I'm an on and off reader! I'm looking to read some novels with deep philosophy meanings. Which books do you recommend that could change my way of thinking?
2006-11-14 10:44:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I just started Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It definitely has me thinking already and I have only read the foreword and a bit of the first chapter. If you like books that are dystopian you will be intrigued by this book. A lowdown from wikipedia...
Brave New World, published in 1932, was first intended as a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in London in the 26th century, the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, biological engineering, and hypnopædia that combine to change society. The world it describes could also be a utopia, albeit an ironic one: Humanity is carefree, healthy and technologically advanced. Warfare and poverty have been eliminated and everyone is permanently happy. The irony is that all of these things have been achieved by eliminating many things people currently derive happiness from — family, cultural diversity, art, literature, science, religion and philosophy. It is also a hedonistic society, deriving pleasure from promiscuous sex and drug use.
Hopefully I will continue to love it.
2006-11-14 11:14:15 · answer #1 · answered by Allison 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I'm an on and off reader! I'm looking to read some novels with deep philosophy meanings."
Ok I know a GREAT book like that its called "The Giver by Lois Lowery" U have to think about what is happening but its a GREAT BOOK! Trust me I just got done reading it!!!!
2006-11-14 11:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by Li 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. This book changed my thinking about religion, sex and sexuality, spirituality and pretty much every other element of life.
And strangely (no pun intended) - I found a copy on my mother's bedside table years after I had read it... so it must appeal across age and gender - or have some depth of meaning across time.
Wikipedia info below:
The major themes of Heinlein's work were social: radical individualism, libertarianism, religion, the relationship between physical and emotional love, and speculation about unorthodox family relationships. His iconoclastic approach to these themes has led to wildly divergent perceptions of his works. His 1959 novel Starship Troopers was excoriated by some as being fascist. His 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land, on the other hand, put him in the unexpected role of pied piper to the sexual revolution and counterculture.
Oh - and if you want to read a truly profound short story that may really mess with your thoughts on religion - Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" will do it - it can be found in a number of anthologies.
-dh
2006-11-14 11:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want deep philosophical meaning? Try Camus, anything; Melville, Moby Dick; Faulkner, Light in August or nearly anything else. Could be a question for a lifetime, frankly. Try David Denby's book The Great Books...kind of interesting and a good introduction to all this deep stuff.
2006-11-14 11:14:43 · answer #4 · answered by rick c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a definite Slant of light - Laura Whitcomb A Kiss In Time, Beastly, Cloaked - Alex Finn Anna wearing Blood - Blake Blood and Chocolate - Annette Klause service of the Mark - Fallon dark Lover – Ward Falling below - Gwen Hayes Grave Mercy - LaFevers Haven - Kristi prepare dinner Sea Witch - Kantra Sookie Stackhouse series - Charlaine Harris Vampire Academy – Mead
2016-10-22 02:34:33 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitley The Ultimate Hitchhikker's Guide to the Galaxy. It may be completely absurd but it is definitley deep and makes sense in a weird way. Great book.
2006-11-14 10:51:24 · answer #6 · answered by orchid_isis 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"A Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela or
"The Story of My Experiments with Truth" by Mahatma Gandhi
- maybe not typical philosophy, but they will certainly get you thinking -
if not try some of the legal theorists such as Jeremy Bentham or Ronald Dworkin.
2006-11-14 10:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the holy Quran.. i know you're probably thinking o there this random person goes again trying to preach someone or o im looking for a novel etc, but realli.. if u just take a few minutes just to open and look at the meaning of the quran.. it realli might be of interest to u. i know many people that just opened it not knowing anything about it and got so interested, they couldnt put it down until they finished. you can even find the translation on the internet on http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/SURAI.HTM
2006-11-14 11:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by raindrop710 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Cobra Event is a good book, or Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
2006-11-14 10:46:39 · answer #9 · answered by Bobby B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The house of the scorpion
3 newberry medals.
******* good book.
2006-11-14 10:45:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋