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“Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance” — Robert Pirsig “Siddhartha” — Herman Hesse “Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein "Wind Up Bird Chronicle"
by Bradlinc 4y ago
“Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance” — Robert Pirsig
“Siddhartha” — Herman Hesse
“Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein
"Wind Up Bird Chronicle" - Haruki Murakami
The first two were handed to me by my father when I dropped out of high school. Zen was a slog the first time I read through it, I came back to it my late twenties and have read it at leaset two more times since then.
- ipaddr 4y agoHaven't reread Zen in a few years need to add that to my todo list.
- heintzsight 4y agoI was not a fan of "Zen" as it tried hard to sound intelligent without saying much. Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami was a disappointment as well. Mystical realism is an often imitated genre done well by only a few.
- philk10 4y ago+1 for the Zen book, been re-reading it since I was 15 which was a long time ago
- avinassh 4y agoI have seen Zen mentioned many times. Why one should read it?
- Bradlinc 4y agoIt changed the way I think about "thinking". I also see myself in the father and son story. I am sorry to be so general but if I jump into the specifics I fear I would ruin them. Not because somebody else couldn't but I know myself to be a horrible teacher.
- domod 4y agoBeing an extravert, the book inspired me on how to get energy from my inner world of thoughts, ideas, and images during quarantine. Beautiful metaphors and philosophical inquiries into values.
- doopy1 4y agoI tried to read Zen, but found it crazy boring and gave up. I'm not sure why it's so highly regarded, but lot's of folks I know love it.