domingo, 7 de septiembre de 2014

these are my top 10 books

they dont mean that are my favorites, they are just the first 10 books that came to my mind while thinking about writing this entry.

The Shining - Stepehn King
this was the first book in english i read. I was 16. I was in Whitehall, NY and the winter was harsh for me, so the context helped a lot. 

Living in the end times - Slavoj Zizek
This book was like a gateway drug for me. enough said.

Contact - Carl Sagan
For many (me included) Sagan is cheesy and too positive, but nonetheless this book made me aware of science fiction and how fun it was.

Ecce Homo - Nietzsche
badass Nietzsche, unapologetical and grandious ... then he went mad

Kafka on a shore - Murakami
I think I enjoy this book because it was so surreal but at the same time strange and real that it just clicked

El Aleph - Jorge Luis Borges
man, infinity is a harsh topic to approach right

Phenomenology of the Spirit - Hegel
i decided to pursuit philosophy 'seriously' after reading this

Either / Or - Kierkegaard
Role model

Slaughter House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
never read something like the dresden bombing in such an amazing prose on fiction

The Divine Comedy - Dante
well, it is hell all the way


h/t to Jacob Wren. I got this idea from him after reading his ...
http://radicalcut.blogspot.ca/2013/12/they-dont-have-to-be-right-or-great.html


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