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Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1)
Orson Scott Card
Tor Science Fiction, 1994
Yay for Ender!
+ Ender is a genius
+ Not Your Typical Science Fiction
+ How did I overlook this series
+ My top favorite of all time!
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author
Richard Dawkins
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
Possibly my favorite read of all time
+ Dissecting "The Selfish Gene"
+ Life is a watch too complex to create
+ Un libro indispensable en nuestra biblioteca.
+ If you read one book on evolution...
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Xenocide (Ender, Book 3)
Orson Scott Card
Tor Books, 1992
An O.K. Book in the Ender Series by Orson Scott Card
This is the third book in Card's "Ender" series. After finding it hard to put the first two down, the third is a disappointment. Xenocide tries to span the known universe - with plots and sub-plots taking place on several of the 'Hundred Worlds'. It drags in a lot of places and is just too long ...
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God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
Scott Adams
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004
Should you read this?
+ It's thought experiment (for GOD's sake)
+ A meaningful exercise
(This is not a review of this book. For [what I believe is] an excellent review of the book, read the positive review that people found "most helpful" by Donald Mitchell.)
You should read this if you are likely to analyze how you construct your own beliefs, and how people, humans, construct ...
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The Religion War
Scott Adams
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004
The Religion War - A logic experiment?
+ A mindgasm of philosophical proportions
+ Good sequel
This follow-up from God's debris in not a "thought experiment" but a fiction that relies on some of the concepts previously discussed in God's Debris. This novel has the Avatar attempting to stop a religious world war that would rip apart the human race. Some of Adam's conclusions seem so logical ...
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The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
A Book for Every Thinking Person's "Must Read" List
+ An intelligently designed argument against theism.
One will readily expect the perceptions and reviews of Richard Dawkins' THE GOD DELUSION to fall along what might euphemistically be called "party lines." Blue Staters, rationalists, and the college educated (especially in mathematics, engineering, the sciences, and technology) will find it ...
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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
Living In Afghanistan
+ By its end _The Kite Runner_ completes a perfect circle
+ Must read
+ Review for the original Kite Runner
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Traitor (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 13)
Matthew Stover
Del Rey, 2002
The Greatest Star Wars Book Every Written
+ The breaking of Jacen Solo
+ Only Redeeming Novel after Star by Star
+ JASON SOLO FREE FROM THE VONG AT LAST
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Girl With a Pearl Earring
Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson
Lions Gate, 2004
If Vermeer Was Brit
This beautifully made film is worth seeing for the heavily meditated transmission of 17th century Dutch art to the screen, a stunning achievement. Delft is wonderfully recreated based on the works of Vermeer and many other painters. The basic story line about a Calvinist girl warily going into a ...
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How We Believe, 2nd Edition: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
Michael Shermer
Holt Paperbacks, 2003
I once was blind..
+ Skepticism is Dominant
+ A respectful critique of religion
+ Fascinating Look at god Belief
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Overwhelming
+ One of the Few Bestsellers that Deseves the Hype
+ A sad burqa "romance" with a semi-happy ending
+ Amazingly told...a must read!
+ Great second novel
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Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Harvest Books, 2003
Great Fable
+ A masterpiece
+ THE RIGHT BOOK AT THE RIGHT TIME
+ Leaves you thinking about it long after you are finished
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The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author
Richard Dawkins
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
Possibly my favorite read of all time
+ Dissecting "The Selfish Gene"
+ Life is a watch too complex to create
+ Un libro indispensable en nuestra biblioteca.
+ If you read one book on evolution...
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How We Believe, 2nd Edition: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
Michael Shermer
Holt Paperbacks, 2003
I once was blind..
+ Skepticism is Dominant
+ A respectful critique of religion
+ Fascinating Look at god Belief
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Traitor (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 13)
Matthew Stover
Del Rey, 2002
The Greatest Star Wars Book Every Written
+ The breaking of Jacen Solo
+ Only Redeeming Novel after Star by Star
+ JASON SOLO FREE FROM THE VONG AT LAST
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