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I loved that book more than the original. I think they should make it a movie. How do you continue learning more types of stuff that the book teaches you?
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Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
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Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
#92I re-read 'The Hobbit', which made me marvel again at such a delightful, thoughtful story, the world and characters that Tolkien wrought, and the morals of self-discovery and self-sacrifice... and sad for what the movie(s) could have been instead of what they were.
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#93"Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire" (1992) https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Drive-Making-Microsoft-Empire/dp... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41611.Hard_Drive Mostly re-read the parts of the book that talk about the 80s (the creation of the PC, DOS, Windows, the PC clones, Microsoft and Intel outsmarting IBM, Microsoft bullying the rest of the industry, etc.).
I've not read 'Hard Drive', but I've re-read 'Gates' by Manes and Andrews, and can recommend it.
Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
I loved that book more than the original. I think they should make it a movie. How do you continue learning more types of stuff that the book teaches you?
Check out http://lesswrong.com/ Also, Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote a book called Rationality: From AI to Zombies. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25131230-rationality
If you want to jump right in, you can start with The Martial Art of Rationality, here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/gn/the_martial_art_of_rationality/
Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
#95I read this every year A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040JHNQG/
Great book!
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#96"Kingmaker", by Christian Cantrell[0]. I needed a dose of anti-plutocrat in my daily brain food and his novel was a fun near-future fix.
Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
#97Small Gods. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34484.Small_Gods It's the 13th book of Terry Pratchett's superb Discworld series, but it's the perfect entry point for anyone who hasn't read any of them because it doesn't require any exterior context, and it's pure Pratchett in his prime. I honestly can't recommend it, and the rest of the series, highly enough. If you haven't experienced Pratchett's work then I implore…
Say I read this entry in the series. If I end up liking it, would you recommend that I then go back and start from the beginning?
Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
#98The Renaissance by Will Durant, part of his The Story of Civilization series. I was inspired to review the Renaissance by last year's Burning Man theme, especially a collection of Renaissance inspired art by an Israeli photographer.
I'm kind of in a perpetual re-read of Pierce's Types and Programming Languages.
Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
#99Seveneves by Neal Stephenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves One of the few books, that when I'm finished, I just want to turn it over a start again. Covers a wide range of important and relevant topics in technology, biology/genetics, ethics. My only problem is it is too short! Could easily have been a triology like the Baroque Cycle (another favorite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle
Seveneves was the book that reminded me why I really enjoyed Stephenson's writing.
Re: Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
#100In the last several weeks, I read all of the Harry Potter series. Because I wanted to fall into another world, where I knew things would end well. And I've been re-reading Laurie King's Mary Russell series, because I want to be surrounded by smart people.
In fact I'm doing a lot of re-reading. The world is full of so much uncertainty, these days, that I can't even cope with not knowing how a book ends.