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In June of 2006 I asked for a for book recommendations.
I purchased
The Laws of Our Fathers - Scott Turow
When Red is Black - Qiu Xiaolong
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
In the last two weeks I finished reading the first two and am into the first 100 pages of the the third.
Without realizing I appeared to pick books with a common thread - coming of age in turbulent times.
Laws - USA 1960s
Red - China's cultural revolution & new economics
Cryptonomicon - WWII and
So far the USA 1960s hippies/intellectuals aren't faring too well in comparison - a bunch of self involved & self centered people who didn't accomplished much - considering what they had. This is not meant as a slam against the 1960's just an observation when comparing the books.
In June of 2006 I asked for a for book recommendations.
I purchased
The Laws of Our Fathers - Scott Turow
When Red is Black - Qiu Xiaolong
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
In the last two weeks I finished reading the first two and am into the first 100 pages of the the third.
Without realizing I appeared to pick books with a common thread - coming of age in turbulent times.
Laws - USA 1960s
Red - China's cultural revolution & new economics
Cryptonomicon - WWII and
So far the USA 1960s hippies/intellectuals aren't faring too well in comparison - a bunch of self involved & self centered people who didn't accomplished much - considering what they had. This is not meant as a slam against the 1960's just an observation when comparing the books.