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Book List

2022

1. Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
2. Gashmu Saith It by Douglas Wilson
3. Transferable Concepts One by Bill Bright
4. Agamemnon by Aeschylus
5. Macbeth by Shakespeare
6. Supernatural by Michael Heiser
7. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
8. Hero - Who Do You Want to be a Hero to? by Dan Sullivan
9. The Monk and the Merchant by Terry Felber

2021

1. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
2. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
3. The Core by Leigh A. Bortins
4. Mr. Limoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

2020

1. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
2. The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers
3. Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson
4. Redwall by Brian Jacques

2019

1. Seinfielda
2. Embassytown
3. Design Your Future by Dominick Quartuccio

2018

1. Where are the customers yachts?

2017

1. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
2. Economics Explained by Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow
3. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
4. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
5. Average is Over by Tyler Cowen
6. Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
7. Righteous Indignation by Andrew Breitbart

2016

1. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
2. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
3. Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
5. The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
6. If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly by William J. Bernstein
7. Your Money and Your Brain by Jason Zweig

2015

1. Uranium by Tom Zoellner
2. Sphere by Michael Crichton
3. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
4. The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen by Lloyd Alexander
5. Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
6. Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
7. The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
8. Fondly Fahrenheit by Alfred Bester
9. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
10. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
11. The Black Swan (Taleb book) by Nassim Taleb

2014

1. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
2. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
3. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
5. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
7. The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke
8. Ringworld by Larry Niven
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
10. King Lear by William Shakespeare
11. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
12. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
13. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
14. Neuromancer by William Gibson
15. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
16. Black Gold The Story of Oil in Our Lives by Albert Marrin

2013

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
3. Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
6. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
7. The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
8. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Video Games Finished (year beaten)

Note -- Many many missing...

1. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons; Darksun (1996)
2. Banjo Kazooie (2002)
3. Battlechess (1999)
4. Bastion (2013)
5. BattleShip (2001)

Bioshock1,3

1. Chess Master 3000 (1996)

Castlevania SOTN

1. Chrono Cross (2002)
2. Chrono Trigger (2000)
3. Citizen Sleeper (2022)

Command and Conquer

1. Civilization (2000)
2. Civilization 2 (2000)

Civ4,5

1. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
2. Crystal Caves (1995)
3. Diablo (2002)
4. Diablo 2 (2002)
5. Diablo III (2017)
6. Dominus (1999)
7. Duke Nukem 1 (1999)
8. Dune 1 (1999)
9. Dune 2 (2001)
10. Eternal Eyes (2003)
11. Eternal Darkness (2003)
12. Excitebike (2001)
13. Fallout : A Post Nuclear Adventure! (2002)
14. Fallout 3 (2015)
15. Final Fantasy 5 (2002)
16. Final Fantasy 7 (2002)
17. Final Fantasy 8 (2000)
18. Final Fantasy Tactics (2000)
19. FreeCell (2001)
20. Gobliins 2 (1995)
21. Goldeneye 007 (1997)
22. Hammer of the Gods (2001)

Hollowknight

1. Horizon Zero Dawn (2020)
2. Jade Cocoon (2001)
3. Jazz Jackrabbit (1994)
4. Jones in the Fast Lane (2001)
5. Killer Instinct (2001)
6. King's Quest 5 (2002)
7. King's Quest 6 (1995)
8. King's Quest 7 (1998)
9. Lords of Magic (2001)
10. Machiavelli the Prince (2002)
11. Magic Johnson's Fast Break (2003)
12. Mario's Time Machine (2001)
13. Megaman Legends (2001)
14. Microsoft Hearts (2001)
15. Minesweeper (2001)
16. Monopoly (1992) (NES)
17. Monopoly (1999) (PC)
18. Morrowwind (2002)
19. Myst (2021)
20. NBA Jam TE (Tournament Edition) (1997)
21. NFL Blitz (2001)
22. NFL Blitz 2000 (2002)
23. NFL Blitz 2003 (2003)
24. Nightfire (2003)
25. Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (2002)
26. Oblivion (2006)
27. Parasite Eve (2002)
28. Pokemon (Blue) (1999)
29. Presidential Election (2001)
30. Rampart (2002)
31. Raptor (1995)
32. Ready 2 Rumble (2002)
33. Red Alert (Allied) (1997)
34. Red Alert (Soviet) (1997)
35. RiftBreaker (2022)
36. Robin Hood: Conquest of the Longbow (2002)
37. Samurai Shodown (2001)
38. Secret of Evermore (2001)
39. Secret of Mana (2002)
40. SimAnt (1997)
41. SkiFree (1996)
42. Skyrim (2012)
43. Solar Winds (1996)
44. Solar Winds 2 (1998)
45. Solitare (1993)
46. Soul Blazer (2002)
47. Star Fox 64 (2002)
48. Star Wars: Episode I Racer (2002)
49. Star Wars: Rogue Leader (2003)
50. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1999)
51. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (2002)
52. StarCraft (Protoss) (2002)
53. StarCraft (Terran) (1998)
54. StarCraft (Zerg) (2002)
55. Super Mario 3 (1999)
56. Super Mario 64 (1996)
57. Super Mario Sunshine (2003)
58. Super Mario World (2002)
59. Super Metroid (2020)
60. Super Smash Brothers (2000)
61. Super Smash Brothers Melee (2003)
62. Super Street Fighter 2 (2002)
63. Supraland (2021)
64. Taz in Escape from Mars (1997)(Game Gear)
65. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1997)
66. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (2001)
67. Tekken 2 (2000)
68. Tekken 3 (2001)
69. Tekken Tag Tournament (2002)
70. Adams Family GENERATOR (2002) (Arcade)
71. The Amazon Trail (1995)
72. The Journeyman Project (1998)
73. The Untouchables (2003)
74. Thunder Spirits (2002)
75. Tic Tac Toe (1998) (PC)
76. TimeSplitters (2002)
77. Timesplitters 2 (2003)
78. Warcraft II (Orc) (2002)
79. Wave Race 64 (1996)
80. X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse (2003)
81. Yoshi's Crafted World (2021)
82. Zelda 64: Ocarina of Time (1997)

Seneca Video Game List

1. Rogue Legacy 2
2. Skul
3. My Time at Portia
4. Loop Hero

Seneca list explanation, from Circeblog

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Epistula II, Seneca the Younger (Pt. I) - Buck Holler

Probatos itaque semper lege, et si quando ad alios deverti libuerit, ad priores redi.

One should always read sound literature, Seneca advises, and when one begins feeling the urge to pass on to new reading material, return to the books or authors already read.

I recall Lewis saying something similar in An Experiment in Criticism. In that book, Lewis describes the difference between the few and the many when it comes to reading books, listening to music, or viewing art. The few will read the same book several times, whereas the many pull a book from the shelf, notice that they have already read it, and quickly place the book back on the shelf.

I love books, and over the years I have collected hundreds of them in the hope of reading them and of building my own personal library. Yet after twenty years, how many of these books have I read compared to the number of books added? Am I collecting more than I can possibly or realistically read? And what is worse, have I grown to see books as consumable objects?

I suppose much of my acquisition has resulted from a fear of deprivation—that I have somehow deprived myself of a wealth of knowledge and wisdom during my years of literary fasting. I feel as though I have impoverished my soul through this lack and thereby justify my consumption as an effort to re-nourish and nurture myself back to health.