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Monday, February 7, 2005
Recently Read
A rather ecclectic collection of books that I’ve finished recently, but hadn’t gotten around to posting.
The Ethics of Star Trek Judith Barad with Ed Robertson
This book was definitely a disappointment. I’ve read The Physics of Star Trek and The Metaphysics of Star Trek both of which I found interesting. Perhaps because of this I had high hopes for this book. I was, unfortunately, disappointed.
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Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis
I realized that I’d actually finished this book several months ago, but managed to forget that I had done so. Take that as you will.
Mere Christianity puts forth some interesting arguments, but I find that although they may have been convincing at the time C.C. Lewis wrote them, I found them less so, in the 21st century.
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An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life The Dalai Lama
Unlike the previous book I read by the Dalai Lama, this book only took me about nine months to read. They’re not long books, I just tend to set them aside for something else, and then have to go back an re-read portions to get caught up again.
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