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Lysandus posted:Looking for some recommendations on post apocalypse type books that are set far after the disaster and civilization is rebuilding. Horizon Forbidden West got me thinking about how much I like hearing about the world developing after some kind of ending event. The Earth Abides!!!!! Also Canticle for Leibowitz. And the Splatoon games. But definitely check out The Earth Abides.
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Lysandus posted:Looking for some recommendations on post apocalypse type books that are set far after the disaster and civilization is rebuilding. Horizon Forbidden West got me thinking about how much I like hearing about the world developing after some kind of ending event. Have you read The Stand? I Am Legend is a great twist on the genre. More recently: a boy and his dog at the end of the world is an adventure story set in the near apocalypse. Station Eleven, of course.
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Lysandus posted:Looking for some recommendations on post apocalypse type books that are set far after the disaster and civilization is rebuilding. Horizon Forbidden West got me thinking about how much I like hearing about the world developing after some kind of ending event. Riddley Walker and Paul O. Williams's Pelbar Cycle come to mind.
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Lysandus posted:Looking for some recommendations on post apocalypse type books that are set far after the disaster and civilization is rebuilding. Horizon Forbidden West got me thinking about how much I like hearing about the world developing after some kind of ending event.
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Best books about Anarchism anyone? Thank ye 
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Spectral Werewolf posted:I’m in between books right now and probably going to start Empire of Silence, but I’ve been enjoying House of Ninjas on Netflix, so I’m curious if there are any recommendations for ninja/shinobi sci-fi, fantasy, urban fantasy or whatever. Preferably outside of the graphic novel and YA realms. The Kensho books by Dennis Schmidt kind of fit the bill, space samurai etc. You said no Graphic novels but Frank Miller's "Ronin" is very good.
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Minotaurus Rex posted:Best books about Anarchism anyone? Thank ye Depends on whether you want to read books by anarchists or about them.
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Minotaurus Rex posted:Best books about Anarchism anyone? Thank ye The intro to Direct Struggle Against Capital is a worthwhile read. It’s like 900 pages of Kropotkin after that and I’m not done yet. May never be done.
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FPyat posted:Depends on whether you want to read books by anarchists or about them. Either
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My Disillusionment in Russia by Emma Goldman was a great read, seeing in detail how she saw and critiqued systems as an anarchist, and the strong thread of compassion that defined her politics.
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I need something short to medium length that will grab me and keep me interested. I have DNFed 6 books in the past few weeks and I am in a rut. Bonus points if it's available on Libby in audio form without needing a hold. Actually, that's mandatory because of my neck injury.
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escape artist posted:I need something short to medium length that will grab me and keep me interested. I have DNFed 6 books in the past few weeks and I am in a rut. Bonus points if it's available on Libby in audio form without needing a hold. Actually, that's mandatory because of my neck injury. What were the six books you DNF'd and what is one or two books you like?
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escape artist posted:I need something short to medium length that will grab me and keep me interested. I have DNFed 6 books in the past few weeks and I am in a rut. Bonus points if it's available on Libby in audio form without needing a hold. Actually, that's mandatory because of my neck injury. The entire Horus Heresy series
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Just finished the 3 Body Problem series and I'm looking for more "hard sci fi where characters and plot take a backseat and the cool sci fi concepts/engineering/science are the main star of the show". I dont mind high concept stuff but I think I get very turned off when things are pulpy/space opera/"fun". Peter Watts' Starfish and Blindsight series also scratch a similar itch to the 3 Body, I really enjoyed those.
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Kvlt! posted:Just finished the 3 Body Problem series and I'm looking for more "hard sci fi where characters and plot take a backseat and the cool sci fi concepts/engineering/science are the main star of the show". You should check out J.G. Ballard's short stories. You can get the complete collection in a single edition or a two book edition. An incredibly creative individual and most of his short stories fit your request. Speculative sci-fi that stays terrestrial, often concentrates on advancing technology or mind-bending stuff.
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Franchescanado posted:You should check out J.G. Ballard's short stories. You can get the complete collection in a single edition or a two book edition. An incredibly creative individual and most of his short stories fit your request. Speculative sci-fi that stays terrestrial, often concentrates on advancing technology or mind-bending stuff. This looks great and your recs never let me down. Speaking of which, I finished the Remains of the Day which you had reccomended me, amazing book really enjoyed it. Ty!!
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Kvlt! posted:Just finished the 3 Body Problem series and I'm looking for more "hard sci fi where characters and plot take a backseat and the cool sci fi concepts/engineering/science are the main star of the show". A lot of KSR’s work is actually improved by ignoring the characters! The Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), 2313, Red Moon; all good explorations of SF concepts. Neal Stephenson is a bit of a bootlicker and writes bootlicking characters and Seveneves is his closest work to what you’re describing. Third act, as always with him, is rough. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon doesn’t even really have characters, it’s a historical narrative of the next many million years and humanity’s biological and technological changes.
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Kvlt! posted:Just finished the 3 Body Problem series and I'm looking for more "hard sci fi where characters and plot take a backseat and the cool sci fi concepts/engineering/science are the main star of the show".
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Maybe the BLIT series by David Langford? a cycle of short stories revolving around the idea of images that can crash the human brain. Granted, none of them are that long, but you might find them interesting.
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Kvlt! posted:Just finished the 3 Body Problem series and I'm looking for more "hard sci fi where characters and plot take a backseat and the cool sci fi concepts/engineering/science are the main star of the show". GREG EGAN GREG EGAN GREG EGAN Best of Greg Egan is a good place to start also Stephen Baxter especially the Xeelee sequence Ted Chiang has good characters but his depiction of big sci fi concepts and engineering is second to none
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I love that Greg Egan is seeing some recs. Everything I’ve read by him has stuck with me for a long time and made me want to take some math courses.
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Thanks for the recs everyone! Lots of great stuff to work through. Gonna check out some Greg Egan to start!
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FPyat posted:Other than the Bartimaeus books, what's the best YA fiction from around 2000 to 2007? I was obsessively reading Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, Scott Westerfeld's Uglies, and Mortal Engines back in the day. How’s Uglies? I had it on my list ages ago but forgot about it.
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The first book is better than the main crop of YA dystopias, I’ve forgotten what reading books two and three was like, and the fourth book anticipated today’s attention economy.
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radlum posted:How's The Magicians? I see very varied opinions about the books; I watched a handful of episodes of the TV show and I liked it, but I know the books is not exactly the same.
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Lord of the Rings audiobook by highbridge https://highbridgeaudio.com/fellowshipofring.html It's the best/worst voice cast I ever heard Elrond sounds like Ed Asner putting on airs right after he's described as a ageless being. Samwise sounds like smurf
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Can anyone give me some gift ideas for an under-40 year old male that is into birds? Got them What Do Owls Know last year. Other non-fiction books that they've read and maybe enjoyed I know about: Longitude - Dava Sobel Raw Dog - Jamie Loftus Beasts of the Sea - Iida Turpeinen Something expedition related might be welcome, especially if it has an interesting hook to it.
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Helen MacDonald's written some lauded books concerned with birds, including H is for Hawk and Vesper Flights.
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The Warbler Guide by Tom Stephenson
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Alex Horne wrote a book about getting into birdwatching with his dad that might be interesting, esp if they're a fan of British comedy as well (what a venn diagram that is)
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Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper. I haven't read it but I think it's very similar to Raw Dog in that it's also a memoir in addition to the birding stuff.
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Kuule hain nussivan posted:Can anyone give me some gift ideas for an under-40 year old male that is into birds? Got them What Do Owls Know last year. The Peregrine.
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I'm in the mood for some good edifying non-fiction about the sciences. Ideally about a topic that isn't terribly depressing (eg, no climate change). I'd even consider a good, well-written textbook. Any recommendations?
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Haystack posted:I'm in the mood for some good edifying non-fiction about the sciences. Ideally about a topic that isn't terribly depressing (eg, no climate change). I'd even consider a good, well-written textbook. Any recommendations? Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything.
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Haystack posted:I'm in the mood for some good edifying non-fiction about the sciences. Ideally about a topic that isn't terribly depressing (eg, no climate change). I'd even consider a good, well-written textbook. Any recommendations? I really like Mary Roach and Bill Bryson for this. The former: Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers is good https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56769575 The latter for social science history as well: At Home: A Brief History of Private Life https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7507825 was a bit better than his A Short History of Nearly Everything but they’re both good books. Getting a bit political and less scientific (microeconomics is not really a science) would be Mine!: how the hidden rules of ownership control our lives. But only because the authors never question the bizarre assumptions and brutal histories of our property and economic models. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54226795
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Haystack posted:I'm in the mood for some good edifying non-fiction about the sciences. Ideally about a topic that isn't terribly depressing (eg, no climate change). I'd even consider a good, well-written textbook. Any recommendations? I just recently read The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs and it was quite good.
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Thanks for the recommendations. I should note, I'm fine with social sciences as well.
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Haystack posted:Thanks for the recommendations. I should note, I'm fine with social sciences as well. Everything Mark Kurlansky touched is pure gold, his histories of Cod, Salt, 1968… Very enjoyable. For religion, I like Karen Armstrong and Diarmaid MacCulloch. His history of Christianity is superbly entertaining. That type of book is usually my go to when I want to relax for half an hour before bed and don’t feel like reading fiction. If that’s what you’re looking for, check out my recommendations.
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Anything by Douglas Hofstadter, but Metamagical Themas, his collection of columns from Scientific American, is a great entry point. Some years ago when I was poor and really hurting for money I took 99% of my books to Half Price Books to sell them. Hofstadter's works were in the 1% I couldn't bear to sell.
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Okay, thread. You guys really helped me last time, got me to finally jump on Dubliners which was excellent, so I’m gonna try again. (Seriously, Dubliners reminded me how great a book can be, and it really helped reignite my passion for reading.) Here are 5 books in my TBR pile that I intend to read. What should I read first/which do YOU think is the best? 1. The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa 2. Madame Bovary, Flaubert (Bair translation) 3. Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake 4. City of Quartz, Mike Davis (only nonfic) 5. Roadside Picnic, Strugatskys I’ll read the first suggestion.
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