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Fred’s favorite books

Harrington on Hold 'em by Dan Harrington Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton Diaspora by Greg Egan My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl About Time by Jack Finney Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
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Children of Memory
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Ursula K. Le Guin
“What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?”
― Ursula K. LeGuin
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Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneThe God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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