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Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman

The Kings English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller by Betsy Burton

Inferno (Bantam Classics) by Dante Alighieri

Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails by J. David Day

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick

How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker

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Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Lawrence Lessig, Steven Pinker, Bruce Schneier, Dan Simmons, John Steinbeck, J. R. R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, Bill Watterson, Connie Willis (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBooks of Yesterday, Bookshop Santa Cruz, City Lights Bookstore, Digital Guru, Fact & Fiction, Harvard Book Store, Moe's Books, Powell's City of Books, Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore, Shakespeare & Co., Shakespeare and Co. Gramercy, Tattered Cover Book Store - Historic LoDo, The Bookman, The King's English Bookshop

Favorite librariesHolladay Library, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City Public Library: Sprauge Branch, Whitmore Library

Other favoritesUtah Humanities Book Festival, Beehive Tea Room And Wedding Library, Internet Archive

About meI'm just this guy, you know?

You want more than that?

Okay, I'm a 20-something (too many somethings) resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, and a researcher and student in the University of Utah's School of Computing.

About my libraryI've been a lifelong reader of SciFi and fantasy - a lot of stuff I read when I was younger isn't part of my "library", since I checked it out from the Holladay Library.

Lately, I read a lot more nonfiction. Being a computer scientist, much of this is of course, computer-related. In particular, I'm interested in the security and tech policy, especially as it relates to the Internet.

I also have an interest in the literature and philosophy of Asia, particularly writings on Zen and the classics of Chinese and Japanese literature.

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