1985 Reading Record Comments
	In 1985 I started recording the books I was reading in the back of my journal. It wasn't very accurate but at least I wasn't missing books. (The dates are off by less than a month!) The comments are not very helpful, so if you want more information about the book, click the title or the book image for links to Amazon. Page Count Grade 0-9 Date I finished Source (FPL: Fargo Public Library, MSU: Minnesota State University Moorhead Library)
	Return To Earth by: Aldrin, Buzz A good biography, dealing with his depression once he returned to Earth. 338 pages 7.0 1/5/85 FPL
	Sir Richard Burton by: Burton, Sir Richard Not that interesting, his translations sound more interesting. 272 pages 2.0 1/5/85 FPL
	Forever War, The by: Haldeman, Joe really good book really 236 pages 6.0 1/5/85 FPL
	Star Smashers Of The Galaxy Rangers by: Harrison, Harry Super stereotypes funny, very funny 212 pages 7.9 1/5/85 FPL
	Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World by: Harrison, Harry As good as the other ss rat books. Harry is a quite a good writer; very versitle 191 pages 7.0 1/5/85 FPL
	America by: Cookes, Alistar Quick overview of American History. 395 pages 5.0 1/25/85 FPL
	I Me Mine by: Harrison, George A nice biography and an interesting look at his songwritting, which in this contexts seems vastly overrated. 381 pages 4.0 1/25/85 FPL
	In The Days Of Mc Kinley by: Leech, Margaret Great Guy, Mc Kinley, but the book was longer than I was willing to read. (603pp) Not dry 'though 121 pages 5.0 1/25/85 MSU
	Varieties Of Mystic Experiencee, An Anthology And Interpretation by: O'Brien, Elmer Father O'Brian was a joke, bad poetry by figures of the early church, now considered saints. 321 pages 2.0 1/25/85 FPL
	Everyday Things In Ancient Greece by: Quennell, Marjorie It didn't have what I was interested in: a description of bizarre religious practices, but was interesting enough to read anyway. 247 pages 3.0 1/25/85 MSU
	Ascent The Mountaineering Story by: Roper, Steve and Steck, Allen Great pictures, the stories were fiction, dumb 171 pages 2.0 1/25/85 FPL
	Uptown Local, Downtown Express by: Stevenson, Jami New Yorker 101 pages 4.0 1/25/85 FPL
	Niels Bohr The Man, His Science, & The World They Changed by: Moore, Ruth niels was a great man, at least as heavy as Einstein. quiet enjoyable especially consideing it was true. 200 pages 6.0 2/3/85 FPL
	X Stands For Unknown by: Asimov, Isaac Lots of interesting subjects 218 pages 6.0 3/4/85 FPL
	A Work Of Giants; Building The First Transcontinental Railroad by: Griswold, Wesley (Union Pacific) Building of the first transcontiental railroad 330 pages 3.0 3/4/85 FPL
	Omni- Interviews by: Omni, Only the Biologist made any sense. the others were into drugs and "other consciousnessess" 364 pages 4.0 3/4/85 FPL
	Gods Themself, The by: Asimov, Issac Good, flaws when Issac trys to explain reasons people do the thing they do, or the explainations are stupider than the actions. 288 pages 6.0 3/29/85 FPL
	Rolling Stones And Their Times, The by: Booth, Stanley cool, very interesting. 385 pages 6.0 3/29/85 FPL
	Last Starship From Earth, The by: Boyd, John great like Logans Run. 181 pages 7.0 3/29/85 FPL
	Into The Heart Of The Mind An American Quest For Artificial Intelligence by: Rose, Frank Excellent overview of artifical intelligence field. Entertaining too. 209 pages 6.0 3/29/85 FPL
	My Early Travels And Adventures In America by: Stanley, Henry Booring, I was hoping for more details on the wick lives of the frontier, but only got dealings with Indians. 291 pages 2.0 3/29/85 FPL
	Banned Films by: Degrazia, Roger and Newman, Edward Skimmed, it was informative history a bit amusing too. 386 pages 6.0 5/18/85 FPL
	Dayworld by: Farmer, Philip Jose suffers from Asimov's problem of explaining away charactor modivation. Interesting none the less. 320 pages 6.0 5/18/85 FPL
	Mighty Minutes Illustrated History of TV Commercials by: Hall, Jim TV commercials, picture book, slight;y interesting. 167 pages 5.0 5/18/85 FPL
	Planet Of No Return by: Harrison, Harry good pulp, very pulpy I got it at Ernies on 6/8/85 'cause it was illustrated. 232 pages 6.0 5/18/85 Craig
	Right Stuff, The by: Wolfe, Tom great book even for Tom. 436 pages 7.0 5/18/85 FPL
	Basketball Diaries, The by: Carroll, Jim This book made the NY to LA flight the shortest on record. While I was gone dad brought my library books back before I recorded them. Theres another 800 pages approx. 200 pages 9.0 6/15/85 Suzanne
	Before I Get Old; The Story Of The WHO by: Marsh, Dave Great, Filmore East good, Do you wanna have kids, kids? A book I want for my library. 522 pages 9.0 6/15/85 FPL
	Job A Comedy of Justice by: Heinlein, Robert A. Well written, suckered me right into it. As good as "Friday" 376 pages 7.0 8/3/85 FPL
	American Art Of The 20th Century by: Hunter, Sam Theodore Rosezak was a medicore sculpter, too bad. 436 pages 3.0 8/3/85 MSU
	Medium Is The Massage, The by: McLuhan, Marshall good pictures, famous book. 157 pages 5.0 8/3/85 FPL
	Civil Tongue, A by: Newman, Edwin I was boored right away 196 pages 2.0 8/3/85 FPL
	History Of The Early Church To AD 500, A by: Wand, John William Charles Just a wild hair... I prefer that devil book I read. 263 pages 2.0 8/3/85 FPL
	Nomads Of Niger by: Beckwith, Carol Some interesting pictures, but nothing inspiring. 224 pages 2.0 9/7/85 FPL
	Porsche by: Clausager, Andre cool, makes me want a Porsche that much more. 217 pages 6.0 9/7/85 FPL
	Asiatic Mythology by: Hackin, J. It could have been better, but it did enlighten me to the diferences between hinduism and buddism. 448 pages 4.0 9/7/85 FPL
	John Von Heuman And Norbert Wiener by: Heims, Steve 414 pages 5.0 9/7/85 FPL
	Popular Mathematics The Understanding And Enjoyment Of Mathematics by: Miller, 616 pages 2.0 9/7/85 FPL
	Master Drawings From Cave Art To Picasso by: Pignatti, Terisio Seems good, early works were flukes. 385 pages 6.0 9/7/85 FPL
	Airbrush by: Vero, Rade Some good sections, I photocopied those. 186 pages 6.0 9/7/85 FPL
	Art And History Of Personal Combat, The by: Wise, Arthur good, "getting stabbed" pictures. 250 pages 4.0 9/7/85 MSU
	Body Book, The by: Bodanis, David Super great, informative, very informative. 287 pages 8.0 9/24/85 FPL
	Tower Of Glass by: Silverberg, Robert interesting but hardly memorable. Krug builds a tower on earth, not in space. 184 pages 4.0 9/24/85 FPL
	Annual Worlds Best Science Fiction, 1985 by: Wolheim, Donald A. Good stories, especially John Varley 302 pages 6.0 9/24/85 FPL
	Robots And Empires by: Asimov, Issac Super, he weaves Robot and Empire stories 383 pages 7.0 10/20/85 FPL
	Hackers by: Levy, Steven Cool at first but then they sell out. Steven is good. Years later I'm loving his column in Mac World. 440 pages 6.0 10/20/85 FPL
	Spacefarers Of The 80's And 90's The Next Thousand People in Space by: Oberg, Alcestis R. Up to the minute, interesting. 221 pages 4.0 10/20/85 FPL
	Merchants War by: Pohl, Fredrick Interesting how people get used to things, you think you're right, yet me so wrong. 209 pages 6.0 10/20/85 FPL
	History Of The U S Airforce by: Yenne, Bill Loads of great pictures and graphs. 221 pages 4.0 10/20/85 FPL
	Autobiography, An by: Adams, Ansel He used blocks of his life as chapters 385 pages 6.0 12/1/85 FPL
	Hammer Of The Gods by: Davis, Stephen groovy account of Led Zeppelin 346 pages 7.0 12/1/85 FPL
	Contact by: Sagan, Carl Cool, I love the ending. 432 pages 9.0 12/1/85 FPL
	Omni's Screen Flights, Screen Fantasies The Future According To The Cinema by: Peary, Danny Lots of cool info. 302 pages 6.0 12/4/85 MSU
	Life Of Python by: Perry, George Lots of cool info. 184 pages 6.0 12/4/85 MSU
	Last Man The by: Shelley, Mary The charactors were too dumb, the plot was too slow and the language was so thick it made you gag. 342 pages 2.0 12/4/85 MSU
	65 Books / 16,121 Total Pages Pages Total Pages