Is this the place to discuss books? I feel like that goes right along with movies and music.
More to the point, has anyone read any of Stephen Hawking's books? He's got an older book called A Brief History of the Universe. Then he did A Briefer History of the Universe. Is one better than the other?
I've been reading a lot of food politics books and they get depressing. I want something to fuck with my mind hole.
I've read several of Hawking's books, including both
A Brief History of the Universe and
A Briefer History of the Universe. Both are good reads but
A Briefer History is more updated and a little bit of a better read in my opinion, especially for people who have never read any of his books. There are also a few nice illustrated versions of his books like
On The Shoulders of Giants and
The Universe In A Nutshell. Other good non-fiction cosmology books to consider are Carl Sagan's
Cosmos and Charles Seife's
Alpha and Omega.
I read a lot of non-fiction, especially cosmology, theoretical physics, and mythology books. When I'm not reading non-fiction, I'm usually reading sci-fi. Right now I'm reading William Gibson's
Count Zero which is the second book in the cyberpunk Sprawl Trilogy which is good so far. The first book in the series,
Neuromancer is a great read as well. I finished up Frank Herbert's
Dune series a few months ago and I loved it. If you're looking for some hard sci-fi, Arthur C Clarke is the way to go. If you don't want sci-fi, any of Chuck Palahniuk's books are great to read, like
Fight Club or
Rant.