Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Year of the Flood FISU ATW


In Margaret Atwood's new novel Adam One, the kindly leader of God’s Gardeners — a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion — has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren and Toby.(from the cover) See preview.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas FISU THO


"When Sports Illustrated commissioned Thompson to write a short article on the Mint 400 motorcycle race in Las Vegas, the editors had no idea what they were setting in motion. This book is the defining moment in Thompson's "gonzo journalism" style of writing. He took this style to the limit with this work, barely covering the race and instead writing a series of weird vignettes, paranoid frenzies, and brilliant political prose." (from Reed Business Information)