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| The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi |
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6 | 23.08% |
| How To Read Donald Duck by Ariel Dorfman |
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8 | 30.77% |
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
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4 | 15.38% |
| Manhattan Transfer by Jon Dos Passos |
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5 | 19.23% |
| John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy by William Caferro |
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3 | 11.54% |
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Vote for your choice for next month's BOTM! You can vote for more than one! The Book of Five Rings quote:The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1643. There have been various translations made over the years, and it enjoys an audience considerably broader than only that of martial artists and people across East Asia: for instance, some foreign business leaders find its discussion of conflict and taking the advantage to be relevant to their work in a business context. The modern-day Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū employs it as a manual of technique and philosophy. How To Read Donald Duck quote:How to Read Donald Duck (Spanish: Para leer al Pato Donald) is a 1971 book-length essay by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart that critiques Disney comics from a Marxist point of view as capitalist propaganda for American corporate and cultural imperialism.[1][2] It was first published in Chile in 1971, became a bestseller throughout Latin America[3] and is still considered a seminal work in cultural studies.[4] It was reissued in August 2018 to a general audience in the United States, with a new introduction by Dorfman, by OR Books. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? quote:Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (retitled Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some later printings) is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been greatly damaged by a nuclear global war, leaving most animal species endangered or extinct. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. killing) six escaped Nexus-6 model androids, while a secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-par IQ who aids the fugitive androids. Manhattan Transfer by Jon Dos Passos (Newly out of copyright) quote:Manhattan Transfer is an American novel by John Dos Passos published in 1925. It focuses on the development of urban life in New York City from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age as told through a series of overlapping individual stories. John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy by William Caferro quote:Sir John Hawkwood (c. 1323–1394) was an English soldier who served as a mercenary leader or condottiero in Italy. As his name was difficult to pronounce for non-English-speaking contemporaries, there are many variations of it in the historical record. He often referred to himself as "Haukevvod" and in Italy he was known as "Giovanni Acuto", meaning literally "John Sharp" (or "John the Astute") referring to his "cleverness or cunning".[1] His name was Latinised as Johannes Acutus ("John Sharp").[2] Other recorded forms are "Aucgunctur", "Haughd", "Hauvod", "Hankelvode", "Augudh", Auchevud", "Haukevvod", "Haukwode" and "Haucod".[3] His exploits made him a man shrouded in myth in both England and Italy. Much of his enduring fame results from the surviving large and prominent fresco portrait of him in the Duomo, Florence, made in 1436 by Paolo Uccello, seen every year by 4 1/2 million[4] tourists.
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Jan 27, 2021 02:55
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fake edit: i hosed up the poll and you can only vote for one if you want to vote for more than one, post about it below
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Jan 27, 2021 04:28
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Voted Musashi, would also read that Manhattan Transfer thingy. I love Mariah Carey!
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Jan 27, 2021 07:08
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I voted for Donald Duck, also wanted to vote for PKD!
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Jan 27, 2021 11:40
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I've never participated before but I want to read more so I voted for PKD.
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Jan 28, 2021 03:54
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whatevz fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Apr 25, 2022 |
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Jan 29, 2021 05:07
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Mage_Boy posted:I've never participated before but I want to read more so I voted for PKD. I didn't vote for it because I've already read it a few times and my copy was lent out and never returned but sure, I'll support this goon's quest and find a copy somewhere. This post is prime Mercerism
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Jan 29, 2021 06:43
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Voted for the Duck book because that seems pretty wild. Hopefully not 5 ring because I read that a decade ago and got rid of my copy at some point.
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Jan 31, 2021 01:04
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Voted Duck, but I'd be happy with any of these. The Hawkwood bio sounds interesting because I've recently been playing Crusader Kings 3 but a quick google suggests it's not easy to get, or at least not cheap. I've read Sheep before and might still have a paper copy around someplace.
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Jan 31, 2021 20:04
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ok, it'll be duckbook I'll also recommend additional duck related books and some counter-duck arguments as well specifcally, it might be adviseable for people to pick up The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Feb 1, 2021 |
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Feb 1, 2021 18:41
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I might not be able to participate, like usual, but I tend to get around to the books eventually (I am looking forward to ignition!) I just wanted to thank the poster that suggested Lonesome Dove in a previous thread. I am mostly through it and it is delightful, and gruesome! I hadn't heard of it before but feel much richer now. Scrooge McDuck is cool too, I used to hunt for Don Rosa stories in flea markets as a kid. ovenboy fucked around with this message at 10:10 on Feb 2, 2021 |
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