Lists of Bests: Developing_Intellect's "Books that influenced me most" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7945 People often wonder how others can have political or other convictions that are so different from their own. Here is a record of the development of my convictions. It may be surprising which authors have led me in the direction I have followed. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:21:40 GMT en-us 0 50 29 0 0 Cosmos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7542 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7542"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345331354.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056436926_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Sagan</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 25th Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45214 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45214"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400052920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10882 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10882"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393315703.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> A Wrinkle In Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121188 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121188"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BK66XE.01-A1OQJ7TC23MGUH._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Madeleine L'Engle</div> Have Space Suit, Will Travel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58355 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58355"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932076417.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Nspace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1569292 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1569292"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0613279948.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> Parallel Universes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/379572 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/379572"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671696017.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Alan Wolf</div> The Edgar Cayce Companion: A Comprehensive Treatise of the Edgar Cayce Readings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1549165 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1549165"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0876043570.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056503307_.jpg" /></a></div> The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7825 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7825"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345409469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Sagan</div> Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States by Bill Bryson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/559162 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979334 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979334"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0199291152.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Dawkins</div> Stranger in a Strange Land (Original Uncut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187564 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A Heinlein</div> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980904"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060589469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert M. Pirsig</div> An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968414 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/968414"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0199266344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hume</div> Sophies World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33282 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33282"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857993284.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jostein Gaarder</div> The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15914 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15914"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553380966.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neal Stephenson</div> Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014118776X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13270 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13270"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446672289.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K Howard</div> Anthem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51451 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51451"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452281253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> The Abolition of Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1056"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060652942.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Not Seen: The Unintended Consequences of Government Spending http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1335830 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1335830"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1600960561.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. Frederic Bastiat</div> The Law http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1493867 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1493867"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1599869756.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederic Bastiat</div> 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution: Ideas and Resources for Self-Liberation, Monkey Wrenching and Preparedness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62854 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Wolfe</div> Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17004 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17004"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0609805363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Quinn</div> Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1208725 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich Fromm</div> The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19569 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19569"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684862697.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Postrel</div> The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4968 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4968"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226320669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. A. Hayek</div> A Way to Be Free, the Autobiography of Robert LeFevre; Volume 1; The Making of A Modern American Revolutionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1571441 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1571441"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1584451416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Lefevre</div> The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3624 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3624"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142003344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Pinker</div>