Recommended reading
I enjoy reading, specially while travelling (well,
you can't see Simpsons and Friends re-runs *all* the time you're in
hotels, now can you...).
| Neal Stephenson |
Cryptonomicon |
Brilliant work. I've probably read it 10 times already. I cannot write anything more, or I'll just be giving away spoilers. Get it! |
| Neal Stephenson |
Quicksilver |
Prequel to Cryptonomicon. Probably one of the best books I've ever read. Volume one of the Baroque cycle. |
| Neal Stephenson |
Confusion |
Second installment in the cycle, not as science focused as the first part. Funnily I enjoyed this one even more. |
| Neal Stephenson |
System of the world |
Third part of the baroque cycle. Probably the best. The writing
style is more condensed than in the first two volumes. |
| William Gibson |
Pattern recognition |
The latest from William Gibson is an excellent read, what differs
this from his earlier works is that it is set in the present. |
| Dan Brown |
Da Vinci code |
Ok, ok, ok, ok, I know this is a best-seller. Still a good book.
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| Neil Gaiman |
Neverwhere |
One of my favorite re-reads. Funny that I typically bring it with
me when I go to London, where the story takes place. |
| Stanislaw Lem |
*all the works* |
Thank you Carl-Johan for introducing me to him. After Neal Stephenson,
he is probably my favorite author. For you who doesn't know who he
is, I recommend The
futurological conference, from which the blue-pill-red-pill-idea
in Matrix comes from. |
| Douglas R. Hofstadter |
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal golden braid |
This is a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought
and creativity. It looks at the surprising points of contact
between the music of Bach, the artwork of Escher, and the mathematics
of Gödel.
It also discuss computers and artificial intelligence. This book
still sets a standard for thinking about the future of computers
and their relation to the way we think. It is also one of the funniest
books I have ever read, and it is filled with logical puzzles and
easter eggs. You need to at least read it once every five years. |
Not forgetting Douglas Adams, Nick Hornby, Richard
Dawkins, AK Dewdney, Roger Penrose, Donald Knuth.
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