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[lithera]

I've almost caught up on my massive glut of books for me too read. Or atleast I've read enough of them that I feel I can give that pile a rest.

What I am looking for are recommmendations of books that I should read. Specifically Iw as trying to think of those more classic books that I feel I should read, for some reason, but never have. Of course, this can apply as much to 18th century British Literature as modern SciFi.

Any suggestions? (Note: They don't have to be fiction.)

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[seanb.livejournal.com]

Some SciFi recommendations:
Herbert: "Destination: Void" and "Dosadi Incident"
Niven: "Inferno", "The Magic Goes Away"
Heinlein: "Job: A Comedy of Justice", "Starship Troopers"
Burroughs: The Barsoom tales. Very strange fluff, obviously from the same author that came up with Tarzan. You may not like it, but at least read through the first book.
Asimov: I, Robot

I also STRONGLY recommend that you read Douglas Hofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" and James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me". These are among my favorite non-fiction books.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

Read some of those, not others. Mmmmmm.