often dwelled upon. Most of us are on the margins. Most of us are not the movers and shakers of corporate America. Most of us are confronted with our powerlessness everyday, and our salvation is the forging of connections with others like us.
mri.......2002-03-20
I bought this book cause of the mri of the writer's head on the cover. it's good stuff though. reminded me of cormac mccarthy and denis johnson. the plot ain't much but who cares? the flayed prose's worth the price of admission. desolate's the word to describe this book except it's remarkably rich emotionally like a kenny roger's tune. i liked it alot. thank god for writers like peter rock.
My favorite new book of 2002.......2002-02-03
Once again, Peter Rock has fashioned a story that will haunt you long after you close the book. The writing is beautiful, as usual, for Rock. And the narrative takes such unexpected twists. A delight to read. It's like a Bunuel film set in inner city Philly. Highly recommended.
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The Misplaced Legion
Harry Turtledove
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As they faced one another in a duel of survival, the Roman tribune Marcus Scaurus held the spell-scribed sword of a Druid priest, and the Celtic chieftain Viridovix held a similar sword, bespelled by a rival Druid sorcerer. At the moment they touched, the two found themselves under a strange night sky where no stars were familiar and where Gaul and Rome were unknown. They were in an outpost of the embattled Empire of Videssos--in a world where magic and dark sorcery would test their skill and courage as no Roman legion had ever been tested before.
Customer Reviews:
From Turtledove's quality period of writing, this is a fun series.......2006-09-12
Turtledove's style changed sometime in the last 5-8 years or so, becoming much more repetitive in exposition while his characters became even more typecast than before and page counts went up - I have wondered if he is using dictation software to write his current books, as basic establishment comments are repeated dozens of times through them. I would say that by the mid 90's some serious formulaic and realism problems started showing up in his work - he has published 5+ books a year for years now, and the quality gap shows. This series predates this and is a fun book to read.
The general setting in this story is a few roman cohorts, along with a gaulish chieftain/warlord, are magically transported to a world that resembles an inverted map of the byzantine empire well over a thousand years later. In this new world, magic is real and ever-present, and one enemy faction is controlled by honest-to-god demon/devil worshippers. The remaining roman troops are conscripted as mercenaries, and the tribne, Scaurus, becomes embroiled in court politics despite his efforts to avoid them.
Readers of Turtledove's King of the North/Tales of the Fox series will recognize many character stereotypes here, particularly the boisterous fun womanizing gaul (cannot remember how to spell his name). That said, this starts a 4-book series which is well worth the time to read, despite being a bit cliche and in many ways not gritty enough for my taste. (having just read most of glen cook's published work in the last few months, 'gritty realistic fantasy' has become a new concept for me).
Turtledove went on to write 7 more novels in the Videssos enviroment beyond this series, none of which are particularly great and IMHO all are skippable. This series is the one to read.
An epic Roman Adventure.......2006-09-06
Although this is catagorized as a fantasy, this is more of an epic tale of ancient Rome and the Byzantine empire. Thanfully, Harry Turtledove stuck to his strength in one of his earliest works and that is his knowledge of history, in particular ancient Rome. I say this after having read several of his "fantasy" efforts, and although they are not that bad they are nowhere near as good as his alternate history novels which is what this comes closer to being.
The premise of this novel is that a Roman legion is transported to an alternate universe through the contact of two magical swords. In this alterante universe, which possesses a more than passing resemblence to the Byzantine empire, there is limited magic as well. What makes this novel work is Turtledove's incredibly passionate attention to detail which brings the Roman Legion to life and transports the reader to the Kingdom of Videssos. The only complaint I have with this novel was it was a bit difficult keeping track of all the characters as they were introduced. I belive that had Harry Turtledove written this novel later in his career it would have been quite a bit longer (ala the Darkness books.) but as a fledgling writer his editors probably wanted him to keep the page count down. With the greater development of the characters this would have been a five star book but is stll a very gritty and realistic tale with a true taste and feel of the Roman Empire to it
Best Harry Turtledove ever .......2006-01-01
Once upon a time there was a man named Harry Turtledove and when he put his mind to it he could write a very good book. This one is about sorcery and magic, armies of light and soliders of darkness. All the good things in life basically.
The book is fantastic and tragic at the same time. Great for what it is, this book fills me with great sadness when I consider how much Harry's writting style has slipped in recent years.
I wish he would get back to this serise and stop writting crap.
historical, alternate history, and a different world.......2004-09-04
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A Roman Legion is fighting a band of Celts when somehow some magic spell is activated that transports the Legion (plus one Celt) to some strange new world. The Legion and Celt are forced to cooperate to stay alive and not knowing how to get back or even if it is possible, the Legion takes service in with the local empire as a mercenary band. They are, of course, some of the finest fighters that this Empire has seen and they know battle tactics that the world has never seen.
This is the premise of "The Misplaced Legion." There are, I understand, ties to the Byzantine Empire in how this novel is constructed. If one has knowledge of that era then perhaps this novel will resonate more, but coming into "The Misplaced Legion" without that knowledge of history I was able to appreciate Turtledove's craft just as well.
This new Empire of Videssos is one where magic works and is fairly common. Marcus Scaurus, the Legion Commander finds himself mixed up in the politics of Videssos simply by being a talented mercenary commander and being for a foreign world. He finds himself in opposition to an evil sorcerer and helps lead Videssos against this sorcerer.
Much of this novel deals with the Romans in a new world and their adjustments, but with the battles against the sorcerer and the Yezda (the people the sorcerer belongs to, and leads) the storyline is one that looks to stretch across multiple volumes. This was a very interesting beginning to the Videssos Cycle and while I had never read any of Turtledove's work before, this is a series i plan on investing time into.
-Joe Sherry
One of the most enjoyable series ever........2003-02-12
This is the first book in a four volume series that I rate as one of the most enjoyable in all fantasy literature. It is, as other reviewers have commented, basically a first century BC Roman legion thrown into the eleventh century Byzantine Empire, with a bit of magic added for good measure. Videssians are the Byzantines themselves; the Yezda are Seljuk Turks; the Makurani are Persians; the Arshaum are Mongols; the Halogai are Vikings; the Namdaleni are Normans, and so it goes throughout the books.
Turtledove's borrowings extend to place names as well, some of which are carried over without alteration from real place names of the Byzantine Empire. Even specific events are lifted from the pages of history. Two Roman legionaries, for example, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus are taken, along with their rivalry and deeds, right out of Caesar's Commentaries. The Videssian Emperor, at one point before a battle, stumbles in front of his men, who gasp at the evil omen. Equal to the occasion, he grabs a fistful of sand in each hand and declares that he has a tight hold on his country. Students of history will recognize this as something William, Duke of Normandy was reported to have done when he arrived in England, just before the Battle of Hastings.
But don't let all this fool you into thinking the series is too unoriginal to bother with. These "borrowed" details merely serve to flesh out the story and the fictional world in which it's set. The story itself is quite original, and highly entertaining. What's more, the "fish out of water" motif of the misplaced Roman legionaries allows the author to focus on a great deal of detail of this world without all the exposition seeming tiresome and distracting, and this fine detail also helps to lend the fictional world a greater aspect of reality.
The real strength of this series, however, is its characters. It's a highly character driven story. Never before or since has Turtledove drawn such detailed, unique characters. They really come alive for the reader, each with a distinct, and usually likeable personality, but each with believable, human flaws that also make them convincing. More than anything else, it is the realistic characterization that makes this series worth reading. I picked it up back in '87 when it first hit the stands, and I've reread it countless times since then. It's one of the few series with which I can do that. And each time I finish it, it's with a real sense of regret that it's finished. Those of you who are about to read these books for the first time, how I envy you!
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Misplaced Legion
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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It's 2054...and Phil Gottner doesn't know where his life is.His girlfriend is hooked on merge, a drug used in "bacteria-style" sex. His father has just been swallowed up by a hyperspatial anomaly that materialized from a piece of art. And at the funeral, Phil meets and falls in love with Yoke Starr-Mydol, an elusive young lovely visiting from the moon. But his ardent pursuit of the resisting Yoke is leading Phil to suspect that there is more to his father's absorption than he originally surmised; that it is linked somehow to an alien presence at the bottom of the sea, and to the mind-over-matter-enabling gift they are freely dispensing to an irresponsible human race. And now Phil and Yoke have been cast into the unlikely roles of saviors, as they rush to solve the mystery of the overly generous Metamartians and their hungry fourth-dimensional god, Om, before humanity achieves its long-anticipated destiny and obliterates itself completely.
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Realware is nowhere near as much fun as the other three books in the
whole Ware series. The theme and tone have changed considerably.
You get a feelgood romance thrown in there for no real apparent
reason. The Realware of the title is the technology to be able to make
whatever you want, basically. Chuck in some aliens and other dimensions.
Mixed feelings.......2006-09-28
After finishing the Moldies and Meatbops trilogy, I was compelled to check this fourth installment (in the now tetralogy) out from the public library. I am certainly glad I didn't pay for it because, while the novel was fun to read, it was also not as wild, innovative, or thought-provoking as its three predecessors. It basically felt like one of those tacked on, pay-the-mortagage kind of books. Whereas there was a significant time lapse between each of the first three installments of this series, this novel begins mere months after the concluding events in Freeware. The first half of the book is given over to a half-baked story involving a Tongan monarch, a homicidal pseudo-Limey, a lunar girl with questionable taste in men, while the second comprises a too-fast-to-be-true love affairs of not one, but two, couples. Realware, the only interesting thing in the novel, takes a back seat to these plots for most of the novel.
Yet, it is the concept of realware, the culmination of Rucker's "life as information" idea, that makes the book interesting and worth reading. Realware is an alien technology that is able to build anything material (including living things) from the ground up, so to speak. Although it is never explained completely (being one of those technologies that is advanced enough to be indistinguishable from magic), it seems to be a form of nanotechnology whose workings somehow derive from higher-dimensional physics. Rucker's love of the 4th (and higher) dimensions comes into play in the novel, as does his sense of spirituality (though it is a bit more saccharine than is his wont). The idea of realware is definitely interesting, and Rucker sees it as a technology that humanity still won't be ready for in a half-century. (Looking at the contemporary state of the world, I hesitate to disagree, but I digress.)
Yet he does not allow this rather pessimistic appraisal of humanity's capacity to deal with the end of scarcity rain on the reader's parade. Instead, the Metamartians (i.e., the cosmic ray information aliens from the conclusion of Freeware) come to the rescue like the proverbial cavalry or deus ex machina. Tears are shed, the world is saved, and warm smiling California sunshine reigns.
Maybe it's paranoia but..........2002-02-13
I loved Rudy Rucker's other books - all of them - to the point of obsession. This "clean and sober" [stuff] in this one finally cinches it for me: I'm now CERTAIN the ONDCP's antidrug campaign is targeting book publishers as well as TV, radio and movie producers. Essentially, the media is being paid by the government to pump out antidrug propaganda, and make it come from the very mouths of the drug culture heroes and top minds. Two weeks ago I just heard Neil Young praising the Patriot Act and giving a speech saying "we all need to give up our freedoms for a while so we can keep them for the long term". Now it seems they've got Rudy, too. How do they do this? Pay them off, or threaten to off them? Who knows? All I know is this left me with tears in my eyes and believe me they were NOT tears of joy.
A must-read for fans but..........2001-07-11
After reading Rudy Rucker's Software, Wetware et al, this book is a must have/must read. But I found it a bit of a letdown compared to the others. I kinda had the feeling that Rudy was trying too hard to "be a better *writer*", like maybe he took a writing course and it ruined him
. The ideas stop coming around 1/2 way through the book, and the rest gets to be "she went here, he did this, she did that, blah-blah...". His previous books left me with a lot of ideas and images that I can never forget... ice-cream trucks that steal and freeze your head, cosmic rays that encode alien personalities... but from this one, mostly I remember being unpleasantly stuck in bubble.
I loved the others in the series but this one fell flat for me. Still, if you've read the others you have to read this one too.
Stuzzy culmination of the 'ware series.......2001-03-19
The only works of Rudy Rucker that I have read are the 'ware series. These works are a bit more skanky in nature than my normal read; however, after I've read them, I'm always glad that I did. They are always entertaining and thought provoking. The latest episode in the 'ware series, Realware, is no exception. I did find the level of skank in this novel to be somewhat less in magnitude than that of its antecedents. I finished this book feeling a nice sense of resolution with regard to the characters, although I know the story could easily be carried forward into further stories about its set of characters. What I like most about this series is the discussion of the effects of radical technological paradigm shifts on individuals of many types and the society as a whole. If you've read the other books in the 'ware series, you simply must read Realware - you'll be glad you stayed with it.
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For Bettina Vitell the simple art of cooking holds the seeds to a deeper, more life-enriching experience. It is a way to become more aware of ourselves and the world around us, to think clearly and to delight in even the most basic daily activities of our lives.
The dishes in A Taste of Heaven and Earth reflect this Zen philosophy. Bettina Vitell's uncomplicated recipes produce sophisticated, creative meals without ever losing site of her goal of preparing low-dairy vegetarian food. Tastes from both East and West merge with delicious results: here kale and tofu adorn pizza, and udon noodles are dressed with pesto. There are recipes for soup stock and tomato sauce, as well as cashew ginger sauce and apricot lime chutney. The homey breakfast and dessert sections provide recipes for muffins and crisps; and sections on pizza, sushi, curries, and Mexican-inspired foods expand the traditional range of vegetarian cooking.
A Taste of Heaven and Earth explores beyond the reaches of traditional cook-books by offering contemplative essays and ink drawings that heighten the cook's sensory experience in the kitchen. They provide questions and stories that help readers realize the simplicity and beauty inherent in preparing and eating good food.
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I returned this item because the recipes did not represent anything very new to me. .......2005-08-03
I returned this item because the recipes did not represent anything very new to me. Others may find it very interesting.
More of a cookbook, less about zen.......2004-09-24
I was looking for more then just recipes as content. It's ok for what I paid for it (1 buck from the zshops)
yummy!.......2003-01-04
As a vegetarian who loves to cook, I have lots of veg or veg-friendly cookbooks, but this one is my absolute favorite. I trust it completely-- every recipe is delicious. My favorites include the light quiche-like vegetable tarts (I started with the tomato and chard tart recipe, but then branched out into mushrooms, broccoli, leeks, etc, as my mood strikes) and the broccoli salad with chili lime basil dressing. The simple stir-fry tofu made for this salad is the absolute best tofu I've ever had-- the only trouble with it is how hard it is to refrain from eating it so that enough ends up in the salad!
Excellent recipes; the Zen link is tenuous.......2001-08-10
A "Zen" approach to cooking? The book features an essay by Eido Shimano roshi, and the author is informed by her experiences cooking for the sangha at Dai Bosatsu monastery, but this book stands most prominently as a fine vegetarian cookbook, light on dairy ingredients and hard-to-find items. The recipes are clear, uncomplicated, and my own "success" rate with them has been very high.
The book's sections are organized into breakfast ideas, an excellent chapter of soup recipes (check out the minty lentil soup - a lentil soup primavera?!?), mexican ideas, pizzas!, great salad ideas, and desserts. Crepes and polenta are also introduced to the beginner or near-beginner.
Zen Cooking.......2000-09-09
Excellent book easy to use and read, Food is excellent
Book Description
The Cosmos in a Carrot distills the best of Buddhist wisdom, nutritional information, and health advice and puts it together in a lively guide that challenges conventional thinking. Aimed at a broad audience, the book is divided into three main parts: What Would Buddha Eat, A Mindful Diet, and A Mindful Diet in Action. Author Carmen Yuen offers authoritative discussion of nutritional science, such as calories, antioxidants, and the different types of fats, and gives practical suggestions on consumption strategies, mindful grocery lists, and recipes. In clear, informed prose she helps readers understand their relationship to food, weight, and health by using a “whole systems” approach of mindfulness techniques to break the patterns of unhealthy eating. The Cosmos in a Carrot explains how to integrate foundational Buddhist ideas, such as non-violence and no-self, and practices like the tea ceremony into the reader’s everyday experiences with food. Profiles of four “mindful eaters” help personalize the process.
Customer Reviews:
A sage approach to eating well.......2007-01-05
Combining the sage advice of Zen and the wonderful insight of ways to best heal and help our bodies, this author does an awesome job of bringing us suggestions for both our bodies and souls. With sections like "A Mindful Diet" and "What Would Buddha Eat?", I was able to learn so much about the healthier ways to live in the flow.
Actions like drinking more water, reducing salt, and avoiding coffee are all great ways to get more centered within ourselves and I was also pleased to see right at the front "The Five Mindfulness Teachings" that can transform us into a place of giving and receiving. There are interesting charts and pictures throughout and I was left feeling like I had a starting point, a road map to help me live a peaceful existence inside and out. I would recommend this enlightened how-to to anyone who has the desire to live a calm and more balanced life. Thanks Carmen, for showing us the way.
Fails to deliver or even understand.......2007-01-02
The book promises, "The Cosmos in a Carrot distills the best of Buddhist wisdom, nutritional information, and health advice "
It delivers on none of it's claims.
The Buddhism is shallow, at best.
The nutritional information is wrong.
The health information is a handy cut and paste from web sources.
The strange thing is, she does not appear to have read her own sources. Source information (when available) does not nessisarily support her point.
The book reads more like a Freshman paper. Lacking understanding of the subject and a superficial understanding of what she writes about.
Some interesting but more just wacky........2007-01-02
The premise starts off nice. Healthful eating.
But from there she goes 'Earth Goddess' wacky.
"Cholesterol is like SUVs" they clog up the highways and arteries. ???
"Cows will not eat genetically modified corn' [given a choice].
In America all the cows corn is genetically modified.
Talks about eating organics but then makes it evident that she does not know what organic is.
In some areas she just makes up stuff, citing no source or study. Kind of a friend of a friend once told my friend that.........
There may be a few nuggets of wisdom in this book. However digging through the misinformation, statements that come out of nowhere, forcing the results to equal Buddhism, it was just plain irritating. Their is more bad information in here than good.
I'm Buddhist and a certified nutritionist, so I thought this would be an interesting linking of the two.
It wasn't.
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Beer-can chicken is fast growing in popularity as the best way to cook chicken. Zen and the Art of Cooking Beer-Can Chicken was written for all the new fancy cooking devices designed to cook beer-can chicken without the beer-can. What about brining or injecting your poultry? This book has it all!!! This book is the definitive guide to assuring the best approach with any of the new products!!! Be at peace and let the creative culinary vibrations of the Universe descend into your humble kitchen. Have fun and feed your friends with simplicity, low fat, and good taste.
Customer Reviews:
Better than Reichlan's book!.......2007-07-17
When this book calls itself "The Definitive Guide", it's not boasting! Easy-to-understand recipes for the best tasting beer can chicken EVER. Lots of recipes for desserts and stuff to go with your main dish of BEER CAN CHICKEN! There's even beer can TURKEY recipes! I have tried almost every recipe in the book with ease and no fail results! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Healthy, tasty, fun and easy-to-use.......2006-07-18
Beer can chicken has been a fave at my house for a long time. It was nice to find a book with all the brining and injecting information! No one else has that! The desserts were good and so were the accompaniments. I use this cookbook VERY much and really like it. The cartoons and humor made it a book to cook with that made me smile!
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The Zen of Food
Sallyann J. Murphy
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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The harvesting of nature's gifts, the gentle excitement of a subtle spice, the mix of disparate ingredients into a miraculous whole...preparing a meal--and sharing it with others--can be an experience that fulfills us in more than a physical way. Whether it's the raw pleasure of biting into a fresh apple or the slow heat that brings to life an artfully seasoned tomato sauce, learning to appreciate the role that food plays in our lives can offer us a more contemplative and joyous existence--and let us find the peace and contentment we've been searching for right in our own kitchens.
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Order a quantity for gifts.......1999-12-09
I loved this book so much that I found myself reading slower and fewer pages at each sitting just to make it last! I then ordered a dozen copies and have been giving them away as birthday and Christmas gifts. If it made me feel so good, I think it will do the same for my friends and family.
Zen?.......1999-11-27
Zen is a word that the Japanese took from Chinese language. It is not an easy word, the semantics of the character are difficult even for the Chinese. Mrs. Murphey uses a deffinition from 'Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary'. She does, however, acknowledge the use of the word in Buddhism. So, it struck me as remarkable that the first recipie in her book is for Pot Roast (the real thing--not gluten or Tofu). Therefore, although this may be a charming little book for some, I felt missled; and, as a vegetarian and great admirer of Zen Buddhism, quite dissapointed.
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Boku no sodo monogatari
Eiyu Murakoshi
Manufacturer: Suzuki Shuppan
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Mostly vegetarian cooking used in Zen Buddhist temples "put together to offer something of a Zen perspective on food, cooking, serving and eating." 44 recipes categorized in 8 sections.
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