staring at nothing

[emptycagegirl]

i need books to read

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This for a start?

[entheo]

Hmm, big order there, but I will help.
and you'r always welcome to look at my wish list at Amazon, but since I havent read them yet.

But I have read these
Graphic Novels
The Sandman Series - Neil Gaiman
Watchmen

Sci Fi & Fantasy
Dune (first 3 books) - Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Well of Souls - Jack Chalker
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

Science
The Future Eaters - Tim Flannery
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond
Why Is Sex Fun? - Jared Diamond
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Others
Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley
Pharmako/Poeia - Dale Pendell
Pihkal - Alex & Ann Shulgin
Storming Heaven - Jay Stevens
In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson
and hey, even the books of Dan Brown are fun.

Re: This for a start?

[space_botz]

Wow, that's a great list!

I second almost everything on it (esp. the sci-fi/fantasy section!)
...the only stuff I don't second is the stuff I haven't read ;)
*picks up pencil and madly scribbles down titles*

But I have to add Neil Gaiman's "Stardust".
It's one of my favouritest rainy day stories -
a fairy tale for adults
that is just the right balance of cerebral journey,
magic and poetic prose :)

Re: This for a start?

[entheo]

Oh yes, I should have added more Neil Gaiman, although perhaps his Good Omens, which means I should also have added Terry Pratchett as well (always good for cheering somebody up)

A bit of philosophy

[entheo]

Actually you might want to give The Future Eaters - Tim Flannery

[pixijoolz]

i am too sleepy and fuzzybrained to think properly, but maybe...

non-fiction:

the holographic universe - michael talbot
the mission of art - alex gray
easy death - da avabhasa
anything by alan watts
be here how - ram dass
go ask alice - anonymous

fiction:
the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy trilogy - douglas adams
sophie's world - jostein gaarder
the tripods books by john christopher
the hobbit
the lord of the flies

ummm sorry thats a poor selection, maybe i can browse my bookshelves when i get home and come up with some more...

hey i hope you feel better soon! take care!
****hugs****

Depressed?

[entheo]

Well it was the worse day of the year last week! So my prescription is to fly out to Australia (or South Africa, or Brazil), lie on the beach in lots of sunshine, and take interesting drugs while going to raves.

choose life. choose a career.

[emptycagegirl]

thank you entheo! yr a prince as always!

as a matter of fact i'm seriously thinking about going to australia to study.
some form of psychology.
but in this day & age there are an overwhelming amount of choice available & that usually just leaves me confused & i don't choose at all.
i don't know what i need to be able to study in australia. i think i need to do an understanding of the english language test & also translate my grades to yr scale. i have translated them here in thew u.k but have no idea who to turn to to do the same in australia.

also, there are so many, many roads in the psychology field.

& on top of this winter has struck me hard & i'm not exactly happy & bursting with fruit flavour so to speak.

but i really want to get it together so i can get out of here. as a friend of mine so wisely said about when she started studying law:
"well, i was really depressed & since nothing was fun (not even "fun" things) i figured i might as well do something boring (but useful)."

Re: choose life. choose a career.

[entheo]

i don't choose at all.
oh, thats right, your a Libra like myself.

Re: choose life. choose a career.

[teije]

yep thats all libra

[teije]

time enough for love- r.a. heinlein