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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: strider8 on Sat, 19 May 2018, 11:45:34
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Hello I've recently started to read a lot more so I'd like to share some of my recommendations as well as allow others to share theirs.
Fiction
The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Reads like a more grown up version of Harry Potter but not as intense as GOT. Suitable for bedtime reading.
The Alchemist by Paolo Coellho
- A simple yet deep story of a Spanish shepherd who is on a quest to find treasure.
Nonfiction
Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss
- An expose on America's processed food industry
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I am in the last chapter of "Russian Roulette" by Issikov and Corn, well worth the time to really understand the situation that we are in today.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36222733-russian-roulette (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36222733-russian-roulette)
Before that "Enlightenment Now" by Stephen Pinker, perhaps the best book ever by my favorite author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35696171-enlightenment-now (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35696171-enlightenment-now)
And for something completely different:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/937168.Hendrix (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/937168.Hendrix)
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The King Killer Chronicles (Name of the Wind, Wise Mans Fear, ...) is definitely one of my top 5 favorite trilogies, and the 3rd book isnt even out yet.
The Expanse James SA Corey is up there.
Mistborn trilogy Brandon Sanderson
Brilliance series by Marcus Sakey is fantastic.
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All the Gaia books by James Lovelock..
We're all gonna die.. is the synopsis..
--also, do young humans even read books these days.
-- I just assume they google bacon, puppies, and marijuana, read the first 3 links and yolo ...
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The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
+1, if you do get it, get the recent Gregory Hays translation version, it is much more accessible than any other versions I’ve seen.
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The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
+1, if you do get it, get the recent Gregory Hays translation version, it is much more accessible than any other versions I’ve seen.
".... that he had overcome all passion for boys; ""
Hahahahhahahahaa.... in this case they meant childish things like keyboard collecting.. but still funny..
Ya'll are a bunch of hypocrites.. clearly ya'll don't practice what's being preached.. hahahaha
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Everything in this book if put in plain-speak would be thoroughly equivalent of today's common idioms.
Anyone capable of reading these translations is likely well versed in the subject it covers.
A person who can read it doesn't need it. and a person who may need it can find it in the plebeian form of general truths.
The act of reading this stuff then only serves the sophists that Marcus refers to , who aggrandize themselves by lavish display of the superficial, in place of truly improving through deep self reflection
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The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
+1, if you do get it, get the recent Gregory Hays translation version, it is much more accessible than any other versions I’ve seen.
".... that he had overcome all passion for boys; ""
Hahahahhahahahaa.... in this case they meant childish things like keyboard collecting.. but still funny..
Ya'll are a bunch of hypocrites.. clearly ya'll don't practice what's being preached.. hahahaha
No, not boyish things and this sort of behavior was totally accepted and common in ancient Greek and Roman society. He truly had no equals in his time and there certainly are none today. Why are we hypocrites and who is preaching anything?
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".... that he had overcome all passion for boys; ""
Hahahahhahahahaa.... in this case they meant childish things like keyboard collecting.. but still funny..
Ya'll are a bunch of hypocrites.. clearly ya'll don't practice what's being preached.. hahahaha[/size][/color]
No, not boyish things and this sort of behavior was totally accepted and common in ancient Greek and Roman society. He truly had no equals in his time and there certainly are none today. Why are we hypocrites and who is preaching anything?
I annexed an example of what a boyish thing may be, whereas he refers to it as a grab-all category for frivolities in youth.
The point is, collecting keyboards as artificial tokens of life's progress as practiced by most Gekhakrs would be a boyish thing.
and, the hypocrisy is in preaching that one has read and affixed himself to higher-truths (this big wordy word book), while still personally frequenting the mire of which is HERE.
That said, I still think the translations are worth reading for its interesting syntax.
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".... that he had overcome all passion for boys; ""
Hahahahhahahahaa.... in this case they meant childish things like keyboard collecting.. but still funny..
Ya'll are a bunch of hypocrites.. clearly ya'll don't practice what's being preached.. hahahaha[/size][/color]
No, not boyish things and this sort of behavior was totally accepted and common in ancient Greek and Roman society. He truly had no equals in his time and there certainly are none today. Why are we hypocrites and who is preaching anything?
I annexed an example of what a boyish thing may be, whereas he refers to it as a grab-all category for frivolities in youth.
The point is, collecting keyboards as artificial tokens of life's progress as practiced by most Gekhakrs would be a boyish thing.
and, the hypocrisy is in preaching that one has read and affixed themselves to higher-truths (this big wordy word book), while still personally frequenting the mire of which is HERE.
That said, I still think the translations are worth reading for its interesting syntax.
I never said I even read it or affixed myself to it's contents nor had anyone else here really. So what if we don't meet all of the principals contained within. We are all in the mire of life, not just the mire of this forum as you put it. No one is perfect but that shouldn't stop someone from aspiring for something greater is they choose to seek it out.
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Letters to a Young Contrarian, Christopher Hitchens (despite the pompous title a great book).
Napoleon the Great, Andrew Roberts (a long read but fascinating)
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Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
It's wonderfully written, original as all hell, and overall a quick read.
I would recommend for anyone interested in 'Ready Player One'. They're similar in some regards, though I think Darnielle is better with words.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
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Although there have been many of these threads, I need to add my most monumental science fiction favorite to this one, too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space)
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Although there have been many of these threads, I need to add my most monumental science fiction favorite to this one, too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space)
Downloading it now. I'm a big fan of authors who have a background in the subject.
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Great recommendations so far!
One I'll add: The Dhammapada
The original teachings of the Buddha. Surprisingly accesible 3,000 years later.
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Anything by Philip Roth. I'm a fan of "Indignation".
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fiction
hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
Lord of the rings or anything by tolkien really (tough reads for some but still one of my favorite series/worlds)
C.S. Lewis's space series
non fiction
I could list of a million coffee table books that I enjoy but i'll stick to longer books
Skunk Works by Ben R Rich
Philo T Farnsworth (biography)
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The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
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oh god
lemme look at my list, i'll come back this evening and make a big one
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As mentioned before, Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy is always a great choice, and if you're looking for something that is more mainstream and proven to be good, then I would say go with Harry Potter series!!