之前从没听说过这个，还有哪些货真价实的“cult 小说”？文章里提到了 Castaneda（《唐望的教诲》/ The Teachings of Don Juan），我还想到了 John Fowles 的《大法师》（The Magus）、黑塞的《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game），当然还有《禅与摩托车维修艺术》（Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance）。还有哪些同类的吗？
Having never heard of this, what other true "cult novels" are out there? They mentioned Castaneda (The Teachings of Don Juan) in the article, I also thought of The Magus by John Fowles, The Glass Bead Game by Hesse and of course Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. What others are out there?
I'll add The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse because it saved me from decades of pointless game playing. (Actually just read everything by Hermann Hesse).
Herman Hesse is my Tesla, my Einstein, my guru. I first read "Siddhartha" quite young, and by my early teens I'd read both "The Glass Bead Game" and "Magister Ludi" - a different translation a bit harder to read - I'd read them both multiple times. Hesse's philosophy is so comprehensive, there is no trite summary. Perhaps simply viewing life…
……特德·姜（Ted Chiang）；如果你喜欢历史上的成功谋略，不妨看看罗伯特·格林的《权力的48条法则》（The 48 Laws of Power）；如果你喜欢关于如何度过充实一生的宏大哲学思考，看看黑塞的《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game）；如果你对当下如何取得极具实操性的成功建议感兴趣，去读读（信不信由你）《哈佛商业评论》（Harvard Business Review）——它接地气的程度简直不可思议。如果……
…Ted Chang; if you like historical strategies for success, check out "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene; if you like grand philosophical views of an entire life well lived and how to have one "The Glass Bead Game" by Hesse; if you're interested in extremely practical advice in how to be successful today read (believe it or not) Harvard Business Review - it is far more down to earth than should be possible. If…
Hermann Hesse's novel "The Glass Bead Game". Ostensibly it's about this sophisticated game played in a monastery that abstracts over the sum of human knowledge. To me it presented a very potent argument for the value of academia in a commercially-driven…
之前从没听说过这个，还有哪些货真价实的“cult 小说”？文章里提到了 Castaneda（《唐望的教诲》/ The Teachings of Don Juan），我还想到了 John Fowles 的《大法师》（The Magus）、黑塞的《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game），当然还有《禅与摩托车维修艺术》（Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance）。还有哪些同类的吗？
Having never heard of this, what other true "cult novels" are out there? They mentioned Castaneda (The Teachings of Don Juan) in the article, I also thought of The Magus by John Fowles, The Glass Bead Game by Hesse and of course Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. What others are out there?
我再加上赫尔曼·黑塞的《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game），因为它把我从数十年毫无意义的沉迷玩乐中拯救了出来。（其实直接把赫尔曼·黑塞的所有作品都读一遍就行了）。
I'll add The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse because it saved me from decades of pointless game playing. (Actually just read everything by Hermann Hesse).
赫尔曼·黑塞就是我的特斯拉、我的爱因斯坦、我的人生导师（guru）。我很小的时候第一次读了《悉达多》（Siddhartha），十几岁出头时就把《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game）和《游戏大师》（Magister Ludi，另一个稍显晦涩的译本）都读过了——两本我都读了好多遍。黑塞的哲学体系太全面了，根本无法用任何陈词滥调来概括。或许单单看待生活……
Herman Hesse is my Tesla, my Einstein, my guru. I first read "Siddhartha" quite young, and by my early teens I'd read both "The Glass Bead Game" and "Magister Ludi" - a different translation a bit harder to read - I'd read them both multiple times. Hesse's philosophy is so comprehensive, there is no trite summary. Perhaps simply viewing life…
赫尔曼·黑塞的《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game），它大概是诺贝尔文学奖获奖作品里最好读的之一了。
The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse, it probably one of the easiest Nobel Literature winners to read.
……特德·姜（Ted Chiang）；如果你喜欢历史上的成功谋略，不妨看看罗伯特·格林的《权力的48条法则》（The 48 Laws of Power）；如果你喜欢关于如何度过充实一生的宏大哲学思考，看看黑塞的《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game）；如果你对当下如何取得极具实操性的成功建议感兴趣，去读读（信不信由你）《哈佛商业评论》（Harvard Business Review）——它接地气的程度简直不可思议。如果……
…Ted Chang; if you like historical strategies for success, check out "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene; if you like grand philosophical views of an entire life well lived and how to have one "The Glass Bead Game" by Hesse; if you're interested in extremely practical advice in how to be successful today read (believe it or not) Harvard Business Review - it is far more down to earth than should be possible. If…
赫尔曼·黑塞的小说《玻璃珠游戏》（The Glass Bead Game）。表面上，它讲的是修道院里玩的一种高度复杂的博弈游戏，它把人类全部知识的总和抽象提炼了出来。在我看来，它有力地论证了在商业驱动的……中学术界所具备的价值。
Hermann Hesse's novel "The Glass Bead Game". Ostensibly it's about this sophisticated game played in a monastery that abstracts over the sum of human knowledge. To me it presented a very potent argument for the value of academia in a commercially-driven…