The following is a good representative sample of the list I would compile if asked to name my favourite books. I deliberately make no distinction between genre, author, fiction or subject.
Al-Makhzoumi (1970) The Fountains of Pleasure. Quartet. ISBN: 0 7043 2643 4
Ballard, J.G. (1984) Empire of the Sun. Panther. ISBN: 0 586 06430 3
Banks, I.M. (1990) Use of weapons. Orbit. ISBN: 0 7088 8358 3
Bateson, G. (1979) Mind and Nature. Hampton Press. ISBN: 1 57273 434 5
Capra, F. (1975) The Tao of Physics. Flamingo. ISBN: 0 00 654489 4
Clark, A. (2003) Natural born cyborgs. OUP. ISBN: 0 19 514866 5
Csikszentmihayli, M. (1992) Flow. Rider. ISBN: 0 7126 5759 2
Dennett, D. (1991) Consciousness Explained. Penguin.
Dawkins, D. (1986) The Extended Phenotype. OUP. 0 19 286088 7
Dawkins, D. (2006) The God Delusion. Bantam Press. 0593055489
Egan, G. (1997) Diaspora. Millenium. ISBN: 0 75280 925 3
Fodor, J. (1987) Psychosemantics. MIT Press. ISBN: 0 262 06106 6
Friday, N. (1991) Women on top. Arrow. ISBN: 0 09 911161 6
Greene, G. (1948) The heart of the matter. Penguin.
Hawken, P. (1993) The Ecology of Commerce. HarperBusiness. ISBN: 0 88730 655 1
Herbert, F. (1957) Dune.
Hutton, W. (1996) The State We're In. Vintage. ISBN: 0 09 926681 9
Joyce, J. (1936) Ulysses. Minerva. ISBN: 0 7493 9829 9
Johnson-Laird, P.N. (1983) Mental models. CUP. ISBN: 0 521 27391 9
Pirsig, R.M. (1992) Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Corgi. ISBN: 0 552 10166 4
Reed, R. (2000) Marrow. orbit. ISBN: 1841490784
Robinson, K.S. (1992) Red Mars. Voyager. ISBN: 0 586 21389 9
Russell, M.D. (1996) The sparrow. Black Swan. ISBN: 0 552 99777 3
Sagan, C. (1980) Cosmos. Book Club Associates. ISBN: 0 354 045318
Stephenson, N. (2006) Quicksilver. Random House. ISBN: 0 434 00878 8
And the other two novels in this Baroque Cycle. As well as everything else by this dude, who is a god.
Stross, C. (2004) Accelerando. Orbit. ISBN: 1841493899
|
