My Book and Film Tips
Books
Carl Amery
- Das Königsprojekt (1974)
Iain M. Banks
- Consider Phlebas (1987; dt. Bedenke Phlebas, 2002)
- The Player of Games (1988; dt. Das Spiel Azad, 1993)
- Use of Weapons (1990; dt. Gebrauch der Waffen)
- Against a Dark Background (1993; dt. Vor einem dunklen Hintergrund, 1997)
- Feersum Endjinn (1994; dt. Förchtbar Maschien, 2000)
- Inversions (1998; dt. Inversionen, 2000)
- Look to Windward (2000)
- Matter (2008)
Iain Banks
- The Crow Road (1993)
- The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007)
Alfred Bester
- The Stars My Destination (1956; dt. Die Rache des Kosmonauten bzw. Tiger! Tiger!, 1965)
T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Water Music (1981; dt. Wassermusik)
Raymond Chandler
- The Long Goodbye
Antonio Damasio
- The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness (1999)
Richard Dawkins
- The Selfish Gene (1976)
Samuel R. Delany
- Dhalgren (1974; dt. Dhalgren, 1980)
James Ellroy
- the L.A. Quartet (comprising The Black Dahlia [1987], The Big Nowhere [1988], L.A. Confidential [1990], White Jazz [1992])
- American Tabloid (1995)
- The Cold Six Thousand (2001)
Stephen Fry
- The Liar (1991)
William Gibson
- the Neuromancer trilogy (consisting of Neuromancer [1984], Count Zero [1986], Mona Lisa Overdrive [1988]); dt. Neuromancer (1992), Biochips (1988), Mona Lisa Overdrive (1996); zusammengefasst in Die Neuromancer-Trilogie (2000)
- the Idoru trilogy (consisting of Virtual Light [1993], Idoru [1996], All Tomorrow's Parties [1999]); dt. Virtuelles Licht (1996), Idoru (1999), Futurematic (2002)
Thomas Glynn
- The Building (1986)Watching the Body Burn (1989)
Jonathan Haidt
- The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006; alternativer Untertitel: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science) (dt. Die Glücks-Hypothese: Was uns wirklich glücklich macht, 2007)
Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979)
Walter M. Miller, jr.
- A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959; dt. Lobgesang auf Leibowitz, 1971)
- Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (1997; dt. Ein Hohelied für Leibowitz, 2000)
Steven Pinker
- The Language Instinct (1994; dt. Der Sprachinstinkt)
- The Blank Slate (2002; Das unbeschriebene Blatt)
- The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (2007)
Thomas Pynchon
- V. (1961; dt. V.)
- Gravity's Rainbow (1973; dt. Die Enden der Parabel, 1981)
Joanne K. Rowling
- the Harry Potter novels (H. P. and the Philosopher's Stone [1997], H. P. and the Chamber of Secrets [1998], H. P. and the Prisoner of Azkaban [1999], H. P. and the Goblet of Fire [2000], H. P. and the Order of the Phoenix [2003], H. P. and the Half-Blood Prince [2005], H. P. and the Deathly Hallows [2007])
Martin Cruz Smith
- the Arkadi Renko novels (Gorky Park [1981], Polar Star [1989], Red Square [1992], Havana Bay [1999], Wolves Eat Dogs [2004])
Frank J. Sulloway
- Born to Rebel (1996)
Walter Jon Williams
- Aristoi (1992; dt. Aristoi, 1995)
Gene Wolfe
- The Book of the New Sun (my absolute favourite, comprising The Shadow of the Torturer [1980], The Claw of the Conciliator [1981], The Sword of the Lictor [1981], The Citadel of the Autarch [1982], The Urth of the New Sun [1987]); dt. Das Buch der Neuen Sonne (bestehend aus: Der Schatten des Folterers, Die Klaue des Schlichters, Das Schwert des Liktors, Die Zitadelle des Autarchen, Die Urth der Neuen Sonne, 1986/87)
- The Book of the Long Sun (comprising Nightside the Long Sun [1993], Lake of the Long Sun [1994], Caldé of the Long Sun [1994], Exodus from the Long Sun [1996]); dt. Das Buch der Langen Sonne (bestehend aus: Die Nachtseite der Langen Sonne, Der See der Langen Sonne, Der Caldé der Langen Sonne, Der Exodus aus der Langen Sonne, alle 1998)
Robert Wright
- The Moral Animal (1994)
Movie Tips
- Luc Besson: Le dernier combat (1982, dt. Der letzte Kampf), Léon (1993, dt. Léon, der Profi)
- Coen Bros.: Barton Fink (1991)
- Farrelly Bros.: There's Something about Mary (1998, dt. Verrückt nach Mary)
- Terry Gilliam: Brazil (1984, my one favourite)
- Hal Hartley: Simple Men (1992)
- Peter Jackson: Bad Taste (1987)
- Spike Jonze: Being John Malkovich (1999)
- Richard Kelly: Donnie Darko (2001)
- Sergio Leone: C'èra una volta il west (1968, dt. Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod)
- Christopher Nolan: The Prestige (2006)
- Monty Python: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974, dt. Die Ritter der Kokosnuß), The Life of Brian (dt. Das Leben des Brian)
- Harold Ramis: Groundhog Day (1993, dt. Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier)
- Ridley Scott: Blade Runner (1982, my other favourite)
- Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs (1991/92)
- Andrej Tarkowskij: Stalker (1979)
- Wachowski Bros.: The Matrix (2000)
- Weitz Bros.: American Pie (1999)
- John Woo: Bullet in the Head (1990), A Better Tomorrow (1986)