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I loved Factoring Humanity. It's a science fiction book that is very philosophical i it's way, as it deals with what humanity is. [it also mentions jung, lol] I'd also recommend Shakespears Planet and Steal Across the Sky, as they both deal with what aliens might be like, but its more realistic because instead of them going to us, we go to them. [I really like Shakespear's Plant, it's a lovely book]
I don't know if you like romances, but if it's mixed with sci-fi, I find it to be good. I liked The Host, though it really just grazed the surface of a topic much bigger than the giant book, but it was entertaining and pleasurable.
Hmm...I really liked Farenheight 451, but you might have had to read that in school, but even if you did, I suggest you read it again.
I never finished Ender's Game, and I mainly think it was because when I was reading it, I was really busy and wasn't up for reading much, but people seem to like it, so I would give it a try. I'm planning on finally finishing it, and though it's a little slow from what I've read, the characters are extemely well devolpoed.
I don't know if you like romances, but if it's mixed with sci-fi, I find it to be good. I liked The Host, though it really just grazed the surface of a topic much bigger than the giant book, but it was entertaining and pleasurable.
Hmm...I really liked Farenheight 451, but you might have had to read that in school, but even if you did, I suggest you read it again.
I never finished Ender's Game, and I mainly think it was because when I was reading it, I was really busy and wasn't up for reading much, but people seem to like it, so I would give it a try. I'm planning on finally finishing it, and though it's a little slow from what I've read, the characters are extemely well devolpoed.
Hm, let's see... I've read:
Wheel of Time (entire series so far)
A Song of Ice and Fire (entire series so far)
Enderverse (2 books from the Ender series, and... 2 from the Bean series.)
Dune (just the first book)
Prince of Nothing (Just the first book so far)
Lord of the Flies
American Psycho
His Dark Materials (entire series)
Brave New World
1984
A Clockwork Orange
Catch-22
I might have missed a few, but that makes up the majority of them...
Must-reads for INTPS:
1984... This book changed the way I think... And by association, my entire life.
Catch-22... It's just hilarious. Also, the last Snowden scene was gut-wrenching.
A Song of Ice and Fire series... In-depth, brutal fantasy. No "chosen one" bullshit... It is essentially devoid of those cliches you see in fantasy all the time.
Dune... One of the most... "intelligent" sci-fi books I've read. It's amazing how expansive and detailed Herbert makes this world.
Wheel of Time (entire series so far)
A Song of Ice and Fire (entire series so far)
Enderverse (2 books from the Ender series, and... 2 from the Bean series.)
Dune (just the first book)
Prince of Nothing (Just the first book so far)
Lord of the Flies
American Psycho
His Dark Materials (entire series)
Brave New World
1984
A Clockwork Orange
Catch-22
I might have missed a few, but that makes up the majority of them...
Must-reads for INTPS:
1984... This book changed the way I think... And by association, my entire life.
Catch-22... It's just hilarious. Also, the last Snowden scene was gut-wrenching.
A Song of Ice and Fire series... In-depth, brutal fantasy. No "chosen one" bullshit... It is essentially devoid of those cliches you see in fantasy all the time.
Dune... One of the most... "intelligent" sci-fi books I've read. It's amazing how expansive and detailed Herbert makes this world.
I actually dislike scifi books as so many of them are too clever for their own good - I doubt the authors know what they are on about. I like crime fiction, but I also like historical non fiction, especially if it covers Ancient Egypt, or early Norman life. Crime fiction that covers my favourite historical periods have me stuck in my room for hours.
Since getting a Kindle, I've started reading freebee classics such as Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Since getting a Kindle, I've started reading freebee classics such as Uncle Tom's Cabin.
post office - bukowski
heart of darkness - conrad
breakfast at tiffanys - capote
journey to the end of the night - celine
on the road - kerouac
anything by hp lovecraft
oh, "inteview with the vampire" by anne rice is awsome, surprisingly
heart of darkness - conrad
breakfast at tiffanys - capote
journey to the end of the night - celine
on the road - kerouac
anything by hp lovecraft
oh, "inteview with the vampire" by anne rice is awsome, surprisingly
Many people have read 1984, and it's great, but Geroge Orwell also wrote a book called Animal Farm which was just AMAZING, I suggest you guys check that out, it's only around 100 pages or so, maybe 120?
Since we're talking about books, I might as well ask you guys if you know who wrote a book called Blue? It's about a kid turning into a swordfish.... I read it a long time ago and I have done google searches and searched libraries and I can't seem to find it! I also think it was written by a woman... can't be sure though
edit: great idea for a post btw
Since we're talking about books, I might as well ask you guys if you know who wrote a book called Blue? It's about a kid turning into a swordfish.... I read it a long time ago and I have done google searches and searched libraries and I can't seem to find it! I also think it was written by a woman... can't be sure though
edit: great idea for a post btw
Ok, where to begin, where to begin... 
1) "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera (I read it when I was a teenager and it had a huge influence on me - I read it several times; Kundera writes also pretty good essays)
2) "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf (this women was a genius for writing it)
3) "The Magus" by John Fowles (this one is a mindfucker)
4) "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem
5) "The Trial" and "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
6) "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
7) "The Magic Toyshop" by Angela Carter (I like this one very much, but I don't know whether especially male INTPs would buy it Carter writes quirky, kinky, over-the-top gothic fiction; she did also Freudian rewritings of children fairytales, which pretty much tells you what to expect )
8) "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith
9) "Under the Skin" by Michel Faber
10) "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski (this one is very good, but really shocking and very brutal; it's a bit like "Requiem for a Dream" - you cannot look away, but you feel violated afterwards)
11) "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman (to recover after "The Painted Bird")
12) "The Truth" by Terry Pratchet (not only is it a Pratchet book, it also has a plot!)
1) "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera (I read it when I was a teenager and it had a huge influence on me - I read it several times; Kundera writes also pretty good essays)
2) "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf (this women was a genius for writing it)
3) "The Magus" by John Fowles (this one is a mindfucker)
4) "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem
5) "The Trial" and "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
6) "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
7) "The Magic Toyshop" by Angela Carter (I like this one very much, but I don't know whether especially male INTPs would buy it
Carter writes quirky, kinky, over-the-top gothic fiction; she did also Freudian rewritings of children fairytales, which pretty much tells you what to expect )8) "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith
9) "Under the Skin" by Michel Faber
10) "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski (this one is very good, but really shocking and very brutal; it's a bit like "Requiem for a Dream" - you cannot look away, but you feel violated afterwards)
11) "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman (to recover after "The Painted Bird")
12) "The Truth" by Terry Pratchet (not only is it a Pratchet book, it also has a plot!)
first off, im really not one for any time of fiction. i more typically like non-fiction books. the only exception seems to be when ive got a strong interest in the style or subject. i like zombies and dystopian stories. side note: i love the fallout video games.
1)World War Z - Max Brooks
2) The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks (nice book but not really a hit-down-n-read sorta thing)
3) The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene (currently reading this one. its an enormous book by my standards. very intimidating book because of its content)
4) Freakonomics - Levitt and Dubner (currently reading as well. just very interesting statistics and how certain things work)
5) The Next 100 Years - Friedman (currently reading. its like a history lesson and relating past events to what could be coming in the next 100 years)
6) 1984 - Orwell (i feel everyone should read this book and discuss it)
I'm sure there are more but sadly my books are in storage right now. But those books I honestly enjoyed.
hope this has helped.
1)World War Z - Max Brooks
2) The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks (nice book but not really a hit-down-n-read sorta thing)
3) The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene (currently reading this one. its an enormous book by my standards. very intimidating book because of its content)
4) Freakonomics - Levitt and Dubner (currently reading as well. just very interesting statistics and how certain things work)
5) The Next 100 Years - Friedman (currently reading. its like a history lesson and relating past events to what could be coming in the next 100 years)
6) 1984 - Orwell (i feel everyone should read this book and discuss it)
I'm sure there are more but sadly my books are in storage right now. But those books I honestly enjoyed.
hope this has helped.
Every book that Douglas Adams ever wrote. He's my idol.
I'd also recommend The Hyperion Cantos, which is a sci-fi quartet by Dan Simmons. The variety of sources he draws on for the content fascinated me.
Another of my favorite authors is Victor Hugo, though a lot of people would probably have some difficulty pushing past all of the 'extraneous' information in his books.
The list really goes on and on. I spend most of my time (particularly at school >.>) reading.
I'd also recommend The Hyperion Cantos, which is a sci-fi quartet by Dan Simmons. The variety of sources he draws on for the content fascinated me.
Another of my favorite authors is Victor Hugo, though a lot of people would probably have some difficulty pushing past all of the 'extraneous' information in his books.
The list really goes on and on. I spend most of my time (particularly at school >.>) reading.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy (by authors):
(Epic)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Robert Jordan
Steven Erikson
(Series)
C.J. Cherryh
L.E. Modesitt
Kate Elliot
Katherine Kerr
J.V. Jones
Tad Williams
Raymond Feist
Janny Wurts
Mercedes Lackey (gets a little formulaic after a few trilogies, but still enjoyable)
(Comedy)
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Spider Robertson
(Other)
Iain M. Banks
Robert A. Heinlein
Non-Fiction:
(Reference)
"Ideas" by Peter Watson
"A World of Ideas" by Chris Rohmann
(On Civilization)
"Guns, Germs, & Steel" & "Collapse" by Jared Diamond
"The Limits to Growth" by Meadows, et al
"The Collapse of Complex Societies" by Joseph Tainter
"The Upside of Down" by Thomas Homer-Dixon
"The Geography of Nowhere" by James Howard Kunstler
"A Short History of Progress" by Ronald Wright (Also see others in the CBC Massey Lecture Series; most are very good & not all fall under this categorization.)
(Economics & Game Theory)
"Happiness" by Richard Layard
"The Origin of Financial Crises" by George Cooper
"The Origin of Capitalism" by Ellen Meiksins Wood
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins
"Small is Beautiful" by E. F. Schumacher
"The Complexity of Cooperation" by Robert Axelrod
"The Misbehavior of Markets" by Benoit Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson
"The Winner Take All Society" by Robert H. Frank & Philip J. Cook
"Shop Class as Soul Craft" by Matthew B. Crawford (More of an extended essay on the nature of work in modern society, but without question an excellent read.)
(Elinor Ostrom also belongs on this list, although so far I've only read summaries of her work. She recently won the Nobel Prize in Economics for research on informal, cooperation-based solutions to the problem of the tragedy of the commons that don't rely on either privatization of property or management by governments.)
(Biology, Ecology, & Evolution)
"The Making of the Fittest" & "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" by Sean B. Carroll
"The Web of Life" by Fritjof Capra
(Nonlinear Dynamics for Dummies)
"Chaos" by James Gleick
"Complexity" by M. Mitchell Waldrop
"Emergence" by Steven Johnson
(Cognition)
"Language In Action" by William Turnbull
"Philosophical Investigations" by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Well, since it's virtually incomprehensible, mostly just read the SparkNotes.)
"Intelligence With Representation" by Luc Steels (This is actually a paper, not a book, but definitely worth reading since he solves the grounding problem of symbol systems. There are a few caveats, but I will only go into those if someone asks for them; this post is too long already.)
"The Quantum Brain" by Jeffrey Satinover
"Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely
"Kluge" by Gary Marcus
"The Brain That Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge
"Descartes' Error" by Antonio Damasio
"The Social Atom" by Mark Buchanan
(Religion)
"The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot" by Bart D. Ehrman
Okay, I think I'll stop there, since that should keep most people going for a few years!
(There are others that I'm tempted to recommend because they look like they'll be really good, but I have restricted myself only to books/authors I've actually read, with just that one exception.)
(Epic)
J.R.R. Tolkien
Robert Jordan
Steven Erikson
(Series)
C.J. Cherryh
L.E. Modesitt
Kate Elliot
Katherine Kerr
J.V. Jones
Tad Williams
Raymond Feist
Janny Wurts
Mercedes Lackey (gets a little formulaic after a few trilogies, but still enjoyable)
(Comedy)
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Spider Robertson
(Other)
Iain M. Banks
Robert A. Heinlein
Non-Fiction:
(Reference)
"Ideas" by Peter Watson
"A World of Ideas" by Chris Rohmann
(On Civilization)
"Guns, Germs, & Steel" & "Collapse" by Jared Diamond
"The Limits to Growth" by Meadows, et al
"The Collapse of Complex Societies" by Joseph Tainter
"The Upside of Down" by Thomas Homer-Dixon
"The Geography of Nowhere" by James Howard Kunstler
"A Short History of Progress" by Ronald Wright (Also see others in the CBC Massey Lecture Series; most are very good & not all fall under this categorization.)
(Economics & Game Theory)
"Happiness" by Richard Layard
"The Origin of Financial Crises" by George Cooper
"The Origin of Capitalism" by Ellen Meiksins Wood
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins
"Small is Beautiful" by E. F. Schumacher
"The Complexity of Cooperation" by Robert Axelrod
"The Misbehavior of Markets" by Benoit Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson
"The Winner Take All Society" by Robert H. Frank & Philip J. Cook
"Shop Class as Soul Craft" by Matthew B. Crawford (More of an extended essay on the nature of work in modern society, but without question an excellent read.)
(Elinor Ostrom also belongs on this list, although so far I've only read summaries of her work. She recently won the Nobel Prize in Economics for research on informal, cooperation-based solutions to the problem of the tragedy of the commons that don't rely on either privatization of property or management by governments.)
(Biology, Ecology, & Evolution)
"The Making of the Fittest" & "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" by Sean B. Carroll
"The Web of Life" by Fritjof Capra
(Nonlinear Dynamics for Dummies)
"Chaos" by James Gleick
"Complexity" by M. Mitchell Waldrop
"Emergence" by Steven Johnson
(Cognition)
"Language In Action" by William Turnbull
"Philosophical Investigations" by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Well, since it's virtually incomprehensible, mostly just read the SparkNotes.)
"Intelligence With Representation" by Luc Steels (This is actually a paper, not a book, but definitely worth reading since he solves the grounding problem of symbol systems. There are a few caveats, but I will only go into those if someone asks for them; this post is too long already.)
"The Quantum Brain" by Jeffrey Satinover
"Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely
"Kluge" by Gary Marcus
"The Brain That Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge
"Descartes' Error" by Antonio Damasio
"The Social Atom" by Mark Buchanan
(Religion)
"The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot" by Bart D. Ehrman
Okay, I think I'll stop there, since that should keep most people going for a few years!
(There are others that I'm tempted to recommend because they look like they'll be really good, but I have restricted myself only to books/authors I've actually read, with just that one exception.)
Here are a few that I liked a lot:
Prometheus Rising - Robert Anton Wilson
We the Living - Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke
Choke - Palahniuk
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Pirsig
Society of the Spectacle - Debord
The Illuminatus Trilogy - R.A.W
The Ethics of Ambiguity - Simone de Beauvoir
One-Dimensional Man - Herbert Marcuse
The Dark Chronicles - Soroka
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett
Monsters - Greer
Prometheus Rising - Robert Anton Wilson
We the Living - Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke
Choke - Palahniuk
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Pirsig
Society of the Spectacle - Debord
The Illuminatus Trilogy - R.A.W
The Ethics of Ambiguity - Simone de Beauvoir
One-Dimensional Man - Herbert Marcuse
The Dark Chronicles - Soroka
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett
Monsters - Greer
Recently, I would suggest:
-- Man's Search For Meaning (Dr. Viktor Frankl)
-- Dragon's of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Carl Sagan)
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
-- Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
-- Mysticism and Logic (Bertrand Russell)
-- How the Mind Works (Stephen Pinker)
-- Man's Search For Meaning (Dr. Viktor Frankl)
-- Dragon's of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Carl Sagan)
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
-- Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
-- Mysticism and Logic (Bertrand Russell)
-- How the Mind Works (Stephen Pinker)
- Any book by Kurt Vonnegut
- 1984 - George Orwell
- House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
- The Stranger - Albert Camus
- A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
- One Hand Clapping - Anthony Burgess
- Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
- Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
- Brave New World - Alduous Huxley
- 1984 - George Orwell
- House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
- The Stranger - Albert Camus
- A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
- One Hand Clapping - Anthony Burgess
- Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
- Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
- Brave New World - Alduous Huxley
David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature
Bertrand Russell - Unpopular Essays
Voltaire - Philosophical Dictionary
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle, Breakfast Of Champions(anything by him)
Michael Foucault - The Order of Things
Michael Foucault - Madness & Civilisation
Erich Fromm - The Sane Society
Carl Jung - Modern Man In Search of A Soul
Bertrand Russell - ABC of Relativity
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Series
Patricia Highsmith - Strangers On a Train
Elmore leonard - Hombre, Waiting For Valdez (anything by him)
HG Wells - Time Machine
William Golding - Lord Of The Flies
Spinoza - Ethics
Bertrand Russell - Unpopular Essays
Voltaire - Philosophical Dictionary
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle, Breakfast Of Champions(anything by him)
Michael Foucault - The Order of Things
Michael Foucault - Madness & Civilisation
Erich Fromm - The Sane Society
Carl Jung - Modern Man In Search of A Soul
Bertrand Russell - ABC of Relativity
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Series
Patricia Highsmith - Strangers On a Train
Elmore leonard - Hombre, Waiting For Valdez (anything by him)
HG Wells - Time Machine
William Golding - Lord Of The Flies
Spinoza - Ethics
I knew there HAD to be a book recommendation thread on an INTP forum, glad I found it!
My top 13 (in no particular order) with some reasons why. Some are already here, but they bear repeating because they are THAT good:
1. "Ender's Game" Orson Scott Card
Classic sci fi novel that speaks to any kid that felt different because they were smart. I've reread this several times and every time I do I get something new out of it. This book is about gifted children, military psychology, effects of isolation, compassion, understanding and misunderstanding.
2, "Lord of the Flies" William Golding
A treasure trove of symbolism with a dark dive into the primitive side of humankind.
3. "Heart of Darkness" Joseph Conrad
I could repeat the same thing I just said for Lord of the Flies, however with another note. This book taught me that not all books can be read at a breakneck speed. This one needs to be digested slowly. There is so much vivid (and creepy) imagery it pays to stop and visualize each line.
4. "Dune" Frank Herbert
Classic science fiction novel about how resources keep a world (or galaxy) churning and the political gambits that go along with it. This is another one I get something new out of every time I read it. My last take-away became a new motto for me: "The clear and safe path leads always to stagnation."
5. "Elegant Universe" Brian Greene
A pretty good explanation of quantum physics for the lay person. I parallel read this with 'Hyperspace" and they seemed to compliment each other well.
6. "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Robert Pirsig
By the end of the novel I think my brain pattern had actually changed to appreciate the space between things... or to appreciate something for what it isn't. It also makes you seriously question the value of western philosophy as you witness the inner workings of a mind who logically thinks himself crazy.
7. "Into Thin Air" John Krakauer
I have a thing about non fictional survival stories... this is a great one.
8. "Alive"
Ditto
9. "House of Leaves" Mark Danielewski
This is not a book, it is an experience. My only advice is to read everything, including all appendices, decode everything and treat it like a collage. Once you've seen everything take a step back and see how the pieces fit together. It took me a good two weeks AFTER I finished the book to digest it.
10. "American Psycho" Brett Easton Ellis
What is so brilliant about BEE is that he makes you feel what it's like to be (the totally fucked up) main character. I actually think he does this better in "Glamorama" but "American Psycho" is more straightforward.
11. "Cosmos" Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan has such a giddy wonder for the universe that comes pouring through as he takes you on a tour through it's most fascinating parts.
12. "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman"
Because physicists CAN be funny.
13. "Chasm City/Diamond Dogs" Alastair Reyolds
Reynolds is a physicist turned sci writer (I LOVE those). He does epic hard science space operas. Chasm City is the best of this that I've read so far. He spins an intricate plot but has a hard time coming to a fulfilling climax... but the ride was so fun you don't really care. Diamond Dogs is a short story... very well worth a read.
My top 13 (in no particular order) with some reasons why. Some are already here, but they bear repeating because they are THAT good:
1. "Ender's Game" Orson Scott Card
Classic sci fi novel that speaks to any kid that felt different because they were smart. I've reread this several times and every time I do I get something new out of it. This book is about gifted children, military psychology, effects of isolation, compassion, understanding and misunderstanding.
2, "Lord of the Flies" William Golding
A treasure trove of symbolism with a dark dive into the primitive side of humankind.
3. "Heart of Darkness" Joseph Conrad
I could repeat the same thing I just said for Lord of the Flies, however with another note. This book taught me that not all books can be read at a breakneck speed. This one needs to be digested slowly. There is so much vivid (and creepy) imagery it pays to stop and visualize each line.
4. "Dune" Frank Herbert
Classic science fiction novel about how resources keep a world (or galaxy) churning and the political gambits that go along with it. This is another one I get something new out of every time I read it. My last take-away became a new motto for me: "The clear and safe path leads always to stagnation."
5. "Elegant Universe" Brian Greene
A pretty good explanation of quantum physics for the lay person. I parallel read this with 'Hyperspace" and they seemed to compliment each other well.
6. "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Robert Pirsig
By the end of the novel I think my brain pattern had actually changed to appreciate the space between things... or to appreciate something for what it isn't. It also makes you seriously question the value of western philosophy as you witness the inner workings of a mind who logically thinks himself crazy.
7. "Into Thin Air" John Krakauer
I have a thing about non fictional survival stories... this is a great one.
8. "Alive"
Ditto
9. "House of Leaves" Mark Danielewski
This is not a book, it is an experience. My only advice is to read everything, including all appendices, decode everything and treat it like a collage. Once you've seen everything take a step back and see how the pieces fit together. It took me a good two weeks AFTER I finished the book to digest it.
10. "American Psycho" Brett Easton Ellis
What is so brilliant about BEE is that he makes you feel what it's like to be (the totally fucked up) main character. I actually think he does this better in "Glamorama" but "American Psycho" is more straightforward.
11. "Cosmos" Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan has such a giddy wonder for the universe that comes pouring through as he takes you on a tour through it's most fascinating parts.
12. "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman"
Because physicists CAN be funny.
13. "Chasm City/Diamond Dogs" Alastair Reyolds
Reynolds is a physicist turned sci writer (I LOVE those). He does epic hard science space operas. Chasm City is the best of this that I've read so far. He spins an intricate plot but has a hard time coming to a fulfilling climax... but the ride was so fun you don't really care. Diamond Dogs is a short story... very well worth a read.
Most of the books I enjoyed are listed. Just two more to add to the list: Mary Shelley - Frankenstein and Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth. The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's book, but I've reread it several times and found something new to think about each time. It also has pictures...
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