chris capobianco
astronomy phd candidate
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Book List
Here is a list of books that I have read over the years. This list is always expanding, either with new books or old ones that I have forgotten. In future I may add a brief synopsis for each book. Please keep in mind that these books are not listed in any specific order.
- Dune (Frank Herbert)
- A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
- Black Holes and Baby Universes (Stephen Hawking)
- About Time (Paul Davies)
- The Mind of God (Paul Davies)
- The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
- The Princess Bride (William Golding)
- Prelude to Foundation (Issac Asimov)
- Forward the Foundation (Issac Asimov)
- Foundation (Issac Asimov)
- Foundation and Empire (Issac Asimov)
- Second Foundation (Issac Asimov)
- Foundation's Edge (Issac Asimov)
- Foundation and Earth (Issac Asimov)
- I, Robot (Issac Asimov)
- The Bicentennial Man and other stories (Issac Asimov)
- The Caves of Steel (Issac Asimov)
- The Naked Sun (Issac Asimov)
- The Robots of Dawn (Issac Asimov)
- Robots and Empire (Issac Asimov)
- Robot Visions (Issac Asimov)
- Robot Dreams (Issac Asimov)
- The Gods Themselves (Issac Asimov)
- The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkein)
- The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkein)
- The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkein)
- Engines of God (Jack McDevitt)
- Ring (Stephen Baxter)
- Vacuum Diagrams (Stephen Baxter)
- The Time Ships (Stephen Baxter)
- Exultant (Stephen Baxter)
- If On a Winter's Night a Travller (Italo Calvino)
- Marcovolado (Italo Calvino)
- Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
- Green Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
- Blue Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
- Brain Droppings (George Carlin)
- Napalm and Sillyputty (George Carlin)
- Rant Zone (Dennis Miller)
- Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
- Impossible Vacation (Spalding Gray)
- Monster in a Box (Spalding Gray)
- Misery (Stephen King)
- Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
- Macbeth (William Shakespeare)
- Leviathan (John Hobbes)
- Two Treaties on Government (John Locke)
- A Letter Concerning Tolerance (John Locke)
- On Law, Morality and Politics (St. Thomas Aquinas)
- The Politics (Aristotle)
- Republic (Plato)
- Four Texts on Socrates (Plato and Aristophanes)
- The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli)
- Discourses on Livy (Niccolo Machiavelli)
- Philosophy of Mathematics (James Brown)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
- The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe (Douglas Adams)
- Life, The Universe And Everything (Douglas Adams)
- So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish (Douglas Adams)
- Mostly Harmless (Douglas Adams)
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
- The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (Douglas Adams)
- The Salmon of Doubt (Douglas Adams)
- The Colour of Magic (Terry Pratchett)
- Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett)
- Sourcery (Terry Pratchett)
- Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
- Men At Arms (Terry Pratchett)
- The Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
- Factoring Humanity (Robert Sawyer)
- Finity (John Barnes)
- The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
- The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
- Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
- The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
- The Commandind Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw)
- No god but God (Reza Aslan)
- The End of Faith (Sam Harris)
- Jungle Book (B. Mitchell)
- Yurtle the Turtle (Dr. Seuss)
- Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
- A Man For All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
- Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
- Eyes of the Dragon (Stephen King)
Movie List
Here is a list of my favourite movies, in no particular order. I had forgotten about most of these movies, but I found a site (IMP Awards) that listed all the movies released in north america since 90s. I couldn't believe that I had watched that many movies in the past twelve years, and I only selected the movies that I actually enjoyed. The site itself is really a movie poster archive, but it also contains links to other movie poster sites that go back further.
- Fight Club
- The Princess Bride
- Star Wars Saga (Episode: I,II,IV,V,VI)
- Jungle Book (1967, Animated)
- Indiana Jones and The Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
- Amelie
- Bram Stroker's Dracula
- Robocop
- Aliens
- Aliens 3
- Blade Runner
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- The Big Lebowski
- Pulp Fiction
- Spaceballs
- Blazing Saddles
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- The Usual Suspects
- American Beauty
- The History of the World: Part I
- Mallrats
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Dogma
- Chasing Amy
- Naked Lunch
- A Christmas Carol (1953)
- Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet
- Silver Streak
- Clue
- Young Frankenstein
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
- Naked Gun
- Naked Gun 2 1/2
- Naked Gun 33 1/3
- Men with Brooms
- Fletch
- Fletch Lives
- The Pink Panther: Shot in the Dark
- Return of the Pink Panther
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- Revenge of the Pink Panther
- Trail of the Pink Panther
- Curse of the Pink Panther
- Son of the Pink Panther
- Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
- The Party
- The Invisible Man
- Spy Hard
- Dracula: Dead and Loving it
- Highlander
- The Professional
- Evil Dead 2
- Army of Darkness (aka Evil Dead 3)
- Interview with the Vampire
- Little Buddha
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Stargate
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
- A Clockwork Orange
- Murder In The First
- 12 Monkeys
- The Birdcage
- Fargo
- Ghost In The Shell
- Princess Mononoke
- Trainspotting
- 1492: The Conquest of Paradise
- Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery
- Contact
- The Fifth Element
- Spawn
- Citizen Cane
- Double Jeopardy
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
- Bonny and Clyde
- Delicatessen
- As Good As It Gets
- Wayne's World
- Wayne's World 2
- War of the Roses
- Romancing the Stone
- Johnny Stecchino
- Casblanca
- Scoorged
- Frida
- Total Recall
- Kafka
- Big Trouble in Little China
- Trading Places
- Demolition Man
- X-Men
- X-Men 3
- Jurassic Park
- Schindler's List
- Finding Forrester
- Snatch
- The Ninth Gate
- Undercover Blues
- Casanova
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Three Amigos
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- The Mask
- Liar, Liar
- Ghostbusters
- Beetlejuice
- African Queen
- UHF
- Hot Shots
- Hot Shots: Part Deux
- Baron Munchouson
- Good Morning Vietnam
- Aladdin
- Payback
- The Sixth Sense
- Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
- Lethal Weapon Series (1,2,3,4)
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Oscar
- The Sixth Day
- Terminator 2
- Almost Famous
- Bill Cosby: Himself
- Bill Cosby: 49
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- Blues Brothers
- 2001: A Space Odessy
- 2010: The Year We Made Contact
- Ladyhawke
- Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas
- Thunderheart
- Gladiator
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
- Monty Python's Meaning of Life
- Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different
- A.I.
- James Bond Series
- Silence of the Lambs
- Red Dragon
- The Name of the Rose
- Dark City
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Reloaded
- Men in Black
- Canadian Bacon
- Pleasantville
- Me, Myself and Irene
- Mission Impossible
- Mission Impossible 2
- Mission to Mars
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- The Road to El Dorado
- Rush Hour
- Rush Hour 2
- Shrek
- Shrek 2
- Bowling for Columbine
- Fahrenheit 9/11
- The Corporation
- An Evening with Kevin Smith
- Spiderman
- Spiderman 2
- Desperado
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Last of the Mohicans
- Mambo Italiano
- Finding Neverland
- The Red Violin
- The Boondock Saints
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Spartan
- Lawerence of Arabia
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Hero
- Hannibal
- I Heart Huckabees
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Shaun of the Dead
- Love Actually
- The Pianist
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
- George Carlin: You're All Diseased