Sci-fi-book-flow-chart.jpg (3800×2300) Books that will induce a mindfuck. Here is the list of books that will officially induce mindfucks, sorted alphabetically by author. Those authors in bold have been recommended by one or more people as being generally mindfucking - any books listed under their names are particularly odd. You're welcome to /msg me to make an addition to this list. And finally, although he's way down at the bottom, my personal recommendation is definitely Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, as it turns the ultimate mindfuck: inverting the world-view of our entire culture, and it is non-fiction.
Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print Library. Talking About Tolkien. Free Books for Download | Desi Nuts. 7 Banned Classics. Many people are aware that Harry Potter, The Anarchist Cookbook and Stephen King books have been banned from schools around the country, but as many civilizations have figured out, censorship is a slippery slope. It is pretty strange to consider Shakespeare has not only been banned from public schools over sexual themes, but that censored editions have been out since the 1700s. Photo Via florian.b [Flickr] Of the Radcliffe Publishing list of the top 100 books of the past century, almost half have been challenged by schools, many are banned in whole countries. Here’s a few banned titles that just may surprise you: *Note: Plot summaries may include spoilers.
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Plot: A soldier, Henry, on the Italian front meets and seduces a young woman, Catherine. Where it’s been banned: Published in 1929, this novel caused trouble immediately. Source | A Farewell to Arms on Amazon Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Plot: The book’s plot uses the same story line as Tarzan. 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read. Looking for some new material to add to your science fiction reading list? Below are 32 books that have pushed the boundaries of the genre, inspired generations of thinkers and in some cases have even predicted key aspects of societies development.
Foundation – Isaac Asimov From Amazon, Foundation marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy. Yet all is not well with the Galactic Empire. Its vast size is crippling to it. In particular, the administrative planet, honeycombed and tunneled with offices and staff, is vulnerable to attack or breakdown. The only person willing to confront this imminent catastrophe is Hari Seldon, a psychohistorian and mathematician. The Time Machine – H.G. From Wikipedia, The Time Traveler’s tale of the future is a disturbing vision of the human situation as it appeared to Wells in the late 19th century. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? From Amazon, From Wikipedia, 100 Must Read Books: The Man’s Essential Library.