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book recommendations
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:03 pm
by francis
anyone?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:04 pm
by putty
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:25 pm
by hoby
The Bear Comes Home - Rafi Zabor
Recording the Beatles - Kehew and Ryan
Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek - Annie Dillard
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:02 pm
by harrymcq
"Kafka on the Shore" is a great one but I might recommend "The Wind Up Bird Chronicle" or "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" first. Love all his stuff though. Just about to start "After Dark."
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:21 am
by pete
How The Mind Works - Steven Pinker
I Am A Strange Loop - Douglas Hofstadter
Anything by Richard Brautigan
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:39 am
by putty
Oh man, I love In Watermelon Sugar by Brautigan. One of my favorites.
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:38 pm
by Guest
pete,
where is that richard dawkins quote from?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:39 pm
by francis
not sure if it really matters, but that was me. not sure how/why i was logged out.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:05 am
by pete
Anonymous-francis wrote:pete,
where is that richard dawkins quote from?
It's from his article
Gaps in the Mind, which was included in
A Devil's Chaplain, and was first published in in Peter Singer's
The Great Ape Project.
There seems to be a fairly accurate transcription
here.
I guess I may as well add that nearly everything Dawkins writes is worth reading.
The Selfish Gene is at least my third favorite book of all time.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:22 pm
by francis
i have been slowly working my way through 'the god delusion'. i just came across 'the selfish gene', which i will probably read after i finish the first one.
thanks for all of the recommendations. hopefully these helped others find something they want to read.
i was recommended 'geek love' by katherine dunn over on the duo boards. it seems interesting, so that may be my next read. luckily, a friend of mine has a copy.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:40 pm
by rhythmicstorm
drop city - tc boyle
the best read i had all year.
also, the 13th tale.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:36 am
by Big Bob
For a light read, I suggest:
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:42 pm
by bitchtits
it took me long enough to actually read it cause i dont read much but the rum diaries by Hunter S.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:20 pm
by putty
Yesterday I bought
The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary and
Dubliners by James Joyce
no relation apparently. so far the horse's mouth is pretty funny.
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:51 pm
by bear
I loved "Kafka on the Shore". I've been reading a lot of Tom Robbins lately. even his non-fiction short writings are hilarious!