Subject: From Val
From: "Val Stevenson" <val_stevenson@dennis.co.uk>
Date: 3/3/09, 09:52
To: "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com>

Barrett,

Hope all's well. If they haven't already arrived, two copies of the latest
mag are en route to you with the 2012 review.

I don't want to overburden you, so feel free to tell me to back off if I'm
suggesting too many titles. Anyway, if you're interested/ have some spare
bile... 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Wise-Men-Philip-Gardiner/dp/0955597099
Gardiner is a treat, if you're in the mood - the syntax is uniquely awful,
and the ideas, for want of a better word, are badly expressed and ponderous
rubbish. (Not that I want to prejudice you against it...)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fractal-Time-Secret-2012-World/dp/1848500750/ref=sr_
1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236091136&sr=1-4
Braden is quite shockingly bad - the Earth twirling on its Axis, Rapture,
2012 and the rest, all described with unscientific brio. And Hay House has
never knowingly produced a reputable book, bless them.

I have more sensible books, but there's less scope for the mockery you excel
in...

Best,

Vx

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