a list of the dullness

Bit of a bookworm, me. Here is a list of the books I have read since I landed in this dull-ass city (in the order that I thought of them while my students were playing a game):

• The Lymond Chronicles (consisting of 6 densely literate novels about a Scottish rogue);
  
• In Conquest Born (a diabolical novel of war and hate);
  
• Guns, Germs & Steel (or "Why the white man rules the earth");
  
• The Red Queen (evolution in action; why people cheat);
  
• Siddhartha (Herman Hesse discusses Buddha-nature. I enjoyed it);
  
• Kittigrew and the Incorrigibles (a piece of swashbuckling airport shite)
  
• Catch-22 (for old time's sake);
  
• Momo (Gorgeous! By the guy that wrote the Neverending Story. Read this one!);
  
• The Little Prince (Cute!);
  
• Mother Night (Vonnegut is always good and easy);
  
• VALIS (Philip K Dick's religious experience);
  
• The Life of Pi( wothwhile and a piece of cake);
  
• Poker without Cards (disturbing dialogue a la Bucky Fuller);
  
• The Game - infiltrating the secret society of pickup artists;
  
• Finding God through Sex (Kooky, and difficult to accomplish on your own);
  
• The Way of the Superior Man (it's good!);
  
• The Fire from Within (essential Castaneda)
  
• Think and Grow Rich (annoying, but practical-ish);
  
• Dune (again, for old time's sake);
  
• Wuthering Heights (don't);
  
• Cyrano de Bergerac;
  
• Through the Looking Glass (both just so I'd know. Also, they were thin);
  
• Our Twisted Hero (by a Korean author Lee Munyol- pretty good!)
• not to mention the entire Asterix, including the ones Uderzo tried to write by himself; and a whole swathe of other comics (Batman; Sin City; Lucifer; Top Ten; Promethea; The Watchmen). Big ups to Rick for the hook-up.
• And From Hell, and almost every episode of Akira

.... and that's about all I can think of. Why get out more when stuff is more interesting in my head? (and other people's)