Creative Speculation

arthritisR_US

(7,393 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:28 PM Jan 2015

Any good suggestions for books to read?

I find 911, JFK, MLK and the politics of greed to all be interesting.

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Any good suggestions for books to read? (Original Post) arthritisR_US Jan 2015 OP

Yes! 11/22/63: A Novel greyl Jan 2015 #1

An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King ? jakeXT Jan 2015 #2

Does he deal at all with the racist Joseph Milteer? nt arthritisR_US Feb 2015 #5

This might be outside your interests, but... kag Jan 2015 #3

I'm currently reading (among the other books I always have on the go) a book about arthritisR_US Feb 2015 #6

Any book by Stephen Jay Gould William Seger Jan 2015 #4

Never heard of him. nt arthritisR_US Feb 2015 #7

greyl

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1. Yes! 11/22/63: A Novel

Reply to arthritisR_US (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:21 AM

Jan 2015

If you're looking for hardcore, actual creative speculation(not the euphemism applied to this Group), it'd be hard to beat. What happens when a guy goes back in time to try to prevent Kennedy's assassination, while trying to make sure it really was Oswald that did it.

11/22/63: A Novel paperback at Amazon.

Its audio version narrated by Craig Wasson is damn good, too. I'm about 90% through that one.

jakeXT

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2. An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King ?

Reply to arthritisR_US (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 03:36 AM

Jan 2015

William Pepper talked about his book An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King, published by Verso.?The book is about his friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., their work together in opposing the Vietnam War and on the Poor Peoples Campaign, and Dr.?King’s assassination.?Mr.?Pepper argues that James Earl Ray, the man convicted of assassinating Dr.?King, was only a “patsy” and that the men who conspired to kill Dr.?King -- at least one of whom is still alive -- have never been brought to justice.?Mr.?Pepper also talks about the 1999 wrongful death lawsuit brought, and won, by the King family against Memphis restaurant owner Lloyd Jowers, on the grounds that he conspired to kill Dr.?King.?He answered questions from members of the audience following his remarks

http://www.c-span.org/video/?160769-1/book-discussion-act-state-execution-martin-luther-king

arthritisR_US

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5. Does he deal at all with the racist Joseph Milteer? nt

Reply to jakeXT (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:31 PM

Feb 2015

kag

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3. This might be outside your interests, but...

Reply to arthritisR_US (Original post)

Fri Jan 23, 2015, 09:32 AM

Jan 2015

I just finished "I Am Malala", and liked it way more than I thought I would. She talks about the reign of terror brought down by the Taliban in Swat, Pakistan. The description of the shooting is also very compelling.