Recommendations and Reviews
Listed below are the best of the best of the books I have read lately, the music I have been listening to, and the film I have been watching. Strictly the crème de la crème, each list item accompanied by an explanation as to why it receives my recommendation. In addition, where applicable I provide links for each list item to that item's page at Amazon.com (AMZN; a first-rate online book- and music-seller), Powells Bookstore (PWLS; a first-rate brick-and-mortar used and new bookseller), Advanced Book Exchange (ABEB; an excellent means of searching thousands of independent used bookstores simultaneously) and/or Djangos Music and Movies (DJMM; an excellent online seller of new and used CD- and DVD-format music and film).
I have compiled the following lists:
- what is xaosdog reading?
- on my shelves
The rich-text format document you get by clicking the link above is an effort to index the books on my shelves. Every time I move house, I lose at least one box of books (movers and postmen hate big boxes of books). No longer!
- best nonfiction [last updated April 8, 2002]
- best fiction [coming when I retire, but I once started (and have since lost) this list]
- best science fiction [coming soon after the list above]
- what is xaosdog listening to? [last updated July 2, 2002]
- what is xaosdog watching?
- xaosdog reviews on Amazon -- now, be sure to go through and carefully rate each one as "helpful" under as many assumed names as you have going. I must bump that guy who only rates self-help books out of Amazon's "Top One Million" reviewers.
- wanted -- soon to be found in my collection...
- Other, similar pages I have found and found worthy of consideration:
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