Reading

Have I mentioned that on here before that I pretty much need to be reading a book at all times? I finished the 3rd Harry Potter book on Saturday, and I thought about taking a little break from reading something, but I couldn't do it. I started "The Triumph of Sociobiology," written by John Alcock, last night. I am continuing to do reading for my presentation at ACPA in March, although I'm a bit unclear if it will happen now, due to what I mentioned on here in my last entry.

I did mention it on there, didn't I?

Anyway, I'm about 50 pages into it, and I'm enjoying it quite well. Sometimes, when I'm reading "scientific" books, I worry about skimming over hard parts. However, I've been pretty good about re-reading sections that are giving me trouble, so that I can be conversant in the ideas when/if I do the presentation in March.

I have a few other books on my "To Read" shelf right now. There's "Return to the Moon," by Harrison Schmitt (or Schmidt), about resources that could be used on the moon to make it worthwhile economically to go there. There's "Darwin's Children," a book by Greg Bear that's a fiction book about the next "stage" of human evolution. I have another Sociobiology book, called "Defenders of the Truth," which is about the debates that raged in the 70's/80's about the veracity of Sociobiology as a discipline within biology. I also have "Consilience," by E. O. Wilson (yet another science book), and "The Blind Watchmaker," by Richard Dawkins, a great writer in the field of evolutionary biology.

I'll probably pick up in paperback the 4th and 5th Harry Potter books at some point. They're great reads, and I can see why both kids and adults get into them. The adventure is good for both age groups, and adults can remember what it's like to be that age, or it's good to be reminded periodically of what kids, even fictional kids, can get into at that age.

I continue to be on the lookout for good books to read. It is one of my vices, but any vice that keeps the mind active, reflecting, and thinking can't be that bad...

NP: Brian May, Driven By You - 15 June 1993