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  16     <h1>A Not So Fancy Listing of Books</h1>
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  18 <dl>
  19 <dt>
  20 <a href="#sec1">Douglas Adams</a>
  21 </dt>
  22 <dd>
  23 <dl>
  24 <dt>
  25 <a href="#sec2">Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (collected)</a>
  26 </dt>
  27 <dt>
  28 <a href="#sec3">The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul</a>
  29 </dt>
  30 </dl>
  31 </dd>
  32 <dt>
  33 <a href="#sec4">Aeschylus</a>
  34 </dt>
  35 <dd>
  36 <dl>
  37 <dt>
  38 <a href="#sec5">Oresteia</a>
  39 </dt>
  40 <dt>
  41 <a href="#sec6">Prometheus Bound</a>
  42 </dt>
  43 <dt>
  44 <a href="#sec7">The Persians</a>
  45 </dt>
  46 </dl>
  47 </dd>
  48 <dt>
  49 <a href="#sec8">John Allison</a>
  50 </dt>
  51 <dd>
  52 <dl>
  53 <dt>
  54 <a href="#sec9">Looks, Brains and Everything</a>
  55 </dt>
  56 <dt>
  57 <a href="#sec10">Blame the Sky</a>
  58 </dt>
  59 <dt>
  60 <a href="#sec11">Skellington</a>
  61 </dt>
  62 <dt>
  63 <a href="#sec12">The Retribution Index</a>
  64 </dt>
  65 <dt>
  66 <a href="#sec13">Great Aches</a>
  67 </dt>
  68 <dt>
  69 <a href="#sec14">Ahoy Hoy!</a>
  70 </dt>
  71 <dt>
  72 <a href="#sec15">Heavy Metal Hearts and Flowers</a>
  73 </dt>
  74 <dt>
  75 <a href="#sec16">Ghosts</a>
  76 </dt>
  77 </dl>
  78 </dd>
  79 <dt>
  80 <a href="#sec17">Anonymous</a>
  81 </dt>
  82 <dd>
  83 <dl>
  84 <dt>
  85 <a href="#sec18">Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz</a>
  86 </dt>
  87 </dl>
  88 </dd>
  89 <dt>
  90 <a href="#sec19">Aristophanes</a>
  91 </dt>
  92 <dd>
  93 <dl>
  94 <dt>
  95 <a href="#sec20">The Frogs</a>
  96 </dt>
  97 <dt>
  98 <a href="#sec21">The Clouds</a>
  99 </dt>
 100 <dt>
 101 <a href="#sec22">Ecclesiazusae</a>
 102 </dt>
 103 </dl>
 104 </dd>
 105 <dt>
 106 <a href="#sec23">Aristotle</a>
 107 </dt>
 108 <dd>
 109 <dl>
 110 <dt>
 111 <a href="#sec24">Ethics</a>
 112 </dt>
 113 <dt>
 114 <a href="#sec25">Categories</a>
 115 </dt>
 116 <dt>
 117 <a href="#sec26">Poetics</a>
 118 </dt>
 119 <dt>
 120 <a href="#sec27">Rhetoric</a>
 121 </dt>
 122 </dl>
 123 </dd>
 124 <dt>
 125 <a href="#sec28">Marcus Aurelius</a>
 126 </dt>
 127 <dd>
 128 <dl>
 129 <dt>
 130 <a href="#sec29">Meditations</a>
 131 </dt>
 132 </dl>
 133 </dd>
 134 <dt>
 135 <a href="#sec30">William Blake</a>
 136 </dt>
 137 <dd>
 138 <dl>
 139 <dt>
 140 <a href="#sec31">The Four Zoas</a>
 141 </dt>
 142 <dt>
 143 <a href="#sec32">Jerusalem</a>
 144 </dt>
 145 </dl>
 146 </dd>
 147 <dt>
 148 <a href="#sec33">Mike Carey</a>
 149 </dt>
 150 <dd>
 151 <dl>
 152 <dt>
 153 <a href="#sec34">Lucifer (series)</a>
 154 </dt>
 155 </dl>
 156 </dd>
 157 <dt>
 158 <a href="#sec35">Confucius</a>
 159 </dt>
 160 <dd>
 161 <dl>
 162 <dt>
 163 <a href="#sec36">Analects</a>
 164 </dt>
 165 </dl>
 166 </dd>
 167 <dt>
 168 <a href="#sec37">Neil Gaiman</a>
 169 </dt>
 170 <dd>
 171 <dl>
 172 <dt>
 173 <a href="#sec38">The Sandman (series)</a>
 174 </dt>
 175 <dt>
 176 <a href="#sec39">Good Omens</a>
 177 </dt>
 178 <dt>
 179 <a href="#sec40">American Gods</a>
 180 </dt>
 181 </dl>
 182 </dd>
 183 <dt>
 184 <a href="#sec41">John Taylor Gatto</a>
 185 </dt>
 186 <dd>
 187 <dl>
 188 <dt>
 189 <a href="#sec42">Underground History of American Education</a>
 190 </dt>
 191 </dl>
 192 </dd>
 193 <dt>
 194 <a href="#sec43">Kahlil Gibran</a>
 195 </dt>
 196 <dd>
 197 <dl>
 198 <dt>
 199 <a href="#sec44">A Tear and a Smile</a>
 200 </dt>
 201 <dt>
 202 <a href="#sec45">The Prophet</a>
 203 </dt>
 204 <dt>
 205 <a href="#sec46">Sand and Foam</a>
 206 </dt>
 207 <dt>
 208 <a href="#sec47">The Madman</a>
 209 </dt>
 210 </dl>
 211 </dd>
 212 <dt>
 213 <a href="#sec48">Homer</a>
 214 </dt>
 215 <dd>
 216 <dl>
 217 <dt>
 218 <a href="#sec49">The Odyssey</a>
 219 </dt>
 220 </dl>
 221 </dd>
 222 <dt>
 223 <a href="#sec50">Aldous Huxley</a>
 224 </dt>
 225 <dd>
 226 <dl>
 227 <dt>
 228 <a href="#sec51">The Doors of Perception</a>
 229 </dt>
 230 <dt>
 231 <a href="#sec52">Heaven and Hell</a>
 232 </dt>
 233 <dt>
 234 <a href="#sec53">Brave New World</a>
 235 </dt>
 236 </dl>
 237 </dd>
 238 <dt>
 239 <a href="#sec54">William James</a>
 240 </dt>
 241 <dd>
 242 <dl>
 243 <dt>
 244 <a href="#sec55">The Varieties of Religious Experience</a>
 245 </dt>
 246 <dt>
 247 <a href="#sec56">The PhD Octopus</a>
 248 </dt>
 249 </dl>
 250 </dd>
 251 <dt>
 252 <a href="#sec57">Henry James</a>
 253 </dt>
 254 <dd>
 255 <dl>
 256 <dt>
 257 <a href="#sec58">The Altar of the Dead</a>
 258 </dt>
 259 </dl>
 260 </dd>
 261 <dt>
 262 <a href="#sec59">Gregor Kiczales</a>
 263 </dt>
 264 <dd>
 265 <dl>
 266 <dt>
 267 <a href="#sec60">The Art of the Metaobject Protocol</a>
 268 </dt>
 269 </dl>
 270 </dd>
 271 <dt>
 272 <a href="#sec61">Søren Kierkegaard</a>
 273 </dt>
 274 <dd>
 275 <dl>
 276 <dt>
 277 <a href="#sec62">Sickness Unto Death</a>
 278 </dt>
 279 <dt>
 280 <a href="#sec63">Either/Or</a>
 281 </dt>
 282 <dt>
 283 <a href="#sec64">Fear and Trembling</a>
 284 </dt>
 285 <dt>
 286 <a href="#sec65">Repetition</a>
 287 </dt>
 288 <dt>
 289 <a href="#sec66">The Concept of Anxiety</a>
 290 </dt>
 291 </dl>
 292 </dd>
 293 <dt>
 294 <a href="#sec67">Alisa Kwitney</a>
 295 </dt>
 296 <dd>
 297 <dl>
 298 <dt>
 299 <a href="#sec68">Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold</a>
 300 </dt>
 301 </dl>
 302 </dd>
 303 <dt>
 304 <a href="#sec69">David Lamkins</a>
 305 </dt>
 306 <dd>
 307 <dl>
 308 <dt>
 309 <a href="#sec70">Successful Lisp</a>
 310 </dt>
 311 </dl>
 312 </dd>
 313 <dt>
 314 <a href="#sec71">Mencius</a>
 315 </dt>
 316 <dd>
 317 <dl>
 318 <dt>
 319 <a href="#sec72">Mencius</a>
 320 </dt>
 321 </dl>
 322 </dd>
 323 <dt>
 324 <a href="#sec73">Walter Miller</a>
 325 </dt>
 326 <dd>
 327 <dl>
 328 <dt>
 329 <a href="#sec74">A Canticle for Leibowitz</a>
 330 </dt>
 331 </dl>
 332 </dd>
 333 <dt>
 334 <a href="#sec75">John Milton</a>
 335 </dt>
 336 <dd>
 337 <dl>
 338 <dt>
 339 <a href="#sec76">Paradise Lost</a>
 340 </dt>
 341 </dl>
 342 </dd>
 343 <dt>
 344 <a href="#sec77">Alan Moore</a>
 345 </dt>
 346 <dd>
 347 <dl>
 348 <dt>
 349 <a href="#sec78">Watchmen</a>
 350 </dt>
 351 <dt>
 352 <a href="#sec79">V for Vendetta</a>
 353 </dt>
 354 </dl>
 355 </dd>
 356 <dt>
 357 <a href="#sec80">Thomas More</a>
 358 </dt>
 359 <dd>
 360 <dl>
 361 <dt>
 362 <a href="#sec81">Utopia</a>
 363 </dt>
 364 </dl>
 365 </dd>
 366 <dt>
 367 <a href="#sec82">Friedrich Nietzsche</a>
 368 </dt>
 369 <dd>
 370 <dl>
 371 <dt>
 372 <a href="#sec83">Thus Spoke Zarathustra</a>
 373 </dt>
 374 <dt>
 375 <a href="#sec84">Beyond Good and Evil</a>
 376 </dt>
 377 <dt>
 378 <a href="#sec85">On the Geneaology of Morals</a>
 379 </dt>
 380 <dt>
 381 <a href="#sec86">Ecce Homo</a>
 382 </dt>
 383 </dl>
 384 </dd>
 385 <dt>
 386 <a href="#sec87">George Orwell</a>
 387 </dt>
 388 <dd>
 389 <dl>
 390 <dt>
 391 <a href="#sec88">1984</a>
 392 </dt>
 393 <dt>
 394 <a href="#sec89">Animal Farm</a>
 395 </dt>
 396 </dl>
 397 </dd>
 398 <dt>
 399 <a href="#sec90">Plato</a>
 400 </dt>
 401 <dd>
 402 <dl>
 403 <dt>
 404 <a href="#sec91">Symposium</a>
 405 </dt>
 406 <dt>
 407 <a href="#sec92">Euthyphro</a>
 408 </dt>
 409 <dt>
 410 <a href="#sec93">Apology</a>
 411 </dt>
 412 <dt>
 413 <a href="#sec94">Crito</a>
 414 </dt>
 415 <dt>
 416 <a href="#sec95">Phaedo</a>
 417 </dt>
 418 <dt>
 419 <a href="#sec96">Protagoras</a>
 420 </dt>
 421 </dl>
 422 </dd>
 423 <dt>
 424 <a href="#sec97">Edgar Allan Poe</a>
 425 </dt>
 426 <dd>
 427 <dl>
 428 <dt>
 429 <a href="#sec98">Tales of Mystery and Suspense</a>
 430 </dt>
 431 </dl>
 432 </dd>
 433 <dt>
 434 <a href="#sec99">Luke Rhinehardt</a>
 435 </dt>
 436 <dd>
 437 <dl>
 438 <dt>
 439 <a href="#sec100">The Dice Man</a>
 440 </dt>
 441 </dl>
 442 </dd>
 443 <dt>
 444 <a href="#sec101">Neal Stephenson</a>
 445 </dt>
 446 <dd>
 447 <dl>
 448 <dt>
 449 <a href="#sec102">Snow Crash</a>
 450 </dt>
 451 <dt>
 452 <a href="#sec103">Cryptonomicon</a>
 453 </dt>
 454 </dl>
 455 </dd>
 456 <dt>
 457 <a href="#sec104">Bjarne Stroustrup</a>
 458 </dt>
 459 <dd>
 460 <dl>
 461 <dt>
 462 <a href="#sec105">The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition)</a>
 463 </dt>
 464 </dl>
 465 </dd>
 466 <dt>
 467 <a href="#sec106">JRR Tolkien</a>
 468 </dt>
 469 <dd>
 470 <dl>
 471 <dt>
 472 <a href="#sec107">The Lord of the Rings</a>
 473 </dt>
 474 <dt>
 475 <a href="#sec108">The Silmarillion</a>
 476 </dt>
 477 <dt>
 478 <a href="#sec109">The Lost Tales</a>
 479 </dt>
 480 </dl>
 481 </dd>
 482 <dt>
 483 <a href="#sec110">Kurt Vonnegut</a>
 484 </dt>
 485 <dd>
 486 <dl>
 487 <dt>
 488 <a href="#sec111">Cat's Cradle</a>
 489 </dt>
 490 </dl>
 491 </dd>
 492 <dt>
 493 <a href="#sec112">H.G. Wells</a>
 494 </dt>
 495 <dd>
 496 <dl>
 497 <dt>
 498 <a href="#sec113">The Island of Dr Moreau</a>
 499 </dt>
 500 </dl>
 501 </dd>
 502 <dt>
 503 <a href="#sec114">Robert Anton Wilson</a>
 504 </dt>
 505 <dd>
 506 <dl>
 507 <dt>
 508 <a href="#sec115">The Illuminatus! Trilogy</a>
 509 </dt>
 510 </dl>
 511 </dd>
 512 <dt>
 513 <a href="#sec116">Yevgeny Zamyatin</a>
 514 </dt>
 515 <dd>
 516 <dl>
 517 <dt>
 518 <a href="#sec117">We</a>
 519 </dt>
 520 </dl>
 521 </dd>
 522 </dl>
 523 </div>
 524
 525
 526 <!-- Page published by Emacs Muse begins here --><h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
 527 Douglas Adams</h2>
 528
 529
 530
 531 <h3><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
 532 Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (collected)</h3>
 533
 534 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 535
 536
 537
 538
 539
 540 <h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
 541 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul</h3>
 542
 543 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•••• </span> (6) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 544
 545
 546
 547
 548
 549
 550 <h2><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
 551 Aeschylus</h2>
 552
 553
 554
 555 <h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
 556 Oresteia</h3>
 557
 558 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 559
 560
 561
 562
 563
 564 <h3><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a>
 565 Prometheus Bound</h3>
 566
 567 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 568
 569
 570
 571
 572
 573 <h3><a name="sec7" id="sec7"></a>
 574 The Persians</h3>
 575
 576 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 577
 578
 579
 580
 581
 582
 583 <h2><a name="sec8" id="sec8"></a>
 584 John Allison</h2>
 585
 586 <p class="first">The author of the rather amazing <a href="http://scarygoround.com">Scary Go Round</a>.
 587 I highly recommend procuring the printed collections; the printing
 588 quality is superb (full color on glossy paper), and the long story
 589 arcs are much easier to read.</p>
 590
 591 <h3><a name="sec9" id="sec9"></a>
 592 Looks, Brains and Everything</h3>
 593
 594 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 595
 596
 597
 598
 599
 600 <h3><a name="sec10" id="sec10"></a>
 601 Blame the Sky</h3>
 602
 603 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 604
 605
 606
 607
 608
 609 <h3><a name="sec11" id="sec11"></a>
 610 Skellington</h3>
 611
 612 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 613
 614
 615
 616
 617
 618 <h3><a name="sec12" id="sec12"></a>
 619 The Retribution Index</h3>
 620
 621 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 622
 623
 624
 625
 626
 627 <h3><a name="sec13" id="sec13"></a>
 628 Great Aches</h3>
 629
 630 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 631
 632
 633
 634
 635
 636 <h3><a name="sec14" id="sec14"></a>
 637 Ahoy Hoy!</h3>
 638
 639 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 640
 641
 642
 643
 644
 645 <h3><a name="sec15" id="sec15"></a>
 646 Heavy Metal Hearts and Flowers</h3>
 647
 648 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 649
 650
 651
 652
 653
 654 <h3><a name="sec16" id="sec16"></a>
 655 Ghosts</h3>
 656
 657 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 658
 659
 660
 661
 662
 663
 664 <h2><a name="sec17" id="sec17"></a>
 665 Anonymous</h2>
 666
 667
 668
 669 <h3><a name="sec18" id="sec18"></a>
 670 Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz</h3>
 671
 672 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 673
 674
 675
 676
 677
 678
 679 <h2><a name="sec19" id="sec19"></a>
 680 Aristophanes</h2>
 681
 682
 683
 684 <h3><a name="sec20" id="sec20"></a>
 685 The Frogs</h3>
 686
 687 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 688
 689
 690
 691
 692
 693 <h3><a name="sec21" id="sec21"></a>
 694 The Clouds</h3>
 695
 696 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 697
 698
 699
 700
 701
 702 <h3><a name="sec22" id="sec22"></a>
 703 Ecclesiazusae</h3>
 704
 705 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
 706
 707
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 710
 711
 712 <h2><a name="sec23" id="sec23"></a>
 713 Aristotle</h2>
 714
 715
 716
 717 <h3><a name="sec24" id="sec24"></a>
 718 Ethics</h3>
 719
 720 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 721
 722
 723
 724
 725
 726 <h3><a name="sec25" id="sec25"></a>
 727 Categories</h3>
 728
 729 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 730
 731
 732
 733
 734
 735 <h3><a name="sec26" id="sec26"></a>
 736 Poetics</h3>
 737
 738 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 739
 740
 741
 742
 743
 744 <h3><a name="sec27" id="sec27"></a>
 745 Rhetoric</h3>
 746
 747 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 748
 749
 750
 751
 752
 753
 754 <h2><a name="sec28" id="sec28"></a>
 755 Marcus Aurelius</h2>
 756
 757
 758
 759 <h3><a name="sec29" id="sec29"></a>
 760 Meditations</h3>
 761
 762 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•••••• </span> (4) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 763
 764 <p>At the time, I enjoyed reading this collection of meditations on
 765 Stoic philosophy, and it was a fairly quick read (fifteen minutes a
 766 day over the course of two weeks for me). Nowadays I've read
 767 Epictetus, and I suggest reading his <em>Discourses</em> instead.</p>
 768
 769
 770
 771
 772 <h2><a name="sec30" id="sec30"></a>
 773 William Blake</h2>
 774
 775 <p class="first">Blake is my <a href="William%20Blake.html">favorite</a> of the English poets. His
 776 unique use of relief etching and watercoloring makes for very
 777 interesting Illuminated works. There is a very high quality
 778 <a href="http://blakearchive.org">complete archive of Blake's works</a> online
 779 with high resolution plate scans and full transcriptions among other
 780 things.</p>
 781
 782 <h3><a name="sec31" id="sec31"></a>
 783 The Four Zoas</h3>
 784
 785 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 786
 787 <p>The unfinished manuscript of Blake's longest apocalypse. The
 788 Four Zoas divide from Albion and rage through the ages of dismal woe
 789 to bring about the end of the cycle of Ulro and restore the cycle of
 790 Beulah.</p>
 791
 792
 793
 794 <h3><a name="sec32" id="sec32"></a>
 795 Jerusalem</h3>
 796
 797 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 798
 799 <p>The finest of Blake's Illuminated works.</p>
 800
 801
 802
 803
 804 <h2><a name="sec33" id="sec33"></a>
 805 Mike Carey</h2>
 806
 807
 808
 809 <h3><a name="sec34" id="sec34"></a>
 810 Lucifer (series)</h3>
 811
 812 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•••• </span> (6) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 813
 814 <p>Of the <em>Sandman</em> spinoffs, <em>Lucifer</em> stands out as the best for
 815 the first half, but then the writer appears to take on far too great a
 816 task, and, with the introduction of some disagreeable character
 817 relations, fails to execute the story as well as it could have
 818 been. Still, it was worth reading to the end even though most of the
 819 stories after issue 35 or so were merely ok. If you like Kierkegaard I
 820 suggest issues 2, 3, and 62&mdash;they show the form of the incommensurable
 821 relation of the single individual to the absolute perfectly.</p>
 822
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 824
 825
 826 <h2><a name="sec35" id="sec35"></a>
 827 Confucius</h2>
 828
 829
 830
 831 <h3><a name="sec36" id="sec36"></a>
 832 Analects</h3>
 833
 834 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 835
 836
 837
 838
 839
 840
 841 <h2><a name="sec37" id="sec37"></a>
 842 Neil Gaiman</h2>
 843
 844
 845
 846 <h3><a name="sec38" id="sec38"></a>
 847 The Sandman (series)</h3>
 848
 849 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 850
 851 <p>Perhaps the best comic book series of all time; I would say <em>The
 852 Sandman</em> as a whole ranks higher than anything even Alan Moore has
 853 written.</p>
 854
 855
 856
 857 <h3><a name="sec39" id="sec39"></a>
 858 Good Omens</h3>
 859
 860 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 861
 862 <p>A friend of a friend decided one evening that I needed to read
 863 so-called <em>normal people books</em>, and so she lent me <em>Good Omens</em>. It
 864 was an enjoyable read and unearthed vague memories of comic book
 865 magazines I read when I was small and the name <em>Sandman</em>; thus through
 866 one book I found something far greater.</p>
 867
 868
 869
 870 <h3><a name="sec40" id="sec40"></a>
 871 American Gods</h3>
 872
 873 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•••• </span> (6) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 874
 875 <p>Entertaining, but the end was a bit much rushed.</p>
 876
 877
 878
 879
 880 <h2><a name="sec41" id="sec41"></a>
 881 John Taylor Gatto</h2>
 882
 883 <p class="first">Former teacher and now author-activist.</p>
 884
 885 <h3><a name="sec42" id="sec42"></a>
 886 Underground History of American Education</h3>
 887
 888 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 889
 890 <p>An interesting <em>underground</em> history of the American education
 891 system. Available
 892 <a href="http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/">online for free</a>.</p>
 893
 894
 895
 896
 897 <h2><a name="sec43" id="sec43"></a>
 898 Kahlil Gibran</h2>
 899
 900 <p class="first">Kahlil Gibran is fairly interesting; his earlier works do not
 901 agree with my æsthetic sense (blah blah), but <em>The Madman</em> onward are
 902 all rather nice. A few of his works are
 903 <a href="http://leb.net/~mira/">online</a>, but I recommend scouting used book
 904 stores for old hardcover editions. The (late 90s onward at least)
 905 <em>hardcover</em> versions from <em>Alfred A. Knopf</em> are in fact permabound
 906 paperbacks with a hardcasing, and are of seriously inferior quality to
 907 the editions from the 50s and 60s (and cost quite a bit more,
 908 naturally).</p>
 909
 910 <h3><a name="sec44" id="sec44"></a>
 911 A Tear and a Smile</h3>
 912
 913 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••</span><span class="rating-bad">••••••• </span> (3) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 914
 915 <p>One of Kahlil Gibran's earlier works, I did not much like <em>A
 916 Tear and a Smile</em> excepting the last poem (&quot;A Poet's Voice&quot;).</p>
 917
 918
 919
 920 <h3><a name="sec45" id="sec45"></a>
 921 The Prophet</h3>
 922
 923 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 924
 925
 926
 927
 928
 929 <h3><a name="sec46" id="sec46"></a>
 930 Sand and Foam</h3>
 931
 932 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 933
 934 <p>An interesting little book of aphorisms.</p>
 935
 936
 937
 938 <h3><a name="sec47" id="sec47"></a>
 939 The Madman</h3>
 940
 941 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 942
 943
 944
 945
 946
 947
 948 <h2><a name="sec48" id="sec48"></a>
 949 Homer</h2>
 950
 951
 952
 953 <h3><a name="sec49" id="sec49"></a>
 954 The Odyssey</h3>
 955
 956 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 957
 958
 959
 960
 961
 962
 963 <h2><a name="sec50" id="sec50"></a>
 964 Aldous Huxley</h2>
 965
 966 <p class="first">Perhaps the most overrated modern writer. Other people have written
 967 everything he has to write better and many years before he got around
 968 to it.</p>
 969
 970 <h3><a name="sec51" id="sec51"></a>
 971 The Doors of Perception</h3>
 972
 973 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> </span><span class="rating-bad">•••••••••• </span> (0) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 974
 975 <p>Huxley stains the name of Blake by naming this horrible
 976 pseudo-scientific and pseudo-poetic essay after a line from <em>The
 977 Marriage of Heaven and Hell</em>. Subjectivity and objectivity are
 978 incommensurable; his attempt and being subjectively objective is
 979 utterly worthless.</p>
 980
 981
 982
 983 <h3><a name="sec52" id="sec52"></a>
 984 Heaven and Hell</h3>
 985
 986 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> </span><span class="rating-bad">•••••••••• </span> (0) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
 987
 988 <p>Blah blah LSD blah blah Mushrooms blah blah Peyote blah blah I'm
 989 Aldous Huxley I'm a pretentious jerk. Don't bother.</p>
 990
 991
 992
 993 <h3><a name="sec53" id="sec53"></a>
 994 Brave New World</h3>
 995
 996 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
 997
 998 <p>A nice light read; the story is obvious and by the hundreth page
 999 the ending is clear, but it provided a bit of a break from heavier
1000 reading for me. I must say that anyone who has read <em>Brave New World</em>
1001 and does not despise modern society has the intellectual capacity of
1002 an <em>Epsilon</em>. <em>1984</em> is perhaps easily misread, but <em>Brave New World</em>
1003 is very clear with its message and is a bit like being smacked upside
1004 the head with a hammer.</p>
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009 <h2><a name="sec54" id="sec54"></a>
1010 William James</h2>
1011
1012
1013
1014 <h3><a name="sec55" id="sec55"></a>
1015 The Varieties of Religious Experience</h3>
1016
1017 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1018
1019 <p><a href="William%20James%20-%20The%20Varieties%20of%20Religious%20Experience.html">A partially finished extended summary</a></p>
1020
1021
1022
1023 <h3><a name="sec56" id="sec56"></a>
1024 The PhD Octopus</h3>
1025
1026 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1027
1028 <blockquote>
1029 <p class="quoted">
1030 America is thus as a nation rapidly drifting towards a state of things
1031 in which no man of science or letters will be accounted respectable
1032 unless some kind of badge or diploma is stamped upon him, and in which
1033 bare personality will be a mark of outcast estate.  It seems to me high
1034 time to rouse ourselves to consciousness, and to cast a critical eye
1035 upon this decidedly grotesque tendency.  Other nations suffer terribly
1036 from the Mandarin disease.  Are we doomed to suffer like the rest?</p>
1037
1038 </blockquote>
1039
1040 <p><a href="William%20James%20-%20The%20PhD%20Octopus.html">Full Text</a></p>
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045 <h2><a name="sec57" id="sec57"></a>
1046 Henry James</h2>
1047
1048 <p class="first">The novelist brother of William James; I've not read many (read:
1049 one) of his books, but what I did was decent.</p>
1050
1051 <h3><a name="sec58" id="sec58"></a>
1052 The Altar of the Dead</h3>
1053
1054 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1055
1056 <p>A short novella about a man who maintained an altar in a church
1057 for all of his lost loved ones on the surface, but something a bit
1058 more beneath.</p>
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063 <h2><a name="sec59" id="sec59"></a>
1064 Gregor Kiczales</h2>
1065
1066
1067
1068 <h3><a name="sec60" id="sec60"></a>
1069 The Art of the Metaobject Protocol</h3>
1070
1071 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1072
1073 <p>AMOP is useful as a reference to the CLOS MOP (although less so with
1074 the online MOP spec), but the true value of the book lies in the first
1075 half of the book. It presents the design of the CLOS MOP through a
1076 series of revisions that fix limitations of earlier implementations
1077 and gradually work toward a generic and well designed MOP for
1078 CLOS. Through that process one is made more aware of a few general
1079 object protocol design skills, and gains insight into how to cleanly
1080 make mapping decisions customizable.</p>
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085 <h2><a name="sec61" id="sec61"></a>
1086 Søren Kierkegaard</h2>
1087
1088 <p class="first">Kierkegaard was a master of style and philosophy; his writing is
1089 interesting even if one finds the theistic extentialism espoused
1090 disagreeable.</p>
1091
1092 <h3><a name="sec62" id="sec62"></a>
1093 Sickness Unto Death</h3>
1094
1095 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1096
1097 <p>I purchased this when I was looking through books at a store after
1098 being unable to find the book I really wanted, and I must say that it
1099 was better for me to have found this one.</p>
1100
1101 <p>Contained within is a beautiful analysis of despair in the context of
1102 Christianity (really theism in general). Even if the argument offends,
1103 the presentation cannot. The dialectical nature of despair is
1104 reflected in every aspect of the work, and the method of presentation
1105 forces reflection.</p>
1106
1107
1108
1109 <h3><a name="sec63" id="sec63"></a>
1110 Either/Or</h3>
1111
1112 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1113
1114 <p>Composed of two portions, <em>Either/Or</em> is a rather lengthy but
1115 rewarding read. The first book is a series of essays and a diary of a
1116 young esthetician; the second is a pair of long letters from an older
1117 ethicist friend to this esthetician. You are then left to resolve the
1118 conflict between the views.</p>
1119
1120
1121
1122 <h3><a name="sec64" id="sec64"></a>
1123 Fear and Trembling</h3>
1124
1125 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1126
1127 <p>An interesting dialectical lyric contrasting Despair and Faith.</p>
1128
1129
1130
1131 <h3><a name="sec65" id="sec65"></a>
1132 Repetition</h3>
1133
1134 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1135
1136 <p>He who despairs of esthetic repetition gets none; he who despairs
1137 of ethical repetition receieves the esthetic. Is it true then that no
1138 repetition exists? Is transition all one can hope for?</p>
1139
1140
1141
1142 <h3><a name="sec66" id="sec66"></a>
1143 The Concept of Anxiety</h3>
1144
1145 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1146
1147 <p>...Very clearly an early work of Kierkegaard. It is rather formal
1148 and difficult to get through. I'd recommend reading a lot of other
1149 Kierkegaard before this.</p>
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154 <h2><a name="sec67" id="sec67"></a>
1155 Alisa Kwitney</h2>
1156
1157
1158
1159 <h3><a name="sec68" id="sec68"></a>
1160 Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold</h3>
1161
1162 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169 <h2><a name="sec69" id="sec69"></a>
1170 David Lamkins</h2>
1171
1172
1173
1174 <h3><a name="sec70" id="sec70"></a>
1175 Successful Lisp</h3>
1176
1177 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1178
1179 <p>After learning Scheme, I read <em>Successful Lisp</em> and was able to
1180 pick up Common Lisp fairly easily.</p>
1181
1182
1183
1184
1185 <h2><a name="sec71" id="sec71"></a>
1186 Mencius</h2>
1187
1188
1189
1190 <h3><a name="sec72" id="sec72"></a>
1191 Mencius</h3>
1192
1193 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1194
1195
1196
1197
1198
1199
1200 <h2><a name="sec73" id="sec73"></a>
1201 Walter Miller</h2>
1202
1203
1204
1205 <h3><a name="sec74" id="sec74"></a>
1206 A Canticle for Leibowitz</h3>
1207
1208 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1209
1210
1211
1212
1213
1214
1215 <h2><a name="sec75" id="sec75"></a>
1216 John Milton</h2>
1217
1218
1219
1220 <h3><a name="sec76" id="sec76"></a>
1221 Paradise Lost</h3>
1222
1223 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1224
1225
1226
1227
1228
1229
1230 <h2><a name="sec77" id="sec77"></a>
1231 Alan Moore</h2>
1232
1233
1234
1235 <h3><a name="sec78" id="sec78"></a>
1236 Watchmen</h3>
1237
1238 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1239
1240
1241
1242
1243
1244 <h3><a name="sec79" id="sec79"></a>
1245 V for Vendetta</h3>
1246
1247 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254 <h2><a name="sec80" id="sec80"></a>
1255 Thomas More</h2>
1256
1257
1258
1259 <h3><a name="sec81" id="sec81"></a>
1260 Utopia</h3>
1261
1262 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1263
1264 <p>I read most of Utopia in high school with the TI-89 ebook reader, but
1265 the way the book was split up made it a bit difficult to grasp the
1266 overall structure. I found a copy at a used book store one day, and so
1267 I read it again, and found it much more comprehensible. It is a quick
1268 read, and decent piece of literature. The interesting social system
1269 espoused resembles resembles state communism (even if perhaps as a
1270 negative ideal), but with an strange blend of 14th century European
1271 social customs.</p>
1272
1273
1274
1275
1276 <h2><a name="sec82" id="sec82"></a>
1277 Friedrich Nietzsche</h2>
1278
1279 <p class="first">A bit acerbic and esoteric, Nietzsche is for me a good <em>secular</em>
1280 counterpart to Kierkegaard's theistic philosophy. Nietzsche's
1281 polemical works raise important questions for anyone who reads works
1282 on ethics. As such it is a shame that he has gotten a bad reputation
1283 by being read by far too many angsty teenagers who see (and relay)
1284 only Nietzsche the asshole rather than Nietzsche the master of the
1285 polemic.</p>
1286
1287 <h3><a name="sec83" id="sec83"></a>
1288 Thus Spoke Zarathustra</h3>
1289
1290 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1291
1292 <p>A masterpiece of indirect communication depsite the occasional
1293 flaw and overly dramatic passage. Certainly a book worth reading many
1294 times over the course of one's life.</p>
1295
1296
1297
1298 <h3><a name="sec84" id="sec84"></a>
1299 Beyond Good and Evil</h3>
1300
1301 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1302
1303 <p>A somewhat more comprehensible, if a bit less aesthetically
1304 pleasing, presentation of much of the philosophy found in <em>Thus Spoke
1305 Zarathustra</em> in the negative form. The final chapters are very
1306 important (not to detract from the value of the rest of the work) if
1307 one wishes to understand <em>On the Genealogy of Morals</em>.</p>
1308
1309
1310
1311 <h3><a name="sec85" id="sec85"></a>
1312 On the Geneaology of Morals</h3>
1313
1314 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1315
1316 <p><em>On the Geneaology of Morals</em> is a wonderful book of three
1317 polemical essays on the origin of moral/ethical valuations, and the
1318 blindness of modern philosphers whose very thinking is tainted by
1319 these valuations unknowingly.</p>
1320
1321
1322
1323 <h3><a name="sec86" id="sec86"></a>
1324 Ecce Homo</h3>
1325
1326 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1327
1328 <p><em>Ecce Homo</em> is Nietzsche's very strange autobiography and
1329 explanation of his own works. At points it is clear that it could have
1330 used a bit more editing (prevented by Nietzsche ... falling into a
1331 catatonic state and all), but is still a very useful book to read as
1332 Nietzsche explains the overall structure of his works.</p>
1333
1334
1335
1336
1337 <h2><a name="sec87" id="sec87"></a>
1338 George Orwell</h2>
1339
1340
1341
1342 <h3><a name="sec88" id="sec88"></a>
1343 1984</h3>
1344
1345 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
1351 <h3><a name="sec89" id="sec89"></a>
1352 Animal Farm</h3>
1353
1354 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361 <h2><a name="sec90" id="sec90"></a>
1362 Plato</h2>
1363
1364
1365
1366 <h3><a name="sec91" id="sec91"></a>
1367 Symposium</h3>
1368
1369 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
1370
1371
1372
1373
1374
1375 <h3><a name="sec92" id="sec92"></a>
1376 Euthyphro</h3>
1377
1378 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
1379
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384 <h3><a name="sec93" id="sec93"></a>
1385 Apology</h3>
1386
1387 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393 <h3><a name="sec94" id="sec94"></a>
1394 Crito</h3>
1395
1396 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
1397
1398
1399
1400
1401
1402 <h3><a name="sec95" id="sec95"></a>
1403 Phaedo</h3>
1404
1405 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1406
1407
1408
1409
1410
1411 <h3><a name="sec96" id="sec96"></a>
1412 Protagoras</h3>
1413
1414 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
1415
1416
1417
1418
1419
1420
1421 <h2><a name="sec97" id="sec97"></a>
1422 Edgar Allan Poe</h2>
1423
1424 <p class="first">ULTRAGOTHIK</p>
1425
1426 <h3><a name="sec98" id="sec98"></a>
1427 Tales of Mystery and Suspense</h3>
1428
1429 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•••• </span> (6) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1430
1431 <p>This is when I learned that I still don't really like late 1800s
1432 American literature all that much. Some of the tales were worth
1433 reading, but most of it was not in a style I like all that much.</p>
1434
1435
1436
1437
1438 <h2><a name="sec99" id="sec99"></a>
1439 Luke Rhinehardt</h2>
1440
1441
1442
1443 <h3><a name="sec100" id="sec100"></a>
1444 The Dice Man</h3>
1445
1446 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1447
1448 <blockquote>
1449 <p class="quoted">
1450 And it's his illusions about what
1451 constitutes the real world which are
1452 inhibiting him...
1453 His reality, his reason, his society
1454 ...these are what must be destroyed</p>
1455
1456 </blockquote>
1457
1458 <p>A quotation from one of my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_of_the_Soul">favorite metal songs</a> inspired me to grab
1459 this book; at worst it would be a waste of time. Much reward was found
1460 in this random stab in the dark. The book is framed as an
1461 autobiography of the author as a psychoanalyst, and his progression
1462 through life as a Dice Man after deciding to live his life through
1463 random chance.</p>
1464
1465 <p>The style, plot, and content are equally neurotic; part comedy, part
1466 attack on psychoanalysis, and part deep philosophy. It was often
1467 difficult to put down, and was read in under a week of spare time.</p>
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472 <h2><a name="sec101" id="sec101"></a>
1473 Neal Stephenson</h2>
1474
1475
1476
1477 <h3><a name="sec102" id="sec102"></a>
1478 Snow Crash</h3>
1479
1480 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1481
1482 <p>As one must read the <em>Bible</em> to understand English literature, so one
1483 must read <em>Snow Crash</em> today to be a nerd. In the realm of modern pop
1484 fiction this is one of the better books I've read; it was devoured in
1485 a mere four nights. Neal Stepheson may not be Milton, but he does come
1486 up with enganging tales. <em>Snow Crash</em> has a nice undertone of (quite
1487 accurate) political and social commentary that makes it worth reading
1488 as more than mere cyberpunk fiction.</p>
1489
1490
1491
1492 <h3><a name="sec103" id="sec103"></a>
1493 Cryptonomicon</h3>
1494
1495 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1496
1497 <p>I read <em>Cryptonomicon</em> when it was new, and at the time I thought it was
1498 good. It could have lost a hundred or so pages without detracting from
1499 the plot, but it was easy reading and didn't take very long to
1500 finish. The story was enganging, and the continual switching between
1501 the 1940s and present day slowly unravelled the tale in a nice way.</p>
1502
1503 <p>I'd still have to recommend <em>Snow Crash</em> if one wished to read only one
1504 Stephenson novel.</p>
1505
1506
1507
1508
1509 <h2><a name="sec104" id="sec104"></a>
1510 Bjarne Stroustrup</h2>
1511
1512
1513
1514 <h3><a name="sec105" id="sec105"></a>
1515 The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition)</h3>
1516
1517 <p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1518
1519 <p>Once upon a time I was fifteen and I read this book. It was more
1520 or less what taught me how to write programs just large enough to do
1521 useful things, and so shall forever be remembered by me. A year and a
1522 half later I stumbled upon a little language called Scheme and fell
1523 down the rabbit hole.</p>
1524
1525
1526
1527
1528 <h2><a name="sec106" id="sec106"></a>
1529 JRR Tolkien</h2>
1530
1531
1532
1533 <h3><a name="sec107" id="sec107"></a>
1534 The Lord of the Rings</h3>
1535
1536 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542 <h3><a name="sec108" id="sec108"></a>
1543 The Silmarillion</h3>
1544
1545 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1546
1547
1548
1549
1550
1551 <h3><a name="sec109" id="sec109"></a>
1552 The Lost Tales</h3>
1553
1554 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561 <h2><a name="sec110" id="sec110"></a>
1562 Kurt Vonnegut</h2>
1563
1564
1565
1566 <h3><a name="sec111" id="sec111"></a>
1567 Cat's Cradle</h3>
1568
1569 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1570
1571 <p>There are few books that I have started to read before sleeping
1572 and found myself watching the sun rise after finishing. <em>Cat's Cradle</em>
1573 is definitely required nerd reading.</p>
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578 <h2><a name="sec112" id="sec112"></a>
1579 H.G. Wells</h2>
1580
1581
1582
1583 <h3><a name="sec113" id="sec113"></a>
1584 The Island of Dr Moreau</h3>
1585
1586 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
1587
1588
1589
1590
1591
1592
1593 <h2><a name="sec114" id="sec114"></a>
1594 Robert Anton Wilson</h2>
1595
1596 <p class="first">Or rather, Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea (but my book script
1597 updating thing doesn't do multiple authors</p>
1598
1599 <h3><a name="sec115" id="sec115"></a>
1600 The Illuminatus! Trilogy</h3>
1601
1602 <p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
1603
1604 <p>e-cash MP5K-SD Adriatic Bellcore Lon Horiuchi 9705 Samford Road
1605 jihad New World Order AVN FTS2000 ANZUS subversive SAPO PET Armani</p>
1606
1607
1608
1609
1610 <h2><a name="sec116" id="sec116"></a>
1611 Yevgeny Zamyatin</h2>
1612
1613
1614
1615 <h3><a name="sec117" id="sec117"></a>
1616 We</h3>
1617
1618 <p><em>Fiction</em></p>
1619
1620
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