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Old 3rd October 2007, 2:37pm   #76
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Well at least we know you have a "theory of mind" toast
if there's a theory that i have a mind, it's shaky conjecture

Anyway, linking us nicely back on topic, if anyone likes long-winded rambling airy-fairy discussions then one of my favourite books could just be for you...

Godel, Escher, Bach is a book I don't recommend to many people cos it's quite geeky in several areas but it kinda links the mathematician Kurt Godel with the artist Maurice Escher and yes, JS Bach... it's largely an investigation of meaning but takes in a lot of scenery along the way. Keir and Les would probably enjoy it.

It's had some criticism, mostly the kind of criticism that involves the prefixes "quasi-" and "psuedo-" , and for variety occasionally "erstaz-" but it's a fun read even if it isn't the most rigorous ever tome on philosophy, number theory, etc... but then it doesn't purport to be.

(The style reminds me a little of the first year psychology text book by Gleitman - informative but with enough irreverence to avod being dry.)
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Old 3rd October 2007, 2:47pm   #77
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(The style reminds me a little of the first year psychology text book by Gleitman - informative but with enough irreverence to avod being dry.)
David Silverman's are quite similar to Gleitman in that regard I'm reticent to reccomend them though. Unless anyone has an interest in How to Do or Interpret qualitative research...
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Old 3rd October 2007, 2:57pm   #78
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I always want to recommend Raymond Smullyan's books cos even if you're not interested in logic they're just very funny, but it'd feel a bit saying "I've got this great new dictionary you should read"
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Mark Haddon's great I recently finished his second book, A Spot of Bother. Brilliant wee story.
I went on a book buying spree so I've got it, but yet to read it. Looking forward to it though!
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Someone beat me to Owen Meany, so i'm recommending Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

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One book eh...

1984 by George Orwell

One of the best pieces of fiction of the last century.
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That gets less and less fictional from what I see
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Mon, Orwell wasn't nearly bleak enough,
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They're just books guys.

I'd reccomend The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty.
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That gets less and less fictional from what I see
With 1984, I'm always left with a bit of doubt: Was Orwell just good at predicting the future, or did he cause it? I have visions of some shadowy illuminati types reading 1984 and thinking "Here, y'reckon we could get away with this?"
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A prayer for Owen Meany- john irving.
excellent book

I'd go with Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. All the pretty horses by Cormac McCarthy is also usually a good shout - very beautifully written piece of work.
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With 1984, I'm always left with a bit of doubt: Was Orwell just good at predicting the future, or did he cause it? I have visions of some shadowy illuminati types reading 1984 and thinking "Here, y'reckon we could get away with this?"
I reckon Orwell was just reflecting the time in which he lived tbh. Heightened perhaps.
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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky.

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Scar Tissue - Anthony keidis autobiography
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Re: If you had to recommend ONE book...
reading "Wicked" just now - about the life and times of the wicked witch of the west

its quite dark and although it has a lot of fantasy in it, it's not as airy fairy and sugar coated as The Wizard of Oz

I'm reading through it a second time at present and just about to move onto the sequel "Son of a Witch"

thoroughly loved/loving it though

i just cannot look at the story of the Wizard of Oz in the same way ever again!

if anyone is a fan of the Wizard of Oz or maybe even some Harry Potter fans (because of the kind of magical content in it in parts) I'd highly recommend it
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