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toread [2020/01/09 17:26]
neil
toread [2020/05/22 02:45]
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 ====== Books I Want to Read ====== ====== Books I Want to Read ======
 The date in brackets is when it was originally added to my list. The date in brackets is when it was originally added to my list.
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 +===== Recommended =====
 +  * [[wp>​Neurotribes]]
  
 ===== I've got ===== ===== I've got =====
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   * [[wp>​1Q84]] by [[wp>​Haruki Murakami]] - Characters slipping between parallel universes with subtle differences. ​ Sounds interesting. (Jan 2012)   * [[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>​Amusing Ourselves to Death]] by [[wp>​Neil Postman]] - http://​i.imgur.com/​qdg3v.jpg - this made me want to read it. (Jun 2012)
 +  * [[wp>​Ancillary Justice]] by [[wp>Ann Leckie]] - recommended at a sci-fi bookgroup (6 Dec 2019)
   * [[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>​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>​Blindness]] by [[wp>​Jose Saramago]] (Apr 2011)
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   * [[wp>The Hot Zone]] by [[wp>​Richard Preston]] - Sounds interesting. (Dec 2010)   * [[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>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>​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>​Lost Boys]] by [[wp>​Scott Orson Card]] - The climax was mentioned on xkcd.  Sounds interesting. (Jul 2011)
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