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Xenophon Hendrix liked a trivia question:
"The Sociopath Next Door In 1961 and 1962, in New Haven, Connecticut, who set out to film and conduct one of the most astonishing psychological experiments ever conducted? It concerned electrical shock and the "teacher" was the real subject of the experiment.

(hint: parts of it were shown on Ghost Busters)
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Xenophon Hendrix gave 3 of 5 stars to:
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout
The Sociopath Next Door
by Martha Stout
read in January, 2012
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If you know nothing about sociopathy, this book will teach you things you should know for your own self-defense. If that is your situation, by all means read this book or one like it. There are people in the world who leave a trail of devastation w...more
Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman
" No, I didn't. Steal the book, that is. I'd make a lousy anarchist.

File this one in your mental "look-but-don't-read" category. Abbie Hoffman wrote Steal This Book while incarcerated. This fact alone should have served as a warni... "
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"I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing."Robert A. Heinlein
Xenophon Hendrix liked a trivia question:
"House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Who did Howl disguise himself as?
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Xenophon Hendrix gave 4 of 5 stars to:
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
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Xenophon Hendrix gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
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Xenophon Hendrix liked a trivia question:
"How does Howl keep his house in Howl's Moving Castle? "
Xenophon Hendrix gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
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This is a delightful story. Anyone who dislikes it probably hates chocolate and golden retrievers too.
More of Xenophon's books…
Larry Niven
“Ethics change with technology.”
Larry Niven, N-Space

Robert A. Heinlein
“He's an honest politician--he stays bought.”
Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

George Bernard Shaw
“[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
George Bernard Shaw, Caesar And Cleopatra

Hilaire Belloc
“Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim gun, and they have not.”
Hilaire Belloc

Sylvia Plath
“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.”
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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Xenophon Hendrix has completed a goal of reading 52 books for the 2011 Reading Challenge!
 
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