that once you go down the path of cognitive dissidence we have been against it half a century to the war on drugs. because people just rarely change their mind to say i am wrong. buckram realization is next with gay rights it is not that i feel oppressed. i've live-in la. [laughter] but you hear that they have no morals or should not be citizens. it is all happening very quickly. and i gave you double biblical passages to support [laughter] >> thanks for being here. [applause]

michael shermer will be happy to sign copies of the book. we invite you up for lunch the spiral staircase or the elevator. there are books also on the staircase. thank you for coming. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good morning everyone who is

watching the technology. the panel will be fascinating and you will have a great time. i am not used to having this many people show up to see me without a court order. [laughter] this will be fabulous. the panel discussion in is by the book. did we have authors and common nicholson, francine and walter. [applause] news paul is the editor of "the new york times" book review in the popular interview call love by the book. her new book brings together 65 of the most intriguing

and fascinating exchanges over time. she is joined by the author of six novels as well as the co-owner of the bookstore. heard newest book is the story of a happy marriage before the publication of her first novel she wrote for seven teen magazine. >> some novels the latest is in the chronicles we're a protagonist appears again. he is joined by francine prose. her latest book mothers that the to million club is the novel set in the 1920's. also on the panel is the author of more than 40 books

most notably of the easy rawlins mystery series. it happens of radical black nationalism and objections. ladies and gentlemen, our panel. [applause] >> in 2012 and a first are did to buy the book i had a few motivations. while i like to believe as the editor of the book review the only reason they ever buy books is due to book reviews. occasionally there are other reasons and one of the run -- the ones most cited is sort of mao's. one is the current

controversy. as we think evade dorky and cheaper red carpet question. but i would ask the people that we read what are you reading and why? i a fatah of this while at the apollo theater in harlem and always i thought that was kind and generous. not all of them were funny but he was the first person i asked to do by the book which is now booked through 2015 it has become so popular with authors and others that sometimes like to show that they also like

to read and. one of the few times it was truly working was on three separate occasions when bookstore owners told me that they had come into the store with of page torn out and one said i want these and another set i want everything that she recommends. [laughter] so i have four great authors your. i feel like there is the spectrum where there are those who can talking endlessly if you ask them they will talk about the book while they're in the bathroom stall or whenever given an opportunity. on the other end some that

will never talk about their books for crow in the vast middle they will talk about a buck get sick of talking about it. this is the location to talk about other people's books. but by the book is what people have time to think over to come up with the exact answer but here it is on the spot with cheat sheets so i just want to issue that excuse to everyone here in case they don't remember the exact answer to their question. so what did you read on your way to the miami book fair? [laughter] we will just go down the line. >> because i own a bookstore i only read books that will not be out and tell march

but i read the in the very giant out in march. is medieval with ogres and dragons and i never would have wanted to read this book and i cannot put it down. i got up at 5:00 this morning so i could read for a couple of hour. >> within a couple hours she was waving the galley at me. >> a one to make sure it gets a good reviews. >> i use this on the played it is nice to have the machine it was called eucalyptus but what can i tell you? nineteenth century book reader has read every single thing he has written in french or english or greek or latin and has a wonderful

flowing style that helps me think. when i want to say things fluently i said let me read him and it helps me. >> for reasons that are probably too dark and personal to go into you, i have been on a huge because when i woke up to catch the early flight i was afraid it would run out with the tiny power bar and an aunt said i did the puzzle ana a magazine then read a few more pages going back and forth. [laughter] in the way i thought thomas would have loved it.

>> it is hard to remember the titles of the book was written 1981 as a for a study trip to england i realized that i loved his language. this was one of his books in and i love it because science-fiction mystery writer but he asks these questions i have always found very interesting. there is a soldier who didn't want to be a soldier but somehow became under the purview of say than that.org decided he doesn't like to

be safe than he was to go to heaven and he needs a guy to find a way for him to get back into have been. i love that. these and other problems i feel like i live with all the time in a very pedestrian way. [laughter] >> these answers are a nightmare that all of them are books that came out long ago or not out yet to. [laughter] but i am curious that is an actual book? bu is committed to reading on the amazon kindle. to use a device or old-fashioned books? >> paper always. i owed a bookstore. [laughter] i have a vested interest. >> i get up in the morning

to drive somewhere i had a stack of books in the back seat and i read aloud. reading in the car it is different so in the middle of the night i read between three and five. i read on the iphone because it is a wonderful machine. >>. >> i am sorry for that book light. >> i only read on a device because i used to travel with 100 pounds of books by forbid i was stuck in an airport but my favorite

place to read is going fast through the thruway. >> there is another question inside of it. it is like living cell phones budget against people in the condo. you can not like those. if you're on your cell phone >> what are you talking about? [laughter] >> the main chemical in a cell phones is mined in the condo. the reason there policy doesn't work is because

people of making a profit and it went dead democratic nation to stop them from the cheapest possible mineral to play in their cell phone. but i much prefer reading books on paper. but i am so excited because children who cannot afford books can download the thousands onto there of little devices and not pay for them or murdered millions of trees. it goes both ways. >> they can also go to the library. [laughter] >> when you live in the of could there are other issues that come up. >> i live in maine and there are so many trees. [laughter] and when you stop cutting down the trees in making paper than they close big

paper manufacturing places places, when you stop them little condominium developments sprout up those of the real enemies those of the real engines of sprawl. . .