As the title suggests: whenever you have the time, or the patience, the will, courage, the memory, the interest, etc. and so forth.

I'm going to stick to books I already have which I have not read through or read through completely. Most of these are classics (and my ulterior motive here being to remember to do this at some point,

- The Old Testament (for purposes of mythology, sometimes it is very entertaining too, )

- Herodotus' Histories (because American Gods introduced to me long ago, I read chunks of it in second year University and I really just feel obligated to read it all for the stories inside it)

- Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (for similar reasons to Herodotus, that and the history being portrayed in it from someone who was there is intriguing to me)

- Shakespeare's The Tempest (Which I actually meant to read ages ago, because there was a wizard in it. It does sound really good and after reading Sandman I really want to read it)

- Milton's Paradise Lost (I have started this book twice, once for pleasure years ago and another time for school. I loved the Hell parts but the Adam and Eve and the God and angels parts bored me. But after rereading the scene where Lucifer traverses Chaos to get to Earth as a flaming winged fallen angel in my mind with that muddled backdrop of Chaos ... it makes me want to give another definitive try)

There will be more, in different categories, like books I do not own and etc. If anyone else wants to add anything, it's all yours.

ETA:

T.H. White's The Once and Future King (an interesting Arthurian used book I have had for some time but never read, something that should be rectified one day)

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Plato's The Republic

Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

I-Ching

Any of the more academic interpretations of Gilles Deleuze's philosophies on metaphysics. A friend of mine tried to get me to mentally visualise his concepts of "the virtual" and "the actual." I want to follow-up on that visualisation and learn more about it.

Books I do not have list:

Mary Doria Russell's The Children of God (the continuing adventures of Emilio Sandoz, a sequel to The Sparrow, an awesome science fiction book that deals with science and religion and space exploration really well -- I have yet to get this book)

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- Shakespeare's The Tempest (Which I actually meant to read ages ago, because there was a wizard in it. It does sound really good and after reading Sandman I really want to read it)

i won't stop you reading the tempest if that's your only option, but i think you should find a local theatre playing it - these things are always better to watch.

I would really like to Smaug, If I happen to or if my University does, I will see it, that's for sure. But I'm not if I have any options. I do agree that plays are far better seen than read though.

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Originally posted by Atrinati:
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

Worth a read, I guess, but I got more out of Sun Tzu and Musashi. If I may, I'd suggest going to more direct sources for the Tao stuff.

Why haven't you read the OT, Mythos? Is there a shortage of Bibles I haven't heard about?

No, Zoneseek. It's just I don't have time and I never really read it as a kid in any meaningful way. Most of the stuff I have learned about it was second or third hand.

Heh, I almost saw that as Old Trilogy, lol.

You know, Heradotus is a pretty good read really. Read parts of his book for history class, and... for a history book it was pretty entertaining.

Hm... what book do I plan on reading at some point in time? Well, if I can ever get my hands on the Jesus Incident or Lazarus Effect by Frank Herbert... I want to read those. Finding them is the problem...

I am reading Anansi Boys right now, I think next up is 900 Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty.

has anyone read Gene Wolfe's stuff?

Again, Herodotus is on my "to-read" list.

Homer's Iliad, because, as someone on another board said, any story that's survived for almost three thousand years must be good.

Umberto Ecco's The Name of the Rose, recommended as "Dan Brown with brains".

I got halfway through The Count of Monte Cristo, and will probably try and get through the lot someday.

I would skip Name of the Rose. I bought it under the recommedation of "sherlock holmes" in the dark ages, and it was overlong, confusing, and filled with italian phrases, not to mention long chapters of religious debates.

not good at all.

it read more like a scholarly work than a fiction.

I would however strongly recommend the movie as it is good md you get the whole story and none of the gibberish.

It's not that much of a stretch to think that Neil Gaiman fans might actually like long, elaborate, scholarly works. I'm not wowed but I like Eco okay, and he doesn't confuse me.

Many of the ones already mentioned, for similar reasons: The Tempest, Histories, the Old Testament.

Also:

- Ovid's Metamorphoses

- Popol Vuh

- Ancient Sagas

- The Mabinogion

- The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius (because that's where "Cupid and Psyche" comes from)

- The Egyptian Book of the Dead

- A bunch of Greek tragedies: Medea, Orestes, Oedipus Rex, Antigone, etc.

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I just ordered The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. It's the book that uses the dreaded word "scrotum"

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt

It keeps showing up on my radar when I am reading up on various things, so I guess I'd better read it.

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Originally posted by slothflyer:
I would skip Name of the Rose. I bought it under the recommedation of "sherlock holmes" in the dark ages, and it was overlong, confusing, and filled with italian phrases, not to mention long chapters of religious debates.

not good at all.

it read more like a scholarly work than a fiction.

I would however strongly recommend the movie as it is good md you get the whole story and none of the gibberish.

I'd argue that you bought the book with an inaccurate recommendation, not that the book itself is bad, but I can definitely understand not enjoying the book if you bought it out of the Mystery section of your local WallyMart.

I would in fact say that the book is pretty damn good, although not quite as enjoyable as Foucault's Pendulum. But I guess if you thought Name of the Rose was overlong and confusing, Pendulum would be even worse for you.

Then again, I also greatly enjoyed Gravity's Rainbow.

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Originally posted by The Amazing Smaug:

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- Shakespeare's The Tempest (Which I actually meant to read ages ago, because there was a wizard in it. It does sound really good and after reading Sandman I really want to read it)

i won't stop you reading the tempest if that's your only option, but i think you should find a local theatre playing it - these things are always better to watch.

And you can watch a netflix movie of it here:
http://www.netflix.com/WatchNowMovie?movieid=70015614&t...strkid=419371263_4_0

Allyson, you are awesome.

I will watch at my leisure.

*Hugs*

Teaching As a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner (teaching as subversive ... novel idea )

The Great Dragon's Fleas by Tim Ward