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- | Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code | + | ====== Bookshelf ====== |
- | Card, Orson Scott - Firat Meetings in the Enderverse | + | Todo: sort by read/unread |
- | Sebold, Alice - The Lovely Bones | + | |
- | London, Jack - White Fang and The Call of The Wild | + | |
- | Henstell, Diana - Deadly Friend | + | |
- | Goldacre, Ben - Bad Science | + | |
- | James, Peter - Dead Simple | + | |
- | Smith, Michael Marshall - Only Forward | + | |
- | Bagshawe, Louise - Tuesday's Child | + | |
- | Bear, Greg - Blood Music | + | |
- | Card, Orson Scott - Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus | + | |
- | Bear, Greg - Slant | + | |
- | Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy | + | |
- | Godley, Janey - Handstands In The Dark | + | |
- | Brin, David - Earth | + | |
- | Grossman, Lev - Codex | + | |
- | Roberts, Adam - The Snow | + | |
- | Buxton, Ian - 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die | + | |
- | Forward, Robert L - Dragon's Egg | + | |
- | Asmiov, Isaac - The Caves of Steel | + | |
- | McKay, Dave - Destroyers | + | |
- | Sladek, John - Roderick | + | |
- | Daniken, Erich Von - Chariots of the Gods | + | |
- | Herriot, James - Vets Might Fly | + | |
- | Heinlen, Robert A - Farnham's Freehold | + | |
- | Kidder, Tracey - The Soul of a New Machine | + | |
- | Fitzgerald, F. Scott - Tender is the Night | + | ===== Fiction ===== |
- | Barnes, Julian - Arthur & George | + | * Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
- | Aldiss, Brian - Helliconia | + | * Adams, Scott - The Dilbert Future |
- | Grimwood, Jon Courtenay - redRobe | + | * Aldiss, Brian - Helliconia |
- | Mitchell, David - Cloud Atlas | + | * Anthony, Piers - Split Infinity |
- | Besher, Alexander - Rim | + | * Asher, Neal - Cowl |
- | Palmer, Dexter - Version Control | + | * Asimov, Isacc - I, Robot |
- | O Siochru, Michael - God's Executioner | + | * Asmiov, Isaac - The Caves of Steel |
- | Kushner, David - Masters of Doom | + | * Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale |
- | Gordon, Roderick & Williams, Brian - Tunels | + | * Banks, Iain M - Consider Phlebas |
- | Khoury, Raymond - The Sign | + | * Banks, Iain M - The Algebraist |
- | Shriver, Lionel - We Need To Talk About Kevin | + | * Banks, Ian - Whit |
- | Schlosser, Eric - Fast Food Nation | + | * Barnes, Julian - Arthur & George |
- | Banks, Ian - Whit | + | * Baxter, Stephen - Ark |
- | Grimwood, Jon Courtenay - reMix | + | * Baxter, Stephen - Manifold Origin |
- | Shea, Robert & Wilson, Robert Anton - The Illuminatus! Trilogy | + | * Baxter, Stephen - Space |
- | Eugenides, Jeffrey - The Virgin Suicides | + | * Baxter, Stephen - Time |
- | Salinger, J.D - The Catcher In The Rye | + | * Bear, Greg - Blood Music |
- | Plath, Sylvia - The Bell Jar | + | * Bear, Greg - Slant |
- | Dick, Philip K - Minority Report | + | * Besher, Alexander - Rim |
- | Mason, Mark - The C Words | + | * Bova, Ben - Future Crime |
- | Hawking, Stephen - The Grand Design | + | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Chabon, Michael - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | ||
+ | * Chambers, Becky - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet | ||
+ | * Chiang, Ted - Exhalation | ||
+ | * Cook, Rick - Cursed & Consulted | ||
+ | * Coupland, Douglas - Eleanor Rigby | ||
+ | * Coupland, Douglas - Miss Wyoming | ||
+ | * Crichton, Michael - Prey | ||
+ | * Danielewski, Mark Z. - House of Leaves | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Dunn, Katherine - Geek Love | ||
+ | * Ellis, Bret Easton - American Psycho | ||
+ | * Eugenides, Jeffrey - The Virgin Suicides | ||
+ | * Fenn, Jaine - Principles of Angels | ||
+ | * Fforde, Jasper - The Well of Lost Plots | ||
+ | * Fitzgerald, F. Scott - Tender is the Night | ||
+ | * Forward, Robert L - Dragon's Egg | ||
+ | * Forward, Robert L - Starquake | ||
+ | * Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys | ||
+ | * Gates, Bill - The Road Ahead | ||
+ | * Gemmell, David - The King Beyond The Gate | ||
+ | * Gibson, William - Virtual Light | ||
+ | * Godley, Janey - Handstands In The Dark | ||
+ | * Golding, William - Lord of the Flies | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Heinlein, Robert A - Farnham's Freehold | ||
+ | * Heinlein, Robert A - The Number of the Beast | ||
+ | * Heller, Joesph - Catch 22 | ||
+ | * Henstell, Diana - Deadly Friend | ||
+ | * Herbert, James - The Rats | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Kesey, Ken - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | ||
+ | * Khoury, Raymond - The Sign | ||
+ | * Kidder, Tracey - The Soul of a New Machine | ||
+ | * Koontz, Dean - The Good Guy | ||
+ | * Lawrence, Louise - Children of the Dust | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Mitchell, David - Cloud Atlas | ||
+ | * More, Thomas - Utopia | ||
+ | * Neilan, Paul - Apathy | ||
+ | * Nicholls, David - Us | ||
+ | * Niven, Larry - Footfall | ||
+ | * Niven, Larry - The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton | ||
+ | * Niven, Larry - The Magic Goes Away | ||
+ | * O Siochru, Michael - God's Executioner | ||
+ | * Palmer, Dexter - Version Control | ||
+ | * Paulsen, Gary - Hatchet | ||
+ | * Plascencia, Salvador - The People of Paper | ||
+ | * Plath, Sylvia - The Bell Jar | ||
+ | * Pohl, Frederik - Man Plus | ||
+ | * Pullman, Philip - Book of Dust | ||
+ | * Pullman, Philip - The Subtle Knife | ||
+ | * Roberts, Adam - The Snow | ||
+ | * Sagan, Carl - The Dragons of Eden | ||
+ | * Sagan, Nick - Idlewild | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Sebold, Alice - The Lovely Bones | ||
+ | * Shea, Robert & Wilson, Robert Anton - The Illuminatus! Trilogy | ||
+ | * Sheldon, Sidney - Are You Afraid of the Dark? | ||
+ | * Shriver, Lionel - We Need To Talk About Kevin | ||
+ | * Sladek, John - Roderick | ||
+ | * Smith, Martin Cruz - Wolves Eat Dogs | ||
+ | * Smith, Michael Marshall - Only Forward | ||
+ | * Smith, Michael Marshall - Spares | ||
+ | * Sontag, Sherry & Drew, Christopher - Blind Man's Buff | ||
+ | * Stapledon, Olaf - Star Maker | ||
+ | * Steinbeck, John - East of Eden | ||
+ | * Stephenson, Neal - The System of the World | ||
+ | * Sterling, Bruce - Distraction | ||
+ | * Sterling, Bruce - The Hacker Crackdown | ||
+ | * Stross, Charles - Halting State | ||
+ | * Sturgeon, Theodore - More Than Human | ||
+ | * Swindells, Robert - Brother in the Land | ||
+ | * Thompson, Craig - Blankets | ||
+ | * Thorpe, David - Hybrids | ||
+ | * Tressell, Robert - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | ||
+ | * Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching | ||
+ | * Turtledove, Harry - World War In The Balance | ||
+ | * Wheaton, Wil - Just a Geek | ||
+ | * Winslow, Don - The Cartel | ||
+ | * Wolfe, Gene - Soldier In The Mist | ||
+ | * Wolf, Mary Anne - Proust and the Squid | ||
+ | * Zelazny, Roger - Lord of Light | ||
+ | ===== Non fiction ===== | ||
+ | * Alexander, Eben - Proof of Heaven | ||
+ | * Blackmore, Susan - Conversations on Consciousness | ||
+ | * Burton, Robert A - On Being Certain | ||
+ | * Cohen, Adam - The Perfect Store | ||
+ | * Covey, Stephen R - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | ||
+ | * Critchley, Simon - On Humour | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Fisher, Helen - Why We Love | ||
+ | * Franken, Al - Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them | ||
+ | * Fry, Stephen - Making History | ||
+ | * Fry, Stephen - Moab is my Washpot | ||
+ | * Gleick, James - Chaos | ||
+ | * Goldacre, Ben - Bad Science | ||
+ | * Hawking, Stephen - The Grand Design | ||
+ | * Hedges, Chris - Empire of Illusion | ||
+ | * Hitchens, Christopher - God is not Great | ||
+ | * Johnson, Clifford V - The Dialogues: Conversations about the nature of the universe | ||
+ | * Johnson, Steven - The Ghost Map | ||
+ | * Kenneally, Christine - The First Word | ||
+ | * Klein, Naomi - No Logo | ||
+ | * Krauss, Lawrence M - Beyond Star Trek | ||
+ | * Krauss, Lawrence - The Physics of Star Trek | ||
+ | * Lewis, Bernard - What Went Wrong? | ||
+ | * Ness, Randolph M - Evolution and Healing | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Munroe, Randall - What If? | ||
+ | * Murray, John - Success In Electronics | ||
+ | * Patel, Raj - The Value of Nothing | ||
+ | * Roach, Mary - Stiff | ||
+ | * Singh, Simon - Fermat's Last Theorem | ||
+ | * Sullivan, Robert - Rats | ||
+ | * Taubes, Gary - Good Calories, Bad Calories | ||
+ | * Thomas, Mark - As Seen on The Famous Nelson Mandela | ||
+ | * Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching | ||
+ | * Vise, David A - The Google Story | ||
+ | * Weeks, David & James, Jamie - Eccentrics | ||
+ | * West, Geoffrey - Scale | ||
+ | * Yu, Charles - How to Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe | ||
- | Winslow, Don - The Cartel | + | ==== Poetry ==== |
- | Sontag, Sherry & Drew, Christopher - Blind Man's Buff | + | * Bukowski, Charles - Ham on Rye |
- | Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | + | * Florence, Rab - Poetry & Swearing Vol 1 |
- | Burroughs, William - Naked Lunch | + | * McNish, Holly - Nobody Told Me |
- | Gates, Bill - The Road Ahead | + | * Rilke, Rainer Maria - Letters to a Young Poet |
- | Harth, Erich - The Creative Loop | + | * Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching |
- | Gray, John - Gray's Anatomy | + | |
- | Gaiman, Neil - Anasi Boys | + | |
- | Thorpe, David - Hybrids | + | |
- | Bryson, Bill - Notes from a Small Island | + | |
- | Kaplan, Jerry - Start Up | + | |
- | Bryson, Bill - The Lost Continent | + | |
- | Chambers, Becky - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet | + | |
- | Stapledon, Olaf - Star Maker | + | |
- | Smith, Martin Cruz - Wolves Eat Dogs | + | |
- | Hornby, Nick - How To Be Good | + | |
- | Krauss, Lawrence - The Physics of Star Trek | + | |
- | Bryson, Bill - Neither Here Nor There | + | |
- | Heller, Joesph - Catch 22 | + | |
- | Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | + | |
- | Kesey, Ken - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | + | |
- | Cohen, Adam - The Perfect Store: Inside Ebay | + | |
- | Dunn, Katherine - Geek Love | + | |
- | Eyre, Jane - Charlotte Bronte | + | |
- | Levy, Steven - Insanely Great | + | |
- | Banks, Iain M - The Algebraist | + | |
- | Kennedy, Emma - I Left My Tent in San Francisco | + | |
- | Gleick, James - Chaos | + | |
- | Gunn, Neil M - The Silver Darlings | + | |
+ | ==== 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 | ||
- | Golding, William - Lord of the Flies | + | ===== Computer history/culture ===== |
- | Krauss, Lawrence M - Beyond Star Trek | + | |
- | Hafner, Katie & Lyon, Matthew - Where Wizards Stay Up Late | + | |
- | Moore, Thomas - Utopia | + | |
- | Menn, Joesph - Fatal System Error | + | |
- | Sebold, Alice - Lucky | + | |
- | Hills, Simon - Strictly No! | + | |
- | Lette, Quentin - 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain | + | |
- | Grahame-Smith, Seth - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | + | |
- | Berners-Lee, Tim - Weaving The Web | + | |
- | Lewis, Bernard - What Went Wrong? | + | |
- | Tressell, Robert - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | + | |
- | Lawrence, Louise - Children of the Dust | + | |
- | Steinbeck, John - East of Eden | + | |
- | Swindells, Robert - Brother in the Land | + | |
- | Tsu, Lao - Tao Te Ching | + | |
+ | * Benedict, Michael - Cyberspace | ||
+ | * Berners-Lee, Tim - Weaving The Web | ||
+ | * Bronson, Po - The Nudist on the Late Shift | ||
+ | * Brooks, Frederick P Brooks - The Mythical Man-Month | ||
+ | * Brynjolfsson, Erik & McAfree, Andrew - The Second Machine Age | ||
+ | * Clothier, Paul - The Computer Trainer | ||
+ | * Cohen, Adam - The Perfect Store: Inside Ebay | ||
+ | * Hafner, Katie - Where Wizards Stay Up Late | ||
+ | * Johnson, Steve - Emergence | ||
+ | * Kaplan, Jerry - Start Up | ||
+ | * Kidder, Tracey - The Soul of a New Machine | ||
+ | * Kushner, David - Masters of Doom | ||
+ | * Levy, Steven - Insanely Great | ||
+ | * Menn, Joesph - Fatal System Error | ||
+ | * Padua, Sydney - The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage | ||
+ | * Palmer, Dexter - Version Control | ||
+ | * Shimomura, Tsutomu - Takedown | ||
+ | * Standage, Tom - The Victorian Internet | ||
+ | * Sterling, Bruce - The Hacker Crackdown | ||
+ | * Stoll, Clifford - Silicon Snake Oil | ||
+ | * 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) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Unread Fiction ====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Anthony, Piers - Split Infinity | ||
+ | * Asher, Neal - Cowl | ||
+ | * Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * Chiang, Ted - Exhalation | ||
+ | * Cook, Rick - Cursed & Consulted | ||
+ | * Coupland, Douglas - Miss Wyoming | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 - Footfall | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
- | * [[wp>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People]] by [[wp>Stephen Covey]] - Gift from Karen, Dec 2011. (Jun 2004) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay]] by [[wp>Michael Chabon]] (Aug 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>American Psycho]] by [[wp>Bret Easton Ellis]] - Dec 2011 gift from Karen. (Apr 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>Anyone Can Do It]] by [[wp>Duncan Bannatyne]] (Oct 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Apathy and Other Small Victories]] by [[wp>Paul Neilian]] (Jan 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Ark]] by [[wp>Stephen Baxter]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Bad Science]] by [[wp>Ben Goldacre]] (May 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Blood of Elves]] by [[wp>A Sapkowski]] - Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List (Dec 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>Chaos]] by [[wp>James Gleick]] (Jun 2004) | ||
- | * [[wp>Compilers - Principles, Techniques and Tools]] by [[wp>Alfred V Aho]] - First edition present from my mum, Dec 2011. (Mar 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Cowl]] by [[wp>Neal Asher]] (Jul 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Delusions of Gender]] by [[wp>Cordelia Fine]] - Book for the skeptics bookgroup April 2012. I'm finding the style extremely hard to read, she annoys me. I'm only a few chapters in and have been encouraged to read further though. (Apr 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>A Devil's Chaplain]] by [[wp>Richard Dawkins]] - I loved The Blind Watchmaker by Dawkins so I plan to read his other books... (Dec 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>Eats, Shites & Leaves]] by [[wp>Antal Parody]] (Jun 2005) | ||
- | * [[wp>Geek Love]] by [[wp>Katherine Dunn]] - Borrowed from Kev. (Apr 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid]] by [[wp>Douglas Hofstadter]] (Jul 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Gray's Anatomy]] by [[wp>John Gray]] (Mar 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Greatest Show on Earth]] by [[wp>Richard Dawkins]] (Jun 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Halfhead]] by [[wp>Stuart B MacBride]] - Picked this up on a whim in Waterstones because it was set in a futuristic Glasgow. (Aug 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>House of Leaves]] by [[wp>Mark Z. Danielewski]] - Sounds like a fascinating book. (Dec 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Howl's Moving Castle]] by [[wp>Diana Wynne Jones]] - Reading this for my sci-fi bookgroup. (Jun 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Hybrids]] by [[wp>David Thorpe]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>If We're So In Love Why Aren't We Happy?]] by [[wp>Susan Page]] (May 2005) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Illuminatus! Trilogy]] by [[wp>multi multi]] (Mar 2004) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Importance of Being Earnest]] by [[wp>Oscar Wilde]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) and of course, I'd been meaning to read this one especially | ||
- | * [[wp>In The Balance]] by [[wp>Harry Turtledove]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>The King Beyond The Gate]] by [[wp>David Gemmell]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Last Wish]] by [[wp>A Sapkowski]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Little Prince]] by [[wp>Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) and it's a classic I always meant to read | ||
- | * [[wp>Making History]] by [[wp>Stephen Fry]] - Gift from my sister, Dec 2011. (Dec 2005)] | ||
- | * [[wp>Man's Search for Meaning]] by [[wp>Viktor Frankl]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Martian Chronicles]] by [[wp>Ray Bradbury]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) | ||
- | * [[wp>Notes from Underground]] by [[wp>Fyodor Dostoevsky]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Nudist on the Late Shift]] by [[wp>Po Bronson]] (May 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>Pride and Prejudice]] by [[wp>Jane Austen]] (Sep 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Principles of Angels]] by [[wp>Jaine Fenn]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City]] by [[wp>Robert Sullivan]] - Not sure where I heard about this book - sounds interesting though. Been on my list since June 2004. (Jan 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Richard Branson: The Autobiography]] by [[wp>Richard Branson]] (Mar 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Robot Builder's Bonanza]] by [[wp>Gordon McComb]] - I've had this book for months, but never actually got around to reading it 'till now. (May 2005) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Sacred Stones]] by [[wp>Matthew Reilly]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Selfish Gene]] by [[wp>Richard Dawkins]] - I loved The Blind Watchmaker by Dawkins so I plan to read his other books... (Dec 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>Sex Tips For Girls]] by [[wp>Cynthia Heimel]] (Apr 2004) | ||
- | * [[wp>A Song of Ice and Fire]] by [[wp>George R Martin]] - Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List (Dec 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>A Spot of Bother]] by [[wp>Mark Haddon]] (Mar 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Star Diaries]] by [[wp>Stanislaw Lem]] - Rumoured to be where Douglas Adams got his writing style from. Need to read this. Mentioned by a guy on slashdot. Got as a gift from my mum, Dec 2011. (May 2004) | ||
- | * [[wp>Stargirl]] by [[wp>Jerry Spinelli]] (Aug 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Subtle Knife]] by [[wp>Philip Pullman]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Survivors Club: How To Survive Anything]] by [[wp>Ben Sherwood]] (Mar 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Tao Te Ching]] by [[wp>Lao Tzu]] - This book is recommended by everybody who makes a list of 'great books' or 'books that changed my life' and they never mention what the fsck its about - just stuff like; 'if you haven't read it, read it' and nothing descriptive. I suppose I better track (Jun 2004) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England]] by [[wp>Ian Mortimer]] (Mar 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Utopia]] by [[wp>Thomas Moore]] (Sep 2005) | ||
- | * [[wp>Virtual Light]] by [[wp>William Gibson]] (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes From A Street-Smart Executive]] by [[wp>Mark McCormack]] (Jul 2005) | ||
- | * [[wp>Where Wizards Stay Up Late]] by [[wp>Katie Hafner]] (May 2003) | ||
- | * [[wp>Why We Love]] by [[wp>Helen Fisher]] - Read some of her papers and listened to one of her talks. Fascinating woman. Looks like an interesting book. (Sep 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Wizard's Bane]] by [[wp>Rick Cook]] (Sep 2010) | ||
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- | * [[wp>1Q84]] by [[wp>Haruki Murakami]] - Characters slipping between parallel universes with subtle differences. Sounds interesting. (Jan 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Amusing Ourselves to Death]] by [[wp>Neil Postman]] - http://i.imgur.com/qdg3v.jpg - this made me want to read it. (Jun 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Antarctica]] by [[wp>Kim Stanley Robinson]] - Set in McMurdo base, same as The Thing, might be interesting, though I did find his Mars trilogy quite tough to read. (Sep 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Blindness]] by [[wp>Jose Saramago]] (Apr 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West]] by [[wp>Cormac McCarthy]] (Dec 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs]] by [[wp>Ken Jennings]] (Mar 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Cows]] by [[wp>Matthew Stokoe]] - Mentioned in a 'most disturbing book' thread on reddit. Sounds interesting. (Dec 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Culture of Narcissism]] by [[wp>Christopher Lasch]] - Lack of community post industrialisation. Could be interesting. (Aug 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Food of the Gods]] by [[wp>Terrence McKenna]] (Sep 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Hot Zone]] by [[wp>Richard Preston]] - Sounds interesting. (Dec 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>The Internet is a Playground]] by [[wp>David Thorne]] (Nov 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Jonathan Livingston Seagull]] by [[wp>Richard Bach]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) | ||
- | * [[wp>Letter to a Christian Nation]] by [[wp>Sam Harris]] (Feb 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Lost Boys]] by [[wp>Scott Orson Card]] - The climax was mentioned on xkcd. Sounds interesting. (Jul 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>Millennium]] by [[wp>John Varley]] (Jul 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>On the Outside Looking Indian]] by [[wp>Rupinder Gill]] - Saw the back cover on reddit, with blurbs she'd written herself. Looks interesting. (Mar 2011) | ||
- | * [[wp>On The Road]] by [[wp>Jack Kerouac]] (Oct 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, Book 1)]] by [[wp>David Eddings]] (Jun 2005) | ||
- | * [[wp>Split Infinity]] by [[wp>Piers Anthony]] (Feb 2012) | ||
- | * [[wp>Story of the Eye (Histoire de l'oeil)]] by [[wp>Georges Bataille]] (Dec 2010) | ||
- | * [[wp>Unwind]] by [[wp>Neal Shusterman]] (Jan 2011) |