Comments on: Books, Books, Books

By: William H. Stoddard

William H. Stoddard — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:23:05 +0000

It Can’t Happen Here just won the Libertarian Futurist Society’s Hall of Fame Award (tied with Vernor Vinge’s True Names), not because Lewis was a libertarian, but because it’s a classic cautionary tale about authoritarian statism—and still disturbingly relevant.

By: Gabriele Campbell

Gabriele Campbell — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:37:53 +0000

No new books for me this month. I spent waaay to much money on opera DVDs (got me Nabucco, I Vespri Sicialiani, Macbeth, Attila, Don Carlos and Lucia di Lammermoor, and my father bought Carmen and La Traviata - as starters for a growing collection).

And my TBR pile is big enough anyway.

By: S.C. Butler

S.C. Butler — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:26:45 +0000

Glad to see you quoting Sinclair Lewis. A lot of what he says is as fresh now as it was 70 years ago.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:52:19 +0000

Just reading Conason’s thumbnail description of It Can’t Happen Here was eerily familiar. Actually it gave me a downright cold chill down my back.

Operas, yes. I’m looking over what’s playing in NY when I’m there in November. My two choices are The Magic Flute and La Traviata. Both are wonderful choices.