Holy the firm
by Annie Dillard · first published 1977
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"Godel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hopfstadter. I was in high school when it came out, and it really opened my eyes up to the field of computability. The philosophy was interesting, too. "Holy the Firm" by Annie Dillard. Not really about religion, more about our relationship to the world. A beautifully written little book. "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. This one works on me at several…
on “Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?” ↗Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Holy the Firm. Dillard has a way with words that is both eloquent and a little violent, and she influenced how I write just as much as Strunk and White's Elements of Style. Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach…
on “Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before?” ↗…Vonnegut writes well. You can't go wrong with The Western Canon. Charles Fort, if you can decipher him. E.O. Wilson, "Anthill" and "Biophilia" Freeman Dyson, "A Many-Colored Glass" Annie Dillard, "Holy the Firm" Ray Bradbury, "The Martian Chronicles" Douglas Coupland, "Kitten Clone". His writing style felt unique to me.
on “Ask HN: What are the best Well-Written Books?” ↗…the courtship. Jack's desire blinded him to Ruth's ambition to turn him into something that he wasn't and couldn't be. (an age-old story) Just started On The Equality of All Things by Carlo Rovelli and Holy the firm by Annie Dillard
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