Pattern Recognition276 reviews William Gibson Berkley, 2005 Excellent and Multifaceted Story + Couldn't put it down You walk with the protagonist as she tries to figure out who her mysterious employer is and what her real assignment might be; you are variously helped and threatened--sometimes by the same people--and things are rarely only what they appear to be. More than that, this young woman has a ...             John's Secret Dreams : The Life of John Lennon2 reviews Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier, 2004 I Hope Someday You'll Join Us... + Not really secret, but definately dreams. ...and the world will live as one. These inspirational words from John Lennon from his 1971 mega hit, "Imagine" beautifully underscore this book. The gentle illustrations of John as a young boy to the man he became are sure to delight all ages. This is a wonderful way to introduce children to ...             Sometimes a Great Notion119 reviews Ken Kesey Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977 One of the all time great books + "Never Give A Inch" + The Great American Novel Revealed + It never gets better. + Sometimes a Great Notion             Neuromancer452 reviews William Gibson Ace, 1984 Still Good After All These Years + If Only Gibson Had Continued With This Story... + Lives up to the hype I first read Gibson's "Neuromancer" when it first came out (about 24 years ago) and really enjoyed it. I just finished reading it again, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it's weathered the intervening decades very well. This book created a genre by envisioning a wired world when, at the ...             A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead42 reviews Dennis Mcnally Broadway, 2003 The Absolute Best + Grateful Experience Absolutely the best book from the best of sources. We all know that Jerry died but I still cried at the end of the book. Anything more than what Scrib has shared is none of our business. I "Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul." Highly recommended.             Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream417 reviews Hunter S. Thompson Vintage, 1998 A classic + Great book, unfortunatell i've seen the movie + Great Book + A book about the savage journey to the heart of the American Dream!             The Rum Diary : A Novel129 reviews Hunter S. Thompson Simon & Schuster, 1999 Thompson Can't BE Beat! + GONZO + Great first book + Unexpectedly Satisfying             A Scanner Darkly (GollanczF.)132 reviews Philip K. Dick Gollancz, 2006 a necessary book + One of PKD's best + A Scanner Darkly + What does a scanner see? + A brilliant version             The Catcher in the Rye2785 reviews J.D. Salinger Little, Brown and Company, 1991 review + If You Really Want to Hear About It... + Disillusion + Make a little time for a classic             Eye in the Sky: A Novel23 reviews Philip K. Dick Vintage, 2003 One of Philip K. Dick's Best Books - A Brilliant Look at The McCarthy Era in the 1950s + Are You a Commie Traitor? + Surprisingly good early novel In the 1950s, America was troubled with an identity crisis...the struggles between paranoia and socialism and communism and the fear of the different or seemingly un-American were gripping the nation. From the Beavers' sterile vision of America to the youth yearning to throw off the yoke of ...             Timothy Leary: A Biography40 reviews Robert Greenfield Harcourt, 2006 Archangel of psychedelia: A fall from grace + Heavily researched, very biased Timothy Leary's significance to the fate of the hallucinogens is summarized by the last sentence of Chapter 11: "Instead, even as the torch of government in America was being passed to a new generation, they handed the future of psychedelic research to the wrong man." Many modern users of ...             The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time40 reviews Hunter S. Thompson Simon & Schuster, 2003 The Essential Hunter Thompson + Fantastic + Good Stuff + Incredible Collection + Wow - This guy went about 500 mph at ALL TIMES.             1984 (Signet Classics)1380 reviews George Orwell New American Library, 1961 A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth + Ninteen-Eighty-Four: Still a Classic + Perfectly Horrific + Still Relevant + Timeless classic on the dangers of communism/big government             The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy ...627 reviews Jon Stewart, The Writers of The Daily Show Grand Central Publishing, 2006 I couldn't stop laughing + Good stuff from Jon Stewart and The Daily Show! + Reminds me of why I used to like the Daily Show + You will not regret it.             One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest359 reviews Ken Kesey Signet, 1963 One Flew East, One Flew West + One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest + Must Have + great quality! + McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect             The Politics of Ecstasy (Leary, Timothy)7 reviews Timothy Leary Ronin Publishing, 1998 DO NOT READ THIS BOOK... + Expanding Consciousness Beyond the Mind's Homocentric Limits + Changed my life + Let freedom reign + The original.             The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason836 reviews Sam Harris W. W. Norton, 2005 It actually worked! + Anti-theism without explicit atheism plus 9/11 causation revealed + From a former christian + Well worth it - even after reading Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens             The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch64 reviews Philip K. Dick Vintage, 1991 What stigmata do you carry? + Philip K. Dick at his psychotic best + Highly recommended, however... + Difficult but interesting once you grok it + What is real and what is the construct?             The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Citadel Underground)22 reviews Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert, ... Citadel, 2000 Tomorrow Never Knows + Worthwhile for Westerners + The Book + Literary Psychedelic Curiosa yet Dangerously Hatched             Ubik103 reviews Philip K. Dick Vintage, 1991 My vote for the best PKD novel + Highly Readable + Crazy, dark, explosive, suspenseful, and still very funny would be for this one. This is a PKD masterpiece. A strong convoluted story that, unlike many PKD novels, does not trail off but stays strong and sustained to the very end. All the familiar pieces, played as well as he ever did. Paranoia funny and paranoia very dark. The besieged ...