Feb. 23rd, 2011

 Mercy Blade, Faith Hunter.  (There's some seriously good worldbuilding in this series; the author recognizes that since vampires/werewolves, et cetera, are virtually immortal, their conflicts can go decades and centuries into the past. The New Orleans setting is also very good.)

Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs. (Another good installment of one of my favorite urban fantasy heroines, Mercy Thompson.) 

Train Wreck: the End of the Conservative Revolution, Bill Press. (Unfortunately, this train has not yet gone off the rails. But this writer gives a good argument for never letting Republicans near Washington. After all, as he states so eloquently, if you think government is the problem, you sure as hell can't run it.) 

Conservatives Without Conscience, John W. Dean. (This is one of the scariest books I've ever read, as it absolutely nails the conservative authoritarian mindset. Dean describes them as being "enemies of freedom, antidemocratic, antiequality, highly prejudiced, mean-spirited, power hungry, Machiavellian, and amoral." Sound familiar? That's nearly all the Teatwits and most Republicans I've ever seen.) 

 
 Mercy Blade, Faith Hunter.  (There's some seriously good worldbuilding in this series; the author recognizes that since vampires/werewolves, et cetera, are virtually immortal, their conflicts can go decades and centuries into the past. The New Orleans setting is also very good.)

Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs. (Another good installment of one of my favorite urban fantasy heroines, Mercy Thompson.) 

Train Wreck: the End of the Conservative Revolution, Bill Press. (Unfortunately, this train has not yet gone off the rails. But this writer gives a good argument for never letting Republicans near Washington. After all, as he states so eloquently, if you think government is the problem, you sure as hell can't run it.) 

Conservatives Without Conscience, John W. Dean. (This is one of the scariest books I've ever read, as it absolutely nails the conservative authoritarian mindset. Dean describes them as being "enemies of freedom, antidemocratic, antiequality, highly prejudiced, mean-spirited, power hungry, Machiavellian, and amoral." Sound familiar? That's nearly all the Teatwits and most Republicans I've ever seen.) 

 

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