Luba's book is finally out. - Page 5

Chris Chappell · 02-01-2003, 01:31 PM

As is customary I'm bumping this up for the new members and anyone else who hasn't read:

"In Search Of The Lost Cord"

It's well worth the $20.

Misa1 · 02-01-2003, 06:59 PM

its a good one, read it all in one day

Schmeky · 02-01-2003, 09:45 PM

Yes, I have read it also. I found the history of SCI research interesting, but it also pointed out how far research has yet to go. I think Luba did a credible job of amassing the info she had privey to, but to claim history may have to be rewritten in the near future is hopelessly optimistic. I guess it depends on how you define "near future".

Government regs, lack of funding, scarcity of resources, lack of research collaberation, and the low percentage ratio status of the SCI community (compared to AIDS for example) conspires to make her book less than accurate as far as an applicable real world cure is concerned.

She spent no time discussing funding, politics, religious, and subsequent moral issues associated with SCI research. Don't get me wrong, this book is relatively well written and well organized, I just think it may give the SCI sufferer an overly optimistic outlook. We still have a long way to go.

Morgan · 02-02-2003, 10:38 PM

Yes, i read it , too, last November and got angry afterward. Not because its not right on, but because we are so many years away. Angers a bitch.

Live for today, look to tomorrow

Chris Chappell · 06-02-2003, 12:52 PM

bump for newer members.

A great book and a great way to educate yourself concerning sci cure related research.

dogger · 09-16-2003, 04:42 AM

i'm bumping this up so new members can get access to this book [it can be read online ] . it is very informative about the progress of SCI research .
thank you ,
dogger

every day i wake up is a good one .

Chris Chappell · 10-04-2003, 09:12 PM

bump.

Echoing dogger,

I strongly encourage everyone associated with sci to read this book - twice.

john smith · 03-16-2005, 06:48 AM

BTW, I read this book last fall. I strongly recommend it as a primer on the development of SCI research. It is exciting to read and the Science is easy to understand. It reads more like a novel than a Science text.

John

"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence." Lin Yutang

Myc0 · 08-28-2005, 03:09 AM

I was just checking out the book forum, which for some reason I hadn't noticed before, and saw this thread. I have not read this book but plan on reading part of it online, and if I like I'll buy a copy and finish it. I just wanted to give it a bump since so many people here liked it and I think it's always positive to encourage literacy. If I could just put down the Stephen King books that tie in to my Dark Tower obsession. I'm also curious what the quote taken from X-Racer, a guy on this board was?

lynnifer · 08-28-2005, 03:44 AM

Myc0 - I'm a big Dark Tower fan myself. Always thought if I had a son, I'd name him Roland - lol.

08-28-2005, 03:09 AM	#49
Myc0 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Twilight in the Garden of Good and Evil Posts: 1,895	bump in the night I was just checking out the book forum, which for some reason I hadn't noticed before, and saw this thread. I have not read this book but plan on reading part of it online, and if I like I'll buy a copy and finish it. I just wanted to give it a bump since so many people here liked it and I think it's always positive to encourage literacy. If I could just put down the Stephen King books that tie in to my Dark Tower obsession. I'm also curious what the quote taken from X-Racer, a guy on this board was? __________________ De Omnibus Dubitandum

08-28-2005, 03:44 AM	#50
lynnifer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Windsor ON Canada Posts: 15,301	Myc0 - I'm a big Dark Tower fan myself. Always thought if I had a son, I'd name him Roland - lol. __________________ I think over again my small adventures, My fears, Those small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach; And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing, To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world. Anonymous (Inuit, 19th century) T-11 Flaccid Paraplegic due to TM July 1985 @ age 12

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02-01-2003, 01:31 PM	#41
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 7,035	As is customary I'm bumping this up for the new members and anyone else who hasn't read: "In Search Of The Lost Cord" It's well worth the $20.

02-01-2003, 06:59 PM	#42
Misa1 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 53	its a good one, read it all in one day

02-01-2003, 09:45 PM	#43
Schmeky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: West Monroe, LA, USA Posts: 3,398	Yes, I have read it also. I found the history of SCI research interesting, but it also pointed out how far research has yet to go. I think Luba did a credible job of amassing the info she had privey to, but to claim history may have to be rewritten in the near future is hopelessly optimistic. I guess it depends on how you define "near future". Government regs, lack of funding, scarcity of resources, lack of research collaberation, and the low percentage ratio status of the SCI community (compared to AIDS for example) conspires to make her book less than accurate as far as an applicable real world cure is concerned. She spent no time discussing funding, politics, religious, and subsequent moral issues associated with SCI research. Don't get me wrong, this book is relatively well written and well organized, I just think it may give the SCI sufferer an overly optimistic outlook. We still have a long way to go.

02-02-2003, 10:38 PM	#44
Morgan Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California, us Posts: 56	Yes, i read it , too, last November and got angry afterward. Not because its not right on, but because we are so many years away. Angers a bitch. Live for today, look to tomorrow

06-02-2003, 12:52 PM	#45
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 7,035	bump for newer members. A great book and a great way to educate yourself concerning sci cure related research.

09-16-2003, 04:42 AM	#46
dogger Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mitchell , Qld. Australia Posts: 2,239	i'm bumping this up so new members can get access to this book [it can be read online ] . it is very informative about the progress of SCI research . thank you , dogger every day i wake up is a good one .

10-04-2003, 09:12 PM	#47
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 7,035	bump. Echoing dogger, I strongly encourage everyone associated with sci to read this book - twice.

03-16-2005, 06:48 AM	#48
john smith Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hood River, OR USA Posts: 1,877	BTW, I read this book last fall. I strongly recommend it as a primer on the development of SCI research. It is exciting to read and the Science is easy to understand. It reads more like a novel than a Science text. John "Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence." Lin Yutang