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Tophat665 · 02-27-2005, 03:15 PM

Second the Principia Discordia, also the Illuminatus Trilogy and the Schroedinger's Cat trilogy.

Gödel, Escher, Bach is a book that I have probably read three times, if you count getting anywhere from a half to two thirds of the way through it 5 or 6 times. Excellent, mind bending, thought changing book, but I have never been able to finish it (probably time to take another crack at it.)

The Lord of the Rings. If you have never read it, it is mind blowing in scope and conception and complexity (though occasionally mind numbing in writing style.)

Dune. I have read over 20 times. Until recently, every time I read it I would find something else in in. Herbert pulls off almost the same trick in The Dosadi Experiment

Lord of Light: I can't explain. It's fiction, and science fiction at that, but it formed a lot of my character.

Small Gods: The best book I have ever read on the nature of religion and faith. It is devilishly strange that it should be one of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and an unabashed work of humor.

The Tao of Physics: Strong medicine for a technically bent recovering Catholic School boy.

The Plague: What does being a good man mean?

Rats, Lice, and History: A biography of Typhus

What If: Understanding history by speculating on what would have happened if things had happened differently.

Prometheus Rising: Leary and Crowley (and Aristotle and Freemasonry), distilled and presented in such a way as to entertain, educate, instruct, and improve people who don't go in for that kind of soft-headed stuff.

Great American Eccentrics: Short (one or 2 page) biographies of America's Crackpots, Oddballs, and Mad Geniuses from from Colonial to the 70's.

The Quick and Dirty Guide to War: Where will it happen, when, and why, by a fellow who ought to know.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Best advertisement there ever was both for and against drug use. Also, Hell's Angels, for some serious journalism.

02-27-2005, 03:15 PM	#44 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Second the <i>Principia Discordia</i>, also the <i>Illuminatus Trilogy</I> and the <i>Schroedinger's Cat</i> trilogy. <i>Gödel, Escher, Bach</i> is a book that I have probably read three times, if you count getting anywhere from a half to two thirds of the way through it 5 or 6 times. Excellent, mind bending, thought changing book, but I have never been able to finish it (probably time to take another crack at it.) <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>. If you have never read it, it is mind blowing in scope and conception and complexity (though occasionally mind numbing in writing style.) <i>Dune</i>. I have read over 20 times. Until recently, every time I read it I would find something else in in. Herbert pulls off almost the same trick in <i>The Dosadi Experiment</i> <i>Lord of Light</i>: I can't explain. It's fiction, and science fiction at that, but it formed a lot of my character. <i>Small Gods</i>: The best book I have ever read on the nature of religion and faith. It is devilishly strange that it should be one of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and an unabashed work of humor. <i>The Tao of Physics</i>: Strong medicine for a technically bent recovering Catholic School boy. <i>The Plague</i>: What does being a good man mean? <i>Rats, Lice, and History</i>: A biography of Typhus <i>What If</i>: Understanding history by speculating on what would have happened if things had happened differently. <i>Prometheus Rising</i>: Leary and Crowley (and Aristotle and Freemasonry), distilled and presented in such a way as to entertain, educate, instruct, and improve people who don't go in for that kind of soft-headed stuff. <i>Great American Eccentrics</i>: Short (one or 2 page) biographies of America's Crackpots, Oddballs, and Mad Geniuses from from Colonial to the 70's. <i>The Quick and Dirty Guide to War</i>: Where will it happen, when, and why, by a fellow who ought to know. <i>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</i>: Best advertisement there ever was both for and against drug use. Also, <i>Hell's Angels</i>, for some serious journalism. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.