Ron's Favourite Books and Authors

I read a lot, and here are some of my favourite authors: Philip K. Dick, Jorge Luis Borges, William Gibson, Stanislaw Lem, Mervyn Peake, Thomas Pynchon, Abd al-Azrad, Douglas Hofstadter, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Anton Wilson, Kilgore Trout, Ursula K. LeGuin, and a brilliant new writer, Greg Egan.

And here are some of my favourite books:

• The Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed by Racter (the first computer program to write a book). Check out Jorn Barger's Racter FAQ
• The Codex Seraphinianus (an encyclopedia from another, weirder, world). View some scans from the Codex (browse around; they're there).
• Engines of Creation by K. Eric Drexler (a must-read for anyone concerned about the future). Visit my Futopia Links to nanotech information.
• The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (the former changed my politics, the latter changed my sexuality). Visit the Unofficial Ursula K. Le Guin Page.
• Permutation City by Greg Egan (the expansion of his novella "Dust" -- if you wonder how he could possibly top "Dust," get the book!) . Visit the Greg Egan Fan Page.
• Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (what can one say? I'm halfway through my first reading). Visit the Finnegans Wake Home Page OR read the Wake online!
• The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (simply the best "literary" SF I've ever read. Visit the unofficial Gene Wolfe Page.

Visit Powell's, where I maintain a more detailed bookshelf of favourites, available for purchase, or check out these books I'm trying to find. You got 'em? I want 'em!

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