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GroupsA Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment, Aviation, Books that made me think, Evolve!, Humor, Language, The Black Orchid (A Nero Wolfe Group), The Fourth Way, Wordies

Favorite authorsJames Gleick, D. E. Harding, Walt Kelly, Gary Larson, Franklin Merrell-Wolff, Rex Stout, Bill Watterson, Wu Wei Wei, pseud. [i.e. Terence James Stannus Gra (Shared favorites)

About meInterests: mysticism, philosophy, physics, cosmology, language, mathematics, aviation literature, especially if it has a metaphysical emphasis.

About my libraryMy library speaks for me...and is a far better public speaker than I am! I started entering just the books that seemed to be appropriately representative of a much larger collection (and excluding most "escape" reading). It gets addictive however, and I've found myself cataloguing everything but ephemera. Then, I realized my vinyl music collection,too, is fair game.

The most useful aspect of LT for me is the tagging feature which allows me to separate out the books at one residence from the other; that way I know, after a quick search, which book is where and can grind my teeth when I discover the book I'm looking for is a five hour drive away: Murphy's Law of Books!

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Real nameTom Kelley

LocationCentral coast, CA (winter); San Bernardino mtns, CA (summer)

Emailzeekellgmail.com

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Member sinceJul 27, 2006

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oroboros reviewed, rated:
The Lotka Hypotheses by Lawrence L. Horstman

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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker

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The Quantum Zoo: A Tourist's Guide to the Never-Ending Universe by Marcus Chown

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The War of the Soups and the Sparks: The Discovery of Neurotransmitters and the Dispute Over How Nerves Communicate by Elliot S. Valenstein

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I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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The Pogo PAPERS by Walt Kelly

Thank you for the FM-W information. I read Pathways Through to Space quite regularly many years ago, and, needless to say, it made quite an impression. It will be good to get reaquainted with him again.

Regards,
Makif

posted by Makifat at 12:02 am (EST) on Jan 24, 2012

Any review that references F. Merrell-Wolff gets a thumbs-up from me...

posted by Makifat at 1:04 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2012

Hi Tom,
Thank you for the heads up about Duncton Wood. I will check it out immediately. Also thank you for the kind word about my MySpace page and thanks for popping in for a visit. I'll talk to you again soon. I just want to dash of a quick note to let you know I received your messages.

All the best,
~Terrie

posted by Treeseed at 5:12 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2008

Hi there! Yes, I've seen that label (AND tasted the wine). That's what my medallion reminded me of as well.

Good to see you here! My list is still very much a work in progress. I have a far more exhaustive list on goodreads.com, but I'll get there. :-)

-- T.

posted by reesetee at 9:16 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2007

Are you related to Robert Kelley? I saw we are the only ones who share his title Transformations? Then again, you live in SB and I went to undergrad there... Cheers, Martin.

posted by martinboer at 11:48 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2007

Have you missed Nevil Shute's "No Highway"? Esta1923

posted by Esta1923 at 1:30 am (EST) on Sep 13, 2007

Hi! I notice that you and I (and one other person) share a copy of People Named Smith. I was a Smith for the first 37 years of my life. My mother owned the book very early in my childhood, but I loaned it to my best friend, Susie Smith, never got it back. My mother brought it up at every family gathering. In 1999, I hit the internet and found a copy, I think in Georgia. She was pleased. She is gone now and the book is mine. May I ask why you have a copy? Just curious. Rebecca (Smith) Taylor

posted by readingrebecca at 4:16 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2007