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Poll: Your Favorite Books
suselinux:
As We Know It: Coming to Terms with an Evolved Mind
--by Marek Kohn (The BEST book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I couldn't put it down finished it in like a week. Really interesting, he sites a study saying that Canada is a safer place compared to the States because of universal healthcare. Life makes a little more sense after reading this book, its basically about sociobiology, and why we think the way do, because we are just animals in the end)
Stephen Hawking's books are really good, he knows who he's writing for, so they are really easy to read.
A Brief History of Time, and every other book by
-- Stephen Hawking
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
-- by Fritjof Capra
Buddhism Plain and Simple
--by Steve Hagen (this like my bible, if you can defanitley read this book it will change your life, for the better of course)
Atheism: The Case Against God
--by George H. Smith (you've got to be careful who you tell when you say you read stuff like this, so I'm not forcin' views on anyone here OK)
The Satanic Verses
-- by Salman Rushdie (frankly I never figured out what all the kafuffel was about, but I know almost nothing about Islam)
and some others I can't remeber the names of I'll look em up on Amazon if I'm not too lazy
slvadcjelli42:
Yeah!! Douglas Adams!! Had to say that. So, basically, anything by him (except, I haven't read that salmon one, sorry.) The "Hitchhiker's Guide" Series... Of course, the "Dirk Gently" pair ;) Yeah, it sucks that he's dead :( :( :(
Also: 1984, The Stand, EVERY "Dark Tower" book, The Hot Zone, Catch-22, Signal to Noise, Fahrenheit 451, Logan's Run... I could go on, but I won't...
Pissed_Macman:
quote:Originally posted by Zardoz:
No. What is it about??? (in no less than 200 words)
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The Salmon of Doubt was supposed to be the title of the Dirk Gently book he was working on when he died. No one knows what the title means though. The Salmon of Doubt book they put out after he died is a collection of some of his writings from magazines and interviews with him, some very interesting stuff (I found out he was a Mac dude ) and the last part of it is what he was in the process of working on for the real Salmon of doubt, which was very good even though there's not much of it. A terrible tragedy he never was able to finish it because it would have been a great book.
Fett101:
quote:Originally posted by Macman: pimpin da streets o seattle:
A terrible tragedy he never was able to finish it because it would have been a great book.
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As would the HGTTG movie. Goodness knows what limbo it's in now.
jasonlane:
I shall read it, it's now officially on my list. cool ;)
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