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[Books I'd like to read](/space/books#to_read) and
[books I've read](/space/books#read).
![good](/good.png) means I liked it,
![ok](/ok.png) means it was just ok,
![bad](/bad.png) means I didn't like it.
<nf>nf</nf> is non-fiction, <f>f</f> is fiction.

Also see
[Maulik's](http://maulik.freeshell.net/Miki.pl?page=Reading+Log.miki) and
[Jon's](http://catastrophewaitress.infogami.com/books) reading lists.

<!-- Also [mini reviews](/space/books#mini_reviews) for a few books I read
a while back. -->


<a name="to_read"></a>
**Books I'd like to read**: 
[![Icon-Permalink.png](/Icon-Permalink.png)](/space/books#to_read)

  * [Aubrey de Grey - Ending Aging](http://books.google.com/books?id=4ndneLhSLsoC)

  * [L. J. Shrum - The Psychology of Entertainment Media](http://books.google.com/books?id=w_kJWcaz-wcC)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Neal Stephenson - Anathem](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061474096/)
<f>f</f>

  * [Jill Taylor - My Stroke of Insight](http://books.google.com/books?id=ETBIrJMu-J0C)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Clay Gordon - Discover Chocolate](http://books.google.com/books?id=sdvqAQAACAAJ)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Wil Wheaton](http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/) -
[The Happiest Days of Our Lives](http://www.monolithpress.com/projects.php?projectID=5)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Robert Charles Wilson](http://www.robertcharleswilson.com/) -
[The Chronoliths](http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/wilson_glance.htm#The%20Chronoliths)
<f>f</f>

  * [Ted Chiang - Hell is the Absence of God](http://isbn.nu/aisbn/chiang%20ted)
<f>f</f>

<a name="read"></a>
**Books I've read**: 
[![Icon-Permalink.png](/Icon-Permalink.png)](/space/books#to_read)

  * [William Strunk, E. B. White - The Elements of Style](http://books.google.com/books?id=IAy6NCD0Iq0C)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Dave Eggers - What Is the What](http://books.google.com/books?id=No9xAAAACAAJ)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Stephen King - On Writing](http://books.google.com/books?id=mHrjAAAACAAJ)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Chloé Doutre-Roussel - The Chocolate Connoisseur](http://books.google.com/books?id=3j_qAAAACAAJ)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Blastland, Dilnot - The Tiger That Isn't](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-That-Isnt-Through-Numbers/dp/1861978391)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Rebecca Walker - What Makes a Man](http://books.google.com/books?id=oDwNAAAACAAJ)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Iain Simons - Inside Game Design](http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Game-Design-Portfolio-Simons/dp/1856695328)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle -
[The Mote in God's Eye](http://books.google.com/books?id=1n-zo2dpJo8C)
 ![good](/good.png), 
[The Gripping Hand](http://books.google.com/books?id=Tv8BAAAACAAJ) ![ok](/ok.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [The Kite Runner](http://www.khaledhosseini.com/hosseini-books-kiterunner.html) -
[Khaled Hosseini](http://www.khaledhosseini.com/)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Geoffrey Stone - War and Liberty](http://books.google.com/books?id=WmkjhyFDDmkC)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Chris DiBona](http://egofood.blogspot.com/) -
[Bruce Napoleon, Vampire Veterinarian](http://vampvet.blogspot.com/)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [James W. Loewen - Lies My Teacher Told Me](http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0684818868)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [John Perkins - Confessions of an Economic Hit Man](http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1576753018)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Cory Doctorow](http://craphound.com/) - 
[Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom](http://craphound.com/down/) ![good](/good.png),
[Eastern Standard Tribe](http://craphound.com/est/) ![ok](/ok.png),
[Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town](http://craphound.com/someone/) ![ok](/ok.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Daniel Solove](http://www.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/) -
[I've Got Nothing to Hide...](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * Haruki Murakami -
[Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard-Boiled_Wonderland_and_the_End_of_the_World) ![good](/good.png),
[The Elephant Vanishes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elephant_Vanishes) ![bad](/bad.png),
[After Dark](http://books.google.com/books?id=-q-BAAAAIAAJ) ![ok](/ok.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Vernor Vinge](http://vrinimi.com/) -
[True Names](http://books.google.com/books?id=xTRV34TJn9EC) ![ok](/ok.png),
[Rainbow's End](http://www.sfreviews.net/rainbows_end.html) ![ok](/ok.png)
([available online!](http://vrinimi.org/rainbowsend.html))
<f>f</f>

  * [Edge - The 100 Best Videogames](http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/2007/07/the_100_best_vi.php)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Christof Koch - The Quest for
Consciousness](http://www.questforconsciousness.com/)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Zadie Smith - On Beauty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Beauty)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Freeman Dyson - Our Biotech Future](http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20370)
and [Joyce Carol Oates - Lest We Forget](http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20399),
from the [New York Review of Books](http://www.nybooks.com/)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Daniel Gilbert - Stumbling on Happiness](http://www.stumblingonhappiness.com/)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Tim O'Reilly in a Nutshell](http://www.amazon.com/Tim-OReilly-Nutshell-Collected-writings/dp/B000NLBAX2)
([available for free!](http://www.oreilly.de/oreilly/oreilly_inanutshell.pdf))
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Etgar Keret - The Bus Driver who Wanted to be
God](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Etgar Keret&title=The Bus Driver who Wanted to be God)
![bad](/bad.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Raby, Ruggeri - How To Protect Your Personal Information](http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~39005.aspx)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Orson Scott Card - Getting
Lost](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Getting Lost)
<bad>bad</bad> <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Carter Scholz -
Radiance](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Carter Scholz&title=Radiance)
![bad](/bad.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Bruce Sterling](http://blog.wired.com/sterling/) -
[The Difference Engine](http://isbn.nu/9780553070286) ![ok](/ok.png),
[Mirrorshades](http://www.well.com/conf/mirrorshades/) ![good](/good.png),
[Schismatrix](http://isbn.nu/9780441754007) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Robert Charles Wilson](http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/) -
[Spin](http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/wilson_glance.htm#Spin) ![good](/good.png),
[Axis](http://www.robertcharleswilson.com/books.php?id=2) ![ok](/ok.png),
[Blind Lake](http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/wilson_glance.htm#Blind_Lake) ![ok](/ok.png)
[Darwinia](http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/wilson/wilson_glance.htm#Darwinia) ![ok](/ok.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Ken MacLeod - Learning The World](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/ken-macleod/learning-world.htm) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [J. J. Luna - Invisible Money](http://howtobeinvisible.com/index.cfm/page/Books#skip)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Scott Rosenberg - Dreaming in Code](http://www.dreamingincode.com/)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [David Simon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Simon) -
[Homicide](http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780449908082) ![good](/good.png),
[The Corner](http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767900317) ![good](/good.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Tom McCarthy - Remainder](http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307278357)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Salman Rushdie - Shalimar the Clown](http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679463351)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Kemble Scott - SoMa](http://kemblescott.com/)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [David Sedaris - Naked](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&title=naked&authorchoice=exact&author=David Sedaris)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Lewis et al - A General Theory of
Love](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&title=a+general+theory+of+love&authorchoice=exact)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [James Gwartney et al - Common Sense
Economics](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=James Gwartney&title=Common Sense Economics)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Thomas Nagel - Concealment and
Exposure](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Thomas Nagel&title=Concealment and Exposure)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Bobby Henderson - The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti
Monster](http://www.venganza.org/)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Mike Cohn - Agile Estimating and
Planning](http://www.phptr.com/title/0131479415)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Jeff Hawkins - On Intelligence](http://www.onintelligence.org/)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Penny Arcade: Attack of the Bacon Robots!](http://isbn.nu/1593074441)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [William Gibson](http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/) -
[Neuromancer](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=William Gibson&title=Neuromancer) ![good](/good.png),
[Pattern Recognition](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=William Gibson&title=Pattern Recognition) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [John Battelle - The Search](http://isbn.nu/1591840880)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [J. J. Luna - How to Be Invisible](http://howtobeinvisible.com/)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Neil Strauss - The
Game](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Neil Strauss&title=The Game)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Terry Grossman and Ray Kurzweil - Fantastic
Voyage](http://fantastic-voyage.net/)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Ellen Fein, Sherrie Schneider - The
Rules](http://www.therulesbook.com/bookstore.html)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Max Brooks - World War Z](http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/worldwarz/)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Niel Gaiman - Neverwhere](http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Neverwhere/)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Michael Roizen, Mehmet Oz - You, The Owner's
Manual](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael Roizen&title=You The Owner's Manual)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Steven Johnson](http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/) -
[Everything Bad is Good for
You](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Steven Johnson&title=Everything Bad is Good for You) ![good](/good.png),
[Mind Wide Open](http://books.google.com/books?id=9LiPAAAACAAJ)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Bruce Schneier - Beyond
Fear](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Bruce Schneier&title=Beyond Fear)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Helen Fisher - Why We
Love](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Helen Fisher&title=Why We Love)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Lauren Weisberger - The Devil Wears Prada](http://www.randomhouse.com/features/devilwearsprada/)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Thomas Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific
Revolutions](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Thomas S. Kuhn&title=The Structure of Scientific Revolutions)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Stephen Wolfram - A New Kind of
Science](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stephen Wolfram&title=A New Kind of Science)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Joel Spolsky - The Best Software Writing
I](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Joel Spolsky&title=The Best Software Writing I)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Michael J. Behe - Darwin's Black
Box](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael J. Behe&title=Darwin's Black Box)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [John Allen Paulos -
Innumeracy](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=John Allen Paulos&title=Innumeracy)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Freeman Dyson - Disturbing the
Universe](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Freeman Dyson&title=Disturbing the Universe)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Susan Blackmore - The Meme
Machine](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Susan Blackmore&title=The Meme Machine)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Matt Ridley](http://www.mattridley.co.uk/) -
[Genome](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Matt Ridley&title=Genome) ![good](/good.png),
[Nature Via Nurture](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Matt Ridley&title=Nature Via Nurture) ![good](/good.png),
[The Red Queen](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Matt Ridley&title=The Red Queen) ![ok](/ok.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Drew McDermott - Mind and
Mechanism](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Drew McDermott&title=Mind and Mechanism)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Steven Strogatz -
Sync](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Steven Strogatz&title=Sync)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Frank Close - Lucifer's
Legacy](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Frank Close&title=Lucifer's Legacy)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [John F. X. Sundman - Acts of the Apostles](http://wetmachine.com/acts/)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [John Compton Sundman - Cheap Complex Devices](http://wetmachine.com/cheap/)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Randy Cohen - The Good, The Bad and The
Difference](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Randy Cohen&title=The Good, The Bad and The Difference)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-time](http://isbn.nu/1400032717)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Matt Ruff - Set this House in
Order](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Matt Ruff&title=Set this House in Order)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Sean Stewart - Perfect
Circle](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Sean Stewart&title=Perfect Circle)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly
Everything](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Bill Bryson&title=A Short History of Nearly Everything)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi) -
[Flow](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi&title=Flow) ![good](/good.png),
[Creativity](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi&title=Creativity) ![good](/good.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Ray Kurzweil](http://www.kurzweilai.net/about/frame.html) -
[The Age of Spiritual Machines](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Ray Kurzweil&title=The Age of Spiritual Machines) ![good](/good.png),
[The Age of Intelligent Machines](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Ray Kurzweil&title=The Age of Intelligent Machines) ![good](/good.png),
[The Ray Kurzweil Reader](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Ray Kurzweil&title=The Ray Kurzweil Reader) ![ok](/ok.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Thomas Friedman](http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/) -
[Longitudes & Attitudes](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Thomas Friedman&title=Longitudes & Attitudes) ![ok](/ok.png),
[The World is Flat](http://isbn.nu/1593976682) ![good](/good.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Lawrence Lessig](http://www.lessig.org/) -
[The Future of Ideas](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Lawrence Lessig&title=The Future of Ideas) ![good](/good.png),
[Code](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Lawrence Lessig&title=Code) ![good](/good.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Richard Dawkins](http://richarddawkins.net/) -
[The Selfish Gene](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Dawkins&title=The Selfish Gene) ![good](/good.png),
[The Blind Watchmaker](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Dawkins&title=The Blind Watchmaker) ![good](/good.png),
[Unweaving the Rainbow](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Dawkins&title=Unweaving the Rainbow) ![ok](/ok.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do
Again](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=David Foster Wallace&title=A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Steven Levy](http://www.stevenlevy.com/) -
[Hackers](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Steven Levy&title=Hackers) ![good](/good.png),
[Insanely Great](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Steven Levy&title=Insanely Great) ![ok](/ok.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Neal Stephenson](http://www.nealstephenson.com/) -
[The Diamond Age](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Neal Stephenson&title=The Diamond Age) ![good](/good.png),
[Cryptonomicon](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Neal Stephenson&title=Cryptonomicon) ![good](/good.png),
[Snow Crash](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Neal Stephenson&title=Snow Crash) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Neal Stephenson - In the Beginning...Was the Command Line](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Neal Stephenson&title=In the Beginning...Was the Command Line)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Charles Stross](http://www.antipope.org/charlie/) -
[Accelerando](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Charles Stross&title=Accelerando) ![good](/good.png),
[Singularity Sky](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Charles Stross&title=Singularity Sky) ![good](/good.png),
[Iron Sunrise](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Charles Stross&title=Iron Sunrise) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [China Mieville](http://runagate-rampant.netfirms.com/) -
[Perdido Street Station](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=China Mieville&title=Perdido Street Station) ![good](/good.png),
[The Scar](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=China Mieville&title=The Scar) ![good](/good.png),
[Iron Council](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=China Mieville&title=Iron Council) ![good](/good.png),
[King Rat](http://books.google.com/books?id=WqGyTicwxasC) ![ok](/ok.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [James Trefil - 101 Things You Don't Know about Science and No On Else Does
Either](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=James Trefil&title=101 Things You Don't Know about Science and No On Else Does Either)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman - Godel's
Proof](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman&title=Godel's Proof)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [David Brin -
Sundiver](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=David Brin&title=Sundiver)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [M. T. Anderson -
Feed](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=M. T. Anderson&title=Feed)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Franz Kafka - The
Trial](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Franz Kafka&title=The Trial)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Stewart Brand - The Media
Lab](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stewart Brand&title=The Media Lab)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Stephen R. Covey - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stephen R. Covey&title=The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Alec Mackenzie - The Time
Trap](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Alec Mackenzie&title=The Time Trap)
![bad](/bad.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Ian McEwan -
Atonement](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Ian McEwan&title=Atonement)
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Michael E. Edleson - Value
Averaging](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael E. Edleson&title=Value Averaging)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Jeff Fischer - Investing Without a Silver
Spoon](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Jeff Fischer&title=Investing Without a Silver Spoon)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [David and Tom Gardner - The Motley Fool Investment
Guide](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=David and Tom Gardner&title=The Motley Fool Investment Guide)
![good](/good.png)<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Percival Everett - American
Desert](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Percival Everett&title=American Desert)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Richard Feynman - Surely You Must Be Joking, Mr.
Feynman](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Feynman&title=Surely You Must Be Joking, Mr. Feynman)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Stephen Hawking - Black Holes and Baby
Universes](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stephen Hawking&title=Black Holes and Baby Universes)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Dave Eggers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Eggers) -
[You Shall Know Our Velocity](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Dave Eggers&title=You Shall Know Our Velocity) ![good](/good.png),
[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Dave Eggers&title=A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of
Being](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Milan Kundera&title=The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
![bad](/bad.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Tao Te
Ching](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&title=Tao Te Ching)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Shunryu Suzuki - Zen Mind, Beginner's
Mind](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Shunryu Suzuki&title=Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Paul Reps and Nyugen Senzaki - Zen Flesh Zen
Bones](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Paul Reps and Nyugen Senzaki&title=Zen Flesh Zen Bones)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Leonard Shlain - Sex, Time, and
Power](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Leonard Shlain&title=Sex, Time, and Power)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/) -
[One Hundred Years of Solitude](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Gabriel Garcia Marquez&title=One Hundred Years of Solitude) ![good](/good.png),
[Love in the Time of Cholera](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Gabriel Garcia Marquez&title=Love in the Time of Cholera) ![good](/good.png), etc.
<f>f</f>

  * [Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and
Steel](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Jared Diamond&title=Guns, Germs, and Steel)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Richard Adams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Adams_(author)) -
[Watership Down](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Adams&title=Watership Down) ![good](/good.png),
[Tales from Watership Down](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Adams&title=Tales from Watership Down) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Laura Schlessinger](http://www.drlaura.com/) -
[Ten Things Women Do to Mess Up their Lives](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Laura Schlessinger&title=Ten Things Women Do to Mess Up their Lives) ![ok](/ok.png),
[Ten Things Men Do to Mess Up their Lives](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Laura Schlessinger&title=Ten Things Men Do to Mess Up their Lives) ![ok](/ok.png)
<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Richard Watson - Cogito, Ergo
Sum](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Watson&title=Cogito, Ergo Sum)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [T. R. Reid - Confucius Lives Next
Door](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=T. R. Reid&title=Confucius Lives Next Door)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Guy Gavriel Kay](http://www.brightweavings.com/) -
[Tigana](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Guy Gavriel Kay&title=Tigana) ![good](/good.png),
[A Song for Arbonne](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Guy Gavriel Kay&title=A Song for Arbonne) ![good](/good.png),
[The Lions of Al-Rassan](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Guy Gavriel Kay&title=The Lions of Al-Rassan) ![good](/good.png)
<f>f</f>

  * [Arnold C. Schonberg - The Great
Pianists](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Arnold C. Schonberg&title=The Great Pianists)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Nick Bollettieri - My Aces, My
Faults](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Nick Bollettieri&title=My Aces, My Faults)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [John Nunn - Secrets of Rook
Endings](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=John Nunn&title=Secrets of Rook Endings)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [A. J. Gillam - Simple
Checkmates](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=A. J. Gillam&title=Simple Checkmates)
![ok](/ok.png)<nf>nf</nf>

  * [Al Horowitz -
Chess](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Al Horowitz&title=Chess)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Suparna Damany and Jack Bellis - It's Not Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome!](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Suparna Damany and Jack Bellis&title=It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Eric Raymond](http://www.catb.org/~esr/) -
[The Cathedral and The Bazaar](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cathbazpaper/),
[The Art of Unix Programming](http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Frank Herbert](http://www.dunenovels.com/bios/frank.html) -
[Dune](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Frank Herbert&title=Dune) ![good](/good.png),
[Dune Messiah](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Frank Herbert&title=Dune Messiah) ![ok](/ok.png),
[Children of Dune](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Frank Herbert&title=Children of Dune) ![ok](/ok.png), etc.
<f>f</f>

  * [Douglas Adams](http://www.douglasadams.com/) -
[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Douglas Adams&title=The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul),
[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Douglas Adams&title=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy),
[So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Douglas Adams&title=So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish),
[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Douglas Adams&title=The Restaurant at the End of the Universe), etc.
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides - Design
Patterns](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vflissides&title=Design Patterns)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Robert Silverberg](http://www.majipoor.com/) -
[Lord Valentine's Castle](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Robert Silverberg&title=Lord Valentine's Castle),
[Valentine Pontifex](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Robert Silverberg&title=Valentine Pontifex),
[Majipoor Chronicles](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Robert Silverberg&title=Majipoor Chronicles), etc.
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Stephen King](http://www.stephenking.com/) -
[The Stand](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stephen King&title=The Stand),
[It](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stephen King&title=It),
[Needful Things](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stephen King&title=Needful Things),
[Cujo](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Stephen King&title=Cujo), etc.
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Plato -
Republic](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Plato&title=Republic)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Melvin Rader and Jerry H. Gill - The Enduring
Questions](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Melvin Rader and Jerry H. Gill&title=The Enduring Questions)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Immanuel Kant - Grounding for the Metaphysics of
Morals](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Immanuel Kant&title=Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Rene Descartes - Collected
Writings](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Rene Descartes&title=Collected Writings)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Aristotle -
Ethics](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Aristotle&title=Ethics)
![good](/good.png)<nf>nf</nf>

  * [David Hume](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume) -
[An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=David Hume&title=An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals),
[An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=David Hume&title=An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Emily Bronte - Wuthering
Heights](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Emily Bronte&title=Wuthering Heights)
![bad](/bad.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Charles Dickens - Great
Expectations](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Charles Dickens&title=Great Expectations)
![bad](/bad.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Bernard Williams -
Morality](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Bernard Williams&title=Morality)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [William James - Essays in
Pragmatism](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=William James&title=Essays in Pragmatism)
![ok](/ok.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Thomas Aquinas - On Law, Morality, and
Politics](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Thomas Aquinas&title=On Law, Morality, and Politics)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Lex Williford and Michael Martone - The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary
Short Fiction](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Lex Williford and Michael Martone&title=The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction)
![good](/good.png) <nf>nf</nf>

  * [Michael Crichton](http://www.michaelcrichton.com/) -
[Rising Sun](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael Crichton&title=Rising Sun),
[Sphere](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael Crichton&title=Sphere),
[The Andromeda Strain](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael Crichton&title=The Andromeda Strain),
[The Terminal Man](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael Crichton&title=The Terminal Man),
[Congo](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Michael Crichton&title=Congo),
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Orson Scott Card](http://www.hatrack.com/osc/about.shtml) -
[Ender's Game](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Ender's Game),
[Speaker for the Dead](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Speaker for the Dead),
[Xenocide](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Xenocide),
[Children of the Mind](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Children of the Mind),
[Ender's Shadow](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Ender's Shadow),
[Shadow of the Hegemon](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Shadow of the Hegemon),
[Shadow Puppets](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Shadow Puppets),
[Shadow Of the Giant](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Orson Scott Card&title=Shadow Of The Giant)
![good](/good.png) <f>f</f>

  * [Piers Anthony](http://www.hipiers.com/) -
[A Spell for Chameleon](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Piers Anthony&title=A Spell for Chameleon)
and the Xanth series, the Incarnations series, and many others
![ok](/ok.png) <f>f</f>

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**Mini reviews**: 
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  * [Ray Kurzweil - The Age of Spiritual
Machines](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Ray Kurzweil&title=The Age of Spiritual Machines)
<nf>nf</nf>

Kurzweil is a technologist and scientist with an intimidating list of
accomplishments: voice recognition, voice synthesis, computer-generated art and
poetry, and some devastatingly accurate writing. He tends to make long-shot
predictions about how future technology will change our lives. He made 10 such
predictions in 1990, and 9 had come true by 2000. _Spiritual Machines_ contains
his predictions for 2010, 2020, and beyond.

  * [Thomas Friedman - Longitudes &
Attitudes](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Thomas Friedman&title=Longitudes & Attitudes)
<nf>nf</nf>

Friedman is a giant of modern journalism. He already has three Pulitzers under
his belt, and he currently hangs his hat on the Foreign Affairs editor's desk at
the _New York Times_. This book is a collection of his columns post-9/11,
focusing on the relations between the Middle East, the US, and the rest of the
world. The format of the book lends itself to sound bites as opposed to
continuity, and he begins to repeat himself after about 100 pages. But those
first 100 have some startling insights.

  * [Lawrence Lessig - The Future of
Ideas](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Lawrence Lessig&title=The Future of Ideas)
<nf>nf</nf>

Lessig was the Berkman Professor at Harvard Law School, and now he's at Stanford
(aw yeah...) He's currently one of the brightest minds in legal theory. This
book continues his exploration of law, communications, and the "tragedy of the
commons."

  * [Richard Dawkins - The Selfish
Gene](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Richard Dawkins&title=The Selfish Gene)
<nf>nf</nf>

In the past 50 years, we've rapidly unraveled the mysteries of DNA, genetics,
and how evolution created the mind-boggling complexity of a human being. Dawkins
explains, and his style is a rare gem: just reading his writing makes you feel
smart.

  * [Matt Ridley -
Genome](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=Matt Ridley&title=Genome)
<nf>nf</nf>

The human genome is amazing. It's digital, it's immense, and it lays out the
instructions to build a complete, fully functioning human being. We've mapped
the entire thing, but we're only beginning to understand what to do with it.
Ridley takes you on a tour through all 23 chromosomes, what they do, and why you
should care.

  * [David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do
Again](http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?newform=yes&titlechoice=exact&authorchoice=exact&author=David Foster Wallace&title=A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again)
<nf>nf</nf>

This guy is just flat out hilarious. He's wickedly smart, and he spends just as
much time skewering state fairs and luxury cruise liners as he does
deconstructing David Lynch or contemporary American fiction. I bought this book
for E Unibus Pluram, which is only one of the seven essays, but they're all
incredible.
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