I really enjoyed The Stranger, but that was fiction. Hells Angels by Thompson was really good, but terribly trendy. I leave it sitting out in my room to let people know how cool I am.
Searching for the Sound by Phil Lesh. The story and history of the Grateful Dead, written by their bassist from his own diaries. If you want a glimpse into the whole 1960s thing, or to understand why so many people were enraptured by the Dead's music, or how much the craft and technology of putting on a big concert was advanced, or just to read a very passionate and meticulous writer's insightful observations of a historical era, here's a book that you would probably never have discovered.
If you're going to read Sagan, read his best book: The Demon-haunted World. And anything to do with space/science/time: go with Brian Greene. Also: Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris.
Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis. For a better understanding of how science works and a book that should be on the Sciforums reading list, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn.
Good suggestions. I just found this one browsing listmanias: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...W8TBL&coliid=I1HYFRK90FK0T3&v=glance&n=283155 Looks interesting for almost anyone.
Frey's a genius. Never, ever read anything recommended by the Oprahs. Anomolous: Yes, let's read Hawking so that we can all appreciate the quantum physics of exploiting one's degenerate Lou Gerrigh’s disease in order to guilt the healthier, smarter members of the scientific communities into publishing one's quadriplegic dribble. He can't even wipe himself His popularity is undeserved, unfathomable- then again so is Bobbit's. Sagan's waaaay too pornographic with his 'love affair' with Science.
I read Stephen Hawking, its as lame as he is. Its wonderful to write a book or give a lecture but its takes lot of Guts to come in a SciForum and face the warth of truth from all over the world.
there is non-fiction in science fiction, read that. Stanislaw Lem definitely mentiones some non-fiction in science fiction.
You know what's as lame as Stephen Hawking? All these non-fiction books that spawned from the mud when The da Vinci Code got popular. If I see one more book on Mary Magdalen and Jesus; I'll set a church a-blaze. Hell, I'm prone to do that anyways.
"Worked to the bone", Race, Class, Power and Privilege in Kentucky by Pem Davidson Buck. Very nicely written, insightful book on evolution of the American society (with Emphasis on the South) and its driving forces.
Stephen Jay Gould wrote nonfiction as well as anyone. Pick up any of his books, they are wonderful. What a brilliant man, what a great loss when he passed away.
The Chalice and the Blade, by Riane Eisler Archaic Revival, by Terence McKenna Food of the Gods, by Terence McKenna The Transformation of War, by Martin Van Creveld The Mystique of Enlightenment, by U.G. Krishnamurti Bushcraft, by Richard H Graves (A serious guide to survival and camping, you can survive in the wild with only a knife and this book!) The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life, by Richard Dawkins
Anomalous, I assume this was just an ironic reply to Gendanken, because I'm sure you don't genuinely believe that posting anonymously on an internet forum rivals Stephen Hawking's achievements in any way.
I hope U have read it before commenting. That psyco talks about parallel universes and alternates, he is an idiot.
So then I guess you were not being deliberately ironic. Yes, I have read it, and I find it almost surreal to read that you hold Stephen Hawking's achievements in disdain.
