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My Writing

I've written about a lot, mostly for my internal sanity. At times I will publish some writing here. This website is organized so I can quickly add page, both small and large and create links between them. It serves as a public extension of my brain.

Writing by Other People I have read, or intend to read

Notice to all reading this: This is a work in progress. I have not checked the text for spelling or grammatical errors, and I have certainly read more books than are listed.

Sci-Fi

  • The Three Body Problem (Trilogy)
  • Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the And of the World-Haruki Murakami
  • Wind Bird Chronicles
  • Daemon - Daniel Saurez
  • Freedom TM - Daniel Saurez
  • Lucifer's Hammer - What happens if a meteor hits the earth? Its still more of a wild ride, than thoughtful but quite fun and also dark at times
  • Oryx and Crake (Trilogy), Ive only read first two
  • Seveneves - The moon is going to explode and kill everything on the surface of the planet, so what should people do? Also a fun ride, so maybe it goes in the other category, but also very full of interesting ideas.

Culture Series - Ian M. Banks

I enjoyed this books as they explore the limits of what people might do if technology is so advanced that the only real limit is one's imagination.

  • The Hydrogen Sonatas
  • Consider Phlebas
  • Use of Weapons
  • Surface Detail
  • The Player of Games
  • Snow Crash
  • Cyrptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

Altered Carbon Series

I really enjoyed these as really gritty violent thrillers with deep metaphysical undertones about what it means to be conscious. - Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan - Broken Angels - Richard K. Morgan - Woken Furies - Richard K. Morgan

Nexus Series - Ramez Naam

These books shows what could happen if we merge with machines. - Nexus - Ramez Naam - Cruz - Ramez Naam - Apex - Ramez Naam

Honor Harrington Series

  • All of them!

Spiritual/Religion/Philosophy

  • On the road - Jack Kerouac
  • The Art of Learning - Josh Waitzkin
  • Cultural Literacy for Religion
  • Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
  • Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
  • The Alchemist
  • Autobiography of A Yogi
  • The Four Agreements
  • Way of the Peaceful Warrior
  • 12 Rules for Life - Jordan B. Peterson
  • Courage to be Disliked - Icho Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
  • Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
  • Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
  • Tantra Illuminated - Christopher D. Wallace
  • The Recognition Sutras - Christopher D. Wallace
  • The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume I
  • Tao Te Ching - I like the Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English translation