Apolyton Reading List

[ajbera]

As well as good annotations of said Holy Books (I'm thinking Isaac Asimov's Guide to the Bible, f'rinstance), plus critiques.

On the Origin of Species by Darwin.
The Communist Manifesto by Marx.
On America by Tocqueville.
The Federalist Papers by the Founding Fathers.
Guns, Germs & Steel by Diamond.
The Harry Potter books, to keep Imran happy (though I'd recommend them to anybody, 'cuz they're great.)

[Lawrence of Arabia]

catch -22 by joesph heller

[flash9286]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
catch -22 by joesph heller

ah damn you beat me to it.

[Datajack Franit]

The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera

[MOBIUS]

I think MikeH is the only poster on the poly Reading list - everyone else from Reading posts on CG IIRC.

[Japher]

MikeH posts at CG as well

[Agathon]

Hobbes: Leviathan

If everyone were forced to read that (especially the Libertarians: both for utility and for the pure pleasure of watching them forced to do something), we would perhaps have some real political discussion on Apolyton.

[Jon Miller]

could people please say which sort of book it is? (argument, text, fiction?)

current list:
the Bible - various authors - Sava
Utopia - Thomas Moore - Snotty
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - loinburger
Celine : Journey to the end of the night - ? - alva
catch -22 - joesph heller - Lawrence of Arabia
The unbearable lightness of being - Milan Kundera - Datajack Fruit
Leviathan - Hobbes - Agathon

please only pick one...

please say what sort of book it is...

Jon Miller

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera

Most of his stuff is interesting.

I'd recommend The Joke however.

[Immortal Wombat]

Is it funny?

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Is it funny?

Not particularly.

Guy living in communist country sends a postcard to a friend. The postcard has a joke about the regime on it.

You can take it from there.

[Krill]

Any Discworld Novel, by Terry Pratchett.

Preferably start with "Guards! Guards!" though.

[Kontiki]

Penthouse letters.

[Admiral]

Originally posted by Agathon
Hobbes: Leviathan

If everyone were forced to read that (especially the Libertarians: both for utility and for the pure pleasure of watching them forced to do something), we would perhaps have some real political discussion on Apolyton.

Hobbes is overrated (which doesn't mean people shouldn't read the Leviathan).

I'll go with

Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

[Sava]

oh... for those that are too lazy to read the Bible in full