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I've been a compulsive reader all my life. Some years, I wrote down the names of the books I was reading.

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THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE, Jerry Pourne11e & Larry Niven
WORDS AND THINGS, Roger Brown
DIARY OF SAMUA1 PEPYS, 1666
ALL THE MYRIAD WAYS, Larry Niven
DEAR SCOTT, DEAR MAX, F. Scott Fitzgerald & Maxwell Perkins
THE ANATOMY OF SWEARING, Ashley Montagu
MICHAEL FARADAY AS A NATURAL PHILOSOPHER, J. Aggassi
ESSAYS of E.B. White
RAYMOND CHANDLER SPEAKING
EXPERIENCING SCIENCE, Jeremy Bernstien
MAX PERKINS: Editor of Genius, A. Scott Berg
TROPIC OF CANCER, Henry Miller
MODERN GUIDE TO SYNONYMS, S.I. Hayakawa DESTINIES, James Baen
THE SECRET VAULTS OF TIME, S.A. Schwartz
THE SNOW LEOPARD, Peter Mathiesson
HOW TO ANALYZE YOUR HANDWRITING
LETTERS FROM THE FIELD: 1925-1975, Margaret Mead
THE ZOOT SUIT MURDERS, Thomas Sanchez
WALDEN, Henry David Thoreau
JOURNALS, Henry David Thoreau
TRANSATLANTIC BLUES, Wilfrid Sheed
FREE ENTERPRISE: The Scientific AMerican in the 19th Century
PLEXUS, Henry Miller
SEXUS, Henry Miller
THE STARS MY DESTINATION, Alfred Bester
A TRACE OF MEMORY, Keith Laumer
BEYOND THIS HORIZON, Robert Heinlein
THE PAST THROUGH TOMORROW, Robert Heinlein
TECHNICS AND CIVILIZATION, Lewis Mumford
LOOKING BACK AT TOMORROW, Atlantic Magazine
TECHNOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD, Hodges
COLUMBUS WAS CHINESE, Brewer
A SHORT HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, Derry and Williams
STORM ON THE SUN, Joseph Goodavage
OBJECTIVIST EPISTEMOLOGY, Ayn Rand
ERLE STANLEY GARDNER: The Case of The Real Perry Mason, Dorothy Hugh
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF MAN, Lewis Mumford
CONDITIONS FOR LIFE, Scientific American
AUTOBIOGRAPHY of Montaigne
THE FOURTH R, George O. Smith
MORTAL LESSONS, Richard Selzer
A STREAK OF LUCK: Thomas Edison, Robert Conot AT RANDOM, Bennett Cerf
DIARY OF PEPYS: 1665
INFORMATION MECHANICS, Frederck W. Kantor
POGO'S DOUBLE SUNDAE, Walt Kelly
I AM BLIND AND MY DOG IS DEAD, S. Gross THE BRONX ZOO, Sparky Lyle
FOUR DAY PLANET, H. Beam Piper
G.O. FIZZICKLE POGO, Walt Kelly BROCA'S BRAIN, Carl Sagan
LANGUAGE AND SILENCE, George Steiner COMIC ART AND CARICATURE, R.P. Nelson ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL, E.M. Forster
NEW FRONTIERS IN ASTRONOMY, Scientific American COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA, Margaret Mead
TECHNIQUE OF THE NOVEL, T.H. Uzzell
WRITING WITH PRECISION, J.D. Bates
HOW I FOUND FREEDOM IN AN UNFREE WORLD, Harry Browne
IN SEARCH OF WONDER, Damon Knight
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Scientific American
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE GAME, John D. MacDonald
THE FIRST THREE MINUTES, Steven Weinberg
STAR KING, Jack Vance
STRANGE WINE, Harlan Ellison
THE RINGWOR1D ENGINEERS, Larry Niven
WRITERS AT WORK: The Paris Review Interviews
Volume One
Volume Two
Volume Three
Volume Four
EIGHT MEN OUT: the 1919 World Series, E. Asinof
NERO: MAN AND LEGEND, John Bishop
THE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, Heinlein, Bester, Kornbluth
THE O'HARA CONCERN, Brucco1li
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHARKS, Lineweaver and Backus
DREEMZ, Benjamin Stein
LIVES OF A CELL, Lewis Thomas
THE MEDUSA AND THE SNAIL, Lewis Thomas
SCIENCE AND SURVIVAL, Barry Commoner
AN UNFINISHED WOMAN, Lillian Hellman
LANGUAGE AND ITS STRUCTURE, R. W. Langacker
THE SENSES CONSIDERED AS PERCEPTUAL SYSTEMS, J. Gibson
DAVY, Edgar Pangborn
OPERATION OUTER SPACE, Murray Leinster
GATEWAY, Frederik Pohl
WORLDS OF THE IMPERIUM, Keith Laumer
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BERTRAND RUSSELL, l872-l910
THE DEEP RANGE, Arthur C. Clarke
BIOGRAPHY OF PASCAL, E. Cailliet
CITY LIFE IN JAPAN, R.P. Dare
SYMBOLS, STATUS AND PERSONALITY, S.I. Hayakawa
THE WRITER'S CRAFT, John Hersey
THE EDUCATION OF H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, Leo Rosten
CRYSTALS AND CRYSTAL GROWING, Holden and Singer
GIFTS OF UNKNOWN THINGS, Lyall Watson
SHOCKWAVE RIDER, John Brunner
A WORLD BY THE TALE, John W. Campbell
THE UNKNOWN SENSES (forgot to write down author's name)
BUG JACK BARRON, Norman Spinrad
ADIOS, SCHEHERAZADE, Donald Westlake
TAU ZERO, Pou1 Anderson
SUPERNATURE, Lyall Watson
THE COSMIC VIEW, Kees Boeke
PESTICIDES AND HUMAN WELFARE, Gunn & Stevens
DEADLY BUGS AND KILLER INSECTS, Hellman
THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE, Marshall McLuhan
THEY BECAME WHAT THEY BEHELD, Carpenter and
CRIERS AND KIBITZERS, Stanley Elkin
THE ROGUE OF PUBLISHERS ROW, Edward Uh1an
JOURNAL OF A NOVEL, John Steinbeck
THE LONELY CROWD, David Reisman
ON AGGRESSION, Konrad Lorenz
MAN THE MAKER, R.J. Forbes
THE PNUME, Jack Vance
STAND ON IT, Stroker Ace
STYLE, Stoddard Malarkey
SUN SIGNS, Linda Goodman
THE STORY OF 0, Pauline Reage
BLUE MOVIE, Terry Southern
THE NATURAL SCIENCE OF STUPIDITY, Paul Tabori
THE RISE OF THE UNIVERSITY, Haskins
BASEBALL AS I HAVE KNOWN IT, Fred Lieb
THE LOOM OF LANGUAGE, Lancelot Hogben
THE CONCEPT OF MIND, G. Ry1e