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Originally posted by ooookch Here's THE book for you: Douglas R. Hofstadter's 'G�del, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'

Lying on my desk for a year now. Gave up at page 12, I think.I'll definitely read it, though. Some day.

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Originally posted by ooookch Here's THE book for you: Douglas R. Hofstadter's 'G�del, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'

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Originally posted by Trancention The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking Good Books on physics and the sort.

Trying to get them on eBay as we speak.

Ishmael sounds interesting, but My Ishmael is the only one on eBay at the moment. Will have to keep an eye out for that one.

Btw if anyone else is looking for books, here are a few I highly recommend:

The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot
Mind of God - Paul Davies
Messages from the Masters - Brian Weiss, MD
Wholeness & The Implicate Order - David Bohm
The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield
The Awakening of Intelligence - J. Krishnamurti (Anything by him, my favorite author)
A Mind So Rare - Merlin Donald
Ethics for the New Millenium - Dalai Lama
Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D.T. Suzuki

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Originally posted by TranceGiant Haruki Murakami - Wind-up Bird Chronicle

Probably the best work of this great author

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Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff

Great intro to Taoism.


Also if you wanna read something philosophical try:

Ulysses - James Joyce (if you're up to the challenge... not many people finish this book, but then again someone mentioned Kant so...)

Travels in Hyperreality - Umberto Eco

Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism) - Jean Baudrillard

if you like Krishnamurti, then I highly recommend anything from Silo.

When I started reading his writings it gave the feel I was reading some kind of buddhism with western background, neat.

Although, he writes about the most different subjects. He even wrote short stories.

Books of him i've read:

To Humanize the Earth (philosophy)
Universal Root-Myths (mythology)
Contributions to Thought (psychology/fenomenology)
Tales for Hearth and Mind (Short stories)

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Originally posted by astroboy Probably the best work of this great author

hooray, finally some1 who shares the passion

What books of H.M. have you already read? I'm about to start my fifth.

Got any wuthors with smiliar style? I'm desperatly looking for other writers who so precisely fit my taste.

confessions of a shopaholic...:/

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Originally posted by electric_soul To Humanize the Earth (philosophy) Universal Root-Myths (mythology)

Both out of stock/print and neither on eBay.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

The Mysitic Masseur - V.S. Naipaul

Microserfs - Douglas Coupland

Generation X - Douglas Coupland

High Fidelity - Nick Hornby


Just a good read:
Foundation Series - Issac Asimov

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Originally posted by TranceGiant hooray, finally some1 who shares the passion What books of H.M. have you already read? I'm about to start my fifth. Got any wuthors with smiliar style? I'm desperatly looking for other writers who so precisely fit my taste.

I read the three you mentioned plus "Sputnik Sweetheart". I thoroughly enjoyed all of them but Wind-up Bird just stood out for me...
Don't really know of any authors with a similar style. I've heard people compare him to Don DeLillo, but personally I don't see much of a similarity (although delillo is a fantastic writer).

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