Where to start? A book list!
Below is an ongoing compilation that follows several threads on sustainable society, Borges, philosophy, and life.
This is a core list that has led me to many connections and new titles. You must begin somewhere!
A Reading List
April, 02003
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DESIGN
Alexander, Christopher, The Timeless Way of Building, Oxford University Press, New York, 01979. ISBN 0195024028.
Alexander, Christopher, A Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, New York, 01977. ISBN 0195019199.
Brand, Stewart, ed., The Next Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools, Random House, New York, 01980.
Hillis, W. Daniel, The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work, Basic Books, New York, 01998. ISBN 0465025951.
Orr, David W., The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intervention, Oxford University Press, 02002. ISBN 019514855X.
Papanek, Victor, Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change, Pantheon, New York, 01971.
THEORY
Abraham, Ralph, McKenna, T., Sheldrake, R., Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness, Park St. Press, New York, 02001.
Barbour, Julian, The End of Time, Oxford University Press, New York, 01999. ISBN 0195117298.
Benford, Gregory, Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millenia, Avon Books, New York, 01999. ISBN 0380975378.
Brand, Stewart, Clock of the Long Now, Basic Books, New York, 01999.
ISBN 04650412X.
Burr, Chandler, The Emperor of Scent, Random House, New York, 02002, ISBN 0375507973.
Calvino, Italo, Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, 01988.
Carse, James P., Finite and Infinite Games, Ballantine Books, New York, 1986.
Collis, John Stewart, The Vision of Glory: The Extraordinary Nature of the Ordinary, George Braziller, New York, 01973.
Collis, John Stewart, The Worm Forgives the Plow, George Braziller, New York, 01973.
Davies, Paul, How to Build a Time Machine, Penguin Press, New York, 02002. ISBN 0670030635.
Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs, and Steel, Norton, New York, 1999. ISBN 0393317552.
Dubos, Rene, The Wooing of Earth: New Perspectives On Man’s Use of Nature, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 01980. ISBN 0684165015.
Eco, Umberto, Kant and the Platypus; Essays on Language and Cognition, Harcourt, Brace, New York, 01997. ISBN 0151004471.
Eisley, Loren, All the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life, Scribners, New York, 01975.
Goodman, Nelson, Ways of Worldmaking, Hackett, Indianapolis, 01978, ISBN 0915144522.
Gray, John, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, Granta, London, 02003,
ISBN 1862075123.
Jaynes, Julian, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 01976.
Jensen, Derrick, A Language Older than Words, Context Books, New York, 02000, ISBN 1893956032.
Kubler, George, The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things, Yale University Press, 01962.
Lane, John, Timeless Simplicity; Creative Living in a Consumer Society, Green Books, Devon, UK, 02001. ISBN 190399800X.
Merrill, Floyd, Unthinking Thinking; Jorge Luis Borges, Mathematics and the New Physics, Purdue Univ. Press, W. Lafayette, IN, 01991.
Merton, Thomas, The Wisdom of the Desert, New Directions, New York, 01960.
McKenna, Terence, The Archaic Revival, Harper Collins, San Francisco, 01991. ISBN 0062506137.
Schumacher, E.F., Small is Beautiful, Harper & Row, New York, 01973
Schultes, Richard Evans, Hoffman, Albert, Plants of the Gods, Healing Arts, Rochester, VT, 01992.
Schwartz, Peter, The Art of the Long View, Currency, New York, 01991, ISBN 0385267312.
Vaihinger, Hans, The Philosophy of “As If”, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 01968.
Watts, Alan W., Myth and Ritual in Christianity, Vanguard Press, New York, 01954(?).
Wheelock, Carter, The Mythmaker, Univ. of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 01969.
Whitehead, Alfred N., Process and Reality, Macmillan, New York, 01957.
Whorf, Benjamin Lee (Carroll, John, ed.), Language, Thought, and Reality, M.I.T./Wiley, New York, 1956.
FICTIONS
Baker, Nicholson, The Size of Thoughts, Random House, New York, 01996, ISBN 0679439323.
Borges, Jorge Luis, Selected Non-Fictions, Penguin Putnam Press, New York, 01999, ISBN 0140290117.
Borges, Jorge Luis, Collected Fictions, Penguin Putnam Press, New York, 01999. ISBN 0140286802.
Borges, Jorge Luis, Selected Poems, Penguin Putnam Press, New York, 01999. ISBN 0140587217.
Calvino, Italo, If on a winter’s night a traveler, Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York, 1981. ISBN 0156439611.
Connell, Evan S., Notes From a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel, North Point Press, San Francisco, 01984, ISBN 0865471444.
Connell, Evan S., Points for a Compass Rose, North Point Press, San Francisco, 01985.
Lightman, Alan, Einstein’s Dreams, Warner Books, New York, 01994.
ISBN 0446670111.
Nabokov, Vladimir, Pale Fire, Everyman’s Library, London, 01992.
Valery, Paul, Sea Shells, Beacon, Boston, 01988.
MEMORIES
Nabokov, Vladimir, Speak, Memory, Vintage, New York, 01989.
Paustovsky, Konstantin, The Story of a Life, Pantheon, New York, 01964.
This is a core list that has led me to many connections and new titles. You must begin somewhere!
A Reading List
April, 02003
----------------------------------
DESIGN
Alexander, Christopher, The Timeless Way of Building, Oxford University Press, New York, 01979. ISBN 0195024028.
Alexander, Christopher, A Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, New York, 01977. ISBN 0195019199.
Brand, Stewart, ed., The Next Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools, Random House, New York, 01980.
Hillis, W. Daniel, The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work, Basic Books, New York, 01998. ISBN 0465025951.
Orr, David W., The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intervention, Oxford University Press, 02002. ISBN 019514855X.
Papanek, Victor, Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change, Pantheon, New York, 01971.
THEORY
Abraham, Ralph, McKenna, T., Sheldrake, R., Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness, Park St. Press, New York, 02001.
Barbour, Julian, The End of Time, Oxford University Press, New York, 01999. ISBN 0195117298.
Benford, Gregory, Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millenia, Avon Books, New York, 01999. ISBN 0380975378.
Brand, Stewart, Clock of the Long Now, Basic Books, New York, 01999.
ISBN 04650412X.
Burr, Chandler, The Emperor of Scent, Random House, New York, 02002, ISBN 0375507973.
Calvino, Italo, Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, 01988.
Carse, James P., Finite and Infinite Games, Ballantine Books, New York, 1986.
Collis, John Stewart, The Vision of Glory: The Extraordinary Nature of the Ordinary, George Braziller, New York, 01973.
Collis, John Stewart, The Worm Forgives the Plow, George Braziller, New York, 01973.
Davies, Paul, How to Build a Time Machine, Penguin Press, New York, 02002. ISBN 0670030635.
Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs, and Steel, Norton, New York, 1999. ISBN 0393317552.
Dubos, Rene, The Wooing of Earth: New Perspectives On Man’s Use of Nature, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 01980. ISBN 0684165015.
Eco, Umberto, Kant and the Platypus; Essays on Language and Cognition, Harcourt, Brace, New York, 01997. ISBN 0151004471.
Eisley, Loren, All the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life, Scribners, New York, 01975.
Goodman, Nelson, Ways of Worldmaking, Hackett, Indianapolis, 01978, ISBN 0915144522.
Gray, John, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, Granta, London, 02003,
ISBN 1862075123.
Jaynes, Julian, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 01976.
Jensen, Derrick, A Language Older than Words, Context Books, New York, 02000, ISBN 1893956032.
Kubler, George, The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things, Yale University Press, 01962.
Lane, John, Timeless Simplicity; Creative Living in a Consumer Society, Green Books, Devon, UK, 02001. ISBN 190399800X.
Merrill, Floyd, Unthinking Thinking; Jorge Luis Borges, Mathematics and the New Physics, Purdue Univ. Press, W. Lafayette, IN, 01991.
Merton, Thomas, The Wisdom of the Desert, New Directions, New York, 01960.
McKenna, Terence, The Archaic Revival, Harper Collins, San Francisco, 01991. ISBN 0062506137.
Schumacher, E.F., Small is Beautiful, Harper & Row, New York, 01973
Schultes, Richard Evans, Hoffman, Albert, Plants of the Gods, Healing Arts, Rochester, VT, 01992.
Schwartz, Peter, The Art of the Long View, Currency, New York, 01991, ISBN 0385267312.
Vaihinger, Hans, The Philosophy of “As If”, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 01968.
Watts, Alan W., Myth and Ritual in Christianity, Vanguard Press, New York, 01954(?).
Wheelock, Carter, The Mythmaker, Univ. of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 01969.
Whitehead, Alfred N., Process and Reality, Macmillan, New York, 01957.
Whorf, Benjamin Lee (Carroll, John, ed.), Language, Thought, and Reality, M.I.T./Wiley, New York, 1956.
FICTIONS
Baker, Nicholson, The Size of Thoughts, Random House, New York, 01996, ISBN 0679439323.
Borges, Jorge Luis, Selected Non-Fictions, Penguin Putnam Press, New York, 01999, ISBN 0140290117.
Borges, Jorge Luis, Collected Fictions, Penguin Putnam Press, New York, 01999. ISBN 0140286802.
Borges, Jorge Luis, Selected Poems, Penguin Putnam Press, New York, 01999. ISBN 0140587217.
Calvino, Italo, If on a winter’s night a traveler, Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York, 1981. ISBN 0156439611.
Connell, Evan S., Notes From a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel, North Point Press, San Francisco, 01984, ISBN 0865471444.
Connell, Evan S., Points for a Compass Rose, North Point Press, San Francisco, 01985.
Lightman, Alan, Einstein’s Dreams, Warner Books, New York, 01994.
ISBN 0446670111.
Nabokov, Vladimir, Pale Fire, Everyman’s Library, London, 01992.
Valery, Paul, Sea Shells, Beacon, Boston, 01988.
MEMORIES
Nabokov, Vladimir, Speak, Memory, Vintage, New York, 01989.
Paustovsky, Konstantin, The Story of a Life, Pantheon, New York, 01964.
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