Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
20 people recommended it in 12 threads, 2011–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
I remembered Jonathan and how he learned acrobatic flight. I didn't have wings to barely bend but I slightly, slightly, lightly than a feather, turned the stem, and got out of trouble right at the last inch in the fastest turn ever performed on a bicycle.
Buddhism (and better living): Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Siddhartha (by Hermann Hesse), The Way of Zen (by Alan Watts - I learned a lot about meditation and satori).
jonathan Livinsgton Seagull and Illusions Both by Richard Bach were very influential in my late twenties.
The book remains one of the very few I've read more than once.
It saved my life, two times. First time inspiring me, second time literally.
No limits, Jonathan? he thought, and he smiled. His race to learn had begun.
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