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Samuel’s favorites shelf

Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi

Schismatrix Plus by Bruce Sterling

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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami

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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

by Vernor Vinge

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NYC Book Club — 4 members — last activity Jun 06, 2016 12:13PM
Evolution. The nature of reality and consciousness. Artificial minds. Ascendant economies. The arrow of time. Science fiction.

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Book Club, Business, Classics, Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, and Travel

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