Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2022-09-23
Books mentioned on #622: A Rare In-Person Random Show with Kevin Rose — VR Workouts, I Bonds, Excellent Movies, Recent Books, Lessons from Amy Tan, How to Shape Your Mind, and More
A Rare In-Person Random Show with Kevin Rose — VR Workouts, I Bonds, Excellent Movies, Recent Books, Lessons from Amy Tan, How to Shape Your Mind, and More | Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-o
Kevin Rose discussed The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau and Zen by Yamada Koun. Tim Ferriss recommended A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, and discussed The Fellowship of the Ring by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and others and The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
The Three Pillars of Zen
Discussed“If you read a lot of the Zen books that are out there, a lot of the whether it be the three pillars of Zen or Zen the authentic gate, a lot of the big unlocks that happen with meditation are not just through 50 minutes a day...”
Where to get it
-
Zen
Discussed“...whether it be the three pillars of Zen or Zen the authentic gate, a lot of the big unlocks that happen with meditation are not just through 50 minutes a day...”
Where to get it
-
A Wizard of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K.
Recommended“And then recently read a classic. I think it was published in 1968 initially, called The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. And it's incredible. It's such a beautifully crafted book. The language is really not flowery, but poetic sometimes in a very simplistic way.”
Where to get it
-
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a foundational high fantasy novel that follows a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins as he embarks on a perilous quest to destroy a corrupting ring of power and save Middle-earth from darkness.
Discussed“And then prior to that, I also listened to I know I'm jumping around a bit. The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time. So, I had not read The Lord of the Rings. I had not read any J.R.R. Tolkien.”
Where to get it
-
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is an imaginative fantasy novel that follows a human boy raised by ghosts in a graveyard after his family is murdered.
Recommended“Like The Graveyard Book, which is just fantastic. If people only read non-fiction and you want a easy gateway drug, try that out. The audiobook by Neil Gaiman is fantastic.”
Where to get it
-
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende is a classic fantasy novel that follows a young boy who is drawn into a magical and perilous world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Discussed“And especially given some of the darker stuff that I've talked about in my childhood, it's easy for my psyche to weigh the negative more heavily, right? To weigh the dark stuff more heavily. But by say going then into some of these these corners of the fiction world it's brought me back to for instance, right now I'm rereading”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so.”