Yeah, awesome book. It's like the libertarian bible- although it's now being hijacked by the Tea Party just because it strongly supports free-market economics. But the philosophy extends well beyond economics, and covers Rand's epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics through prose. I like her metaphysics and epistemology a lot more than I like her economics- only because her philosophical connections start to fall a part a bit at that layer of Objectivism (the Ayn Rand philosophy).

For the Sci-Fi/Fantasy readers- George Martin and Raymond Feist have already been suggested... Definitely excellent authors. But I would HIGHLY recommend Terry Goodkind, he is, in my opinion, the best speculative fiction author EVER.

rushz0rz

Canada5300 Posts

July 24 2010 08:38 GMT

#363

Rodiel

France573 Posts

July 24 2010 08:43 GMT

#364

SS officer during WW2 starting at russia invasion and the start of thinking " whats the optimal way of kilingl all jew "
very historical and interesting

johanes

Czech Republic2227 Posts

July 24 2010 08:51 GMT

#365

Best, most comprehensive book about video games history. You will learn that steve jobs is a fraud, everything good comes from japan and starcraft gets the attention it deserves

QuoC

United States724 Posts

July 25 2010 05:57 GMT

#366

i gave up on "Naked Lunch: the restored text" because it was so fucking confusing.

Now on:
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YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

July 25 2010 06:05 GMT

#367

Loving this book right now.

Anyone have a book recommendation similar to this one?

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Frits

11782 Posts

July 25 2010 06:07 GMT

#368

well finally started reading song of ice and fire and liked it a lot, way better than i expected

MLG_Wiggin

United States767 Posts

July 25 2010 06:08 GMT

#369

I am currently reading: Plato's The Republic, my Kaplan MCAT Study Book (I take the MCAT on Wednesday, wish me luck!), and Patient Zero. I like to get a solid mix of respected classic literature, useful skill/nonfiction learning, and cheesy sci-fi/fantasy at the same time.

Tazza

Korea (South)1678 Posts

July 25 2010 06:10 GMT

#370

The lovely bones

YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

July 25 2010 06:12 GMT

#371

^ Good luck, I'm just like you, I like to mix it up between learning books/nonfiction/sci-fi or fantasy books lol.

Frits, I started reading song of ice and fire as well but I don't like how + Show Spoiler +

he just randomly kills off characters

. Maybe I need to get used to it >.<.

QuoC

United States724 Posts

July 25 2010 06:21 GMT

#372

i tried that world war z book-reading TL club thing. i read it off of a pdf, but there were too many mistakes and i didnt trust it by like the third chapter i think x_x

Coil

Argentina119 Posts

July 25 2010 06:33 GMT

#373

Current (this and the previous are from a trilogy):
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Next most likely:
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Yes, i know, a bit repetitive with the genre, but i just love it :D

Backpack

United States1776 Posts

July 25 2010 06:58 GMT

#374

It's an okay book, not as good as the first 4, but it definitely picks up where the 5th one was lacking.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

July 25 2010 07:12 GMT

#375

I don't know if it's been suggested already, but Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstatder is a marvelous book. Ostensibly it relates to Godels uncertainty principle, but my ability to comprehend runs out somewhere in the middle of the book. :p

Nevertheless it is filled with interesting points and Carroll-esque vignettes. It will also show an interesting usage of the word meta, but then you'll remember that Liquipedia is infallible and forget about it.

For those politically inclined, The Prince is the most important political work solely concerned with politics. I'd be afraid it would warp your sensibilities but I'm not convinced there's much of a difference between not knowing you know nothing and mistakenly believing you know something.

Manit0u

Poland17203 Posts

July 25 2010 14:38 GMT

#376

Astounding.

c24papa

Norway46 Posts

August 06 2010 12:53 GMT

#377

Currently reading:

The Dirt
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Just started, love Neil Strauss way of writing.

Just finished:

The game

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Was very astounded that it had not been mentioned before since its such a popular book. But I would highly highly recommend it to guys who are having trouble with woman, getting them and approaching and get the to bed or as girlfriends. The book is about a guy writer that goes in to the underground pickup community to learn and overcome his shortcomings with women. He goes from average Joe to becoming an incredible pickup artist. This book should be used as a stepping stone towards becoming more comfortable with women. Many different ways of doing that is mentioned in the book and you can pretty much choose what "school" you lean most against. The author has been with Mutley Crue, Marilyn Manson, and in the porn industry and written books about his experiences. And none of them came even close to giving him the experiences he got from his life in the game. Would recommend it to anyone not that comfortable with women. And on a SC forum i guess that's a couple

It will change your outlook on women and human interaction and social dynamics, I guarantee. May also trigger you to becoming a ladies man

Has helped a lot of my friends as a stepping stone into a more secure confident person

Highly recommended

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

August 06 2010 19:45 GMT

#378

On July 25 2010 15:05 YoonHo wrote:
Loving this book right now.

Anyone have a book recommendation similar to this one?

+ Show Spoiler +

I found 'The Andromeda Strain' by Michael Crichton to be somewhat similar and equally enjoyable.

Although I've never read another actual zombie book so maybe there are others out there with stronger similarities.

Edit: No zombies in Andromeda strain btw, just want to make sure I don't make you read it if zombies is all you are looking for.

laste

Bulgaria242 Posts

August 06 2010 22:44 GMT

#379

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Even if you're not into that particular genre or not a fan of Hunter S. Thompson's works, its a very interesting and entertaining read to say the least.

If by any chance you've seen the movie and liked it, you'll love the book. While I think Johny Depp's performance was absolutely excellent, and I do mean that, I've watched a bunch of documentaries about Hunter S.Thompson and he executes his persona flawlessly - I find the book gives a much better atmosphere to the story than the film and is generally more absorbing.

I recommend both the movie and the book, eventho I know most people wont even get them since they're a bit odd, much like the author, and will probably just see it like 2 junkies messing about in Las Vegas but even then I think at least one would find it entertaining =)