The biggest disappointment of my blog has been the lack of dialogue; there is a comments section attached to each post for a reason. So far, any comments I’ve received were from one of two people. Are the rest of you bashful? Don’t know what to say? Here, let me try a short, direct post; maybe that will help.
I was talking to a friend of mine at a computer science department picnic today. He’s a prolific reader and reminded me of some books that I should check out. I’ve been meaning to craft a reading list and now seems like as good a time to start as any other. While I’m open to almost any topic, my primary areas of interest lie in computer science, science fiction, religion, politics, international relations, fantasy, and comedy.
Do you have any suggestions for me? I know there are hundreds of books that should go on this list, but I don’t know where to start, besides the few books that my friend suggested today. If you can think of a book or two that might strike my fancy, leave a comment with each book’s title and perhaps a brief description. I’ll write a comment back if I’ve already read it.
Pretty simple, right? Ok, you have your assignment; I eagerly await your responses. If this works out, I promise to write more manageable posts such as this one in the future.
6 comments:
And I'm one of the few, right?
Er, let's see... how about I just ramble off some good books I remember?
1984
Brave New World (I'm sure you've read at least one of these two)
I swear, man, start on the Harry Potter series - they'll take you a week
Crime and Punishment
Okay, I can't think of any right now. I'm trying to find the time to start Mrs. Dalloway; then I'll move on to The Hours. Hey! let's read 'em together and start our very own book club! Coffee and Decaf - rappers and readers, word.
I've read 1984, but none of those others. They've been added to the list.
What is Mrs. Dalloway? And is The Hours the book on which the movie of the same year that came out a year or two ago was based?
I forget; am I Decaf or Coffee? But yeah, we need to be good role models for the kids, know what I'm sayin'? Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go light up before production on our next music video, "One Lump or Two?", begins. :-P
Yeah, I just watched The Hours, which is based on the book The Hours, which is based on the Virginia Woolf book Mrs. Dalloway. Who said films don't promote reading?
Umm... I think I was Coffee, but we can change it up every so often. In fact, I think we have some "Hot Water" bling-bling, too. Some people like to drink tea, you know.
Books for the discerning Computer Science / IR student.
So you have the list for a bit of summer reading...
General Fiction:
William Gibson: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive
Bruce Sterling: Globalhead, Islands in the Net, Heavy Weather, Holy Fire, Distraction, Zeitgeist
William Gibson & Bruce Sterling: The Difference Engine
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle
Non-fiction:
Douglas Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Bruce Sterling: The Hacker Crackdown
Neal Stephenson: In the Beginning... was the Command Line
John Allan Paulos: Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences
Literature:
Dosteyvsky: The Brothers Karamozov
Tolstoy: War and Peace
Kafka: All works
Capote: In Cold Blood
Homer: The Illiad
Thucydides: The History of the Peloponnesian War
-Walter
Books for the discerning Computer Science / IR student.
So you have the list for a bit of summer reading...
General Fiction:
William Gibson: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive
Bruce Sterling: Globalhead, Islands in the Net, Heavy Weather, Holy Fire, Distraction, Zeitgeist
William Gibson & Bruce Sterling: The Difference Engine
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle
Non-fiction:
Douglas Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Bruce Sterling: The Hacker Crackdown
Neal Stephenson: In the Beginning... was the Command Line
John Allan Paulos: Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences
Literature:
Dosteyvsky: The Brothers Karamozov
Tolstoy: War and Peace
Kafka: All works
Capote: In Cold Blood
Homer: The Illiad
Thucydides: The History of the Peloponnesian War
-Walter
Hmmm... Blogger's interface leaves something to be desired. Sorry for the duplicate post.
-Walter
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