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A list of books
Sun, 2008-02-17 00:53 — elliot
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good books
I read mostly sci-fi. And yet I have read remarkably few of these (apart from parts of Rama and then only because it was set as a problem in my undergraduate physics course). As usual I just settle for the trashy stuff! Dammit.
I can't really get into
I can't really get into those heavy tomes of space opera which populate the Waterstones' scifi section these days. I'm more of a late 60s/early 70s kind of guy. Dystopian psychedelia is more my thing.
Eagerly awaiting the other 33.
I would agree with you on Nausea. It's one of those books that makes your reality wobble a little, but my wife always criticises me for being pretentious whenever I mention it.
I might also agree with Rendezvous With Rama, as it was probably the one (along with the movies 2001 and Close Encounters) that kicked off my childhood sci-fi obsession.
No non-fiction?
Good point. I suppose I
Good point. I suppose I should think about putting some non-fiction in there. Though I have to say there isn't much of it that I'd say really changed my perspective or moved me profoundly.