What do you read for pleasure?
I am a big fan of science fiction, be it space opera, or near future stuff like Distraction or The Diamond Age. I have always loved books that expose me to new ideas. I love books that are disorienting at first. I loved Anathem. I love all the works of Frank Herbert. I want a book that will show me a lot more than it tells up front. I look for that "ah - ha!" moment in writing where my perspective shifts and a new window opens in my mind.
I am also a reader of philosophy, including western classics like Plato, modern structuralists and post-structuralists like Wittgenstein, DeBouvoir, Kristeva and Foucault. I love to read Buddhist works of Dharma, my favorite being Nagarjuna. Again, I look for the ah-ha moment, but in these cases, it tends to go deeper.
Lately, I've been reading 19th century literature like Dostoevski alongside the TimeBomb Trilogy by Scott K. Andrews. I recently finished the Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins, which I loved. Lots and lots of ah-ha in that one, as well as Scott's.
What is your e-reading device of choice?
My iPhone does it well enough for me. I use ibooks and kindle, depending on what I'm reading. I also love Overdrive and Hoopla for library books.
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