God, No!

God, No! is a collection rants, some of which are about being an atheist, and many of which appear to be random blog posts about nothing in particular.  Being a rich and famous guy, he talks a lot about hanging out with other rich and famous folks, and mentions many times that one of the benefits of being rich and famous is having a lot of naked women wander in and out of his life.  He’s also very fond of repeating himself, which kind of works in standup comedy, but gets old pretty fast on the printed page. Penn Jillette…

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Indignation by Philip Roth

“On Philip Roth’s ten-most-important list, number 1 would have to be:my dick!”  ~Carolyn See Indignation is the story of college aged atheist Marcus Messner.  He was raised by Jewish parents during the Korean War.  He is not a very likable fellow.  Nothing seems to go his way and he spends a good deal of his time complaining about the fact that nothing ever goes his way.  He also spends a lot of time talking about how men his age are being Drafted into the army and sent off to be cannon fodder in Korea.  So he goes to college to…

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