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I have read the first 2 books, wow. I read the old translation decades ago, so I know the gist of the story. Reading now as an older adult in a version that leaves nothing out and translates the dialogue as the author intended is a treat. I am going to read some other things and come back to that last book.

I am about 2/3 through the first volume. I read it many years ago. My paternal aunts Kelly and Rusty who read a lot were fond of it and let me read it. I saw Liv Ullmann's ho hum film of the book when it came out in English subtitles; so the story is familiar. I have been planning to read Tiina Nunnally's translation from the late 90s, it is very refreshing, the 1920s translations butchered the dialog.

I am about 2/3 through. The version I have from 2016 has a great intro by Neil Gaiman. It is part of a series of reprints Penguin did of some of its classic sci fi title.
I read Lathe of Heaven some years ago for a book club and am using her version of the Tao te Ching. I have been meaning to take a deeper dive. This is the one recommended for folks like me. So far so good, after getting used to another world.

another recommendation by Sheldon Solomon. About 1/3 way through, it is more readable (to me) than Dickens or Austen or other 19th century writers. Solomon isn't the only one out there saying it is well worth the effort to read, and it is fairly short so her I go

I finished this gem; I have also read her first novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. This one deals with death, and was recommended by the psychologist whose passion has been the denial of death, Sheldon Solomon. Good overall in southern gothic style. the biggest flaw was she described a Baptist preacher who was not credible regarding how poorly he handled the concerns of a dying parishoner.

I started this yesterday. My therapist recommended it. In our session Monday he was unwell, fell from his chair and I had to call 911. I think I need to give Julia Cameron's book a try

Just starting this book. I read a negative review a few years ago and avoided this book. More recently I saw a positive review on facebook by someone I admire, and 2 other folks I think highly of said they loved it. Oh, and someone I like and respect gave me a copy. So it seems the universe is suggesting I read it, who am I to argue?

I am loving this book. It is a collection of essays, selected by the author for this volume, shortly before he died. Shepard is an author of wide breadth, so it is no surprise some of the essays resonated more than others. So far I liked The Metaphysical Bear, about humanity and mythology, and On the Significance of Being Shaped by the Past, about humanity's life as hunter gatherers.

I have been meaning to read this for some time. This was on the bookshelf of my aunt's Rusty and Kelly. They were big readers and tackled translations of Norwegian authors (like this book) and Swedes too as well as American and English authors. Although out of print, there are lots of copies of this around. There is still demand on the used book market, where I got this copy.

A book of essays so some more engaging than others. The scholarship is old (70s, 80s, Shepard died in 1996) but refreshing all the same. A critique on modernity and what humanity lost giving up hunter/gatherer lifestyle

Good read. A few inconsistencies such as eating ripe blackberries in late spring should be summer.