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====== Books I Want to Read ======
The date in brackets is when it was originally added to my list.  See also:  [[Reading|Books I'm Reading]] and [[read|Books I've Read]]

==== Misc ====
  * [[wp>The Voyage of the Space Beagle]] by [[wp>A. E. van Vogt]] - Mentioned [[https://kangarookoncepts.tripod.com/Nexialist.htm|here]] as the origin of the work nexialist, which I find interesting.
  * [[wp>Morphogenesis]] by [[wp>Greg Egan]] - "If you liked The Thing you should check it out" ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1e27a18/just_finished_watching_alien_for_the_first_time/ld0isp8/|reddit]])
  * [[wp>Aurora]] by [[wp>Kim Stanley Robinson]] - "Seeing the AI grow and develop in 'real time' was really fantastic writing. " ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1bcyocr/im_looking_for_scifi_in_which_the_computer_is/|reddit]])

===== Recommended (to me) =====
  * [[wp>Neurotribes]]
  * [[wp>Otherland]] by [[wp>Tad Williams]] - Recommended by Gwmngilfen at the September Tech Meetup.  Deals with slightly-in-the-future VR worlds.

==== Hive Minds ====
  * Theodore Sturgeon - To Marry Medusa
  * Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon The Deep
  * The Green Brain and Hellstrom's Hive, both by Frank Herbert
  * Swarm by Bruce Stirling
  * All you Need is Kill by Hiroshi Saukurazaka
  * Serpents Reach by CJ Cherryh
  * Janet Edwards Hive Mind

===== I've got =====
  * [[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 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>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)

===== Still to get =====
  * [[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>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>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)

===== Part through =====
  * [[wp>The Hyperion Cantos]] by [[wp>Dan Simmons]] - Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List (Dec 2003) - I read the first one (in August 2018) and want to read the others.
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