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href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0451524934%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0451524934%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"George Orwell: 1984\">Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/a> &#8212; George Orwell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0060929871%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0060929871%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Aldous Huxley: Brave New World\">Brave New World<\/a> &#8212; Aldous Huxley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0345404475%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0345404475%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Philip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?\">Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/a> &#8212; Philip K Dick<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0441569595%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0441569595%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"William Gibson: Neuromancer (Remembering Tomorrow)\">Neuromancer<\/a> &#8212; William Gibson<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0441172717%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0441172717%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Frank Herbert: Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)\">Dune<\/a> &#8212; Frank Herbert<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0553294385%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0553294385%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Isaac Asimov: I, Robot\">I, Robot<\/a> &#8212; Isaac Asimov<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0553293354%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0553293354%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Isaac Asimov: Foundation (Foundation Novels (Paperback))\">Foundation<\/a> &#8212; Isaac Asimov<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0552152927%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0552152927%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Terry Pratchett: Colour of Magic, The\">The Colour of Magic<\/a> &#8212; Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0060987049%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0060987049%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Douglas Coupland: Microserfs\">Microserfs<\/a> &#8212; Douglas Coupland<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0553380958%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0553380958%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)\">Snow Crash<\/a> &#8212; Neal Stephenson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1401207138%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1401207138%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Alan Moore: Watchmen (Absolute Editions)\">Watchmen<\/a> &#8212; Alan Moore &amp; Dave Gibbons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0060512806%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0060512806%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon\">Cryptonomicon<\/a> &#8212; Neal Stephenson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1857231384%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1857231384%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Iain M. Banks: Consider Phlebas\">Consider Phlebas<\/a> &#8212; Iain M Banks<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0441790348%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0441790348%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land\">Stranger in a Strange Land<\/a> &#8212; Robert Heinlein<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0679740678%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0679740678%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle (Vintage)\">The Man in the High Castle<\/a> &#8212; Philip K Dick<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0380973650%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0380973650%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Neil Gaiman: American Gods: A Novel\">American Gods<\/a> &#8212; Neil Gaiman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0553380966%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0553380966%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age : Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)\">The Diamond Age<\/a> &#8212; Neal Stephenson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0440539811%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0440539811%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson: The Illuminatus! Trilogy : The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan\">The Illuminatus! Trilogy<\/a> &#8212; Robert Shea &amp; Robert Anton Wilson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=0140019863%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/0140019863%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"John Wyndham: Trouble With Lichen\">Trouble with Lichen<\/a> &#8212; John Wyndham<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>13 out of 20&#8230;65%. Not <em>bad<\/em>, but I could do better. Time to add to the ever-growing reading list!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian UK ran a survey voting for the top 20 geek novels written since 1932, and in &#8216;net meme tradition, here&#8217;s the list with those I&#8217;ve read in bold. 13 out of 20&#8230;65%. Not bad, but I could do better. Time to add to the ever-growing reading list!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}