quick question: any reading suggestions?

Hi All,

I'm helping to develop a curriculum to bring creativity and interdisciplinarity to the engineering major at the University of Illinois. I already have a lot of ideas of my own, but I was wondering if any of you HASTACers might recommend any reading (short story, novel, fiction, nonfiction, what have you). Did any pieces of writing change how you think about creative production, invention, science, or technology?

I'd love to hear your thoughts!