Ask HN: What books are you currently reading? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by SirLJ » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 7:58 PM UTC

I am suffering trough, Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars (currently reading)

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by kotrunga » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 8:28 PM UTC

saluki wrote: post #6

I just finished Ready Player One, it was a great read, super interesting story, If you like the 80s and Arcade Games it's a must read.

I second this!

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by ktaube » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:05 PM UTC

The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25761655-the-secret-of-o...

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by yesenadam » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:33 PM UTC

Robert Louis Stevenson essays (again) GK Chesterton Orthodoxy (again)

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by RepressedEmu » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:35 PM UTC

Pimp: Story Of My Life written by Iceberg Slim. Learned about it from the latest Chappelle standup special. Very dark and fascinating tale of a pimp in the 1940's. A lot of cold, calculating capitalist ideas abound in it.

Also just started Astrobiology: A Short Introduction which was recommended by a fellow HNer.

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by Calist0 » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 9:37 PM UTC

As expected there's lot of nonfiction readers here. Does anyone else find that they get more out of fiction than nonfiction? There's a lot to learn from putting yourself in a character's shoes, seeing life through their eyes and witnessing their life unfold.

I'm currently reading 'Steppenwolf' by Hermann Hesse, and 'Of Human Bondage' by Somerset Maugham. Both novels are fictional representations of the author's life.

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by FiatLuxDave » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 10:22 PM UTC

Quantum Computing since Democritus, by Scott Aaronson

and

The City and The City, by China Mieville

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by dhagz » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 10:45 PM UTC

Right now I'm reading Zen Guitar to rethink how I play guitar, and The Color of Magic for fun.

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by m3lani » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 11:24 PM UTC

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

Re: Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

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Post by HiroshiSan » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 11:43 PM UTC

Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland