Africa. Definitely merits a frowny-face.

Satire: throw in a little giggle into your reading list.
* Cat’s Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut): some say Slaughterhouse-Five is his
best, I say this one. Also: Bokononism!


promise you, it’s gorgeously ironic.
* The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams): you kill two
birds with two stones here: sci-fi and satire. Whee!

This is where I reach the end of my endurance. I haven’t even gotten