Anathem
Anathem is Neil Stephenson’s new book.
- Anathem on the Long Now Foundation
- Anathem on Amazon: Two short clips of Stephenson (reading an excerpt & talking about the book.)
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Douglas Adams, the author of the “Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy”
I have stopped reading his trilogy in five parts a long time ago. It’s no fun reading it if you’ve learned it by heart… I think I just found one reason to look forward to senility.
Boris Akunin. After listening to it for so many years, I have to admit I’m a BBC Radio fan. What does this have to do with Boris Akunin? Well, BBC Worldservice is where I first heard of him. I recently listened to him being interviewed on the radio, and he caught my attention. He spoke up for decency, individualism, freedom of speech, writers as entertainers. He is against communism and soviet-nostalgia. Now, I haven’t read a word he’s written - yet - but I will.
If you are interested in Dennett’s philosophy, then you must read “Dennett” by Tadeusz Zawidski (ISBN: 1-85168-484-0). It is one of the most interesting philosophy books I have read.
“Dennett” aims to show the unifying theme in Dennett’s philosophy. This alone makes this book worth your time.
It also gives the background and the major arguments on all sides - properly referenced - of all the issues that concern Dennet.
Even Dennett himself likes it. Here’s his blob for the backcover:
Zawidski reveals the systematic structure of my work as never before, and shows, with more patience than I have been able to muster, just how and why the parts fit together as they do. Zawidski also usefully points out the weak spots in my position that need more work.