In memory of the death of Ursula K. Le Guin, I am again reading Left Hand of Darkness.

Battle for the Mind by William Sargent

Right now I'm enamored with a new (for fun!) indie author, Misha Burnett. He's never written a novel before, and comes from a blue collar, jack of all trades background, the knowledge of which he delightfully works into his 4-novel Catskinner series.

In his book series' universe, many humans are allowing themselves to be manipulated and misled by alien energies that are posing as religious spirits, dead relatives, etc. but are from other dimensions/worlds. The alien energies offer advanced technical knowledge, and sometimes super powers, in exchange for human cooperation.

The protagonist is a slender, ordinary man, but has been attached since babyhood, by his parents, to an alien entity that loves to kill, and can make the protagonist supernaturally strong and fast, as needed. But whenever he does so, his calories are quickly depleted and he needs more food, so during the novels, the protagonist is always gorging on fast food. He's been working as a hired hit man, which makes him money, but all he wants is a normal life, with the ability to have a girlfriend.
When he finally gets one, he soon realizes that she's been altered as well.

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I found these books while I was teaching gender studies:
The Female Brain and The Male Brain both by Dr. Louann Brizendine

How she got into her profession was an eye opener for me, too. This might be a continuation of the study of the brain after Carl Sagn.

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From a certain point of view. The 40th anniv Star Wars book of short stories about side characters from the original 1977 movie.. Ties allot of the movie together.. if you like Star Wars you will like this book..

Lords of Rainbow by Vera Nazarian is an indie book. I try to get one in a month.

Collateral Damage (Stone Barrington, #25) by Stuart Woods is just your typical genre fiction. First time reading.

Dracula by Bram Stoker is my classic for the month.

Natural Brilliance by Paul R. Scheele is my non-fiction for the month.

This is my current reading right now. I'm always working on a few books at once.

I've been reading a bunch of HP Lovecraft lately.

Have you read all of Sagan's books? I found Demon Haunted World first, but now I own them all and have read them all several times. Love his clarity.

For other authors, try Ian Tattersal, Daniel Levitin, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I also really enjoyed "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson.

I just spent the day reading and understanding “Barebones Fantasy.” It is a small rulebook for table-top roleplay. I’m hoping my friends will try it out with me. Basically the three core books fir D&D condensed into 80 pages and using a percentile system over the d20 system.

Rally Cry, Forschen.

"Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams" and given my current sleep habits is fucking terrifying. Before that, "Turtles All The Way Down" by Hank Green" which is great and disturbing. "The Brain That Changes Itself: Personal Triumphs from the Frontiers of Brain Science" by Norman Doidge is on my list. I'm a big fan of James Gleick. I'm sure I'll be reading "Time Travel: A History" either then or now. He's got a biography of Richard Feynman called "Genius" that fantastic. "Chaos: Making a New Science" was the first book of his I read and I'd highly recommend that as well.

The tea girl in Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See.....for my book club.

Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy.
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"Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande
This is a discussion that needs to be had on how our medical culture keeps increasing the suffering of the dying (which may affect most of us). Only 5 states have the Death with Dignity program and the number and the program needs to be expanded.

White Trash: [nytimes.com]
A fellow poster, ‘Treehugger’ had suggested: A World Lit Only By Fire - excellent! ...wish I could thank him ~

I've been intending to read The Bell Jar and The Handmaid's Tale. Currently reading The Good Girl by Mary Kubica, but I'm not sure it's riveting enough to finish.

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

If you want an interesting sci-fi thriller I would suggest sphere by Michael Crichton. Interesting read and movie.

Arthur C Clarke. The Songs of Distant Earth

Heinlein is always good, moon is a harsh mistress is my personal favorite if in mood for fiction.

Richard Fortey, Life; a natural history of the first 4 billion years of life on earth is great, it's about what we know and also how we know it, excellent nonfiction work.

Tales from the nightside, Simon r green. For pure pulp enjoyment that will not tax your brain in the slightest.

I only read fantasy, at the moment, "Destiny's Conflict" by Janny Wurtz and "Dance of Ghosts" by David Dalgleish.

I don't really read books.
Typically anything I find of interest on the internet which currently include:

147 Delphic Maxims (wikipedia)
Taoism (wikipedia)
Hinduism (wikipedia)
Abraham Maslow Heirarchy with regards to self-actualization. (Google Search, watch the Matrix trilogy)
And a little bit of Ancient Egypt with regards to Osiris.

In essence, I took the red pill, there is no spoon and wonderland went bye-bye.

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections of Jewish Suffering.... by Norman J. Finlelstein
It's a very interesting read

Spain In Our Hearts by David Hochschild. A history of the Spanish Civil War. Just finished The Chronicles of the Invaders by John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard. Somewhat derivative Space Opera tale, but it was good escapism at a time I needed it.

Planning of re-reading A Wrinkle In Time before the film comes out.