Hi there all who dont read this and the one other that does

Have never heard of Landis - so there is another one for me to look up. I am going to have to look over Crimson Petal again as there is so much detail to remember.

I've also read the Journals of Andre Gide - very subtle self-analysis and considerations of the creative process. He was another tortured artist, agonising over - is death the end of everything? What about the soul? Can the soul be separated from the body?. His ruminations are very involved - like Henry James - searching and questing perhaps too much. Can you refine your thoughts to this degree?

Now started Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond. This looks really interesting and covers great breaths of History - Easter Island, present day Montana, the Mayans. Environmental, economic and social analysis - looking at the problems societies have in maintaining their viability.