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10 Feb 2008, 4:34 pm

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah (Star Trek)

The Rings of Tautee by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Star Trek)

Demons by J.M. Dillard (Star Trek)


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10 Feb 2008, 4:55 pm

The Boogie Pop Phantom Series: It’s pretty weird, and has an unusual sense of humor, It’s basically about various High schools and some of their students in Japan and how they are all connected by various supernatural events. the author also Jokingly rants about how he's surprised that a directionless screw-up like himself became successful author. and the books full of references to Prince, Grand Funk Railroad, and various other groups. I'm currently waiting for the 4th book to be translated and released in the U.S.



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10 Feb 2008, 5:09 pm

I'll just list the books I like.

Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong (Published online at Threekingdoms.com)
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
Silverlock by John Myers Myers
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Neverwhere, American Gods, and Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams
Magician by Raymond Feist
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert
The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Farseer Trilogy, The Liveship Traders, and The Tawny Man by Robin Hobb
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hero and the Crown and Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
Riddle-Master by Patricia McKillip
The Wind on Fire by William Nicholson
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone by Greg Keyes
Discworld by Terry Pratchett

My top favorites in bold.



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10 Feb 2008, 9:55 pm

The Outsider - by Albert Camus


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11 Feb 2008, 12:06 am

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a book by Carl Sagan intended to explain the scientific method to laymen, and to encourage people to learn critical or skeptical thinking. It explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science, and ideas that can be considered pseudoscience. Sagan states that when new ideas are offered for consideration, they should be tested by means of skeptical thinking, and should stand up to rigorous questioning.



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11 Feb 2008, 6:27 pm

viska wrote:
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan

Wikipedia wrote:
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a book by Carl Sagan intended to explain the scientific method to laymen, and to encourage people to learn critical or skeptical thinking. It explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science, and ideas that can be considered pseudoscience. Sagan states that when new ideas are offered for consideration, they should be tested by means of skeptical thinking, and should stand up to rigorous questioning.


Contact by Carl Sagan was also really good. Worth reading, even if you've watched the movie.


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11 Feb 2008, 7:30 pm

Wild Orchids (I'll edit with the author when I get the chance) and Song of a Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism by Dawn Prince-Hughes
Two AWESOME books about people with Aspergers :D



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11 Feb 2008, 9:36 pm

Science fiction:
Larry Niven is an incredible writer; Ringworld is a good place to start.
Dan Simmons' Hyperion series
Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. Cryptonomicon had some great descriptive scenes, but it ran on a little too long for my taste.
Any William Gibson or Arthur C. Clarke

Philosophy/Science:
Camus, Sartre, Plato
Jeff Hawkins' On Intelligence
Jeffrey Satinover's The Quantum Brain
Luca Turin's The Secret of Scent
Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World, ed. Erich Hoyt and Ted Schultz



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11 Feb 2008, 9:41 pm

Lebesgue Integration and Measure by Weir.



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12 Feb 2008, 9:21 am

The Stand, by Stephen King. Over 1,000 pages long, and every one of them is great.

Summery (Possibly some minor spoilers)

In a secret government research facility, a genetically altered version of the common cold escapes, killing anyone who catches it. 99.9% of the world's population of humans, dogs and horses are killed by it, most of the book is about the survivers coming together in 2 opposing factions.