Things that shaped who I am...
... or that I just really, really, REALLY like!
If you find your interests (books, movies, music) lie along similar
lines, feel free to drop me a line and share some of your other
favourites. I'm always in search of "new classics"... :)
Favourite books
| J.R.R. Tolkien |
Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Hobbit
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| Douglas Adams |
Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy series
Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency
The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul
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| Terry Pratchett | Discworld series |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Sherlock Holmes short stories, and the 4 novels |
| Frank Herbert | Dune series |
| Douglas Hofstadter |
Godel, Escher, Bach
Metamagical Themas
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| Alexandre Dumas |
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Three Musketeers
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| George Orwell |
Animal Farm
1984
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| Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit 451 |
| Aldous Huxley | Brave New World |
| Robert Jordan | Wheel of Time series |
| Piers Anthony | the Xanth novels |
| C.S. Lewis | the Narnia novels (Aslan, et al.) |
| Michael Crichton | Sphere |
| H.G. Wells | The War of the Worlds |
| Tom Clancy | Red Storm Rising |
| favourite comics |
Asterix
Tintin
Tytus, Romek i Atomek
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Favourite movies
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Sci-Fi
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Star Wars old trilogy (the prequels suck)
Lord of the Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson
Aliens
Alien
Bladerunner
Matrix
Contact
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General
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Requiem for a Dream
Memento
Fight Club
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Anime
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Akira
Ghost in the Shell
The Ninja Scrolls
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Westerns
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
Once Upon a Time in America
actually, any Western with Clint Eastwood or Lee Van Cleef
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War
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The Great Escape
Dirty Dozen
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other
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Jesus Christ Superstar
Dirty Harry series
South Park (yeah, offensive... but it's so damn funny!)
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Favourite music
most "Classical"
a lot of movie soundtracks
most "Industrial/Ambient"
Art of Noise
Yello
Vangelis
Andrew Lloyd Weber stuff
all Danny Elfman stuff
all John Williams stuff
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Dixieland
Prince
Janet Jackson
most "Eighties" music
Nine Inch Nails
Abba
Enya
Pink Floyd
Village People
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Things that I find interesting in general
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Mythology
- History, mostly Medieval
- Philosophy
- Religion in general, Zen especially
- Economics
- Creative Writing
- Chess and math puzzles
- Human Psychology
- Art (paintings circa 1500 - 1850)
- Submarines and Spaceships (I just find cramped sardine cans that
transport people through inhospitable media very fascinating
for some reason)
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