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Religion Explained
Pascal Boyer“Made a lot of things make sense to me. Looks at more than just the Abrahamic religions; a lot of the book is based on the author's anthropological work.”
Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition
Frank Herbert“One of my favorite books. The whole series, really. I was the only hardcore Dune geek I knew for a very long time. I still might be.”
Neuromancer
William Gibson“I read this for the first time in eighth grade. I've read it quite a few times since then. For a long time, it colored the way I thought about things.”
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson“Snow Crash made me understand a lot of things better than I did, and made me laugh at a lot of things in new ways. I probably think about one or more of the ideas or jokes in this book...” more »
Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World
Neal Stephenson“I like that nobody in these books is completely likable; they have that in common with real life.”
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace“Besides being really funny, it's taught me a lot about writing.”
The Demon-Haunted World
Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan“I think it's really important to have reason instead of religion and superstition, having overcome, for the most part, my own case of magical thinking. Magic is just fine for fiction, but...” more »
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins“I think I might have every one of Richard Dawkins's books. His writing practically reads itself aloud.”
DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA
Daniel C. Dennett“A really accessible book about a not-so-accessible subject. A lot of the subtleties of evolutionary thought are made clear, here. I read this one again every few years.”
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Philip Pullman“I love these books. They're squarely in the young-adult age group, but they're really just damn good fantasy. What little y/a fiction I've read seems really clean and safe and morally...” more »
World War Z
Max Brooks“Great fun, but as I may have mentioned, I don't have a personal story for every goddamn book.”
Night Watch
Sergei Lukyanenko“Fantastic demonstration of moral ambivalence. Fun in a dark way, or dark in a fun way.”
The Twilight Watch
Sergei Lukyanenko“This is the only book anyone should read with "Twilight" in the title. Maybe "Twilight of the Idols", but that's it.”
The Last Watch
Sergei Lukyanenko“A great extension of the trilogy. Adds something that demands another read of all three previous books.”
House of Leaves
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI“Okay, what the hell? This is supposed to be House of Leaves, and NOT Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I swear, I have not read, nor would I read, the SotTP. House of...” more »
