Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by rokhayakebe » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:14 PM UTC

Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

The last book I "seriously" read was The world is Flat.

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by ErrantX » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:20 PM UTC

Mind Magic (by Marc Lemezma) - Im trying to improve my mentalism skills (and though that book is really basic it is a good refresher on ideas).

Last serious book was a 620 page tome entitled "Writing Security Tools and Exploits". A book with potentially the largest "great title" to "boring content" ratio ever :( (stuck at it though in principle :P)

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by yan » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:27 PM UTC

"A People's History of the United Sates" by Howard Zinn. A decent history book, not exactly uplifting.

Reading currently: "The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York" by Robert Caro. Absolutely loving it.

That, and my usual climbing books.

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by yan » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:28 PM UTC

ErrantX wrote: post #2

Mind Magic (by Marc Lemezma) - Im trying to improve my mentalism skills (and though that book is really basic it is a good refresher on ideas). Last serious book was a 620 page tome entitled "Writing Security Tools and Exploits". A book with potentially the largest "great title" to "boring content" ratio ever :( (stuck at it though in principle :P)

Check out "The Art of Software Security Assessment" if you're into that.

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by scott_s » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:30 PM UTC

Current: The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Last: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.

The best recent: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamon.

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by michaelfairley » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:33 PM UTC

Last: I am a Strange Loop

Current: Neuromancer

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by deutronium » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:35 PM UTC

The Revenge of Gaia - James Lovelock

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by TallGuyShort » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:50 PM UTC

Last: Hacker's Handbook 3.0 by Dr. K (waste of time)

Current: Last Light by Andy McNab (awesome)

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

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Post by mgrouchy » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:51 PM UTC

I am currently reading "beautiful code" by Greg Wilson, Andy Oram(and all the contributors)

Re: Ask HN: What was the latest book you read?

#10

Post by BrentRitterbeck » Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 8:53 PM UTC

The last book I finished was Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.

I am currently perusing numerous books for summer research.