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5 books recommended · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“and also just, I mean, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Yeah, oh, yeah. It seems like that context reveals, in the most pure way,…”
Why: It reveals human nature in the most pure way.
Man's Search for Meaning : An Introduction to Logotherapy by Viktor Emil Frankl
Guest on Lex Fridman Podcast#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
“the book i've read more than any other book is animal farm by george morwell i don't know why exactly but the childlike fairy tale telling of totalitarianism…”
Why: It offers a childlike fairy tale telling of totalitarianism.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Guest on Lex Fridman Podcast#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
“Vanity Fair. I used to love the novel, not the magazine. Because same thing, all of life is here.”
Why: All of human life is contained within it.
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Guest on Lex Fridman Podcast#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
“1984 um brave new world love 1984 had never listened to it or read it and then i think i did it on talking book or maybe read it i can't remember during covid and became i think i did both became obsessed by it…”
Why: It is an incredible book with elements that influenced modern dystopian ideas.
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Guest on Lex Fridman Podcast#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
“So the three great World War II books are The Thin Red Line, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, and The End of the Affair, Graham Greene.”
Why: It is a complete book that captures all of life and provides a powerful piece of humanism.
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
Guest on Lex Fridman Podcast#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming