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March 10
Rabbit Is Rich Keith gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Rabbit Is Rich (Paperback)
by John Updike
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read in March, 2008
March 05
The Singularity Is N... Keith gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Paperback)
by Ray Kurzweil
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read in February, 2008

Keith Keith said: "A great overview of potential advancements in genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics (GNR). It's a long book, in places longer than it should be (which isn't a sign of laziness so much as an inability to trust the reader - e.g., I felt the discussio...more "
February 17
The Problems of Phil... Keith added:
The Problems of Philosophy (Paperback)
by Bertrand Russell
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The Anubis Gates Keith gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Anubis Gates (Paperback)
by Tim Powers
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read in February, 2008

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February 10
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"Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. Wars are no longer waged by the will of superior men, capable of judging dispassionately and intelligently the causes behind them and the effects flowing out of them. The are now begun by first throwing a mob into a panic; they are ended only when it has spent its ferine fury. " — H.L. Mencken
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"We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, vast! But why must it be vast? Instead of all that, what if it's one little room, like a bath house in the country, black and grimy and spiders in every corner, and that's all eternity is? I sometimes fancy it like that."Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."Muhammad Ali
February 07
731760 Keith made a comment on Dorksgetlaid2's profile:
322515 Keith wrote: "Thanks for the add. And from what I hear, the bar's bullshit anyway. "
February 03
His Excellency: Geor... Keith gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
His Excellency: George Washington (Paperback)
by Joseph J. Ellis
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read in January, 2008

Keith Keith said: "The Washington that we get here is flesh-and-blood, a willful, flawed and much more interesting person than the Olympian - and rather inhuman - Founding Father I think most of us imagine. It's a great narrative, replete with detail without burying yo...more "
Out of the Silent Pl... Keith gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Out of the Silent Planet (Paperback)
by C.S. Lewis
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read in February, 2008

Keith Keith said: "This is a second-generation space story that, as the author mentions, owes a great deal to H.G. Wells. It's also part of that coming-face-to-face-with-an-alien-culture-and-thereby-learning-more-about-your-own-type story with a heap of rather unsubtle...more "




Keith's favorite quotes

"Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. Wars are no longer waged by the will of superior men, capable of judging dispassionately and intelligently the causes behind them and the effects flowing out of them. The are now begun by first throwing a mob into a panic; they are ended only when it has spent its ferine fury. "
— H.L. Mencken

"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."
Muhammad Ali

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"We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, vast! But why must it be vast? Instead of all that, what if it's one little room, like a bath house in the country, black and grimy and spiders in every corner, and that's all eternity is? I sometimes fancy it like that."
Fyodor Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment)




Keith's groups (recent posts)

426 Books I Loathed — 948 members — last activity 3 minutes ago
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa...more
108 Horror Aficionados — 279 members — last activity 14 minutes ago
A group for horror genre fans
71 Murakami fans — 397 members — last activity 24 minutes ago
A place for fans of Haruki Murakami or similar writers.
153 Our History — 308 members — last activity 39 minutes ago
This group is for anyone who is interested in history - biographies, narratives, hard history, historical fiction, alternate history, etc. - to share ...more
3364 Writerpedia — 360 members — last activity 3 hours, 38 min ago
This is a place to share knowledge. If you are writing and need to know something maybe someone here can give you an answer.
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from Jamia
02/13/2008 09:33PM

152174 thanks for the request! i used to work in politics in DC and here in NY for a while for two different non profits... i was an organizer...i've also done some issue campaign work. glad to see another person out there who also sees the value in putting theory into action. ")

02/10/2008 01:43PM

372363 Thanks for the request! Keep going with the stem cell research advocacy! I work with people who have spinal cord injuries and my Grandfather passed away from Alzheimers...so I am all for it! There is SO much potential with those beautiful cells...
:)
Have a great week!
Sarah

02/02/2008 09:46PM

659637 Thanks for the friend request. It's always nice to meet another history/politics junkie who has a love for zombies. There's damn few of us out there.

from Rosemary
01/29/2008 09:12AM

358359 Thanks for the invitation. Your list of interests made me smile. Do your dogs enjoy your dinosaur impersonations?

from Jeremy
01/23/2008 05:58PM

630905 I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me today. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy

from Jeremy
01/13/2008 02:01AM

630905 Thanks for the friendship, Keith!

Here’s wishing you a nifty new 2008 filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

I thought I'd let you know that my novel “Vacation” has been nominated for the best Horror Novel of 2007 in the Preditors & Editors Readers' Poll. So far it's ranked 4th.

In case you're interested in voting, feel free to visit the website here:
http://www.critters.org/predpo...

Thanks again!

-Jeremy :)

PS—if you do decide to vote, you should know that you need to validate the vote by clicking on the validation link in the email they send you.

















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