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Book 21: Off Armageddon Reef by  David Weber

This fills my sci-fi niche for the moment. Humanity is almost dead so we send out an ark to the other side of the galaxy and then enforce a limit to their technological growth through a created religion. Only the people making the religion kind of get caught up in it and, well, make themselves demi-powers. So the android body with a human (pre-ark) consciousness has to intervene. Two thoughts: 1. there are sailing ships and sword fights. Yay! 2. No one realizes how much you can do with water power until its far too late.  Rating: A

Book 22: Buddha Vol. 3: Devadatta by Osamu Tezuka

I read most of the series last year but this volume just now made it to the library. Weird. Tezuka is the man who created Astroboy for those who think he sounds familiar. I’ve been trying to think of a corollary. Mabye Neil Gaiman writes the story of Jesus? Anyways, this is the story of Buddha with a decided Mahayana bent. As most of my Buddhist knowledge is Theravandan in origin it is part eh? and part enlightening. Rating: A

Book 23: They Call Me Coach by  John Wooden
Another of the Doug Smith books. This is the autobiography of one of the most successful NCAA coaches of all time. He includes his life, his beliefs, and how to run a basketball team. He is (literally) old school. The team is the most important part of the game. No deviations. No personal actions that go outside that construct. That goes for clothing, hair, and vulgarity. An interesting read but put-downable at times. It took me a bit to get through it.  Rating: B

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