fatherboxx posted:here is my reading list for next months op what do you say
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# ? Feb 22, 2015 01:17 |
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 17:50 |
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I'm on gai-Jin in clavells Asian saga. Before I get to king rat and then noble house I want to read something good. I was thinking hero with a thousand faces by Campbell, post office girl by zweig, or something by Burroughs, or maybe another book by Gardner. Any recs?
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# ? Feb 22, 2015 04:27 |
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Since starting this thread I have read several books
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 01:51 |
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I'm reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson. Expected cyberpunk, pseudo intellectual stuff, got Die Hard in China.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 02:03 |
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think about this for a second: i have read more books about orcs than i have read books about russian people
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 02:24 |
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What is the best terry prathectt novel?
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 02:26 |
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Fog Tripper posted:Currently trying to read Canterbury Tales. If only to see what the big deal is with Chaucer. the big deal is he invented cuck
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 02:40 |
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Neukoln19 posted:Since starting this thread I have read several books I still haven't
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 04:40 |
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i've read like two. you were right, op.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 04:41 |
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CrashCat posted:I still haven't Get out of my thread there's a place for you and your degenerate people it's the hell thread and go back there this is a good thread to discuss literature and the written word not tumbler or Doogie or whatever the hell else goes on in that hole you call a home
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:01 |
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LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:i've read like two. you were right, op. Stopped clocks ya dig?
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:02 |
i can't stand steinbeck. i've read few of his books; what dull poo poo
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:08 |
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Archer666 posted:I'm reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson. Expected cyberpunk, pseudo intellectual stuff, got Die Hard in China. spoiler for every Neal Stephenson book everyone is gay and has autism
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:10 |
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waveformghost posted:i can't stand steinbeck. i've read few of his books; what dull poo poo Books written back then didn't take into account how much the world changed since they were written. Steinbecks characters seem oblivious that I can order two day shipping on a 24 pack of vitamin water. This is a serious flaw in steinbecks writing which has been written about in academic journals Cute av
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:12 |
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Stick Figure Mafia posted:spoiler for real life fixd
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:13 |
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I was reading 1776 by David McCullough and I saw a painting of one of my ancestors and I was pretty hyped. Never been so hyped reading a history book before. His name was Robert R. Livingston and was one of the founding fathers of the United States. In the painting he was with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman. Bareback Werewolf fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Apr 12, 2015 |
# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:17 |
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SweetKarma posted:I was reading 1776 by David McCullough and I saw a painting of one of my ancestors and I was pretty hyped. Never been so hyped reading a history book before. His name was Robert R. Livingston and was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was also a cracker white devil
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:20 |
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i have read tome's worth of GBS posts hth op cucked gay so what aay lmao
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:21 |
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Neukoln19 posted:He was also a cracker white devil Yeah, but pretty much everyone was a cracker white devil back then. So that makes it okay.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:23 |
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extra stout posted:think about this for a second: the only reason I dont share this shame is because I got a ba in english lol
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:25 |
i like soviet scifi
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:27 |
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I curl up with this puppy every night edit: im actually finding that id put SICP on the list of books that genuinely changed how i think in general, where it's a strange fit with Chomsky and Herman's Manufacturing Consent, Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Truth, Stanislaw Lem's His Master's Voice, and Ray Brassiere's Nihil Unbound Fergus Mac Roich fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Apr 12, 2015 |
# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:27 |
i prefer the lectures
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:29 |
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waveformghost posted:i prefer the lectures im following along. im honestly in awe of how dope these dudes are/were. im a novice when it comes to computer science and computer programming and every single lecture/chapter is some mind bending revelatory poo poo for me. also lots of dope 80s teen nerds
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:32 |
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I tried watching the lectures, but then I realized I was spending time an energy trying to learn a dead language that has no relevance in modern computing.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:33 |
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SweetKarma posted:I tried watching the lectures, but then I realized I was spending time an energy trying to learn a dead language that has no relevance in modern computing. the point is not to learn scheme. edit: and learning Scheme is downright trivial compared to most languages anyway.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:34 |
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I was just kidding. That book and those lectures aren't so much about learning scheme as they are about learning how to think like a computer scientist. They're actually very good.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:38 |
lisp is cool and good
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:42 |
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:
I bet you get laid a lot
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:49 |
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Neukoln19 posted:Since starting this thread I have read several books which books
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:49 |
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Don Tacorleone posted:which books You've caught him in his lie.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 05:50 |
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Don Tacorleone posted:I bet you get laid a lot only by virtue of having a girlfriend
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 06:42 |
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Neukoln19 posted:What is the best terry prathectt novel? Guards! Guards! isn't the best Pratchett book ever, I guess, but it's the best one to start with. It's the first book about his best recurring characters, and it's the first one where Pratchett got his fantasy-parody/actual-fantasy/social-commentary/actually-funny-jokes blend just right. Then you can go forward or back as you like, or just follow the Guards books like it's a series. I recommend it to people all the time. Small Gods is very good and is a stand-alone. Hogfather is awesome (not a standalone, the other books about Death sort of build up for it, but he always explains things when he calls back to an earlier book). If you think Neil Gaiman had any worthwhile ideas, ever, you should read these books so you can see who he borrowed them from. I'd say stole but they were good friends so I'm sure Gaiman asked permission first. Honestly all of them are pretty okay, except The Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic. Don't start reading Pratchett with the first Pratchett books.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 07:17 |
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Just read the latest Joe Ledger novel by Jonathan Maberry. Predator One. Had nothing else to do today, so I started reading it about noon, finished it just after midnight. Good read. A great series, but you need to start at the beginning, with Patient Zero.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 09:21 |
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The OP was right; I'm reading Red Love (a pretty amazing account of life in the GDR) and I am now smarter and have many highbrow talking points for my next wine and jazz party.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 11:08 |
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I read Rob Roy and it was terrible and boring. I feel like I should like it more as a Scottish person but I don't. This stopped me reading again for a month or so which I felt bad about so I'm now trying to read a book a week. I read To The Lighthouse yesterday, which was really good. Maybe a bit too affected in parts.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 13:24 |
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i read tumblr and im smarter than 90 percent of you goons.
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 13:26 |
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Don Tacorleone posted:which books Noble house -- James clavell The fate of Africa On china -- Kissinger The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind Heaven and earth are not humane -- Franklin Perkins The good earth Tree of smoke -- Denis Johnson ( my favorite) The death of Virgil
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# ? Apr 12, 2015 13:58 |
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Just finished shadow country and creatures of a day. Shadow country was beyond the best of the best
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# ? May 1, 2015 05:06 |
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I'm taking a break from reading to update this thread. Has anyone read girl on the train? Any good? What's everyone reading these days?
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# ? May 9, 2015 23:59 |