Too many favorites as well. But I'd thought to add at least this one:
"Last and First Men" by Olaf Stapledon
It's a fictional history book about the future (two billion years!) of mankind told by one of the last men. Written in 1930, but still very interesting views on topics like genetic manipulation.
Too many favorites as well. But I'd thought to add at least this one:
"Last and First Men" by Olaf Stapledon
It's a fictional history book about the future (two billion years!) of mankind told by one of the last men. Written in 1930, but still very interesting views on topics like genetic manipulation.
Regards,
Bert
I don't think mankind will last two billion years. But this Olaf Stapledon must have been a clever guy. One of this books "The star builder" is cited by Freeman J. Dyson in his beautiful "Disturbing the universe". But Aldous Huxley's "Brave new world" (1935) is also very prophetic on genetic manipulation, in vitro breeding, helicopters, rockets, drug consumption (soma) and other features of today's world. Only one modern advance is missing in his book: computers.
Tullio
Pardon Me Your Are Stepping On My Eyeball - Paul Zindel
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You - Kathi Goldmark
1984 by George Orwell
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
I dont know that they are literary masterpieces, or contributed in any way to the advancement of human society, but DAMN! I couldn't put any of these down once I started.
Its hard to be humble when you own a Basset - or five.
It's hard to be humble when you own a Basset - or five.
Dedicated to my son Dakota
born-still at full term on
March 11, 1999 at 4:47pm
When I wasn't looking
my son became the ocean shore,
he became that sound of rocks
shuffling around
surfing against one another
clanking like diamonds
being polished from their rough,
he became the ebb & flow
of grief, the tide inching up on me
then suddenly flooding me,
he became wet sand
grits in my hair
rubbing my scalp raw till
only my husband's tender hands
could pick out the pieces & tangles.
My son became a baby crab
frantically crawling sideways,
scared to death when the huge rock
was suddenly turned over,
burrowed furiously under another rock--
not my rock, not my womb,
but back to the Goddess' womb--
he became a sea anemone,
an enigma to me, sometimes
wide open and pulsing when
washed over with salt water,
my tears, sometimes
hard and closed
barely moving between tides.
When I wasn't looking
my son left me and took on
the world, went back to being
the Spirit who is so
much bigger than
his tiny body was,
went back to become
that sound of surf,
lapping the shore,
the ceaselessness of waves.
everything is true, the opposite of everything is also true
Dedicated to my son Dakota
born-still at full term on
March 11, 1999 at 4:47pm
When I wasn't looking
my son became the ocean shore,
he became that sound of rocks
shuffling around
surfing against one another
clanking like diamonds
being polished from their rough,
he became the ebb & flow
of grief, the tide inching up on me
then suddenly flooding me,
he became wet sand
grits in my hair
rubbing my scalp raw till
only my husband's tender hands
could pick out the pieces & tangles.
My son became a baby crab
frantically crawling sideways,
scared to death when the huge rock
was suddenly turned over,
burrowed furiously under another rock--
not my rock, not my womb,
but back to the Goddess' womb--
he became a sea anemone,
an enigma to me, sometimes
wide open and pulsing when
washed over with salt water,
my tears, sometimes
hard and closed
barely moving between tides.
When I wasn't looking
my son left me and took on
the world, went back to being
the Spirit who is so
much bigger than
his tiny body was,
went back to become
that sound of surf,
lapping the shore,
the ceaselessness of waves.
Pretty good!
Hello everyone!I'm Zhang Chi from China.I am 16 and I am a middle school student.And I love science. I want to be a scientist in the future!
Too many favorites as well.
)
Too many favorites as well. But I'd thought to add at least this one:
"Last and First Men" by Olaf Stapledon
It's a fictional history book about the future (two billion years!) of mankind told by one of the last men. Written in 1930, but still very interesting views on topics like genetic manipulation.
Regards,
Bert
Somnio ergo sum
RE: Too many favorites as
)
I don't think mankind will last two billion years. But this Olaf Stapledon must have been a clever guy. One of this books "The star builder" is cited by Freeman J. Dyson in his beautiful "Disturbing the universe". But Aldous Huxley's "Brave new world" (1935) is also very prophetic on genetic manipulation, in vitro breeding, helicopters, rockets, drug consumption (soma) and other features of today's world. Only one modern advance is missing in his book: computers.
Tullio
Pardon Me Your Are Stepping
)
Pardon Me Your Are Stepping On My Eyeball - Paul Zindel
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You - Kathi Goldmark
Prolegomena zu einer jeden
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Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft wird auftreten können (Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysic) (1783)- Kant
The Cost of Discipleship -Bonhoffer
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostovesky
"We must be the change we wish to see."
Mahatma Gandhi
1984 by George Orwell The
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1984 by George Orwell
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
I dont know that they are literary masterpieces, or contributed in any way to the advancement of human society, but DAMN! I couldn't put any of these down once I started.
Its hard to be humble when you own a Basset - or five.
It's hard to be humble when you own a Basset - or five.
I am now reading Tagore's
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I am now reading Tagore's Peomes!
They are great!
Hello everyone!I'm Zhang Chi from China.I am 16 and I am a middle school student.And I love science. I want to be a scientist in the future!
The furthest distance in the
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The furthest distance in the world
-------------Tagore
The furthest distance in the world
Is not between life and death
But when I stand in front of you
Yet you don’t know that
I love you
The furthest distance in the world
Is not when i stand in font of you
Yet you can’t see my love
But when undoubtedly knowing the love from both
Yet cannot
Be togehter
The furthest distance in the world
Is not being apart while being in love
But when plainly can not resist the yearning
Yet pretending
You have never been in my heart
The furthest distance in the world
Is not
But using one’s indifferent heart
To dig an uncrossable river
For the one who loves you
Hello everyone!I'm Zhang Chi from China.I am 16 and I am a middle school student.And I love science. I want to be a scientist in the future!
Positive Addiction by William
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Positive Addiction by William Glasser
Aerobics by Kenneth Cooper
Both of the above helped me to control my
unruly body and mind :)
my daughter's poetic freedom from grief:
http://www.kotapress.com/section_store/availableTitles_flash.htm
everything is true, the opposite of everything is also true
Warped Dimensions by Dr. Lisa
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Warped Dimensions by Dr. Lisa Randall
Three Roads to Quantum Gravity by Dr. Lee Smolin
The Baroque Trilogy by Neal Stephenson
THE MOTHER OF FOOLS IS ALWAYS PREGNANT
RE: Positive Addiction by
)
Pretty good!
Hello everyone!I'm Zhang Chi from China.I am 16 and I am a middle school student.And I love science. I want to be a scientist in the future!