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

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Post by caseysoftware »

MarketingJason wrote: post #43
BatFastard wrote: post #34

Daemon - AI, AR (or MR), 3D printing, crowdsourcing, this book brings them and more together in a facinating manner. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon and the second in the series http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8488830-freedom

Just finished Daemon and about to start Freedom. Great read, and it's amazing how quickly it ramps up near the end! I hadn't been hooked to a book like that since "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Dune"

I just re-started this one recently too. If you enjoy those, check out one of Suarez's other: Influx.

It's not a sequel but has some common threads.

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Post by manlio »

* The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley. [0]

So famous it became a bit of a cliche. I read it years ago and it didn't make any sense to me. But now that I've been studying Buddhism and practicing meditation for a while I picked it up again and I found it nothing short of brilliant, packed with interesting insights on philosophy, the arts, theology, the history of mysticism and the quest for the meaning of life. I know it sounds trite, but I simply wasn't ready for it the first time.

* The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera. [1]

I read this 10 years ago. It touched my heart back then and it did it again this time. It's one of the few works of fiction that changed, a little or a lot, the way I think about love, relationships, loneliness and happiness.

I can't wait to re-read it a third time, in 10 years.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5128.The_Doors_of_Percep...

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9717.The_Unbearable_Ligh...

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Post by msravi »

Two books by Simon Singh:

The Code Book

Big Bang

He has an amazing ability to go really deep into what he's explaining. No hand waving over the details. And yet, it's so very readable.

Unfortunately that wasn't true with his other book - Fermat's Theorem - probably because the subject matter was too complex?

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Post by AndrewNCarr »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #16

State of the Art by Iain M Banks

Consider Phlebas is one of the few books I have read more than once. The Culture series is unparalleled. Surface Detail is probably my pick for #1, as Consider Phlebas isn't really set within the Culture proper, so stands in its own category in a sense.

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Post by scrollaway »

hueving wrote: post #42
scrollaway wrote: post #40

The Dictator's Handbook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1610391845 Fascinatingly relevant right now.

>Fascinatingly relevant right now. How so?

The book talks a lot about the differences between getting to power and holding power. It also talks about the differences between democracies, dictatorships etc.

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Post by segmondy »

Jugurtha wrote: post #51
towndrunk wrote: post #17

How to get Rich - Felix Dennis https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Rich-Greatest-Entrepreneurs/d...

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.

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Post by brudgers »

Ernestas wrote: post #27

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

That's a book I reread in sections without ever having read it in its entirety. It's among the books I can open up when I want something to read and be satisfied reading five to thirty pages because any rereading provides a new experience ...that's what makes rereading a good book interesting (or maybe what makes a good book): it is a different book because of how I have changed.
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