Category Archives: Pop Famous

The Da Vinci Code

Written by: Dan Brown So it turns out that Jesus had a sister and that he married Mary Magdelene, who apparently was not a whore, unlike his mother. Also while some humans can’t even keep from leaving top-secret iPhone prototypes in bars, there is a group of bankers and artists that have kept something secret […]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Written by: Robert M. Pirsig Ride bike. Fix bike. Zen chaps. Buy American. Length: 8.5 hrs 7/2003: Worth a listen, some good stuff. Did not make me want a motorcycle.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Written by: Ken Kesey This ornery Irishman (I think) gets out of jail time by faking crazy to go to a mental hospital instead. Although he likes the free drugs, there is this bitch nurse that is on to his shenanigans and is angry he is messing with her tightly controlled little domain. He gets […]

Life of Pi

Written by: Yann Martel So there’s this kid and this tiger in a boat, and some other animals, but then the tiger eats the other animals. Then he tries to eat the kid but the kid keeps away from him and makes the tiger seasick until it becomes his friend. Then they go to some […]

The Salmon of Doubt

Written by: Douglas Adams Some good stories but like many other post-mortem publications it isn’t so much a cohesive work as a bunch of stuff found under the couch. This doesn’t make it not good stuff, just don’t eat the cheetos. Length: 8 hrs 8/2002: I really don’t remember this one except for the one […]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Written by: Philip K. Dick Apparently the inspiration for Blade Runner, though kind of like “Moby Dick” was the inspiration for “Jaws”. I think it was dark with a lot of narration from inside people’s minds. Pretty much a short story with a little future space stuff. Length: 3 hrs 6/2002: I totally don’t remember anything […]

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Written by: Douglas Adams Fun, wacky stuff. You should read it. Unless you’re always super serious about stuff in which case you’ll probably find it to be a nonsensical waste of time. To this I say that you are a nonsensical waste of time. Length: 5.5 hrs 6/2002: Actually I don’t remember a whole lot […]