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Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?

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Post by solipsism » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 2:26 AM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #216

solipsism wrote: post #215

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by all accounts Oh really? Please share one such account. Because this is a statement from Stephenson himself: There’s nothing currently in the works. A lot depends on what happens in the next few months, how people respond to the book, if there’s any interest in doing media adaptations That's pretty clear it depends on how well it sells, whether film rights get bought and how that goes, etc.

> There’s nothing currently in the works. That seems clear enough.

"Set up to be part of a series" and "Nothing currently in the works" are not mutually exclusive. It's not uncommon for the decision to invest in a sequel to hinge on sales.

Have you read the book? There's no way someone could read this book and not think, "Yeah, the author clearly purposefully left room for this to be a very large series."

Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?

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Post by boca » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 6:08 PM UTC

hunvreus wrote: post #5

Siddhartha - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2500 3rd time; learned something knew every time.

Excellent book. The first time I started reading it, I couldn't grasp it and stopped after a few pages. But then picked it up again in 2015 and read it in one sitting. It's a wonderful little book. To be honest, I don't think I can sum up how it felt but it was liberating. I remember keeping the book on my chest and getting lost in thoughts about what the purpose of life is. It was really deep, I was on a totally different plane with my thought process. I read it again last year on a flight but couldn't finish it and it didn't evoke the same emotions but it has a very special place in my heart.

Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?

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Post by celticninja » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 7:39 PM UTC

solipsism wrote: post #221

DanBC wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There’s nothing currently in the works. That seems clear enough.

"Set up to be part of a series" and "Nothing currently in the works" are not mutually exclusive. It's not uncommon for the decision to invest in a sequel to hinge on sales. Have you read the book? There's no way someone could read this book and not think, "Yeah, the author clearly purposefully left room for this to be a very large series."

I thought as much myself but shortly after finishing it I went looking through interviews and there was one from Neal Stephenson where he explicitly stated that he had no intention of doing a sequel when he was writing it, hence my initial statement. Due to the minimal information we have on the last few chapters it seemed like it was created intentionally but the author said otherwise.

Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?

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Post by Jugurtha » Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 12:43 PM UTC

segmondy wrote: post #67

Jugurtha wrote: post #51

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For those put off by the title, Felix Dennis is/was a billionaire and makes a point of differentiating himself from people becoming wealthy giving advice about how to become wealthy. He dropped out of high-school and bummed cigarettes and crashed at friends, apparently. He talks about several lessons and how he remained associated with several people who've helped him when he was "nothing". The case of a banker who a…

You write as if he is alive, he died over 2 years ago.

I forgot. The information is still relevant, I hope.