My name is JJ Wylie, and I am a resident of Las Vegas, NV.
I am a freelance writer, working on a novel. (Need something written? Contact me.)
I am also a graduate of UNLV.
Check out my "Costco Condom Story".
The main sections of my web-site are:
my news page.
my bookshelf.
my movie shelf.
my music shelf.
my quotes page.
my blog.
YAHOO is my favorite commercial net portal.
My favorite free e-mail service is GMAIL.
GOOGLE is my favorite search engine.
Radcliffe College has also compiled a list of the top 100 English-language novels of the 20th Century.
Powell's Books, an Oregon bookstore chain, has compiled their top 25 novels of the 20th Century.
If you're into hip-hop, go to www.hiphopsite.com.
As if you'd care, here are my Picks & Pans:
PICKS:
The Human Story, by James C. Davis. A wonderfully engrossing synthesis of history.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon. This is one of the best novels I've read in years.
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson's thorough yet hilarious account of the history of science.
Positively Fifth Street, James McManus's true-life account of his unlikely run at the 2000 World Series of Poker.
Disgrace, the Booker prize winning novel by J.M. Coetzee.Anil's Ghost, the latest novel by Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient.
Everything by the late, great Joseph Heller, especially Catch-22.
PANS:
The short-sighted "War On Terror" that threatens the lawful freedoms that are the bedrock of America.
Insurance companies.
Religions.
Purists of any kind.
Responses? Mail them to: jj@jjwylie.com
