Since Ive been nominated by 4 people now (shout out to Debashish, Priyam, Shreya and Ashish), to list the 10 books that touched my life, mind and character, here goes: Books and the authors that most influenced me: 1. Hawaii, The Covenant, Caravans and The Centennial - James Michener 2. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Elizier Yudkowski (and his collected writings on the blog LessWrong. 3. Shogun - James Clavell 4. Murder On The Orient Express and And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie (and everything she ever wrote) 5. The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling 6. Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson 7. The Robot and Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov 8. The Xeelee Sequence - Stephen Baxter 9. The Discworld Series - Terry Pratchett. 10. The Tintin Comics by Hergé and The Asterix Comics - René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo Special Mention - Contact by Carl Sagan Special Mention - Everything Enid Blyton ever wrote. Sure the list is way more than 10, but 10 is too arbitrary a number for this. I nominate Vivek, Tanvee, Deyvaansh, Pragya, Shombuddha, Ketan, Vyoma, Bijal, Aparna, Ivon, and Pramathanath. [Do not take more than a few minutes and dont think too hard. They dont have to be the right books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way. Then nominate friends to do the same and tag me so I can see your list.]
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:58:56 +0000
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