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cowlick · 09-05-2003, 04:59 AM

One things I love about this is that books are too inumerable to list and too many great ones have come and gone -

Joseph Heller - Catch 22
It is the greatest piece of humor I have ever read. So black and so telling. In years past I kept a half dozen copies all over my home so I could pick one up anywhere and begin reading.

Homer - The Odyssey, The Illiad
I have a thing for the classics. And nothing is more classic than the great works of The Greek.

William Gibson - Neuromaner et al.
I am an avid fan of true Cyberpunk. Neuromancer spearheaded a genre and captured the imagination of millions. Every 'computers and people' Matrix type movie owes everything to Gibson.

Lau Tsu - Tao Te Ching
Supremely interesting. But never read just a single tranlation. It's best to read a number of translations simultaneously and compare the chapters.

Shea and Wilson - The Illuminatus Trilogy
Can you say paranoia? Also started me on a life long obsession with learning more about John Dillinger.

Wei Hui - Shanghai Baby
Just something I picked up at the library earlier this year. A tour de force for a young and modern writer.

Tristan Egolf - Lord of the Barnyard
More or less the same but I picked it up a few years ago. It's a bit massogonistic but the writing is amazing.

Herman Wouk - City Boy, The Hope, etc.
Herman Wouk came to me by way of Jimmy Buffett and 'Don't Stop the Carnival'. I've read a half dozen of his books now, and they're prime.

William Shakespear - He wrote a couple...
The incomparable bard.

Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide
A sense of humor matched by none. His passing still saddens me.

John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar
Written in the late 60's with a twisting and serpentine manner never before and never again captured, Brunner played with so much in this. Skipping conventions of typography, the format of the novel, the rigors of linear plot. His books stars the future and not the multitude of characters who inhabit it. Sadly, I think every day how his predictions are coming to fruition.

09-05-2003, 04:59 AM	#49 (permalink)
cowlick Insane Location: Seattle	One things I love about this is that books are too inumerable to list and too many great ones have come and gone - Joseph Heller - Catch 22 It is the greatest piece of humor I have ever read. So black and so telling. In years past I kept a half dozen copies all over my home so I could pick one up anywhere and begin reading. Homer - The Odyssey, The Illiad I have a thing for the classics. And nothing is more classic than the great works of The Greek. William Gibson - Neuromaner et al. I am an avid fan of true Cyberpunk. Neuromancer spearheaded a genre and captured the imagination of millions. Every 'computers and people' Matrix type movie owes everything to Gibson. Lau Tsu - Tao Te Ching Supremely interesting. But never read just a single tranlation. It's best to read a number of translations simultaneously and compare the chapters. Shea and Wilson - The Illuminatus Trilogy Can you say paranoia? Also started me on a life long obsession with learning more about John Dillinger. Wei Hui - Shanghai Baby Just something I picked up at the library earlier this year. A tour de force for a young and modern writer. Tristan Egolf - Lord of the Barnyard More or less the same but I picked it up a few years ago. It's a bit massogonistic but the writing is amazing. Herman Wouk - City Boy, The Hope, etc. Herman Wouk came to me by way of Jimmy Buffett and 'Don't Stop the Carnival'. I've read a half dozen of his books now, and they're prime. William Shakespear - He wrote a couple... The incomparable bard. Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide A sense of humor matched by none. His passing still saddens me. John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar Written in the late 60's with a twisting and serpentine manner never before and never again captured, Brunner played with so much in this. Skipping conventions of typography, the format of the novel, the rigors of linear plot. His books stars the future and not the multitude of characters who inhabit it. Sadly, I think every day how his predictions are coming to fruition. __________________ "It's a long story," says I, and let him up.