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Post by Don on Apr 25, 2017 5:20:56 GMT -5
The NYT gets it mostly right.I found Zen's bridging of the rational and the romantic through the concept of quality fascinating. In retrospect, it had much more impact on my personal philosophy than I realized. IMO, Lila should have won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, instead of the tired King Lear retread that did.
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Post by Don on Apr 25, 2017 5:27:41 GMT -5
I said the NYT got it mostly right in response to this piece of stupidity from NPR. WTF? I don't know of a single person who was inspired to road trip across America because of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." OTOH, I know several who were inspired to think because of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." |
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Post by robeiae on Apr 25, 2017 8:34:16 GMT -5
I love that book. Read it in high school. And yeah, I was hardly inspired to "road trip" because of it. That NPR piece reads like it was written by someone who never read the book, who just drew conclusions about it based solely on the title.
Maybe the writer has Pirsig confused with Kerouac? Those counter-cultural types are all alike, after all...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 10:39:04 GMT -5
R.I.P.
And yeah, I'm betting the NPR writer was going off the title.
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Post by robeiae on Apr 25, 2017 11:07:45 GMT -5
Steal This Book is one of the greatest how-to guides on burgling that has ever been written.
And Naked Lunch almost single-handedly started the nudist movement.
ETA: Hmmm, we may have the makings of hashtag meme here...
#literalbooktitles
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Post by celawson on Apr 25, 2017 12:35:10 GMT -5
I said the NYT got it mostly right in response to this piece of stupidity from NPR. WTF? I don't know of a single person who was inspired to road trip across America because of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." OTOH, I know several who were inspired to think because of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." You know --- Jack Kerouac - Robert Pirsig --- same guy! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 12:51:17 GMT -5
Steal This Book is one of the greatest how-to guides on burgling that has ever been written. And Naked Lunch almost single-handedly started the nudist movement. ETA: Hmmm, we may have the makings of hashtag meme here... #literalbooktitles -- an insightful and revealing examination of the criminal justice system. Pride and Prejudice -- a provocative discussion of the attitudes that shaped a nation. |
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Post by michaelw on Apr 25, 2017 17:05:25 GMT -5
A Farewell to Arms: an American ambulance driver in Italy reflects bitterly on all of the amputations he witnessed.
The Book of Job: a refreshing, take-no-prisoners analysis of how minimum wage laws affect the unemployment rate.
#literalbooktitles
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 18:10:44 GMT -5
The Road -- A scintillating history of Route 66.
Great Expectations -- A fascinating glimpse into Hillary Clinton's ill-fated presidential campaign.
#literalbooktitles -- let's make it trend!
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Post by Don on Apr 25, 2017 18:40:56 GMT -5
To Kill a Mockingbird: Seven Superior Songbird Snares.
Green Eggs and Ham: How to Lose Ten Pounds in Five Days.
The Pit and the Pendulum: Two-party politics in the US demystified.
Lord of the Flies: Animal training for fun and profit.
Up the Down Staircase: Fifty Fun Mall Pranks.
Much Ado About Nothing: The Fourth Estate in the twenty-first century.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: How to talk to the animals.
A Farewell to Arms: The progressive approach to the Second Amendment.
Something Wicked This Way Comes: A comprehensive history of the ruling class.
Long Day's Journey Into Night: Corporations, Cubicles, Congestion and Commuting.
#literalbooktitles
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Post by Christine on Apr 25, 2017 20:16:39 GMT -5
Sense and Sensibility: Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch--how to master them all
1984: A brief history of a year in which nothing of any lasting significance occurred, other than maybe that whole Gandhi debacle
A Tale of Two Cities: An interactive book--pick any two locales and our random computer generator will make up some stuff
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Post by Christine on Apr 25, 2017 20:28:20 GMT -5
Fifty Shades of Grey: a study of the human eye's ability to detect hues between the black and white spectrum. Unfortunately, it's only around 30, so you're a sucker for buying this book, too.
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