I’ve finished [amazon_link id=”0091936969″ target=”_blank” ]The Fear Index[/amazon_link] by Robert Harris, and stand by my strong half-way-through recommendation. It’s a terrific thriller. One of the many things I enjoyed about it is the use of quotations at the start of each chapter – a great way of making at least this reader feel better-educated. They add up to an excellent little reading list about the overlaps between fear, technology, business and survival.

[amazon_link id=”0141439475″ target=”_blank” ]Frankenstein[/amazon_link] by Mary Shelley

[amazon_image id=”0141439475″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics)[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0199219222″ target=”_blank” ]On the Origin of Species[/amazon_link] and [amazon_link id=”B004TS0PQS” target=”_blank” ]The Descent of Man[/amazon_link] by Charles Darwin

[amazon_image id=”0199219222″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]On the Origin of Species (Oxford World’s Classics)[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0140283110″ target=”_blank” ]Business at the Speed of Thought[/amazon_link] by Bill Gates

[amazon_image id=”0140283110″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Business at the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System (Penguin business)[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0199291152″ target=”_blank” ]The Selfish Gene[/amazon_link] by Richard Dawkins

[amazon_image id=”0199291152″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0374518203″ target=”_blank” ]Crowds and Power[/amazon_link] by Elias Canetti

[amazon_image id=”0374518203″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Crowds and Power[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”1861975139″ target=”_blank” ]Only the Paranoid Survive[/amazon_link] by Andy Grove

[amazon_image id=”1861975139″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Only The Paranoid Survive[/amazon_image]

Plus some good quotations too. Not only FDR but also Gordon Moore on Moore’s Law.