"Prooftext"?
So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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The Dresden files battle ground by Jim Butcher
Prooftexting is the purest form of eisegesis (the act of drawing your own opinions, prejudices, agendas, and so forth into a text). It is the act of cherry-picking an out-of-context quote as "proof" of your own assertions.
Excellent summation.
At any rate, I'm now in the middle of Judges. It's not about Harry and Abby Stone; neither is it about Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas, or Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Nor anybody named Wapner.
Samson has just been born.
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Thanks @Laura Cynthia Chambers and @hbquikcomjamesl!
First Samuel.
Saul has learned that his days as king are numbered.
Ruth was welcome relief from the primitive ultra-violence. And has nothing to do with Kirk's old girlfriend.
Saul has learned that his days as king are numbered.
Ruth was welcome relief from the primitive ultra-violence. And has nothing to do with Kirk's old girlfriend.
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Still slogging through Mindshadow. I was planning on reading Dillard’s other TOS novels, but I may be rethinking that plan. Mindshadow is actual work to get through.
That was her first, yes? Yeah, I remember that one being a chore. Demons and Bloodthirst were much better.
Second Samuel. David is still in the process of unifying the Kingdom.
Ruth, Sam, David -- lots of Biblical-named people in Jim Kirk's life.
He himself is James.
And I'm Christopher, so who am I to talk? (Not a Biblical name, but Biblical-adjacent, I guess.)
Currently reading the first volume of The Fifty Year Mission. It’s really informative and I like the format of it being quotes from interviews, it’s like reading one big interview. Apart from the second volume, are there any other behind the scenes type books that are worth reading?
Doing a reread of Quicksilber by Judith & Garfield Reeves Stevens.
Just finished Garro: Knight of the Grey by James Swallow. (Enjoyed it)
Just finished Garro: Knight of the Grey by James Swallow. (Enjoyed it)
Just finished Second Samuel this morning. Will begin First Kings (RC Third Kings) at my earliest opportunity, as I was about 20 pages behind quota when I went to bed last night (had a lot of errands yesterday [including having to find a new microwave after ours crapped out], that ate up my reading time).
A couple weeks ago, I finished reading Star Trek: Cast No Shadow by James Swallow, and after that I read the comic collection Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Vol.3 Remastered, written by Kieron Gillen & Si Spurrier, with art by Emilio Laiso. And now I'm reading Red Sonja Vol. 2: The Art of Blood & Fire, written by Gail Simone, with art by Walter Geovani and Noah Salonga.
We were having issues with our Amazon account a few days last week, so I lost access to that and started All Systems Red by Mary Wells, the first book in Well's The Murderbot Diaries series.
We were having issues with our Amazon account a few days last week, so I lost access to that and started All Systems Red by Mary Wells, the first book in Well's The Murderbot Diaries series.
If you like that oral history style in particular, Return to Tomorrow, the making of The Motion Picture, is really good.
Inside Star Trek by Solow and Justman is probably the best book for the making of the original.
Real Happiness: A 28-Day Program to Realize the Power of Meditation by Sharon Salzberg
Thank you, I’ll look into them! I’m interested in anything behind the scenes, there’s just so much out there I’m not sure where to start.
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