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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
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bardtown
England2313 Posts
Now reading The Wanderer. Pretty good so far. He's very readable and then every 20 pages or so there's a flash of genius. Planning to read Hunger next. | ||
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Vegetarian Wolf
China434 Posts
On October 13 2013 00:09 sam!zdat wrote: WHAT?? titles? where did you get them?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni_Kuang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisely No idea if they exist in English I'm reading them in Chinese ~_~ If you want Chinese sci-fi, this is supposed to be good and i think it's been/being translated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Body_(science_fiction) I'll probably read it SoonTM | ||
Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
On October 13 2013 02:29 bardtown wrote: I'm moving to Norway for a while so I'm reading some Knut Hamsun. Read Pan - good, incredibly depressing and relatable for me. Now reading The Wanderer. Pretty good so far. He's very readable and then every 20 pages or so there's a flash of genius. Planning to read Hunger next. I recently finished Hunger and it is a very enjoyable read | ||
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BirdKiller
United States428 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y8Ytk90lL.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aGfgbhmaL.jpg) Guns, Germs, and Steel complements quite nicely to my addiction to Civilization V while the Visual Group Theory gives me a different perspective as I study more into Abstract algebra  | ||
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Magic_Mike
United States542 Posts
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On October 13 2013 06:13 BirdKiller wrote: Guns, Germs, and Steel complements quite nicely to my addiction to Civilization V while the Visual Group Theory gives me a different perspective as I study more into Abstract algebra Guns, Germs, and Steel was a nice book, but it is really outdated. After you finish the book, read The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama. Since you like Civilization, I think you will enjoy this book even more :D | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On October 14 2013 07:41 sam!zdat wrote: civ V is for noobs, play civ IV :p Currently sitting on my shelf having been read long ago ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M2bElvc3L._SY300_.jpg) I want to re-read it and see if I can apply any of the lessons to civ. | ||
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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
Here are some books I finished while trudging through Infinite Jest in my own peculiar tempo. I mostly read while commuting, and it did not strike me as such a book. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Timemachinebook.JPG) The Time machine - HG Wells I didnt get a whole lot of science from this father of science fiction. At least I got with me a few funny ideas and a piece of history. It was aiiight. ![[image loading]](http://dramatica.com/resources/onesheets/a-dolls-house-one-sheet.jpg) A Dolls house - Henrik Ibsen Such a good book! [playwrite]. Would recommend to everyone. It's not very long so be careful not to cut yourself on those sharp edges. ![[image loading]](http://acebourke.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/51yxffucirlk.jpg) The Jungle book - Ruyard Kipling This one sucks. ![[image loading]](http://sumitperiwal.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/plato-socrates.jpg) The Republic - Plato Some amazing insight for the time it was written in (and still to this day!). Where is the predicament for all of this observation. History is facinating. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/TheLeftHandOfDarkness.jpg/220px-TheLeftHandOfDarkness.jpg) The Left hand of darkness - Ursula Leguin Pretty good. I don't feel like all she wanted to say got through. Maybe I'm supposed to read some other books from the same world to get the feel, but I don't wanna. Now reading I don't know. I'm leaving for Barcelona tomorrow so whatever makes me attractive to spanish honeys. I'm thinking either one hundred years of solitude or some Hemingway (bitches love Hemingway). Don Quixote feels a bit to big to read parallel to IJ but I would really like to read that too. | ||
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
On October 14 2013 17:55 YoucriedWolf wrote: The Jungle book - Ruyard Kipling This one sucks. BLASPHEMY! Burn at the cross you heathen | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On October 14 2013 17:55 YoucriedWolf wrote: Maybe I'm supposed to read some other books from the same world to get the feel no | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
![[image loading]](https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347315551l/567700.jpg) Banks is an awesome writer, "Use of Weapons" was wonderful. But I can't really appreciate short stories, there's some gems in this though, such as "When in Rome, burn it". Looking forward to the next in the series though. CIV 5 sucks, CIV IV was decent, CIV III prolonged my university time by a year, but it's CIV II that's in my heart forever. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
I think civilization counts as a literary artifact. "What Are You Reading 2013/Sid Meier's Civilization Thread" | ||
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Batcha
Bosnia-Herzegovina72 Posts
The guy I used to play UT99 with was a hardcore fan of his and ever since, I've wanted to give it a try. (Have not read much of sci-fi in general) | ||
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WhurreOdu
Austria1739 Posts
On October 13 2013 00:52 Brainsurgeon wrote: Finished: I have also just finished Siddharta for the second time. Now I am reading something less mindful but more entertaining. The Dresden Files, I'm currently midway in book two. Really good and thrilling. I like it very much. | ||
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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
I've heard from several credible Joseph Conrad scholars that Ruyard Kipling was in fact, a racist. But seriously it's really bad and represents the end of my "well sometimes there is more to it than the movie. AND he won the nobel prize!" era. Are they also not good, or am I wrong? I enjoyed the flaring reception the people is this thread gave the most recent laureate Alice Munro. | ||
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