my own father gave me a similar choice...t--
glaciers of ice
my daemon
SHOGUN ASSASSIN
the theory and practice of oligarchical collectivism, marcus aurelius' meditations, invisible man (both the hg wells one and the ralph ellison one ), shakespeare, starship troopers, the never ending story, old greenlantern stuff, the oracle, david copperfield, lies and the lying lyers who tell them, le petit prince, stranger in a strange land, atlas shrugged, the brothers karamozov, meltdown (1 & 2), the will to power, gk chesterton, christopher marlowe, dark knight returns (1 & 2), elseworlds, everything shakespeare, most kipling, old x-titles, everything orwell, choke, an inquiry concerning human understanding, either/or, v for vendetta, choke, the watchmen, hellblazer, the sandman, east of eden, the seducers diary, american gods, chick tracts, the alienist, great expectations, anything poe, anything tolkien and i collect 'choose your own adventure' books
archimedes, al gore, sam harris, napoleon, Rodger Wilton Young, frederick douglas, john brown, joan of arc, christopher hitchens, FDR, schopenhauer, john steinbeck, lou dobbs, nietzsche, JFK, h.l. menken, leon trotsky, george orwell, g.k. chesterton, guy fawkes, hillary clinton and my mom