Chris Gathercole Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor VingeChris Gathercole@tabithagold Vernor Vinge did quite a nice job of describing an AI bootstrapping itself from static files to big and scary in A Fire Upon The Deep. https://t.co/MAvFNwiCpc
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The Doors of Eden
Adrian TchaikovskyChris GathercoleThe multidimensional UX on YouTube Music is eerily meshing with the parallel worlds thing going on in the book I am currently reading, Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Doors of Eden. Am reminded of hyperbolic tiling, https://t.co/9FmK2d2tll https://t.co/ESWD3CpvaX
Paperback, 2020
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Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
Douglas R. HofstadterChris Gathercole@FryRsquared 'best' is a tad tricky to quantify. 'totally got to me at the time' includes Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter, Chaos by James Gleick, Labyrinths of Reason by William Poundstone.
Paperback, 1996
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The Pursuit of William Abbey
Claire NorthChris Gathercole@PaulMMCooper There is a great deal of relentless, horrific walking in The Pursuit of William Abbey, by Claire North
Paperback, 2019
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Chaos: Making a New Science
James GleickChris Gathercole@FryRsquared 'best' is a tad tricky to quantify. 'totally got to me at the time' includes Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter, Chaos by James Gleick, Labyrinths of Reason by William Poundstone.
Paperback, 2008
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Mythos
Stephen FryChris GathercoleWe rather enjoyed the myriad, multi-faceted delights of @stephenfry reading Stephen Fry's #Mythos this week, taking us from Chaos to Prometheus' clay figurines (CD 4 of 13, two thirds still to go) during our cross-UK drive. Clear, engaging, interesting, etymologically effusive.
Hardcover, 2019
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