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* Asimov, Isacc - I, Robot | * Asimov, Isacc - I, Robot | ||
* Asmiov, Isaac - The Caves of Steel | * Asmiov, Isaac - The Caves of Steel | ||
+ | * Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale | ||
* Banks, Iain M - Consider Phlebas | * Banks, Iain M - Consider Phlebas | ||
* Banks, Iain M - The Algebraist | * Banks, Iain M - The Algebraist | ||
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* Coupland, Douglas - Eleanor Rigby | * Coupland, Douglas - Eleanor Rigby | ||
* Coupland, Douglas - Miss Wyoming | * Coupland, Douglas - Miss Wyoming | ||
- | * Crichton, Michael - Prety | + | * Crichton, Michael - Prey |
* Danielewski, Mark Z. - House of Leaves | * Danielewski, Mark Z. - House of Leaves | ||
* Daniken, Erich Von - Chariots of the Gods | * Daniken, Erich Von - Chariots of the Gods | ||
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* Forward, Robert L - Dragon's Egg | * Forward, Robert L - Dragon's Egg | ||
* Forward, Robert L - Starquake | * Forward, Robert L - Starquake | ||
- | * Gaiman, Neil - Anasi Boys | + | * Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys |
* Gates, Bill - The Road Ahead | * Gates, Bill - The Road Ahead | ||
* Gemmell, David - The King Beyond The Gate | * Gemmell, David - The King Beyond The Gate | ||
* Gibson, William - Virtual Light | * Gibson, William - Virtual Light | ||
- | * Gleick, James - Chaos | ||
* Godley, Janey - Handstands In The Dark | * Godley, Janey - Handstands In The Dark | ||
* Golding, William - Lord of the Flies | * Golding, William - Lord of the Flies | ||
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* Hamilton, Peter F - Fallen Dragon | * Hamilton, Peter F - Fallen Dragon | ||
* Harth, Erich - The Creative Loop | * Harth, Erich - The Creative Loop | ||
- | * Hawking, Stephen - The Grand Design | ||
* Heinlein, Robert A - Farnham's Freehold | * Heinlein, Robert A - Farnham's Freehold | ||
* Heinlein, Robert A - The Number of the Beast | * Heinlein, Robert A - The Number of the Beast | ||
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* Henstell, Diana - Deadly Friend | * Henstell, Diana - Deadly Friend | ||
* Herbert, James - The Rats | * Herbert, James - The Rats | ||
- | * Herriot, James - Vets Might Fly | ||
* Hills, Simon - Strictly No! | * Hills, Simon - Strictly No! | ||
* Hornby, Nick - How To Be Good | * Hornby, Nick - How To Be Good | ||
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* MacBride, Stuart B - Halfhead | * MacBride, Stuart B - Halfhead | ||
* Mason, Mark - The C Words | * Mason, Mark - The C Words | ||
- | * McKay, Dave - Destroyers | + | * McIntyre, Michael - Life & Laughing |
* Menn, Joesph - Fatal System Error | * Menn, Joesph - Fatal System Error | ||
* Mitchell, David - Cloud Atlas | * Mitchell, David - Cloud Atlas | ||
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* Plath, Sylvia - The Bell Jar | * Plath, Sylvia - The Bell Jar | ||
* Pohl, Frederik - Man Plus | * Pohl, Frederik - Man Plus | ||
+ | * Pullman, Philip - Book of Dust | ||
* Pullman, Philip - The Subtle Knife | * Pullman, Philip - The Subtle Knife | ||
* Roberts, Adam - The Snow | * Roberts, Adam - The Snow | ||
- | * Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | ||
* Sagan, Carl - The Dragons of Eden | * Sagan, Carl - The Dragons of Eden | ||
* Sagan, Nick - Idlewild | * Sagan, Nick - Idlewild | ||
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* Stapledon, Olaf - Star Maker | * Stapledon, Olaf - Star Maker | ||
* Steinbeck, John - East of Eden | * Steinbeck, John - East of Eden | ||
+ | * Stephenson, Neal - The System of the World | ||
* Sterling, Bruce - Distraction | * Sterling, Bruce - Distraction | ||
* Sterling, Bruce - The Hacker Crackdown | * Sterling, Bruce - The Hacker Crackdown | ||
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* Sturgeon, Theodore - More Than Human | * Sturgeon, Theodore - More Than Human | ||
* Swindells, Robert - Brother in the Land | * Swindells, Robert - Brother in the Land | ||
+ | * Thompson, Craig - Blankets | ||
* Thorpe, David - Hybrids | * Thorpe, David - Hybrids | ||
* Tressell, Robert - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | * Tressell, Robert - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | ||
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* Zelazny, Roger - Lord of Light | * Zelazny, Roger - Lord of Light | ||
- | ==== Non fiction ==== | + | ===== Non fiction ===== |
* Alexander, Eben - Proof of Heaven | * Alexander, Eben - Proof of Heaven | ||
* Blackmore, Susan - Conversations on Consciousness | * Blackmore, Susan - Conversations on Consciousness | ||
* Burton, Robert A - On Being Certain | * Burton, Robert A - On Being Certain | ||
* Cohen, Adam - The Perfect Store | * Cohen, Adam - The Perfect Store | ||
+ | * Covey, Stephen R - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | ||
+ | * Dawkins, Richard - A Devil's Chaplain | ||
+ | * Dawkins, Richard - The God Delusion | ||
+ | * Dawkins, Richard - The Greatest Show on Earth | ||
+ | * Dawkins, Richard - The Selfish Gene | ||
+ | * Fawcett, Bill - It Looked Good On Paper | ||
* Feynman, Richard P - The Character of Physical Law | * Feynman, Richard P - The Character of Physical Law | ||
+ | * Fisher, Helen - Why We Love | ||
* Franken, Al - Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them | * Franken, Al - Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them | ||
* Fry, Stephen - Making History | * Fry, Stephen - Making History | ||
* Fry, Stephen - Moab is my Washpot | * Fry, Stephen - Moab is my Washpot | ||
+ | * Gleick, James - Chaos | ||
* Goldacre, Ben - Bad Science | * Goldacre, Ben - Bad Science | ||
* Hawking, Stephen - The Grand Design | * Hawking, Stephen - The Grand Design | ||
* Hedges, Chris - Empire of Illusion | * Hedges, Chris - Empire of Illusion | ||
+ | * Hitchens, Christopher - God is not Great | ||
* Johnson, Steven - The Ghost Map | * Johnson, Steven - The Ghost Map | ||
* Kenneally, Christine - The First Word | * Kenneally, Christine - The First Word | ||
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* Krauss, Lawrence - The Physics of Star Trek | * Krauss, Lawrence - The Physics of Star Trek | ||
* Lewis, Bernard - What Went Wrong? | * Lewis, Bernard - What Went Wrong? | ||
+ | * Ness, Randolph M - Evolution and Healing | ||
* Matthews, Robert - 25 Big Ideas | * Matthews, Robert - 25 Big Ideas | ||
+ | * McCormack, Mark H - What They Didn't Teach You At Harvard Business School | ||
* Mortimer, Ian - The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England | * Mortimer, Ian - The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England | ||
+ | * Murray, John - Success In Electronics | ||
* Patel, Raj - The Value of Nothing | * Patel, Raj - The Value of Nothing | ||
* Roach, Mary - Stiff | * Roach, Mary - Stiff | ||
* Singh, Simon - Fermat's Last Theorem | * Singh, Simon - Fermat's Last Theorem | ||
+ | * Sullivan, Robert - Rats | ||
* Taubes, Gary - Good Calories, Bad Calories | * Taubes, Gary - Good Calories, Bad Calories | ||
+ | * Thomas, Mark - As Seen on The Famous Nelson Mandela | ||
* Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching | * Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching | ||
* Vise, David A - The Google Story | * Vise, David A - The Google Story | ||
+ | * Weeks, David & James, Jamie - Eccentrics | ||
* West, Geoffrey - Scale | * West, Geoffrey - Scale | ||
* Yu, Charles - How to Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe | * Yu, Charles - How to Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Poetry ==== | ||
+ | * Bukowski, Charles - Ham on Rye | ||
+ | * Florence, Rab - Poetry & Swearing Vol 1 | ||
+ | * McNish, Holly - Nobody Told Me | ||
+ | * Rilke, Rainer Maria - Letters to a Young Poet | ||
+ | * Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Biographies ==== | ||
+ | * Bannatyne, Duncan - Anyone Can Do It | ||
+ | * Branson, Richard - The Autobiography | ||
+ | * Clarkson, Jeremy - Don't Stop Me Now | ||
+ | * Kay, Peter - The Sound of Laughter | ||
+ | * Moyles, Chris - The Gospel According to Chris Moyles | ||
+ | * Moore, Michael - Dude Where's My Country? | ||
+ | * Wheaton, Will - Just A Geek | ||
===== Computer history/culture ===== | ===== Computer history/culture ===== | ||
+ | * Benedict, Michael - Cyberspace | ||
* Berners-Lee, Tim - Weaving The Web | * Berners-Lee, Tim - Weaving The Web | ||
* Bronson, Po - The Nudist on the Late Shift | * Bronson, Po - The Nudist on the Late Shift | ||
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* Torvalds, Linus & Diamond, David - Just For Fun | * Torvalds, Linus & Diamond, David - Just For Fun | ||
+ | ===== Computer reference ===== | ||
+ | * Abelson, Harold & Sussman, Gerald - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2nd Ed) | ||
+ | * Aho, Alfred V & Sethi, Ravi - Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools | ||
+ | * Albitz, Paul & Lui, Cricket - DNS and Bind (3rd Ed) | ||
+ | * Bornstein, Niel M - .NET and XML | ||
+ | * Connolly, Thomas - Database Systems | ||
+ | * Erikson, Jon - Hacking: The Art of Exploitation | ||
+ | * Flickenger, Rob - Linux Server Hacks | ||
+ | * Petzold, Charles - Code | ||
+ | * McComb, Gordon - The Robot Builder's Bonanza | ||
+ | * Powers, Shelly - Adding Ajax | ||
+ | * Pratt, Philip J & Adamas, Joesph J - Database Systems Management and Design | ||
+ | * Stevens, Richard W & Fenner, Bill - Unix Network Programming (3rd Ed) | ||
- | ===== Unsorted (oversized) ===== | + | ====== Unread Fiction ====== |
+ | |||
+ | * Anthony, Piers - Split Infinity | ||
+ | * Asher, Neal - Cowl | ||
+ | * Baxter, Stephen - Ark | ||
+ | * Besher, Alexander - Rim | ||
+ | * Bova, Ben - Future Crime | ||
+ | * Brin, David - Earth | ||
+ | * Bronte, Charlotte - Jane Eyre | ||
+ | * Bryson, Bill - Neither Here Nor There | ||
+ | * Bryson, Bill - Notes from a Small Island | ||
+ | * Bryson, Bill - The Lost Continent | ||
+ | * Bulgakov, Mikhail - The Heart of a Dog | ||
+ | * Burroughs, William - Naked Lunch | ||
+ | * Chabon, Michael - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | ||
+ | * Chambers, Becky - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet | ||
+ | * Cook, Rick - Cursed & Consulted | ||
+ | * Coupland, Douglas - Miss Wyoming | ||
* Danielewski, Mark Z. - House of Leaves | * Danielewski, Mark Z. - House of Leaves | ||
+ | * Dunn, Katherine - Geek Love | ||
+ | * Ellis, Bret Easton - American Psycho | ||
+ | * Fenn, Jaine - Principles of Angels | ||
* Fforde, Jasper - The Well of Lost Plots | * Fforde, Jasper - The Well of Lost Plots | ||
+ | * Fitzgerald, F. Scott - Tender is the Night | ||
+ | * Gates, Bill - The Road Ahead | ||
+ | * Gemmell, David - The King Beyond The Gate | ||
+ | * Godley, Janey - Handstands In The Dark | ||
+ | * Gordon, Roderick & Williams, Brian - Tunnels | ||
+ | * Grahame-Smith, Seth - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | ||
+ | * Gray, John - Gray's Anatomy | ||
+ | * Gray, John - Straw Dogs | ||
* Greene, Richard & Mohammad, K. Silem - The Undead and Philosophy | * Greene, Richard & Mohammad, K. Silem - The Undead and Philosophy | ||
+ | * Grimwood, Jin Courtenay - Lucifer's Dragon | ||
+ | * Grimwood, Jon Courtenay - redRobe | ||
+ | * Grimwood, Jon Courtenay - reMix | ||
+ | * Grossman, Lev - Codex | ||
+ | * Gunn, Neil M - The Silver Darlings | ||
+ | * Hadon, Mark - A Spot of Bother | ||
+ | * Hafner, Katie & Lyon, Matthew - Where Wizards Stay Up Late | ||
+ | * Hamilton, Peter F - Fallen Dragon | ||
+ | * Harth, Erich - The Creative Loop | ||
+ | * Hawking, Stephen - The Grand Design | ||
+ | * Heinlein, Robert A - The Number of the Beast | ||
+ | * Hills, Simon - Strictly No! | ||
+ | * Hornby, Nick - How To Be Good | ||
+ | * James, Peter - Dead Simple | ||
+ | * Kaplan, Andrew - Homeland | ||
+ | * Kaplan, Jerry - Start Up | ||
+ | * Kennedy, Emma - I Left My Tent in San Francisco | ||
+ | * Khoury, Raymond - The Sign | ||
+ | * Koontz, Dean - The Good Guy | ||
+ | * Lem, Stanislaw - The Star Diaries | ||
+ | * London, Jack - White Fang and The Call of The Wild | ||
+ | * Lovegrove, James - Days | ||
+ | * MacBride, Stuart B - Halfhead | ||
+ | * Mason, Mark - The C Words | ||
+ | * McIntyre, Michael - Life & Laughing | ||
+ | * Menn, Joesph - Fatal System Error | ||
+ | * Neilan, Paul - Apathy | ||
+ | * Nicholls, David - Us | ||
+ | * Niven, Larry - The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton | ||
+ | * O Siochru, Michael - God's Executioner | ||
+ | * Palmer, Dexter - Version Control | ||
+ | * Plascencia, Salvador - The People of Paper | ||
+ | * Pohl, Frederik - Man Plus | ||
+ | * Pullman, Philip - Book of Dust | ||
+ | * Roberts, Adam - The Snow | ||
+ | * Sagan, Carl - The Dragons of Eden | ||
+ | * Salinger, J.D - The Catcher In The Rye | ||
+ | * Sapkowski, Andrzej - Blood of Elves | ||
+ | * Sapkowski, Andrzej - The Last Wish | ||
+ | * Schlosser, Eric - Fast Food Nation | ||
+ | * Sebold, Alice - Lucky | ||
+ | * Shea, Robert & Wilson, Robert Anton - The Illuminatus! Trilogy | ||
+ | * Sheldon, Sidney - Are You Afraid of the Dark? | ||
+ | * Shriver, Lionel - We Need To Talk About Kevin | ||
+ | * Sontag, Sherry & Drew, Christopher - Blind Man's Buff | ||
+ | * Stapledon, Olaf - Star Maker | ||
+ | * Stephenson, Neal - The System of the World | ||
+ | * Sterling, Bruce - Distraction | ||
+ | * Sterling, Bruce - The Hacker Crackdown | ||
+ | * Stross, Charles - Halting State | ||
+ | * Sturgeon, Theodore - More Than Human | ||
+ | * Thompson, Craig - Blankets | ||
+ | * Thorpe, David - Hybrids | ||
+ | * Tressell, Robert - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | ||
+ | * Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching | ||
+ | * Turtledove, Harry - World War In The Balance | ||
+ | * Winslow, Don - The Cartel | ||
+ | * Wolfe, Gene - Soldier In The Mist | ||
+ | * Wolf, Mary Anne - Proust and the Squid | ||
+ | * Zelazny, Roger - Lord of Light | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Read Fiction ====== | ||
+ | * Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | ||
+ | * Adams, Scott - The Dilbert Future | ||
+ | * Aldiss, Brian - Helliconia | ||
+ | * Asimov, Isacc - I, Robot | ||
+ | * Asmiov, Isaac - The Caves of Steel | ||
+ | * Banks, Iain M - Consider Phlebas | ||
+ | * Banks, Iain M - The Algebraist | ||
+ | * Banks, Ian - Whit | ||
+ | * Barnes, Julian - Arthur & George | ||
+ | * Baxter, Stephen - Manifold Origin | ||
+ | * Baxter, Stephen - Space | ||
+ | * Baxter, Stephen - Time | ||
+ | * Bear, Greg - Blood Music | ||
+ | * Bear, Greg - Slant | ||
+ | * Capote, Truman - Breakfast at Tiffany's | ||
+ | * Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game | ||
+ | * Card, Orson Scott - First Meetings in the Enderverse | ||
+ | * Card, Orson Scott - Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus | ||
+ | * Card, Orson Scott - Seventh Son | ||
+ | * Coupland, Douglas - Eleanor Rigby | ||
+ | * Crichton, Michael - Prey | ||
+ | * Daniken, Erich Von - Chariots of the Gods | ||
+ | * Dick, Philip K - Dr Bloodmoney | ||
+ | * Dick, Philip K - Minority Report | ||
+ | * Dick, Philip K - The Man In The High Castle | ||
+ | * Eugenides, Jeffrey - The Virgin Suicides | ||
+ | * Forward, Robert L - Dragon's Egg | ||
+ | * Forward, Robert L - Starquake | ||
+ | * Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys | ||
+ | * Gibson, William - Virtual Light | ||
+ | * Golding, William - Lord of the Flies | ||
+ | * Heinlein, Robert A - Farnham's Freehold | ||
+ | * Hills, Simon - Strictly No! | ||
+ | * Hornby, Nick - How To Be Good | ||
+ | * James, Peter - Dead Simple | ||
+ | * Kesey, Ken - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | ||
+ | * Kidder, Tracey - The Soul of a New Machine | ||
+ | * Lawrence, Louise - Children of the Dust | ||
+ | * Nicholls, David - Us | ||
+ | * Niven, Larry - The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton | ||
* Niven, Larry - The Magic Goes Away | * Niven, Larry - The Magic Goes Away | ||
+ | * Plath, Sylvia - The Bell Jar | ||
+ | * Pohl, Frederik - Man Plus | ||
+ | * Pullman, Philip - The Subtle Knife | ||
+ | * Sagan, Nick - Idlewild | ||
+ | * Sebold, Alice - The Lovely Bones | ||
+ | * Sladek, John - Roderick | ||
+ | * Smith, Martin Cruz - Wolves Eat Dogs | ||
+ | * Smith, Michael Marshall - Only Forward | ||
+ | * Smith, Michael Marshall - Spares | ||
+ | * Steinbeck, John - East of Eden | ||
+ | * Swindells, Robert - Brother in the Land | ||
* Wheaton, Wil - Just a Geek | * Wheaton, Wil - Just a Geek | ||
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