Robert Pirsig (Zen ... Motorcycle Maintenance) Transitions (dies)

I remember this being one of a few books that were still really big nerd reading around the mid 80s; the books you read outside of class. Dancing Wu Li Masters was another, but was a bit too much for me actually take in at the time. Interesting that I think the two are paired in a lot of minds. Maybe Zen was more accessible because it seemed like he was talking to someone around starting college age. I do remember enjoying the fact that it blurred the lines between fiction and reality, and it probably did make it a bit easier to be interested in philosophy when I started college. I also remember arguing with someone that really wanted it to be made into a movie that it was one book that really should always be a book.

I had no idea he was still alive, but hadn't really thought of the book or him in years.

RIP