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#21
05-30-2006, 09:26 AM
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Re: Books that made you look at things differently
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
This might be the most amazing book I have ever read. It's scope is huge -- over 1000 pages long, and connects several characters and storylines that ultimately explore our (human) obsession with and relationship to our emotions, and, I guess, the things we do to effect them. 
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#23
05-30-2006, 10:33 AM
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Re: Books that made you look at things differently
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The Fountainhead. [/ QUOTE ] Can that work stand independently of Atlas Shrugged? Have you read the work on Epistemology, only 70 pages but they are dense and meaningful for a mind dead set on reason. Cam
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#25
05-30-2006, 11:19 AM
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Re: Books that made you look at things differently
Almost too cliché but The Outsider by Albert Camus.
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05-30-2006, 12:23 PM
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how the mind works - pinker [/ QUOTE ] Pinker sometimes ruffles a lot of feathers in the field when (psychologists perceive that) he speaks for everyone. I'd like to read this book anyway, though.
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#28
05-30-2006, 01:28 PM
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Re: Books that made you look at things differently
i'll add some to the list:
Slaughter-house five, Kurt Vonnegut It's cliche to mention Vonnegut, but that's partly because it's so often true. I came across Kurt as I was re-evaluating my worldview and a couple of his books were quite helpful simply because he approached life from a completely different angle than I was used to. see also: Breakfast of Champions, Jailbird, and Mother Night, which could be his best. On the Road, Jack Kerouac i have a great affinity for the carefree style of the beats (had i been born earlier i likely would have been one), which is natural for anyone who enjoys road trips as much as i do. I read this about once a year. Visions of Gerard is also great, and i name all my fantasy sports teams The Dharma Bums in honor of that novel. lately, though, this is starting to be confused with the Dharma Initiative by people who suspect i might know more about Lost than i'm letting on. (i don't) A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis Lewis' struggle with faith, love, and life after the death of his wife. a refreshingly honest little book. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich A writer's quest to live on "McJobs" in different American cities w/o a safety net. A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn honest about it's bias, but a shocking history book. Catch-22, Joseph Heller Vonnegut called it the greatest anti-war book ever written. this taught me a great deal about the power of satire and dark humor. Abba's Child, Brennan Manning a beautiful book for anyone unhappy with organized religion. I saw him once open for the late Rich Mullins and it was as if the clouds were parted. Adultery & Other Choices, Andre Dubus sometimes love is messy. My Century, Gunter Grass 100 short stories about Germany. One for every year of the 20th century The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck as a devotee of Woody Guthrie and the like, this hit me harder than i thought possible. Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby so much better than either film version. how do you work a relationship into an obsession?
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