Posted: May 01, 2012 4:16 pm
Ulysses is one of my favourite fiction. Also The Life of Pi, Vernon God Little and Geek Love.
My favourite Steven Pinker book was The Stuff of Thought. I really liked The Blank Slate myself but some on this site who are trained in that type of area pointed out some problems with it which made me think again.
Other than that my favourite non-fiction is probably The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. But there's so many wonderful non-fiction books it's only in front by a margin.
EDIT: Here's a wonderful podcaston Ulysses. Every week Frank Delaney takes a few lines of the book and does a six minute podcast unpacking all the allegories and references. He might have it complete in 10 years at this rate.
My favourite Steven Pinker book was The Stuff of Thought. I really liked The Blank Slate myself but some on this site who are trained in that type of area pointed out some problems with it which made me think again.
Other than that my favourite non-fiction is probably The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. But there's so many wonderful non-fiction books it's only in front by a margin.
EDIT: Here's a wonderful podcaston Ulysses. Every week Frank Delaney takes a few lines of the book and does a six minute podcast unpacking all the allegories and references. He might have it complete in 10 years at this rate.