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<DIV><FONT size=4>Two older, entertaining, not unhumorous, well
written reads with interesting subtexts:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><EM>The Good Soldier Schweik</EM> by Jaroslav Hasek
[Long]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><EM>Trout Fishing in America</EM> by Richard Brautigan
[Quite short, the last chapter is especially recommended for the very
religious]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Chasuk" <<A
href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com">chasuk@gmail.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A
href="mailto:heirdoug@netscape.net">heirdoug@netscape.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Cc: <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:58 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: [Vision2020] Summer Reading Was:The little gray cells (are
turningto mush)</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> On 5/16/06, <A
href="mailto:heirdoug@netscape.net">heirdoug@netscape.net</A> <<A
href="mailto:heirdoug@netscape.net">heirdoug@netscape.net</A><FONT size=4><FONT
size=3>> wrote:<BR>> <BR>>> Crystal Fire: The Birth of the
Information Age (Sloan Technology Series)<BR>> <BR>> Thank you. I'll
have the opportunity for leisure reading this summer,<BR>> and I'm compiling
my reading list now. I appreciate your<BR>> contribution.
:-)<BR>> <BR>> I can recommend Breaking the Spell, by Daniel
Dennett. It is a<BR>> thought-provoking read, beautifully written,
regardless of your<BR>> feelings about the conclusions of the author.<BR>>
<BR>> Hey, I have an idea!<BR>> <BR>> I'd bet that most of the
contributors to Vision2020 are at least<BR>> nominally literate, which should
mean that they like to read.<BR>> <BR>> Come on, Visioneers, what is on
your recommend reading list for this summer?<BR>>
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