The Farewell Symphony

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Edmund White has long been praised as one of America's most accomplished novelists. The Farewell Symphony is the final volume in the autobiographical trilogy that began with A Boy's Own Story and The Beautiful Room Is Empty. It details the narrator's life in New York in the 1970s and his flight to Paris as the AIDS epidemic begins. White's prose, at once lucid and magical, is the essence of great writing. Its plainspoken cadences and language resonate with the tragedy of youthful passion giving way to hard-earned knowledge. Like Sherwood Anderson or Theodore Dreiser, White has captured the soul of the American experience--in this case a gay male experience--and made it into art.

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Following A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy.

Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story of a man who has outlived most of his friends. Having reached the six-month anniversary of his lover's death, he embarks on a journey of remembrance that will recount his struggle to become a writer and his discovery of what it means to be a gay man. His witty, conversational narrative transports us from the 1960s to the near present, from starkly erotic scenes in the back rooms of New York clubs to episodes of rarefied hilarity in the salons of Paris to moments of family truth in the American Midwest. Along the way, a breathtaking variety of personal connections--and near misses--slowly builds an awareness of the transformative power of genuine friendship, of love and loss, culminating in an indelible experience with a dying man. And as the flow of memory carries us across time, space and society, one man's magnificently realized story grows to encompass an entire generation.

Sublimely funny yet elegiac, full of unsparingly trenchant social observation yet infused with wisdom and a deeply felt compassion, The Farewell Symphony is a triumph of reflection and expressive elegance. It is also a stunning and wholly original panorama of gay life over the past thirty years--the crowning achievement of one of our finest writers.

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Extraordinary!.......2006-02-27

Absolutely extraordinary! Fiction, memoir, apologia, confession, chronicle, biography all wrapped in one eidetic gay life. Is this White's own life or his narrator's or both? Regardless, it tells of a life, a consuming life, at times raunchy, other times sweet, but always viscerally real, that, in the author's own words, is "about the 1960s ending with the Stonewall Uprising in 1969 and the beginning of gay liberation . . .placed on such a rapid cycle - oppressed in the fifties, freed in the sixties, exalted in the seventies, and wiped out in the eighties . . . .[to] remind gay readers of the need to fight lest we fall back into the self-hating, gay-bashing past" (405). Its mimetic power lies in its honesty and candor, as though reading Augustine's "Confessions" or Newman's "Apologia," but instead of theology as its impetus, the existential truth of the gay consciousness is told to confound, "the Christian Right-my very relatives in Texas!-now attacking gays, since the gradual collapse of the Evil Empire of Communism left nothing to unite the rich few and the numerous poor on the right into the semblance of unity except a factitious agitation over `family values'" (ibid.). This novel is real gay history!

Ironically, the German Catholic theologian Hans van Balthasar wrote a tract known as "Truth in Symphonic." It plays on the symphonic metaphor that each instrument in the orchestra contributes its unique insights into the theological truth of Catholicism. In every imaginative way, White's "truth" is even more symphonic; it's captures the truth about real lives whose truth is in feelings, emotions, sensations, hopes, desires, compulsions, regrets, anger, libido, literature, art, aesthetics, ideas, justice, happiness, depression, disgust, revulsion, elan vital, lust, recreation, smoking, coffee, drugs, alcohol, sleep, trade, orgies, fantasies, and harsh realities. But that's not where the title derives; it comes from Haydn's Farewell Symphony, where musicians gradually leave the stage, until the conclusion with a solo violinist. That metaphor is apt for our narrator's life.

Reliving these events both vicariously and with verisimilitude brought tears and joy in reading. Powerfully, the narrator's life is intrinsically my life; the mirror of the times and places brought reabsorption, the joy, the pleasures, the pain, the agony, the frustration, and above all the fight to be. That struggle must continue. For example, one sees clearly how the adversity of AIDS has taught the world more compassion than all the fever of the religious zealots. And despite setbacks, the fight is by no means over, there's still more to overcome, both personally and collectively. As the a gay consciousness continues to evolve, love, not ideology, is the nexus that will ultimately conquer and bring us to the Promised Land. Many Christians get it, but sadly too many don't. Doubly ditto for Muslims. How can someone posit "God is Love," then turn to hate? N o one knows if God exists, that takes faith, but we do know that love exists, and if Christian maxim is true, then the hope we have will be evident in the loves that we express-in all its symphonic ways.

White is an extraordinary author. His elegant, mellifluous, sumptuous, and Baroque prose won't appeal to everyone, but his ability to tell a highly complex story in such an efficient way will. This story will alight memories to everyone over fifty, and be instructive history to everyone under. One of my all-time top five novels.

Proustian.......2005-08-08

At times I had to slug through this opus--it's more than a "novel." Sometimes tedius, plotless, tangled with characters and occurrences that make little distinction between the minor and the major.... I can only say that I'm glad I had staying power. If you stick with this "novel" it will finally weave you into a web so intricate and painful and glorius and designed that it transcends literature. I'm not sure what to call it. Art? Certainly a masterpiece that defies easy description.

Radiant And Poignant.......2005-01-13

Wow being a gay male must be rough, so I can't go there. I found Edmund's so called "ramblings" as described by many reviewers to be beautifully written and real. Yes, the book was a bit hard to read and get through, but I found it poignant yet distressing. Most of his friends start dying, and his surrogate teenage children go back to Chicago. I found the chapter about Gabe and Ana rather interesting since it was retold again in The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Gabe and Ana are Keith and Laura), in his version he describes all the love he feels for them as a mentor/parent. Not only is Edmund in the 70's, a gay cruiser, struggling writer, drug user, but he also has to struggle financially to parent two rambunctious teenagers that he rescues from horrid circumstances. Edmund writes from the heart, and is painfully honest as he writes about the many losses he goes through in this wonderful book.

Mixed feelings.......2004-10-23

Kind of interesting, but at other times dull. One thing that struck me was, after I read an article in the Gay & Lesbian Review that described who several of the characters in this novel were (most probably, anyway) in real life, I began to wonder about several references in the book to a "Norwegian Steward".

White's narrative overlaps the time of the purported Patient Zero, who was really a flight attendant from Canada. Not that I believe wholeheartedly in the Patient Zero myth, but you have to wonder if White's life overlapped that of the flight attendant who was called Patient Zero.

Quote: "... humor and sex. I put him in my old studio apartment, which I'd been subletting to someone else (the Norwegian steward) all these years." This steward came and went and used this rented apartment when he was in town.

And "... having sex with a sleepy-eyed Native American I'd met through Kevin. He and I would make love to a blond steward from Norway - and sometimes with a hairless translator from the French who affected a crewcut and policeman's shiny shoes."

Well, you have to wonder. It's not unlikely that someone who lived White's varied and (usually) interesting life could have crossed paths with the person who is called Patient Zero. Even if I don't believe that Patient Zero, if he exists, is necessarily to "blame" for the spread of HIV.

One Violinist Remains..........2002-08-24

White chose the title to this novel from Haydn's The Farewell Symphony, in which, as the musical piece nears conclusion, the musicians leave the stage, one by one, until there is a sole violinist remaining, who finishes the work that so many others began.

In White's novel, we are taken on a tour of the protagonist's (White himself) 30's, 40's, and 50's as he climbs from unknown author to celebrated chronicler of gay life. Along the way, White bares his soul through his no-holds-barred sexual confessions, as we see him interract with friends, lovers, and back-alley liaisons.

Beginning post-Stonewall, and culminating in the AIDS crisis we witness White in many scenarios: best friend, object of desire, live-in lover, and even surrogate parent. White envelops each role with his particularly magical brand of prose, sentiment, and bravado, that is sometimes shocking, sometimes sad, but always entertaining.

As the novel carries on, and reaches the now 20 year old beginning of the AIDS epidemic, we see the significance and poignancy of the title, as the disease ravages the ranks of White's friends, and leaves him the one violinist remaining to chronicle their lives, as they intertwined with his own.

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Includes a full-length CD recorded by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

History and music come alive!

Prince Nicholas isn't easy to work for--just ask composer Joseph Haydn. When the prince isn't demanding chamber music, operas, and ballets to entertain his guests, he wants dance music for balls and dinner music with his meals. Haydn and the other musicians are kept quite busy at the prince's summer estate in Hungary. As summer fades into autumn, however, the musicians grow increasingly homesick. When Haydn mentions the musicians' distress, the prince threatens to fire the entire orchestra! How will the talented composer convince the mighty prince that it's time to bid farewell to the summer palace?

Memorable characters, carefully researched text, and expressive illustrations tell the story behind Haydn's famous Symphony #45.

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Wonderful child intro to Haydn.......2002-11-05

I would read this to a class or child and then enjoy listening to the work. It's a very nice introduction to Haydn and the humor he used when composing. Wonderful book and it comes with a nice performance of several of Haydn's Symphonys.

The Farewell Symphony.......2000-08-09

I do collect children's books and take into consideration the illustrations as well as the story. I rate this book excellent, the story is True, based on documented evidence. A CD is also included of the complete "The Farewell Symphony'" and I replay it ad infinitum. Excellent investment in quality entertainment. The illustrations are delightful! Dorothy Hope

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The Farewell Symphony

Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H28DNC

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Farewell Symphony
Edmund White
Manufacturer: ALFRED A KNOPF
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000U069D2

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The Farewell Symphony
Edmund White
Manufacturer: Vintage
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OH2G7Y

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The Farewell Symphony
Edmund White
Manufacturer: Alfred a. Knopf
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000V6IIVG

Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony and the Idea of Classical Style: Through-Composition and Cyclic Integration in his Instrumental Music (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis)

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An important scholarly book

Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony and the Idea of Classical Style: Through-Composition and Cyclic Integration in his Instrumental Music (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis)
James Webster
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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This volume offers a new view of Joseph Haydn’s instrumental music. It argues that many of Haydn’s greatest and most characteristic instrumental works are ‘through-composed’ in the sense that their several movements are bound together into a cycle. This cyclic integration is articulated, among other ways, by the ‘progressive’ form of individual movements, structural and gestural links between the movements, and extramusical associations. Central to the study is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the ‘Farewell’ Symphony, No. 45 in F sharp minor (1772). The analysis is distinguished by its systematic use of different methods (Toveyan formalism, Schenkerian voice leading, Schoenbergian developing variation) to elucidate the work’s overall coherence. The work’s unique musical processes, in turn, suggest an interpretation of the entire piece (not merely the famous ‘farewell’ finale) in terms of the familiar programmatic story of the musicians’ wish to leave Castle Eszterhaza. In a book which relates systematically the results of analysis and interpretation, Professor Webster challenges the concept of ‘classical style’ which, he argues has distorted our understanding of Haydn’s development, and he stresses the need for a greater appreciation of Haydn’s early music and of his stature as Beethoven’s equal.

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An important scholarly book.......2005-08-20

This has become one of the essential texts in understanding music of the Classic Era. Webster is one of the leading scholars of 18th-century music and particularly of Joseph Haydn. It is not for the non-musician, as the analyses are quite extensive, but for those who can follow Webster's work, it is well worth the effort and repays study. I recommend this highly.

Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, Hob.I:45 "Farewell": Study Score

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Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, Hob.I:45 "Farewell": Study Score

Manufacturer: Eulenburg
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Miguel's Farewell.(Entertainment)(The Eugene Symphony Orchestra conductor leaves Eugene with a sense of accomplishment and no regrets): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Miguel's Farewell.(Entertainment)(The Eugene Symphony Orchestra conductor leaves Eugene with a sense of accomplishment and no regrets): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: The Register Guard
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FAB5G
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on May 12, 2002. The length of the article is 2214 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Miguel's Farewell.(Entertainment)(The Eugene Symphony Orchestra conductor leaves Eugene with a sense of accomplishment and no regrets)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: May 12, 2002
Publisher: The Register Guard
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Begin's farewell symphony
Eliahu Salpeter
Manufacturer: American Labor Conference on International Affairs
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006XNK7G

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Count the stars up in the sky.
The Man-in-the-Moon is flying by . . .

On a night when Nora just can't get to sleep, she looks out at the moon and watches it turn dark. How could this happen? Together with her brother, Jack, Nora sets off into the sky aboard Jack's rocket.

Up and up and up—

The rocket lands on the moon! But will Nora and Jack be able to give the moon back its light before morning comes?

Dean Morrissey has fashioned a modern-day fairy tale complete with an ingenious red rocket that could only come from the mind of a true artist—or a small boy. Climb aboard for a bedtime trip beyond your wildest dreams.

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The Crimson Comet.......2007-01-04

Morrissey has a wonderful style. He goes back to the tin metal and a chipped paint look of WW1. It's a unique style and we often use it in our paintings. Hope he has other book up and coming in 2007. :D

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He came to her in the night, a misty dream of seduction.
terrific supernatural romance

Crimson Dreams

Manufacturer: Amber Quill Press, LLC
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1592798780
Release Date: 2003-12-19

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The summer when Heather was eighteen, her dream beast's nightly visits warded off loneliness and swept her away in flights of ecstasy. Now, returning to the mountains to sell her dead parents' vacation cabin, she finds her "beast" again. But he turns out to be more than a dream, and she is not the only woman who craves his kiss.

Devin's first love, centuries in the past, died horribly because of her devotion to him. Does he dare to expose another mortal woman to that risk?

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He came to her in the night, a misty dream of seduction........2005-09-01

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He came to her in the night, a misty dream of seduction.

Heather Kincaid was a young girl in high school when her date hit a man with his car. She insisted they help, and only got abandoned on the dark road in the forest for her troubles. She saw something that night as she helped the injured man that would haunt her forever; to the point she thought she was insane. Repeated dreams about the mystery man only convinced her of it, making her swear to stay away from that place forever. Many years later, when her parents died, she returned to that place to settle her parents' affairs. Lo and behold she sees that man again when she arrives, and every night thereafter.

Devin MacAvoy has lived for centuries, never allowing himself to care about a human again, after a disastrous relationship hundreds of years ago. From the moment he sees her that fateful night several years ago, something about Heather draws him that he can't explain, making him want to break his vow to himself. So he waited, until she returned once again. When she did, he was surprised to find their bond every bit as strong as it was then. No matter how attached he is to her though, she can't ever know his secret, for he fears she will spurn him forever if she does.

Heather has never forgotten Devin, though she had finally convinced herself he was a figment of her overactive imagination. Finding out he was real, shocked her to no end, making her desire to be with him all the more. Devin knows Heather is the only woman for him and longs to be with her. But his secret holds him back. His has a life of secrets and mystery, for he is not human, but a form of vampire, and none can know the truth of his kind, for it almost killed him long ago. He wants to tell her the truth, but can she handle it? So he tries to win her affection in other ways.

His plans go awry though when one of his previous "donors" becomes obsessed with him. She is stalking him, and she begins to go after Heather, for she wants no one to be with him but herself. When her obsession gets dangerous, he must learn to have faith in Heather, trust that her love for him will see her through the shock of discovering his secret. If she can't then he'd rather die, for he too has grown attached to Heather. Dare he say it, he's fallen in love.

This was a fascinating book, with a slightly different kind of vampire for a hero. Devin is strong, yet fragile as well. His abilities make him powerful, but the even stronger power of love brings him to his knees. Heather is a fine match for Devin in that she has the strength and courage to stand up under the unbelievable facts of his kind. She is strong where he needs it, as he is where she needs it. They are in balance with each other.

This book is not an action packed one, though it has plenty to keep one interested. There is also a nice thread in the story, where Heather experiences the life of another young lady from centuries ago through her dreams. This adds to the tension in the plotline while she tries to figure out these strange dreams of hers, and why she is having them. It also adds some extra emotion as well, for the reader feels the poor girl's suffering through Heather.

Ms. Carter has woven a world here that could have been "cookie-cutter" if not for her different take on the vampire theme. This book will keep one reading from beginning to end, wondering what will happen next. This was the first book for this reviewer by Ms. Carter, but it captivated enough to influence the purchasing of more books but this talented author.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, August 2003. All rights reserved.

terrific supernatural romance.......2004-01-25

Recently turned eighteen, Heather Kinkaid was heading home with her date when she saw what seemed to be a man on the lonely mountain road. That night the first visit of her "dream-beast" occurred in her dreams. The creature came on other occasions too until her concerned parents returned with her to their year round DC home. For the next six years, Heather never returned to the family summer cabin and during that time no visitations happened.

With her mom dead from uterine cancer and her dad killed four months later in a vehicular accident that she knows was suicide, Heather struggles with her grief. However, she returns to the cabin to prepare it for sale. Almost upon arrival, she begins to see the telltale signs of her dream-beast. The next day someone tries to run her off the road, but a bird that changes into her dream-beast saves her. As she gets to know Devin, someone wants to use her as an expendable pawn to kill him. She would do anything just like he would to keep her beloved from harm, but she also wonders can a vampire and a human cross species even when love blossoms between them?

The lead couple not only makes vampires seem like a realistic humanoid species struggling to survive against the overwhelming Homo sapiens population, but also provides a relationship that is fun to follow. Though the villain once exposed seems weak, the story line is very exciting as love and danger become the norm. This terrific tale will send supernatural romance readers seeking other works by Margaret L. Carter (see DARK CHANGELING or www.amberquill.com).

Harriet Klausner

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The crimson tide of slumber (Macalester College. Honors papers)
Molly Ahearn
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Better than average sci fi

Starts with a bang, ends in a whimper

Distance Haze a Long Haul

A compelling look into the heart of religious experience.

Intriguing concept

Distance Haze
Jamil Nasir
Manufacturer: Spectra
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0553579959
Release Date: 2000-02-29

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If dreams are doorways, where do they take us?

The Deriwelle Institute has millions in funding, Nobel prize-winning scientists, and a mission that could be crazy--or about to change the world....

Science fiction writer Wayne Dolan--his career at a standstill and his life adrift--has just entered the Deriwelle Institute. Built on sacred Indian ground in southwest Michigan, it's posh, well funded...and perhaps the world's biggest hoax. At least that's what Wayne thinks. Using advanced technology, Deriwelle's scientists say they are on a mission to find God. In reality, one is a grieving father hoping to contact his dead child. Another has invented a baseball cap to measure unusual brain waves. Yet another says he has a vaccine to eliminate the genes that program humans to be religious.

Are they all crackpots? Maybe. But from the moment Wayne walks through the Institute's door, eerie events plague him: a recurring dream about a bank account number, visions of an ethereal girl, and the appearance of an old Indian shaman. Of course, Wayne sees the shaman only when he's asleep. And what is about to happen when Wayne is awake may be a nightmare of obsession, twisted desire, and secrets no human is ready to know....

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Better than average sci fi.......2002-07-26

Although the graphic and disturbing X-rated scenes seem unnecessary, the book is well written and interesting. Here the philosophical angles supercede the scientific ones, which is a welcome switch from most current science fiction and a great treat for fans of classic sci-fi.

Starts with a bang, ends in a whimper.......2002-04-25

I had mixed feelings when I picked up this book, but wanted to give it a try. In the beginning, I was fascinated. Nasir has some great ideas in regards to science and religion and a very eloquent way of presentation. I really enjoyed how it got me to thinking and the conversations w/ my husband that it inspired. I was sucked in and hooked. Then the last third to half of the book started to lack greatly. I found myself not interested in it at all, but kept plugging away in the hopes Nasir would redeem himself and capture some of the magic from the beginning. I finished this book very disappointed, confused, and angry for wasting my time. To add injury to insult, all of his female characters were very 2 dimensional, weak, and outright cartoonish. This would have been better as a short story.

Distance Haze a Long Haul.......2001-12-05

Distance Haze appeared to be a book that would hold my interest. However, after the first chapter I found myself wondering how in the world I was going to finish it. It took me a long time to plow through all 278 pages.
The main character of the book is Wayne Dolan. He is a science fiction writer and someone sends him to the Deriwelle Institute to get ideas for a story. Wayne was experiencing personal problems at the same time.
What I particularly liked about the book was that the author, Jamil Nasir, used discriptive language which gave you a good picture of what was happening. Another good thing about the story was that it was fairly short and got to the point quickly.
What I disliked about Distance Haze was that the plot was hard to follow. He skipped around a lot, and there were a lot of characters involved. The other thing that I disliked was that the plot was very far-fetched. It sounded like something out of Star Trek. I prefer a plot that is more realistic and down-to-earth.
The reason I gave the book only two out of a possible five stars is because it would not appeal to the general public. It would most likely appeal only to people who were into science fiction and paranormal stories. I can't think of any of my own friends who would enjoy reading this novel.

A compelling look into the heart of religious experience........2001-04-17

Nasir is obviously deeply attached to the question of dreams and their relationship to our experience of reality. As in "Tower Of Dreams", the primary character in "Distance Haze" is intrigued and confounded by his dreams, by their implications, and by the deep basic question of "what is our reality".

Our writer hero, Wayne Dolan, is drawn out of his humdrum distressing life by a chance to get away to a hidden enclave of brilliant thinkers and scientists at the Deriwelle Institute where the issue at hand is the scientific basis of religion. Numerous methods are being used to identify and quantify in a rigorously scientific way the origin of religious experience as it springs forth from our biological human brains.

This deep quest is set in an otherworldly beautiful environment on the coast of Lake Michigan. Nasir's descriptions of life by the lake, of the numinous colors and feelings evoked by it is most wonderful. Dolan's sense of the lake as he approached it for the first time had me gripped tightly, and I reveled in his experiences of it.

Add to this palate the complicated relationships between Dolan and the members of the Institute, and his disturbing love affair with a woman from the nearby town of St. Clair. Now throw in a heaping handful of Dolan's visionary experiences with an Indian advisor that visits him in his dream states, and with the charged atmosphere of the Institute and the environs of the Lake, and both Dolan and the reader are transported into the space between dreams and reality where they mix unimpeded, promise everything but answer nothing.

Although this is a complicated story with the deepest questions at its heart, it moves quickly and remains beautifully visual and sensual to the end. A most intriquing end it is; thought provoking and satisfying enough to insure that I will be looking forward to the next dream-like experience that Nasir plays out for us.

Intriguing concept.......2000-04-29

I will admit, I picked up this book because the cover is orange. And I bought it because of the concept of a vaccine for religion, to see what Nasir did with this idea. And by the third page, I was in love with the beauty of his writing style, the descriptions that are akin to poetry. For the first half of the book, between the fascinating theories and the gorgeous writing, I was in heaven, and stopped regularly to inform people to read the book. I will admit, I was thrown somewhat by the relatively graphic sex scenes in the book, and while I see how one of them steered the main character somewhat, I don't know about the others. The book's ending left me wanting more, a clarification of one or two of the issues brought up earlier, but I would still recommend reading it, if only for the beauty of Nasir's writing.

Internetworking: Distance Learning "To Sea" Via Desktop Videoconferencing Tools and IP Multicast Protocols

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Internetworking: Distance Learning "To Sea" Via Desktop Videoconferencing Tools and IP Multicast Protocols

Manufacturer: Storming Media
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423562186

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A807343. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: While deployed at sea, sailors are traditionally provided much of their education at sea through correspondence and pace courses. But with recent developments in the Internet and videoconferencing, it is now feasible to deliver real time educational material anywhere, even to a ship at sea. This thesis investigates the current status of networked desktop videoconferencing technology, and its use in support of Joint Vision 2010, with respect to Distance Learning. It provides an analysis of videoconferencing protocols, standards, and applications, as well as a videoconferencing pilot project. The objective of the analysis is to determine the viability and economical benefits of using videoconferencing technology and collaboration tools, from the desktop, as a means for simultaneously delivering synchronous and asynchronous distance learm%g material from an academic location to multiple students at remote locations. The results show that desktop videoconferencing technology, via IP based networks in the Defense Information Infrastructure, is a viable tool that can add numerous economical benefits, such as a decreased spending for travel and eliminating the need to rely on large, room-based systems.

Strategic Plan for the Academic Component of the Army National Guard Distance Learning Demonstration

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Strategic Plan for the Academic Component of the Army National Guard Distance Learning Demonstration

Manufacturer: Storming Media
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423560221

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This is a HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION ALEXANDRIA VA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A624943. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This document outlines the overall strategy for implementing an academic component for distance learning (DL) in the Army National Guard (NG). This plan support an initiate to develop a regional demonstration network for DL that will serve as a prototype for the creation of a national NG DL network. The prototype will allow the NG to evaluate an interactive technology network that links NG facilities in a demonstration region encompassing Pennsylvania Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, with an emphasis on shared usage by the NG and local community.

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Choose from a plethora of recipes for dressings, and salads with which to toss them.

Find a range of choices, from creamy and indulgent to tangy and fat-free.

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This Is A Tiny, Tiny Little Book.......2006-03-25

So surprised to just unwrap my amazon.com box and find The Best 50 Salad Dressings book. With shipping it comes to almost ten bucks for this postcard-size book. While I am sure I will enjoy making all of the salad dressings, someone should make a note for potential buyers that this book is not a typical size paperback. It's very small.

Stunning and unique flavors; quick and easy to prepare!.......1999-03-21

Using the most exotic flavors, this cookbook is a creative and delightful new way to dazzle your dinner guests. Designed by a young, busy working woman, the recipies are fast and simply written. A necessity for any kitchen!

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The Best 50 Salad Dressings
Stacey Printz
Manufacturer: Bristol Publishing Enterprises, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MBPJ9O

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