Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Classic science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction written before the mid-1980s, including Asimov's Foundation and robot books, Herbert's Dune series, Heinlein, Clarke, Bradbury, Wells and Verne.

Books 39Recommenders 26

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  1. The Time MachineH. G. Wells, 1895
  2. The Machine StopsE.M. Forster, 1909
  3. Last and First Men: A Story of the near and far futureOlaf Stapledon, 1930
  4. Star MakerOlaf Stapledon, 1937
  5. Foundation and EmpireIsaac Asimov, 1945
The Time MachineThe Time Machine
T4 The Time Machine
H. G. Wells · 1895
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Recommended by: Sahil Lavingia

The Machine StopsThe Machine Stops
T4 The Machine Stops
E.M. Forster · 1909
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Recommended by: Elon Musk

Last and First Men: A Story of the near and Last and First Men: A Story of the near and far future
T4 Last and First Men: A Story of the near and far future
Olaf Stapledon · 1930
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Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Star MakerStar Maker
T4 Star Maker
Olaf Stapledon · 1937
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Recommended by: Stewart Brand

Foundation and EmpireFoundation and Empire
T4 Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov · 1945
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Elon Musk, Stewart Brand

Man Who Sold the MoonMan Who Sold the Moon
T4 Man Who Sold the Moon
Robert Heinlein · 1950
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Recommended by: Peter Diamandis

The Martian ChroniclesThe Martian Chronicles
T4 The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury · 1950
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Recommended by: Delian Asparouhov

FoundationFoundation
T4 Foundation
Isaac Asimov · 1951
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A novel: a mathematician foresees an empire's fall and plans to shorten the dark age.

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan, Adam Gazzaley and 11 others

The Sands of MarsThe Sands of Mars
T4 The Sands of Mars
Arthur C. Clarke · 1951
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Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Delian Asparouhov

Childhood's EndChildhood's End
T4 Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke · 1952
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Recommended by: Kevin Kelly

Second FoundationSecond Foundation
T4 Second Foundation
Isaac Asimov · 1953
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Recommended by: Elon Musk, Stewart Brand

Stranger in a Strange LandStranger in a Strange Land
T4 Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein · 1961
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Recommended by: Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Sahil Lavingia

The Man in the High CastleThe Man in the High Castle
T4 The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick · 1962
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Recommended by: Brad Feld

DuneDune
T4 Dune
Frank Herbert · 1965
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A novel of a feudal space empire fighting over a desert planet and its spice.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Stewart Brand, Andrew Chen and 8 others

The Moon Is a Harsh MistressThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
T4 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein · 1965
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“a novel by Heinlein called The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, which featured an intelligent computer called Mike” — Paul Graham

Source: What I Worked On — paulgraham.com (February 2021)

Recommended by: Paul Graham, Delian Asparouhov, Elon Musk

Flowers for AlgernonFlowers for Algernon
T4 Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes · 1966
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Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

Lord of LightLord of Light
T4 Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny · 1967
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Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

20012001
T4 2001
Arthur C. Clarke · 1968
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Recommended by: Bertalan Meskó

Dune MessiahDune Messiah
T4 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert · 1969
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Recommended by: Tim O’Reilly

The Andromeda StrainThe Andromeda Strain
T4 The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton · 1969
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Recommended by: Patrick Collison

RingworldRingworld
T4 Ringworld
Larry Niven · 1970
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Recommended by: Sahil Lavingia

The Forever WarThe Forever War
T4 The Forever War
Joe Haldeman · 1974
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Recommended by: Bertalan Meskó

Children of DuneChildren of Dune
T4 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert · 1976
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Recommended by: Elon Musk

Rissa KerguelenRissa Kerguelen
T4 Rissa Kerguelen
F.M. Busby · 1976
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Recommended by: Tim O’Reilly

Foundation's EdgeFoundation's Edge
T4 Foundation's Edge
Isaac Asimov · 1977
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Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Elon Musk

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
T4 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams · 1979
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Recommended by: Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Naval Ravikant and 1 other

SphereSphere
T4 Sphere
Michael Crichton · 1980
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Recommended by: Ev Williams

God Emperor of DuneGod Emperor of Dune
T4 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert · 1981
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Recommended by: Elon Musk, Sahil Lavingia

Heretics of DuneHeretics of Dune
T4 Heretics of Dune
Frank Herbert · 1984
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Recommended by: Elon Musk

Foundation and EarthFoundation and Earth
T4 Foundation and Earth
Isaac Asimov · 1986
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Recommended by: Elon Musk

Prelude to FoundationPrelude to Foundation
T4 Prelude to Foundation
Isaac Asimov · 1988
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Recommended by: Elon Musk

Forward the FoundationForward the Foundation
T4 Forward the Foundation
Isaac Asimov · 1993
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Recommended by: Elon Musk

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
T4 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne · 2021
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Recommended by: Richard Branson

Babel-17/Empire Star
T4 Babel-17/Empire Star
Samuel R. Delany
Goodreads

Recommended by: Tim O’Reilly

Caves of SteelCaves of Steel
T4 Caves of Steel
Isaac Asimov
Goodreads

Recommended by: Matt Mullenweg

Chapterhouse
T4 Chapterhouse
Frank Herbert
Goodreads

Recommended by: Elon Musk

The Foundation TrilogyThe Foundation Trilogy
T4 The Foundation Trilogy
Isaac Asimov
Goodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

The Naked SunThe Naked Sun
T4 The Naked Sun
Isaac Asimov
Goodreads

Recommended by: Matt Mullenweg

The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
T4 The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
Robert A
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Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

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