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Mirrorshades The Cyberpunk Anthology edited by Bruce Sterling

So I'm the right age to read it. Still have a quarter left in Murakami's. That guy is a tad crazy. I like him.

Just started "The Voice" by N.G. Jones. Interesting premise, but his dialogue seems a bit clumsy.

Just finished.


Just started.

The Essays: A Selection Michel De Montaigne

That book is definitely my all-time favorite, close follower being Walden as I've always wanted to vanish and live off the land. I was 19 or 20.

Is this non fiction?

Its an incredible book, I was 19 also. Its economy taught me so much about good writing. I'll never forget the line "and the party had begun", I remember pausing for a good 10 seconds with it, stunned at how well placed those words were.

Reminds me of the amazement I felt after finishing The Sun Also Rises, and reading the last line "Isn't it pretty to think so?" I was in awe of how well it ended, it's perfect in regards to the story but taken out of context it's still such a good line.
 

Recently finished Empire of the Sun. I enjoyed it, although I think I enjoyed the first third or so -- when he is living in abandoned houses while trying to figure out what happened and how best to surrender to the Japanese -- the most.

Also, somewhat in the vein of the admiration for Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises, I was randomly reminded today of the best piece of legal writing ever. To wit,

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/02/regarding-your-stupid-complaint.html
Edited by lawyerdad - 3/15/13 at 4:19pm

That is amazing. Quoting someone on these forums saying "quoted to call to your attention that some moron is posting idiocies under your name" might be a good idea at the right time.

And thus a meme is born.

http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/browns.asp

The follow up is quite amusing as well.

"I've used that letter a couple times myself since." Rightly so.. Rightly so.