Posted by Chris on May 05, 1998 at 22:20:59:
In Reply to: My Bookshelf (the top 20) posted by Carlos on May 05, 1998 at 15:43:00:
I keep a list of books I want to read, and one of books I have read (guess which one is longer?)
: Virus of the Mind, Richard Brodie
It's on my to-read list....
: Godel, Escher, Bach, Douglas R. Hofstadter
It's on my to-read list. I've wanted to read it a couple of times now, but I always get intimidated and end up choosing something else:)
: The Origin of Satan, Elane Pagels
It's on my to-read list....
: The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes
It's on my to-read list. I hear he has another one out about prions. Something like "Deadly Feasts?" Have you read it?
: The Lucifer Principle, Harold Bloom
It's on my to-read list. Probably the next thing I'll read.
: Killer Angels, Michael Shaara [a novel of the battle of Gettysburg]
This is my wife's favorite book. I guess I'll have to put it on my to-read list now that someone I trust has recommended it (don't tell my wife I said that, but we usually have very different reading interests).
What? No science fiction on that list? What are you, some pseudo-highbrow? ;)
Here's my own list, (20 books that I would read again):
A History of God, Karen Armstrong
The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins
Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Daniel C. Dennett
The Panda's Thumb, Stephen Jay Gould
The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan
Wild Seed, Octavia Butler
Rendevous With Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
The Serpent and the Rainbow, Wade Davis (a semi-true story, and a fascinating history of Haiti)
Focault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
Catch 22, Joseph Heller
The Dispossessed, Ursula LeGuin (probably #1 on this list)
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, H.P. Lovecraft
A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller
The Mote in God's Eye, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
1984, George Orwelle
Contact, Carl Sagan
Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.