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====== To Read ======

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Gerard K. O'Neill to build colonies in space
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Colonies_in_Space

Earth should be preserved as a natural park. (national park) (which nation?)


^Title  ^Author  ^Date Added^How did you learn about this book?  ^
|The Sea  |John Banville  |2006/03/29  |I heard the author on NPR (Diane Rehm), and his excerpt sounded great  |
|The Syringa Tree  |Pamela Gien  |2006/07/20  |Diane Rehm again.  I think mom would really like this one  |
|Science of Fear : Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't - and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger|Daniel Gardner  |2008/08/05  | Diane Rehm again|
|Devil take the hindmost : a history of financial speculation| Chancellor, Edward |2008/09/07  |CNN Money Article, suggested reading for those interested in why you should weather the storm of the bear market| 

===== Elon Musk's Top 8 =====

  - "Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down" by J.E. Gordon 
  - "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life" by Walter Isaacson
  - "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson
  - "Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies" by Nick Bostrom
  - "Merchants of Doubt" by Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes 
  - "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
  - "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel
  - The "Foundation" trilogy by Isaac Asimov
===== Lucy Suggestions =====

This list was for Mike (our neighbor) who spends a lot of time down time at the fire house:

  * Charles Frazer
    * Cold Mountain, Civil War.
    * Thirteen Moons, Pre-Civil and Civil War
  * Dan Fesperman
    * Lie in the Dark, contemporary detective in Sarajevo
    * Small Boat of Many Sorrows, same as above
  * Matthew Kneale
    * English Passengers, Tasmania 1770-1800
  * Barbara Kingsolver
    * Poisonwood Bible, Missionary in Africa during the 1950's
  * Mary Doria Russell
    * Children of God, Aliens and the Jesuits
  * Susan King
    * Lady MacBeth, Scotland and MacBeth
  * Gary Jennings
    * Journeyer, Marco Polo
  * Margaret Atwood
    * The Handmaid's Tale, Science Fiction
  * Martin Cruz Smith
    * Gorky Park, Russia during the 50-60's
  * Sharon Kay Pennman
    * All of hers... stories of England and Wales durin the 1100-1400's


====== Read ======

^Title  ^Author  ^Date Added^ What did you think? ^
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Phillip K. Dick | 2008/04/07 | Most excellent!  I loved the movie and have seen it many times.  This was a great peek into the source material from which the movie was extracted.|
| God is Not Great | Christopher Hitchens | 2008/06/01 | Friggen awesome review of how organized religion is a man made system, and that people don't necessarily behave better because of religion |
| Bushworld | Maureen Dowd | 2008/06/30 | Very interesting collection of her articles from the New York Times.  She always makes me grin |