=====Media Recommended=====
These are the recommendations of friends, colleagues, family, and my own passing curiosity.  I have respect for these individuals, but will not personally recommend material that I have no first-hand knowledge of.  I have not read, viewed, or otherwised experienced the works listed here.

====New Recommendations====
| ~~isbn:039331071X~~ | Mathematics for the Millions by Lancelot Hogben |
| ~~isbn:1550226215~~ | The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life, by Dr. Joe Schwarcz |
| ~~isbn:0743297261~~ | Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask, by New Scientist |
| ~~amazon:B0006J27WO~~ | Head in the Clouds (Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Directed by John Duigan) |
| ~~isbn:0385721676~~ | Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood |
| ~~isbn:0316172324~~ | [[http://www.gladwell.com/blink/index.html|Blink]] - A book on rapid cognition by Malcolm Gladwell |
| ~~isbn:0316346624~~ | [[http://www.gladwell.com/tippingpoint/index.html|The Tipping Point]] - A book on change by Malcolm Gladwell |
| ~~isbn:0393310396~~ | Letters to a young poet, Rainer Maria Rilke |
| ~~isbn:B0006GAO18~~ | Wonderfalls | 
| ~~isbn:B0009IWFK6~~ | Retrospective, Videos of Suzanne Vega | 
| ~~isbn:1594481520~~ | The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil | 
| [[wikipedia>Perry_Rhodan]] | Perry Rhodan prolific literary science fiction series, published 1961 in Germany|
| ~~isbn:4411659700~~ | Enterprise Stardust, Perry Rhodan by K.H. Scheer & Walter Ernsting |
| ~~isbn:1568658044~~ | Chronicles of the Lensmen, by by E.E. "DOC" SMITH |
| ~~isbn:1932100415~~ | Deathworld, Harry Harrison |
| ~~isbn:0345461258~~ | Lost and Found : The Taken Trilogy Book 1, Alan Dean Foster |

====Past Recommendations====
| ~~isbn:B000BI5KUQ~~ | Winged Migration, by Jacques Perrin | film on the imprinting of birds and migration|
| ~~isbn:3936709033~~ | Naked Happy Girls, by Andrew Einhorn | curiosity |
| ~~isbn:B0000640VR~~ | The Imposter | science fiction film |
| ~~isbn:0415314534~~ | The Creative Mind, Margaret Boden|
| ~~isbn:0805210407~~ | Kafka - The Trial |
| ~~isbn:B0006AVWY2~~ | "The Feeling of Power", Nine Tomorrows, short fiction by Isaac Asimov |
| ~~isbn:B0003JAOO0~~ | Colossus: The Forbin Project, film by D.F. Jones |
| ~~isbn:0452266564~~ | A.N. Roquelaure, pseudonym of Anne Rice writing erotica |
| ~~isbn:B00000K0DS~~ | The Graduate | 
| ~~isbn:0790732203~~ | Risky Business | 
| ~~isbn:6305262268~~ | The Big Easy |
| + | Trio Television channel (brilliant but canceled) |
| + | Martin Ordener, Games column of Scientific American |
| + | Satirical Pieces by Umberto Eco - Misreadings |
| + | Scientific America - article on modularity, suggested by charmed_quark |
| ~~isbn:0316284955~~ | White Oleander, novel by Janet Fitch |
| ~~isbn:B000069HZP~~ | The Game, film by Michael Ferris (related to Alternate Reality Gaming) |
| ~~isbn:B000000D0U~~ | 'Put your head on my shoulder' song by Paul Anka (for wedding, suggested by Truc-Ha) |
| ~~isbn:0345338588~~ | __On a Pale Horse__, Piers Anthony |
| ~~isbn:0393318486~~ | __How the Mind Works__, Steven Pinker |
| ~~isbn:0684835290~~ | __The Invention that Changed the World__, Robert Buderi |
| ~~isbn:0060568534~~ | __Overdosed America__, John Abramson |
| ~~isbn:0380012863~~ | Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
| ~~isbn:0345457684~~ | Altered Carbon, by Richard Morgan|
| + | Shorty Watches Shorty, Comedy Central mapping of comic to animation |
| ~~isbn:B0006UEVQ8~~ | What the Bleep do we know? | pseudo-science film |
| ~~isbn:B00006673K~~ | Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler|
| ~~isbn:0596001088~~ | [[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/|The Cathedral and the Bazaar]], Eric Steven Raymond|
| ~~isbn:0060910666~~ | Make Your Own Working Paper Clock, James Smith Rudolph, ISBN 0-06-091066-6|
| ~~isbn:B00005JLQN~~ | Phone Booth | 
| ~~isbn:0595378005~~ | Distributed Network Operations, by Jeffrey R Cares |