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Comment by Chris Dodds on November 7, 2011 at 6:30pm

Regardless, my joke was about the fact that you wouldn't expect Richard Dawkins and Glenn Beck to give the same book a good review, even if Beck only gave it a good review because of their friendship.

Comment by Joseph P on November 6, 2011 at 5:57pm

Penn Jillette and Glenn Beck are good friends.  They don't agree on a damned thing, theologically speaking, but apparently they get along great, in person.  Remember, Penn Jillette is a major Libertarian.

Comment by Chris Dodds on November 6, 2011 at 5:21pm

I got the new Penn Jillette book, "God, No!" and here's the weirdest thing about it.  On the back cover you see positive reviews from bith Richard Dawkins and Glenn Beck.  I'm scared, is one of the signs of the apocalypse when Richard Dawkins and Glenn Beck agree on something? :(

Comment by AtheistTech on October 7, 2011 at 7:07am

I "read" an audio book titled Final Theory. A sci-fi book that if you look at the current prices for the book on Amozon, it wasn't that good, but I liked it. Here is what Amazon says about it:

A Spellbinding Thriller about a Science History Professor on the Run for his Life and an Unpublished Einstein Theory that Could Change the World Debut novelist Mark Alpert brings one of the most explosive books of 2008, seamlessly weaving current issues of science, history, and politics with white-knuckle chases. David Swift, a professor at Columbia University, is called to the hospital to comfort his mentor, a physicist who's been brutally tortured. Before dying, the old man wheezes "Einheitliche Feldtheorie." The Theory of Everything. The Destroyer of Worlds. Could this be Einstein's proposed Unified Theory--a set of equations that combines the physics of galaxies with the laws of atoms? Einstein never succeeded in discovering it. Or did he? Within hours of hearing his mentor's last words, David is running for his life. The FBI and a ruthless mercenary are vying to get their hands on the long-hidden theory. Teaming up with his old girlfriend, a brilliant Princeton scientist, David frantically works out Einstein's final theory to reveal the staggering scope of its consequences. With publishers around the world snapping up rights in twenty-two countries, the book has already become a global phenomenon, and the dynamic characters and gripping plot will keep readers compulsively turning the pages until the very end.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 5, 2011 at 5:26pm

I don't read a lot of fiction, but this looks good:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon's bitterly funny debut novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is a murder mystery of sorts--one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone is mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behavior of his elders and peers.

Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbor's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves--against the objection of his father and neighbors--to discover just who has murdered Wellington. He is encouraged by Siobhan, a social worker at his school, to write a book about his investigations, and the result--quirkily illustrated, with each chapter given its own prime number--is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

 

Haddon's novel is a startling performance. This is the sort of book that could turn condescending, or exploitative, or overly sentimental, or grossly tasteless very easily, but Haddon navigates those dangers with a sureness of touch that is extremely rare among first-time novelists. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is original, clever, and genuinely moving: this one is a must-read. --Jack Illingworth

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 1, 2011 at 1:13pm

Done Johnny. Thanks.

Comment by Johnny P on September 1, 2011 at 1:06pm

thanks Dallas, that's legendary - I pm-ed Calla ages ago but she's obviously non-operational. Could you also add my book on free will?

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0956694802/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=atipplingp...

 

cheers

 

Jonathan Pearce

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 1, 2011 at 12:02pm

@ Stephen Goldin

 

I also added your book Polly!, which I thought was already listed, but apparently not.

 

Are there any other AN members who are published authors whose books are not listed?

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 1, 2011 at 11:59am

@ Jonathan Pearce

@ Jen Hancock

 

I have added your books to the list of AN published authors.

 

@ All

 

I have moved the Published Authors list from the box at the top to its own page on the right, just under the members section.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 1, 2011 at 11:42am

Looks like a potentially good book, although the Publisher's Weekly review is not very complimentary. But that could be because the reviewer himself/herself was biased towards religiosity. But who knows! I still want to add it to my list.

 

God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong

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