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About meI read. It is a central part of who I am. Many of the books listed have to do with my work, but by no means all. I'm a political scientist, focused on Latin America and the Caribbean (more the latter than the former), and political theory (and the overlap between political theory and the Caribbean -- there's more than you might think).
About my libraryIt's mixed. Many of the books are ones I have in my office, some are books I have at home. It's a work in progress. I read science fiction, fantasy, and alternative history for pleasure. Not surprisingly, most of the books in my collection have something to do with my academic interests and work. I also like books of blunders, typos and curiosities (when you have students who tell you the Soviet Union was founded by John Lenin, you need a laugh).
GroupsAtlanta Bibliophiles, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, Caribbean Literature in English, Children's Fiction, FantasyFans, Humor, Making Light Denizens, Philosophy and Theory, Science Fiction Fans
Favorite authorsChinua Achebe, Manuel Álvarez Torneiro, John Barnes, Louise Bennett, William Blake, Dennis Bloodworth, Anthony Bogues, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Kamau Brathwaite, Patrick Bryan, Tobias S. Buckell, George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron, C. P. Cavafy, Susanna Clarke, Friedrich Engels, Eric Flint, John M. Ford, Herald Froy, Neil Gaiman, Robert Graves, John Hearne, Nalo Hopkinson, Arend Lijphart, Michael Manley, Karl Marx, Brian Meeks, George Mikes, John Stuart Mill, John Milton, Alma Hyacinth Bernadette MockYen, Pamela Mordecai, Mervyn Morris, V. S. Naipaul, Rex Nettleford, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Friedrich Nietzsche, Denys Parsons, Orlando Patterson, Philip Pullman, Kim Robinson-walcott, Dennis Scott, Olive Senior, George Bernard Shaw, Wallace Stevens, I. F. Stone, Tracy B. Strong, Charles Stross, Hugh Thomas, J. R. R. Tolkien, Harry Turtledove, Peter Ustinov, Gore Vidal, Helen Waddell, Derek Walcott, Jo Walton, Anita M. Waters, Max Weber, Eric Williams, Garry Wills, Simon Winchester, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hume Wrong, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Roger Zelazny, Hans Zinsser (Shared favorites)
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Real nameF.S.J. Ledgister
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posted by mathilde at 9:53 am (EST) on Feb 28, 2011
posted by carterchristian1 at 5:13 pm (EST) on Jan 10, 2010
posted by carterchristian1 at 6:55 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2009
A little kingdom I possess
where thoughts and feelings dwell,
And very hard I find the task
of governing it well;
For passion tempts and troubles me,
A wayward will misleads,
And selfishness its shadow casts
On all my words and deeds.
How can I learn to rule myself,
to be the child I should,
Honest and brave, nor ever tire
Of trying to be good?
How can I keep a sunny soul
To shine along life's way?
How can I tune my little heart
To sweetly sing all day?
Dear Father, help me with the love
that casteth out my fear;
Teach me to lean on thee, and feel
That thou art very near,
That no temptation is unseen
No childish grief too small,
Since thou, with patience infinite,
Doth soothe and comfort all.
I do not ask for any crown
But that which all may win
Nor seek to conquer any world
Except the one within.
Be thou my guide until I find,
Led by a tender hand,
Thy happy kingdom in myself
And dare to take command.
Louisa May Alcott
posted by theoldman at 9:10 am (EST) on Nov 27, 2009
And alternative history
Did you read World War III by that British military fellow
posted by carterchristian1 at 2:37 am (EST) on Jun 8, 2009
I miss teaching as it was ten years ago; I don't miss last year at all.
Old, know it, can't help it, wouldn't if I could.
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 3:28 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2009
So, well-met!
Peggy
(I could use an edit function here. This is the third time I've tried to underline my book title and nothing else. If it doesn't work this time, I'll just look ignorant. So there.)
posted by LizzieD at 8:18 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2009
We are awaiting our prepress copies to arrive in the mail for us to look over before giving the official go-ahead and assigning the ISBN. Although the link may allow you to purchase the book now, please don't! No matter how valuable you may think it may prove in a future eBay auction, we don't want anyone to be disappointed should we discover errors in the physical copy.
We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did writing it.
Feel free to sound off with review commentary!
Here's the private link to check it out:
http://www.lulu.com/content/4707292
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Boomer M. Wadaska
Illegal Pad Publishing
posted by illegalpadpublishing at 5:20 am (EST) on Nov 1, 2008
posted by Mimicman at 4:34 am (EST) on Jan 20, 2008
1) no one really liked the book very much, and some people really hated it;
2) the structure, content, and style, which was a conscious experiment, wasn't a very successful one;
3) people really hate seeing Wikipedia listed as a source.
Fair enough! Onward...
Cordially,
Fred Zimmerman
PS to fledgist -- "vastly unauthoritative" was ironic ...
posted by wfzimmerman at 10:37 am (EST) on Jan 19, 2008