Biblio Files: talking about books

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig This is one of those books where knowing too much about the plot really spoils it, which is a recommendation of the book, because that means that there is subtlety and plot. The setting is that the author is on a motorcycle trip with his son, and he spends a lot of time reflecting on the past of a man named Phaedrus, who had a question. That question is the focus of a philosophy. After you have read the book, check out the philosophy.
Thoughful reading.