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Phantoms in the brain : human nature and the architecture of the mind by V. S. Ramachandran
Wise Children by Angela Carter
The White Goddess : a historical grammar of poetic myth by Robert Graves
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Prelude to foundation by Isaac Asimov
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by MARY DOUGLAS
Deep simplicity : chaos, complexity and the emergence of life by John R. Gribbin
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Member: holy.cow
Library1,185 books — see library
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TagsNon-fiction (413), Fiction (384), Childrens (163), non-fiction (123), science (116), history (94), anthro (79), language (68), mind (63), fave (53) — see all tags
GroupsAncient History, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, BBC Radio 4 Listeners, Books that made me think, Children's Literature, Cognitive Science, Doctor Who, Girls Fiction, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Philosophy and Theory — show all groups
Favorite authorsAngela Carter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip Pullman, Mary Renault, Oliver Sacks, Vikram Seth (Shared favorites)
About my library I'm a Londoner marooned in the dark wastes of east middle england, counting sheep and dodging bullets by turns! I feel a bit like a monk in the dark ages, guarding a trove of knowledge and art whilst all around sinks into barbarity and iniquity (I live in Nottingham).
I used to reorder my book collection for fun when I was eight, and had issued the neighbours with tickets by nine, so am clearly either or both of obssessive or autistic.
I'm being a bit selective with what I'm cataloguing because there are loads of things that I bought back when I thought it was important to read things that made my brain go curly (that I no longer give two hoots about, and probably never read anyway). I got the most important books on first, i.e. the childrens books - (well some of - there's a nearly complete Enid Blyton that I can't bring myself to list cause there's just too darn many) - and then my fave reads like Master and Margerita and Angela Carter ... and then I'm doing chunks of shelf at a time, but only in that autistic kind of way where you file things because they exist.. um.. I have to go now as my cat's staring at me funny..
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posted by CDVicarage at 7:09 am (EST) on May 10, 2008
It's funny you should mention Golden Gate--it's the only Vikram Seth book I've read--and other than his book about China, I not particularly tempted to read the others, but it's my favorite book to give as a gift, too.
June
PS I went to the University of Nottingham. I like the place!
posted by junio at 10:48 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2007
Bit late getting back here - but better late than never. I've barred the windows and doors since your message. And yes all things molesworthian are welcome here.
posted by brisgooner at 3:35 pm (EST) on Dec 9, 2006
David Hatch, San Francisco
posted by dhatch at 2:04 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2006
When I was in high school in the 80s I used to read science fiction stories to my younger brothers. I read to them from Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I can't find anyplace online where I can see a table of contents for that book. Do you happen to know of a web site that lists out the stories?
Thanks,
David Hatch, San Francisco
posted by dhatch at 2:02 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2006
posted by liddle_r at 12:02 am (EST) on Nov 24, 2006
posted by eromsted at 11:52 am (EST) on Oct 17, 2006
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