James Chrasta

James’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1420)
currently-reading‎ (3)
read‎ (450)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
read-picture-books‎ (117)
read-middle-grade‎ (40)
read-easy-readers‎ (18)
read-teen‎ (4)
novel‎ (236)
comics‎ (185)
nonfiction‎ (176)
modern-age-comics‎ (108)

library‎ (96)
sci-fi‎ (96)
superheroes‎ (91)
fantasy‎ (63)
read-aloud‎ (60)
horror‎ (53)
queer‎ (51)
baseball‎ (44)
sequels‎ (41)
animals‎ (39)
space‎ (38)
music‎ (37)

memoir‎ (34)
african-american‎ (32)
dystopian‎ (32)
literary-fiction‎ (29)
new-york-city‎ (29)
poetry‎ (29)
black-and-white-comics‎ (28)
picture-books‎ (28)
superman‎ (27)
childhood‎ (26)
short-stories‎ (25)
leftist‎ (24)

aliens‎ (23)
read-for-school‎ (23)
feminist‎ (22)
history‎ (22)
manga‎ (22)
urban‎ (21)
activism‎ (19)
book-club‎ (19)
religion‎ (19)
robots‎ (19)
spaceship‎ (19)
teen‎ (19)

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James is Currently Reading

James Chrasta is currently reading

Orientalism

by Edward W. Said

bookshelves: currently-reading

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Splinter of the Mind's Eye (Star Wars)

by Alan Dean Foster

bookshelves: sci-fi, novel, star-wars, currently-reading, space-fantasy, space-opera, space, spaceship, library, forest-planet

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Mar 30, 2026 09:40AM

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Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus, Vol. 2

by John Byrne

bookshelves: currently-reading, comics, bronze-age-comics, silver-surfer, superheroes

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Jun 23, 2025 10:07PM

James’s Quotes

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: books, humor, reading, television

23107 likes

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: fantasy, humor, scifi

23477 likes

“A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

tags: humor

781 likes

“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

tags: humour, individuality, science-fiction

6243 likes