Isolde de Ely (Melissa) ([info]isolde_deely) wrote,
@ 2009-06-30 10:46:00
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OK, here are the rules: 15 Books

Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Tag 15 friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose.

Bleh to Facebook and bleh to tagging people, but yay to books.

The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
Mus of Kerbridge -Paul Kidd
The Hobbit- JRR Tolkein
Arrows of the Queen - Mercedes Lackey
The Belgariad -David Eddings

Midsummers Night Dream - William Shakespeare
Darkness at Sethanon- Raymond Feist
Pegasus in Flight- Anne Maccaffrey
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Alanna - Tamora Pierce

Magic of Recluse- LE Modesitt JR
Blending series - Sharon Green
Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher
Night Mare- Piers Anthony
Mark of the Beast - Robert Heinlein


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[info]researcher
2009-06-30 04:29 pm UTC (link)
Not as much fiction as yours, but here's my list, with some explanation.

Tao Te Ching by "Laozi"--kind of an introduction to mysticism for me. I periodically go back and try to wrap my head around it again, and it seems to lose something every time I do (must be trying too hard!), but I still love it.

Art of War by "Sunzi" --I'm not sure that it's really as relevent as people say, but it was the beginning of strategic thinking for me.

The Prince by Machiavelli--Not as good, overall, as his Discourses, and not as fun as Madragora, but it was a good, thought-provoking book that made me think more about the idea that there are different kinds of morality, that are appropriate in different situations, and how to study how to rule the state.

Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny--A collection of short stories by my favorite writer, including some amazing ones on what it means to be human and what it means to be a knight in the modern world.

Beowulf-I love epics, and this one particularly resonates with me. Particularly Seamus Heaney's translation.

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett-Began me down my sordid path of free thought and doubt.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman - Love the richness and darkness of an America just below the surface.

Neuromancer by William Gibson - I love cyberpunk, and this helped launch it. His vision of a techno dystopia just stuck with me.

We by Zamyatin - A great look at a collectivist dystopia. Kind of the foundation for things like Anthem or 1984.

In the Lap of the Goddess - I don't remember who wrote it, but it brought paganism into perspective in a way that made it make more sense.

Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler - The work begun by In the Lap of the Goddess was pushed further by reading this one, despite it being older. It brought to life the neopagan tradition as it existed prior to SRW and others like her.

The Elder Edda -- As a Norse pagan, it's important to know ones myths, and they're beautifully laid out in the Elder Edda.

Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein - My introduction to poly and it helped to shatter some assumptions I didn't even realize I had.

On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Zedong - It just really helped to put into perspective some of the stuff that Clausewitz had written in "On War".

On War by Carl von Clausewitz -- The ultimate theorist of war, his work is most applicable at the largest level, but it helps to remember it when making any kind of plan.

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[info]faefall
2009-06-30 08:24 pm UTC (link)
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
Alamut by Judith Tarr
DragonQuest by Anne McCaffrey
Dragon's of Autumn Twilight by Weis and Hickman
The Mistwraith by Janny Wurts
Jane Eyre by Bronte
Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Guilty Pleasures by Laurel K Hamilton
Nightseer by Laurel K Hamilton
Frost by Robin W Bailey
Illusion by Paula Volsky
Sunshine by Robin McKinley

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