Books have far greater importance to Rick than movies, TV or music.
If books were people, they would have gravitas: substance, dignity, depth & seriousness.
Gravitas is a quality much missed in this throw-away world.
Rick blogs select books but separately posts a favourite books list.
A few more recent titles:
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Terrorist – John Updike
Wake – Robert Sawyer
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost
Lost in the Yellowstone
Ghost Trail to the Eastern Star
Twilight Saga – 4 books
Snow Crash
Lankhmar Book 1: Swords And Deviltry
Ender’s Game
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
Fleshmarket Alley – Ian Rankin
The Crazyladies of Pearl Street: A Memoir
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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