Good books?

[Orsorum]

Kind of an all-around general question... I'm interested in any and all books that you find interesting, such as....

Adam Smith, "Wealth of Nations"
Isaac Newton, "Mathematica Principia"
Milton Friedman, "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960"
Ludwig von Mises, "Human Action: A Treatise on Economics"
Stephen Hawking, "Brief History of Time" and "Universe in a Nutshell"

Any suggestions, anything along those lines? I want to eventually also pick up a copy of anything by either Pliny (Elder or Younger), etc.

 

[Kadarin]

A little "light reading" there, Zakath15?

(My tastes tend to run towards hard SF..)

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
A little "light reading" there, Zakath15?

(My tastes tend to run towards hard SF..)

lol They're all currently on my wishlist for Amazon.com, 'cept for BHOT, Stephen Hawking, and Newton. It's fun stuff. I'm still finishing up a series of stuff by CS Lewis, then some more culturally broad reading of books that my roommate gave to me.

 

[Orsorum]

What kind of SF?

 

[GermyBoy]

God's Debris, by Scott Adams.

 

[joohang]

Jim and Michelle McCarthy, "Software For Your Head"

Linkie

"The Core" that I mentioned in my report, and my alignment report itself is part of "the Core protocols" discussed throughout this book. Definitely worth reading to just about anybody, although it appears to be targeted at software people.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: GermyBoy
God's Debris, by Scott Adams.

Cool beans, that looks really interesting...

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: joohang
Jim and Michelle McCarthy, "Software For Your Head"

Linkie

"The Core" that I mentioned in my report, and my alignment report itself is part of "the Core protocols" discussed throughout this book. Definitely worth reading to just about anybody, although it appears to be targeted at software people.

Cool beans... hmmm.

 

[Maetryx]

God, Freedom and Evil by Alvin Plantinga

 

[Kadarin]

Here's my list from last night's other book/author thread:

thread

Dan Simmons - Hyperion novels
Peter F. Hamilton - The Night's Dawn Trilogy (The Reality Dysfunction; The Neutronium Alchemist; The Naked God)
Glen Cook - The Dragon Never Sleeps
Daniel Keyes Moran - The Long Run (and others in the series)
Iain Banks - The Player of Games (and other Culture novels)
Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination (from the '50s, but it still reads very well)
Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon the Deep
Robert Heinlein - The Number of the Beast (yeah, it's fluff, but it's enjoyable fluff)

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Maetryx
God, Freedom and Evil by Alvin Plantinga

Wow, looks like an interesting book... read any of his other stuff?

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Here's my list from last night's other book/author thread:

thread

Dan Simmons - Hyperion novels
Peter F. Hamilton - The Night's Dawn Trilogy (The Reality Dysfunction; The Neutronium Alchemist; The Naked God)
Glen Cook - The Dragon Never Sleeps
Daniel Keyes Moran - The Long Run (and others in the series)
Iain Banks - The Player of Games (and other Culture novels)
Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination (from the '50s, but it still reads very well)
Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon the Deep
Robert Heinlein - The Number of the Beast (yeah, it's fluff, but it's enjoyable fluff)

Sweet.... didn't know it was only last night, though, .

 

[PrinceofWands]

'The Elegant Universe' by Brian R. Greene.

Explores string theory with a good intro to other physics principles. Very good read.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
'The Elegant Universe' by Brian R. Greene.

Explores string theory with a good intro to other physics principles. Very good read.

I think I remember looking at this once... cool stuff.

 

[Maetryx]

I haven't read other Plantinga stuff, but I want to. His other books are pretty expensive because they are basically philosophy text books.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Maetryx
I haven't read other Plantinga stuff, but I want to. His other books are pretty expensive because they are basically philosophy text books.

Aye...

 

[stosil]

hyper space is a great book

 

[killface]

"Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. It's an outsider's view of human civilization.
and
"The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan.

 

[yakko]

Hyperspace and Visions by Michio Kaku.

 

[pyonir]

Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
Black Like Me - John Howard Griffin
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alas, Babylon - Patrick Frank (i think it was P. Frank)
Why They Kill - Richard Rhodes
Beowulf
Hamlet/Julius Ceaser/Othello
Edgar Allan Poe
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
The Next Generation Speaks - Tom Brokaw
The Path to Freedom - Michael Collins, Tim Pat Coogan
Ulysses - James Joyce (also The Dubliners)

 

[nihil]

Dude. Those stephen hawking books look awesome. i've been meaning to pick them up for a long time. That, and cryptonomicon by neal stephenson.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: nihil
Dude. Those stephen hawking books look awesome. i've been meaning to pick them up for a long time. That, and cryptonomicon by neal stephenson.

BHOT is a really good book, UIAN is one that my uncle (retired physics prof.) recommended to me.

 

[djheater]

Loved the Dune series.
Loved The Lord of the Rings
Love Greek and Roman texts....
currently reading Aeschylus The Oresteian Trilogy
My most often reread is probably Suetonious' Twelve Caesars
Salinger is one of my favorites also, though personally I enjoy his short stories more than his novels.

From the other thread.
I'll read anything from the beat generation... I don't always care for it

I also enjoy Japanese philosophical texts....
The Unfettered Mind Takuan Soho
Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu
The Book of Tea Kakuzo Okakura

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse is my favorite book of all time.

nik

 

[PCHO]

I'm just starting "First Break All the Rules" by Marcus Buchanan and Curt Coffman