Comments on: Ten books http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/ Autumn Rain 2110 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Bong Telford http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:02:09 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-3385 thanks for the great post

]]> By: David Williams http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3375 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:41:36 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-3375 Collapse was good, if a little bit long. The account of the Viking settlements in Iceland is amazing stuff.

And re Meesh’s suggestion on Power Of Myth, would have to agree. The interviews he did with Moyers were great. . .

]]> By: Marshall Ryan Maresca http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3364 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:17:06 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-3364 I’m going to back-up Guns, Germs and Steel. I think any writer who is going to do serious worldbuilding (be it for Sci-fi or Fantasy or anything else) NEEDS to read it. Diamond’s “Collapse” is similarly fascinating reading.

]]> By: meesh http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3337 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:34:21 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-3337 herman hesse – the glass bead game
joseph campbell – the power of myth

two of my personal favs. i did rather enjoy the illuminatus trilogy

]]> By: David J. Williams http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3336 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:18:18 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-3336 damn. how did I miss the Dirt. more specifically, how did I miss the first 150 pages of the Dirt.

]]> By: Brian http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3335 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:16:31 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-3335 Odd. No mention of Good to Great, One Minute Manager, In Search of Excellence, Who Shit in My Cheese? Oprah would definitely not approve. How can I take this list seriously?

OK. I’ll add a couple of my personal favorites:

-A People’s History of the United States – Zinn
-The Rider – Krabbe
-The Quiet American – Greene
-The General History of The Pyrates – Defoe

And could I really submit any list of this nature without including:

-The Dirt – Messrs. Lee, Neil, Mars, Sixx

]]> By: Andrew http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/03/23/ten-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3334 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:52:22 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-3334 I second Guns, Germs and Steel. Fantastic read, a very interesting counterpoint to other works out there such as Carnage and Culture.

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