Quote (RewtheBrave @ Sun, Sep 17 2006, 07:03pm)
Best book? There are so many...I'm a Ph.D. student, so most of what I read is on the esoteric, boring side. I'd say reading Franz Kafka's stories (any or all of them) is an adventure worth taking. I don't like really long tomes, or books with boring spots. Time is an awful thing to waste. I'll recommend two more books for you: 1)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character, by Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize-winning Physicist. He's arrogant but funny, and he sparkles with intelligence. 2)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by David Eggers, Pulitzer-Prize winning Finalist. The book is edgy, funny, and personal. If you do read these, and you do like them, and you do pm me with other reading suggestions (if anyone does)--perhaps something more traditionally novelistic--I have plenty of ideas to share (when I am online to check messages..). I hope you enjoy whatever you read--that's the point, anyway. I know I'm taking suggestions while reading the posts
What precisely are you studying? I'm starting my first year of University this October term. I'm on an MPhys course (or should I say I'm starting an MPhys course
).
I must say I found Plato's republic a good read. A bit predictable in style (he does after all convice any number of his students that he is right time and time again, but the socratic method of education is something which modern day schooling systems seldom use anymore. Its often "learn this! This is the way of the world").