wednesday october 02 2002
Been reading a lot lately (yes - I can read)
"Creation" and "Julian" by Gore Vidal
Mr Vidal's subtle condemnation of:
Christianity (a vicious, hierarchical, and commercial enterprise invented 50 years after Jesus died)
the ancient Greeks (Smelly, pompous, self-obessed, tone-deaf and never invented anything new in their whole existence) - "In Summer the Athenians do not bathe often. In Winter .... they bathe not at all, while their diet appears to consist entirely of onions and preserved fish - preserved from the time of Homer."
the Romans (Plagiarists all of them - well what do you expect with most of them in-bred idiots)
They're hard to get hold of - but worth it - but be prepared for your safe little world to rock on it's very foundations
(Just remember - your History teacher lied ....)
"The White Road" by John Connolly
I really don't scare easily - Steven King is boring, badly written crap ....
This book scared the shit out of me.
An evil little bastard of a novel - deceptively easy to read - and before you know it you're in some kind of red nightmare. Scarily sexy - and very dark - edgy to extremes. Some people will just throw up at some passages - others, like me, will be scared to death at the unexpected effect that the same passages have on them ....
Don't judge - just read it - preferably in full daylight ....
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