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 ihodes » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 8:59 PM UTC

    Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid — Douglas Hofstadter
    Logic for Mathematicians – A. G. Hamilton
    The Black Prism — Brent Weeks

I like to be reading 2-3 books at a time, but one gets my full attention, and the others switch up the pace for me otherwise. I like "serious" books (GEB, Logic) interspersed with "easier" books; a classic, sci-fi/fantasy, etc.

Read when you'd instead be surfing HN or Reddit and when you're done coding/working on homework. Reading takes the place of procrastination very nicely—the same relaxation, but less guilt and more benefit.

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

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Post by brendanbell » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 8:59 PM UTC

Just started The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell.

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

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Post by DrStrngeluv » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:00 PM UTC

Olympos by Dan Simmons The Players of Null-A by A.E. van Vogt

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

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Post by lylejohnson » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:01 PM UTC

My wife and I are reading Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins.

I am also reading The Brothers Karamazov on my Kindle. I kept seeing so many references to it in other things I was reading and I took that as a sign.

Also just started reading Being Geek by Michael Lopp (of the "Rands in Repose" blog). O'Reilly had the ebook on sale the other day and I couldn't pass it up!

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

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Post by technomancy » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:05 PM UTC

  The Machine of Death - Anthology
  To Mock a Mockingbird - Raymond Smullyan
  Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley
  Zero History - William Gibson

I've kept my reading history from mid-2003 on my web page; it's fun to have around: http://technomancy.us/books

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

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Post by maxklein » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:07 PM UTC

The Bild Zeitung by Springer

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

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Post by freshrap6 » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:11 PM UTC

The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

Practical Palm Pre WebOS Projects by Frank Zammetti

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

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Post by alexyoung » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:15 PM UTC

I'm enjoying The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi. It's been hyped a little bit, but even so it's surprisingly good.

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

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Post by alexwestholm » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:15 PM UTC

arihelgason wrote: post #180

Reading for half an hour before going to sleep really helps me clear my mind after a long day's work. Try to do it every evening. Currently reading: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman - Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia) - traces his journey from lifestyle business to super fast growth. Some excellent thoughts on leadership in there. Also re-reading The Elementary Particles by Miche…

I've been wanting to sit down with Let My People Go Surfing for a while now. How is it?

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

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Post by evolvingstuff » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 9:22 PM UTC

* Networks of the Brain by Olaf Sporns

* Set Theory and the Continuum Problem by Smullyan and Fitting

* The Calculus Lifesaver by Adrian Banner

* Discrete Mathematics with Proof by Eric Gossett

* Unix and Linux System Adminstration Handbook by Nemeth, Snyder, Hein, and Whaley