What book are you reading right now?
I used to be a voracious reader. Back when I was more static and I’m going to say out loud, obese, I was a hell of a reader.
I remember that back when I was 13, I read 100 pages per hour. Now, I’m down to 40. But since I embarked upon this journey of self-discovery and became the sculptor, the artist of my own destiny and body, I kinda moved away from reading every day, 365 days a year.
I’m not shunning books but I tend to stay focussed more in the now and here than in the past or future. And books are about opening new horizons by shining a light on the past.
My escape is exercise. I trained my mind all my life to the detriment of my body. Now, I am achieving the long-yearned for balance.
But you didn’t come here to hear about my trials and tribulations. You came for my reading list.
Here it is:
1. Olaf Stapledon
2. Antonio Gramsci
3. Frank Herbert
4. Isaac Asimov
5. James Michener
6. Jodorowski and Manara
7. Hugh Howley
8. Bernard Cornwell
9. Harry Sidebottom
10. Ken Follett
11. Colleen McCullough
12. Rex Warner
13. Ernst Junger
14. Gregory Benford
15. Phillip K. Dick
16. Gunther Anders
17. Rafael Sabatini
18. Alexander Kent a.k.a. Douglas Reeman
19. Lion Feuchtenwanger
20. C.S. Forester
21. Patrick O’Brian
22. Alexandre Dumas
23. Pat Frank
24. Viktor E. Frankl
25. Taylor Anderson
26. Alexandr Zinoviev
27. Sun Tzu
28. Michael Crichton
29. Leo Frankowski
30. Maurice Druon
31. Victoria Fraser
32. Joseph Conrad
33. Tim Butcher
…
and so many others. These are just some of the authors I have read in the last couple of years. If you were expecting book titles, you must be disappointed. Since I believe in free will, each of us must find their own way through life’s maze.
And that includes you, dear readers.
Götterdämmerung 