Each summer I try to take on a unique reading challenge. This started in 2002 with my good friend Skylark giving me a list of books to read. It was a challenging summer to say the least, harder than any college semester I ever had, but I realized that I love it.
Last summer I worked with Et Al’s bookstore and read first novels from successful novelists. Just first novels. It was a great summer, because I got to see how some people got started. Like Joyce Carol Oates, or the guy who wrote The Natural. It was a great experience, and Al Post was amazing to work with.
So, this summer I have no idea what to do, so I am wondering if you have any thoughts.
2002.
- The Limits of Growth-Meadows et al
- Diet for a Small Planet-Lappe
- Silent Spring-Rachel Carson
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance-Pirsig
- Zen and the Bird of Appetite-Thomas Merton
- Mind and Nature- Bateson
- Walden-Thoreau
- Walden Two-BF Skinner
- Deep Ecology-Bill Devall, George Sessions
- The Tragedy of the Commons-Dennis L Soden
- Summa Theologica- Thomas Aquinas
- Confessions-Rousseau
- The Whole Earth Catalog
- The Selfish Gene-Richard Dawkins
- The Monkey Wrench Gang-Edward Abbey
- The Forest People-Coling Thurnbull
- Toynbee’s History
- The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind-Julian Janes
- The Territorial Imperitive-Richard Ardney
- News that Stayed News-Stewart Brand
- Arcosanti: An Urban Laboratory-Paolo Soleri
- A Theory of Good City Form-Kevin Lynch
- Consciousness Explained- Daniel Clement Dennett
- The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities-Richard Sennet
Mohawk Matt
1:43 am on May 16th
It may not be your cup of tea, but to take my mind off of real life crap, I always read the “Dungeons and Dragons” books. Try ‘The Crystal Shard’ by R. A. Salvatore if you care to. It is one of my favorite books.
Dino Corvino
9:31 pm on May 17th
I tried that stuff man. I did. I even worked at a crappy book store that specialized in that stuff. IT was hard.