book recommendations

francis · Post: # 17732Post **francis** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:03 pm

anyone?

putty · Post: # 17733Post **putty** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:04 pm

Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

hoby · Post: # 17735Post **hoby** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:25 pm

The Bear Comes Home - Rafi Zabor

Recording the Beatles - Kehew and Ryan

Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek - Annie Dillard

harrymcq · Post: # 17737Post **harrymcq** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:02 pm

"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."

pete · Post: # 17749Post **pete** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:21 am

How The Mind Works - Steven Pinker
I Am A Strange Loop - Douglas Hofstadter

Anything by Richard Brautigan

putty · Post: # 17750Post **putty** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:39 am

Oh man, I love In Watermelon Sugar by Brautigan. One of my favorites.

Guest · Post: # 17751Post **Guest** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:38 pm

pete,

where is that richard dawkins quote from?

francis · Post: # 17752Post **francis** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:39 pm

not sure if it really matters, but that was me. not sure how/why i was logged out.

pete · Post: # 17757Post **pete** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:05 am

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.

francis · Post: # 17758Post **francis** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:22 pm

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.

rhythmicstorm · Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:40 pm

drop city - tc boyle

the best read i had all year.

also, the 13th tale.

Big Bob · Post: # 17769Post **Big Bob** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:36 am

For a light read, I suggest:

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

bitchtits · Post: # 17796Post **bitchtits** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:42 pm

it took me long enough to actually read it cause i dont read much but the rum diaries by Hunter S.

putty · Post: # 17797Post **putty** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:20 pm

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.

bear · Post: # 17798Post **bear** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:51 pm

I loved "Kafka on the Shore". I've been reading a lot of Tom Robbins lately. even his non-fiction short writings are hilarious!