Thirteen Meditations on the Theme of Time
Explore profound insights with 'Thirteen Meditations on the Theme of Time'—a curated list of books delving into time's mysteries. Discover philosophical reflections, literary gems, and timeless wisdom.
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Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut
A New York Times Notable Book from the acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, and Cat's Cradle. At 2:27pm on February 13th of the year 2001, the Universe suffered a crisis in self-confidence. Should it go on expanding indefinitely? What was the point? There's been a timequake. And everyone—even you—must live the decade between February 17, 1991 and February 17, 2001 over again. The trick is that we all have to do exactly the same things as we did the first time—minute by minute, hour by hour, year by year, betting on the wrong horse again, marrying the wrong person again. Why? You'll have to ask the old science fiction writer, Kilgore Trout. This was all his idea.
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect join with Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed former president of the galaxy, in a search for the current ruler of the universe.
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The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
A Magical love story that is as sad as it is joyous.
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Invitation to a Beheading
by Vladimir Nabokov
Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude," an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers, an executioner who masquerades as a fellow prisoner, and by his in-laws, who lug their furniture with them into his cell. When Cincinnatus is led out to be executed, he simply wills his executioners out of existence: they disappear, along with the whole world they inhabit.
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Longitude
by Dava Sobel
Describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument able to keep accurate time for navigational purposes.
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The Man Who Was Thursday
by G. K. Chesterton
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a metaphysical thriller by author G. K. Chesterton. Originally published in the early 20th century, this Chesterton novel deals with anarchists, but is a construction of Philosophical Anarchism and is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is largely a rebellion against Evil. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a highly recommened novel for those interested in anarchism and for individuals who enjoy the writings of G. K. Chesterton.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.