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Walking with destiny by Andrew Robert.There are a few, which one?
Walking with destiny by Andrew Robert.There are a few, which one?
Yep, Tolkien was a devout Catholic. He was just more subtle about it in his writing than his friend, CS Lewis. I've been wanting to read a book like that about Tolkien himself, and there are many, but as I've said before, my read pile is way more shameful than my build pile.I have several books in progress including:
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The first will help with my giant sport scale entry at NARAM, the second is a nice look at the airline business, and the third is just fascinating. @Antares JS you might find it interesting, too.
I have "The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke" currently open in the Audible app on my phone....
I am learning much about my own faith reading that book. I'm about 2/3 of the way through it now...up to just before The Hobbit was published. Already quite an interesting story and a very engaging-to-read book.Yep, Tolkien was a devout Catholic. He was just more subtle about it in his writing than his friend, CS Lewis. I've been wanting to read a book like that about Tolkien himself, and there are many, but as I've said before, my read pile is way more shameful than my build pile.
Indeed!I have a print copy of the Collected Story of Arthur C. Clarke. There are some great ones in it. The very first one, Loophole, would make a great Outer Limits episode.
I loved that one!Orphans of the Sky -- R.A. Heinlein
For my ancestry research: Poets' corner : a History of Lampman and District and the RM of Browning.Orphans of the Sky -- R.A. Heinlein
The Tactful Saboteur -- Frank Herbert (One of the first, if not THE first, Jorj X. McKie stories.)
That's unusual. Isaacson usually writes accurately from what I have seen.One deck: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson. I just read the first couple of pages and noticed immediately some errors about his immigration to Canada.
I think he was going directly off Elon as a single source and didn't bother to check anything else. For example, he referenced the city of Moose Jaw irrelevantly several times. His great grandmother was trained as a chiropractor to treat her husband and they moved from Pequot, Minn. to Canada and settled in Herbert (my home town). She was Canada's first chiropractor. She was also the leader of the Women's Temperance Movement in town whereas my Chinese grandfather sold beer and liquor at his hotel - I don't think they were friends. https://www.palmer.edu/palmer-blog/chiropractic-advocates/That's unusual. Isaacson usually writes accurately from what I have seen.
That's some great detail you have there . Maybe Elon's memory is playing tricks on him, or the stories told to him had details lost/changed along the way. I know I would have trouble reciting some of my family history accurately.I think he was going directly off Elon as a single source and didn't bother to check anything else. For example, he referenced the city of Moose Jaw irrelevantly several times. His great grandmother was trained as a chiropractor to treat her husband and they moved from Pequot, Minn. to Canada and settled in Herbert (my home town). She was Canada's first chiropractor. She was also the leader of the Women's Temperance Movement in town whereas my Chinese grandfather sold beer and liquor at his hotel - I don't think they were friends. https://www.palmer.edu/palmer-blog/chiropractic-advocates/
Her son Joshua (Elon's grandfather) would be considered far right and supported the Social Credit Party and the Technocracy Party and even ran for election. He too was trained at the same chiropractic school as his mother. He had a high disdain for the socialist government at the time, led by Tommy Douglas (Keifer Sutherland's grandfather). His grandmother was born in Moose Jaw but she married Joshua Haldeman and lived in Regina not Moose Jaw as claimed by the author. His mother Maye and her siblings were born in Regina. Joshua rejected the socialist politics and moved his family to South Africa.
Elon immigrated to Canada because his mother was Canadian and it was a lot easier to get into Canada than the US because of that. His 2nd cousin (Mark Tuelon) lives and farmed in Waldeck, a tiny hamlet 2 1/2 hrs drive west of Regina. Mark was the only one of his relatives that bothered to reply to his inquiries from South Africa. He went to live with him for a couple of months around harvest time and was put to work. The writer talks about Elon and his 2nd cousin eating at a Sizzler steakhouse in Moose Jaw, yet there are no Sizzlers in Canada, it was quite likely the Bonanza Steakhouse; I ate there a lot. My brother who farms nearby says that Mark is probably retired and not farming any more. Maye and his sister Tosca followed Elon to Regina (the author skips this part) and then they later moved together to Toronto where his younger brother Kimbal later joined them. https://leaderpost.com/feature/elon-musk-inherited-a-lifetime-of-adventure-from-his-sask-family
Thanks for the head's up!I know there are some David Weber fans here... Toll of Honor came out last week.
I know there are some David Weber fans here... Toll of Honor came out last week. This is part of the new "Extended Honor Harrington Series". Apparently, Weber is going back to events in the early series and writing them again from the viewpoint of other characters, expanding those events and introducing new characters. It's a good book, but it has a lot of Weber's long-winded discourse.
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