Mme. Bovary. First it just was an exercise to show to my wife how _descriptions_ are _action_. I was trying to improved her everyday writing, you know, memos from work, informal/formal letters. I'm reading French just a little as English. So we are doing this... _exercises_ based upon an Spanish translate. And there it was. Just like I used to be remember it: fabrics that suddenly becomes a living creature embracing Emma B. nee Rouault, feelings that forms heavy lakes falling upon her, light that is light and sound and it taste like aluminum. Sorry to inform: is not a novel about couples, not even about a couple, not even about Emma. It's all about how you can tell a thing, whatever thing, not thinking about it as static dead thing but a living, fiery, not a few times menacing, whatever.
Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?
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#32The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. It definitely lives up to its reputation.
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#33Jack Four by Neal Asher. sci fi first person mega action. impossible to put down. Close second would be Hail Mary by the guy who wrote the Martian.
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#34Paradais by Fernanda Melchor was the only book I literally could not put down till I finished. It’s a short book, but extremely visual. I read it maybe six months ago and the whole story has played through my head since then.
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#35I've been reading the Foundation series, and it's quite good.
Aside from that:
"The New Right" by Michael Malice
"The Storm Before the Storm" by Mike Duncan
"The Anglo-American Establishment" by Carroll Quigley
"Numbers Don't Lie" by Vaclav Smil
Books that weren't good:
"A Short History of Man" by Hans-Herman Hopper
"The Singularity is Near" by Ray Kurzweil
"After Evangelicalism" by David P. Gushee
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#36I realize this isn't really the intent of the question, but I read "The Count of Monte Cristo" this year for the first time and it's now my favorite book. It's a classic that I just had never bothered with and the story sucked me in. The redemption, revenge, scheming, secrecy. It was phenomenal.
Such a delight. And every time I reread it I wonder why the serial story (it was published in 18 parts over a year and a half) hasn't made a comeback given how desperate sites are for eyeballs.
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#37The end of the world is just the beginning by Peter Zeihan. It is an amazing walkthrough of the modern global economy and how it is changing based on changing demographics and politics. Highly recommended.
I was not initially impressed with Zeihan. He's a bit of a know-it-all and is very fatalist with his predictions.
That said, I've really come around on him lately. His predictions are broadly accurate, and it's very refreshing to see a version of the world that rises above political noisemaking.
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#38Someone on Hacker News recommended The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan. The audiobook is just fantastic, read by the author and you can tell how passionate and concerned he is about the subjects he’s talking about. It’s a long book but worth the read.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
and this thread also has the same comment in it. the same question was asked only a couple weeks before that one. I think hackernews could aggregate some of these types of repetitive questions and topics better?
https://hackernewsbooks.com/
didnt know about that, though one downside is that it doesnt encourage discussion of the book recommendations. Though idk how much of that actually happens anyway
Re: Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?
#40I realize this isn't really the intent of the question, but I read "The Count of Monte Cristo" this year for the first time and it's now my favorite book. It's a classic that I just had never bothered with and the story sucked me in. The redemption, revenge, scheming, secrecy. It was phenomenal.
Very popular suggestion on Reddit. I'm looking to read the an unabridged translation.