Ask HN: What are you reading right now? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by quickpost » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:01 PM UTC

crawshaw wrote: post #18

The Forever War - Joe Haldeman Excellent science fiction.

Yes, it is. It's held up surprisingly well considering it's nearly 30 years old at this point.

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by ramanujam » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:03 PM UTC

Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman

If you work in a UI/UX/Product/Front-end role do read this book some time.

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by johnfelix » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:04 PM UTC

swcharl wrote: post #17

prateekdayal wrote: post #5

Getting Things Done http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Produc... So that I can read more and do other things :)

I'm also reading Getting Things Done.

me too :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by thevinnie » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:04 PM UTC

Buyology - Martin Lindstrom The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit - Ralph Kimball The Grand Design - Stephen Hawking

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by Mankhool » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:05 PM UTC

"The Evolutionary Void" - Peter F. Hamilton. Epic SF on a grand scale.

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by Goladus » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:05 PM UTC

Programming Clojure - Stuart Halloway

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by jasonlotito » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:06 PM UTC

Towers of Midnight, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.

Blood and bloody ashes.

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by grillmaster » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:06 PM UTC

Just finished Irvine Welsh's Crime (my trainspotting filters are level 6 now) and starting Kipling's Kim.

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by YakiSauce » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:08 PM UTC

"In Defense of Food" - Just finished.

"Long Walk to Freedom" - Currently reading.

"Good to Great" - Up next.

Re: Ask HN: What are you reading right now?

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Post by kd0amg » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 5:09 PM UTC

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Types and Programming Languages

6 dozen students' homework

Probably going to start Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said sometime soon (or some other novel... I can't currently remember what I have waiting on my shelf).