I get the point about Starship Troopers, but at the same time, the issue of fascism looms large in that book precisely because Heinlein makes the presumption that a state run by the military would somehow be honorable and dutiful, and making it seem as though it would become some sort of libertarian paradise, run by…

Slaughterhouse-Five is, to me, also about death, and dealing with grief for people who have died.

I'm guessing I'm also a resident, not sure if OK counts. But I will say that there is no shortage of Shiner in OK. Can't get as much Lone Star, which is a pity as I do enjoy it, though my brother in law, who lives in Austin and who we visit regularly, pokes fun at me for liking Lone Star. Screw him, it's good and…

Lone Star and a shot of Jager was the combination on 6th Street

The Saint of Arnold rebukes you.

The D'Aulaireses are awesome! My mom has a copy of their Norse Mythology that she was read to by her mom, and that she read to us.

Sorry to be all shouty, but I checked this book out SO much when I was a kid, I barely gave anyone else a chance to read it. I still have this in my Amazon wish list cause I want a copy for myself as an adult.

And the ability to hold your fingers in five different parts of the book so you can go back if you chose wrong. The early form of save games.

Loved D'Aulaire's! It was a pleasure to give those books to my own child.

It's just a collection of old book cover art with encyclopedia writeups for each one in the style of Jane's Fighting Ships, but when I saw it at age 11, it felt like my body was lighter than smoke. It was an entire world to disappear into.

No damn cat, and no damn cradle.

Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators. I think it was the first book in the series, and it was the first book I ever read that wasn't aimed at preschoolers. It's the book that got me reading real books. I soon moved on from that to Doc Savage and then to Science Fiction and Fantasy books. I probably would have…

Austin is a great city. Great atmosphere, great policies, friendly and diverse population, amazing food and music scene, lots of science/sci-fi groups there. It's no wonder the rest of Texas looks down on it.

If we could also have fewer shows about hillbillies killing and/or capturing animals, that would be great, too.

Now if only the "history" channel would follow suit

Sadly, the whole point of putting Luke on Tattooine was that it's out of the way and Vader couldn't find him there. Then some idiot decided we needed Tattooine in the prequels, and bam, lore continuity ruined forever.

Are you joking? It's a job that no one has ever heard of, highly unique. All sorts of interesting history pops up in those.

If I read this correctly the DNA is showing that they are related to those found in other parts of the world, but that they were interbred with the wolf populations.