Gandhi - 4
MarxMarvelous - 2
CK - 2
X - 1
Everyone else - 0

The anninuki r commin!!!!

One.. There was a big flood in the past.
Two..the "gods" told someone it was comming.

Who were these gods?

I am reading a book "Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights" (http://www.amazon.com/Advice-Writers-Compendium-Anecdotes-Writerly/dp/0679763414) and there is a quote that was apropos for this thread in light of recent discussion:

"I remember [John] Gardner telling me, "Read all the Faulkner you can get your hands on, and then read all the Hemingway to clean the Faulkner out of your system."

--Raymond Carver

I really cant read fauk very long...im just not that interested in the south
I grew up there...i already know this junk.

they both write about things that interest me very little...
their styles and words are great..subject matter? not so much for me.

on the flood subject..THAT interests me
Gods an where they come from
the ruins off the coast of india (dwarka) , japan , turkey(Göbekli Tepe)
woohoo!

Just finished Suttree by CM.

I keep putting moses down, im readin "Old Mans War" right now.
Ill get back to it eventually

Gandhi - 4
MarxMarvelous - 2
CK - 2
X - 1
Okie - 1
Everyone else - 0

All gods come from the same place, the mind of man.

I was reading an apologist's website and they claimed that the bible flood story didn't come from Gligamesh because the two stories only have "superficial" similarities.

Yeah, right. Gods order the end of civilization by flood and one man is saved because he obeys the god's and builds an ark and then it comes to rest on a mountain on he sends birds out several times until the waters subside.

Superficial.

Ancient.stories are interesting
There may be some true meaning in some..but who knows what
Parts those are.
To think we understand all that has happened in the distant past is naive though.

Here is some science fiction for ya: My mom is at her home folding clothes while watching a private space craft link to the International Space Station on her tablet while texting me 80 miles away on our smart phones.

that WAS science fiction just a few years ago

this new book im reading is fantastic..ill be finished today

I am in the middle of several. This Thomas Mann novel is pretty thick at 700+ pages but it is easy to read. I am 25% of the way through according to the Kindle. I am reading a book of interviews as well that is lengthy. The book on writer's advice I should finish this weekend and The Pale King is a work in process but he is such a dense writer that I have to take it in small doses. Same with Seven Types of Ambiguity.

My first 2 books were both 500 page thick hard science novels..hard to get through at many points..
This one is an easy funny read...but the ideas are as deep as the other two.

Don't normaly read books about war , but this one ranks with the Forever War..and Starship Troopers as far as entertaining plus cool new science.

Scalzi writes very much like Robert Heinlein.

While am i condemned for being a depressed suicidal addict ...
your favorite writers are depressed addicts , who commited suicide?

thought for the day.

And they redeemed theselves by creating great art. You better get to writing because you are running out of time.

Thought for the day.

Bummer.
I too have created great art.
Just not in the writing field.

Im almost done with this book..

"While am i condemned for being a depressed suicidal addict ...
your favorite writers are depressed addicts , who commited suicide?"

- Wow! You're just like a tortured artist... without the art.

If you could spell you might be a writer.

I am tortured..and I am an artist

Old Man's War / John Scalzi....finished in record time.
...watch your back nerd...Im commin