Bibliography
3All books, unless otherwise noted, are available from the Buckminster Fuller Institute, 1743 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90035. Write them for a complete list. They also offer Dymaxion maps, charts of Fuller’s synergetic geometry, and much more.
BY R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
44D Timelock, Fuller’s first book, written in 1928 soon after his fateful decision. Reprinted by the Lama Foundation, Albuquerque, N.M., 1972. Paper, $5.
5 Nine Chains to the Moon, published in 1938 and containing Fuller’s early thoughts on housing, ecology, and industry. Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.; and Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Ill. Hardback, $7; Paper, $2.95.
6 Education Automation, containing Fuller’s vision of the educational system of tomorrow, 1962. Doubleday and Southern Illinois University Press. Paper, $1.95.
7 Ideas and Integrities, consisting of autobiographical musings and thoughts about the future. Collier Books, New York City, 1962. Paper, $3.95.
8 No More Secondhand God, poems and essays, Southern Illinois University Press, 1969. Paper, $2.95.
9 Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, consisting of the most easily read statement of Fuller’s vision about the earth and man, and what they can become. Southern Illinois University Press, 1969. Hardback, $4.25; Touchstone Books, New York City, $3.95 paper.
10 Utopia or Oblivion contains a series of lectures and addresses by Fuller, including his unique perspective on human historical development. Penguin Press, London, 1970, hardback, $7.95; Overlook Press, New York City, hardback, $11.95.
11 50 Years of Design Science Revolution and the World Game, historical documentation (articles, clippings) plus commentary by Fuller, 1969. Paper, $5.
12 Earth, Inc., more thoughts along the lines of Spaceship Earth, 1973. Peter Smith Pub., Magnolia, MA, paper $7.50.
13 Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking. This massive and difficult but rewarding book will challenge almost every assumption you have about how things work. It’s the distillation of Fuller’s revolutionary geometry, his magnum opus. Macmillan, New York City, 1975. Hardbook, $35; paper, $12.95.
14 Synergetics 2: Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking, a complementary volume to Synergetics, containing color drawings and an index (essential) to both volumes. Macmillan, 1979. Hardback $27.50.
15 And It Came to Pass---Not to Stay, containing statements by Fuller of social and political concepts. Macmillan, 1976. Hardback, $7.95.
16 R. Buckminster Fuller on Education, a collection of previously published essays on education, including the full text of Education Automation. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1979. Paper, $6.95.
17 Critical Path contains a common (relatively) language statement by Fuller of his view of humanity, its history, and what can happen if we all pull together. St. Martin’s Press, New York City, 1981. Hardback, $15.95; paperback, $9.95.
18 The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller, by Fuller and Robert Marks, contains a profusely illustrated inventory of Fuller’s inventions and dreams. Anchor Press, 1973. Paper, $5.95.
19 Buckminster Fuller, An Autobiographical Monologue/Scenario, by Robert Snyder. Fuller’s son-in-law, a filmmaker, records Fuller’s words and images in a comprehensive biography of Fuller and his thought. St. Martin’s Press, 1980. Hardback, $15.95.
20 Tetrascroll, Fuller’s retelling of the Goldilocks tale, cast as a parable in synergetics. St. Martin’s, 1982, $15.95 hardback, $7.95 trade paperback.
21 Crunch of Giants, a sequel to Critical Path. Fuller’s urgent summation of the forces behind the current global economic crisis---and a scenario for its transformation with the inadvertent assistance of multi-national corporations. St. Martin’s, 1983, $8.95 hardback, $4.95 trade paperback.
22 Inventions, a fully illustrated catalog of Fuller’s 27 patented inventions and the last book he submitted to his publisher. St. Martin’s, 1983, $40.
BOOKS ABOUT R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
24Cosmic Fishing: An Account of Writing Synergetics with Buckminster Fuller, by E. J. Applewhite. A former CIA official gives his account of helping Bucky write his most formidable book. A wonderful look at Bucky’s human side. Macmillan, 1977. Hardback, $7.95.
25 Pilot for Spaceship Earth, by Athena V. Lord. A biography written for children. Macmillan, 1978. Hardback, $7.95.
26 The Mind’s Eye of Buckminster Fuller, by Donald W. Robertson. Fuller’s patent attorney describes the joys and travails of Fuller’s genius. St. Martin’s Press, 1983.
OUT-OF-PRINT WORKS
28Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization.
29 Fuller’s poetry came about because many of his sentences proved so long that they ‘‘read’’ best broken into segments like this to make comprehension easier and to give the eye relief.
30 The untitled speaks for itself. Simon & Schuster, New York City, 1962.
31 I Seem to Be a Verb, with Jerome Agel and Quentin Fiore. Little text, lots of pictures. A 1970 McLuhanesque experiment. Bantam Books, New York City. Paper.
32 Intuition contains poems and thoughts of a philosophical nature. The title also reflects the name of Fuller’s beloved sailboat. Doubleday, 1973.