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-William James +William James
-The Varieties of Religious Experience +The Varieties of Religious Experience
-The PhD Octopus +The PhD Octopus
-Henry James +Henry James
-The Altar of the Dead +The Altar of the Dead
-Gregor Kiczales +Gregor Kiczales
-The Art of the Metaobject Protocol +The Art of the Metaobject Protocol
-Søren Kierkegaard +Søren Kierkegaard
-Sickness Unto Death +Sickness Unto Death
-Either/Or +Either/Or
-Fear and Trembling +Fear and Trembling
-Repetition +Repetition
-Alisa Kwitney +Alisa Kwitney
-Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold +Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold
-David Lamkins +David Lamkins
-Successful Lisp +Successful Lisp
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-A Canticle for Leibowitz +Mencius
-John Milton +Walter Miller
-Paradise Lost +A Canticle for Leibowitz
-Alan Moore +Alan Moore
-Watchmen +Watchmen
-V for Vendetta +V for Vendetta
-Thomas More +Thomas More
-Utopia +Utopia
-Friedrich Nietzsche +Friedrich Nietzsche
-Thus Spoke Zarathustra +Beyond Good and Evil
-Beyond Good and Evil +On the Geneaology of Morals
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-Ecce Homo +Ecce Homo
-George Orwell +George Orwell
-1984 +1984
-Animal Farm +Animal Farm
-Plato +Plato
-Symposium +Symposium
-Euthyphro +Euthyphro
-Apology +Apology
-Crito +Crito
-Phaedo +Phaedo
-Protagoras +Protagoras
-Luke Rhinehardt +Luke Rhinehardt
-The Dice Man +The Dice Man
-Neal Stephenson +Neal Stephenson
-Snow Crash +Snow Crash
-Cryptonomicon +Cryptonomicon
-Bjarne Stroustrup +Bjarne Stroustrup
-The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition) +The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition)
-JRR Tolkien +JRR Tolkien
-The Lord of the Rings +The Lord of the Rings
-The Silmarillion +The Silmarillion
-The Lost Tales +The Lost Tales
-Kurt Vonnegut +H.G. Wells
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-Brave New World

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Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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A nice light read; the story is obvious and by the hundreth page -the ending is clear, but it provided a bit of a break from heavier -reading for me. I must say that anyone who has read Brave New World -and does not despise modern society has the intellectual capacity of -an Epsilon. 1984 is perhaps easily misread, but Brave New World -is very clear with its message and is a bit like being smacked upside -the head with a hammer.

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William James

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Nonfiction

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The PhD Octopus

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Henry James

The novelist brother of William James; I've not read many (read: one) of his books, but what I did was decent.

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The Altar of the Dead

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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Gregor Kiczales

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The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Søren Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard was a master of style and philosophy; his writing is interesting even if one finds the theistic extentialism espoused disagreeable.

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Sickness Unto Death

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Either/Or

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Fear and Trembling

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Repetition

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Alisa Kwitney

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Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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David Lamkins

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Successful Lisp

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Nonfiction

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Mencius

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Mencius

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Walter Miller

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

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-John Milton

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-Paradise Lost

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Alan Moore

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Watchmen

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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V for Vendetta

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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Thomas More

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Utopia

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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Friedrich Nietzsche

A bit acerbic and esoteric, Nietzsche is for me a good secular @@ -1238,18 +1172,7 @@ by being read by far too many angsty teenagers who see (and relay) only Nietzsche the asshole rather than Nietzsche the master of the polemic.

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-Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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A masterpiece of indirect communication depsite the occasional -flaw and overly dramatic passage. Certainly a book worth reading many -times over the course of one's life.

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Beyond Good and Evil

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Nonfiction

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On the Geneaology of Morals

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Nonfiction

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Ecce Homo

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Nonfiction

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George Orwell

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1984

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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Animal Farm

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Plato

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Symposium

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Euthyphro

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Apology

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Crito

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Phaedo

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Nonfiction

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Protagoras

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Luke Rhinehardt

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The Dice Man

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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Neal Stephenson

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Snow Crash

Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Fiction

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Cryptonomicon

Rating: •••••••••• (8) / Fiction

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Bjarne Stroustrup

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The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition)

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JRR Tolkien

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The Lord of the Rings

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The Silmarillion

Rating: •••••••••• (10) / Fiction

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The Lost Tales

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-Cat's Cradle

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Rating: •••••••••• (9) / Fiction

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There are few books that I have started to read before sleeping -and found myself watching the sun rise after finishing. Cat's Cradle -is definitely required nerd reading.

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H.G. Wells

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The Island of Dr Moreau

Rating: •••••••••• (7) / Fiction

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-Yevgeny Zamyatin

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