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Every book Lon Harris recommended on podcasts
Lon Harris’s most recommended books
- The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
- Bible by Bible
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Queen's gambit by Walter S. Tevis
- The Running Man by Stephen King
- The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
- The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Lon Harris is a podcaster and cultural commentator. During multiple appearances on This Week in Startups, Harris discussed and recommended several works of fiction and literature. He recommended Ted Chiang's short story collection containing 'The Lifecycle of Software Objects', describing the science fiction story as well worth the reader's time. In discussions covering various media adaptations and cultural topics, Harris also mentioned Bret Easton Ellis’s serialization of 'The Shards' and praised his earlier books like 'Lunar Park'. He referenced Stephen King's story 'The Running Man' while drawing parallels to dangerous media stunts, and discussed Anne Rice’s vampire novels, including 'The Vampire Lestat'. Additionally, Harris touched upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy works 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' when discussing studio adaptations and copyright limits, asked about Walter Tevis’s novel 'The Queen's Gambit' in relation to fictional chess narratives, and noted references to the Bible during discussions of public figures.
Books recommended by Lon Harris
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The Lifecycle of Software Objects
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang is a thoughtful science fiction novella exploring artificial intelligence, digital sentience, and the ethical responsibilities of raising virtual companions.
Recommended“If you want more about this, The Lifecycle of Software Objects is a short story by Ted Chiang, which was put together in his latest collection of short stories is really well worth your time.”
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Bible
The Bible is a foundational anthology of ancient religious texts detailing the history, laws, poetry, and prophecies of Judeo-Christian tradition, alongside the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Discussed“And so Piers Morgan says, well, you brought your Bible here to the studio. Uh I believe this is the same Bible you were reading in court.”
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Discussed“But the movies had to condense because some those books get very long like Goblet of Fire and on. They're very long books.”
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Discussed“They only own The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. So, everything they do has to come out of those two books.”
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“They only own The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. So, everything they do has to come out of those two books.”
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The Queen's gambit
The Queen's Gambit by Walter S.
Discussed“Is she the one who Queen's Gambit is based on? No, I mean Queen's Gambit is a is a fictional story that's like was like a novel that was just I guess loosely inspired by some of these stories.”
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The Running Man
The Running Man is a dystopian science fiction novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, depicting a lethal game show in a grim future society.
Discussed“This is turning into the Running Man before our eyes. Running man was a, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's a Stephen King story and then they made it into that Schwarzenegger movie”
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The Shards
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis is a psychological thriller featuring the author as the protagonist.
Discussed“I'm a fan of his books. Psycho uh and uh um Luna Park. I really like that one. All this great stuff. And and uh he decided four or five years ago during COVID to serialize a novel which is got his character himself as the protagonist as you see there.”
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The Vampire Lestat
Discussed“and then Anne Rice later wrote a novel where it was like Lasat the vampire that Tom Cruz played in the movie uh he survives because he's a vampire so he's alive forever.”
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Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And it's not different from if you think of the founding fathers, if you think of the early days of America where they were writing pamphlets all the time, Alexander Hamilton sharing his pamphlets or they that's the idea or Thomas Payne with common sense.”
“I'm a huge Breton podcast fan. I'm a fan of his books. Psycho uh and uh um Luna Park. I really like that one.”
“I'm a huge Breton podcast fan. I'm a fan of his books. Psycho uh and uh um Luna Park. I really like that one.”
“They had a show on AMC the last few years. So they did two seasons where they adapted Anne Rice's classic Interview with the Vampire”
“It's crazy like the the the journey that this show has made from doing the original vampire interview with the vampire stuff like the movie to now being this like rock and roll band touring but they're vampires like it it they made a movie Queen of the Damned out of this book many years ago, but now they're redoing”
“Russell Brand is on he's he's promoting his new book about Christianity, how to become Christian in 7 days, I believe is it's called.”
“A lot of the times when this comes up, people are like, "But there's the Simmerelion. There's so many other Tolken writings about Middle Earth. Why not adapt them?"”