Ask HN: What book are you reading? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

#11

Post by mindcrime » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:28 AM UTC

Noel_V wrote: post #3

The Great Gatsby

A woman next to me on the plane yesterday was reading that. I vaguely recall reading it (or at least being assigned to read it) in 11th grade, but I can't remember a damn thing about it now. Is it any good?

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

#12

Post by jeromesalimao » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:37 AM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #11

Noel_V wrote: post #3

The Great Gatsby

A woman next to me on the plane yesterday was reading that. I vaguely recall reading it (or at least being assigned to read it) in 11th grade, but I can't remember a damn thing about it now. Is it any good?

Yes.

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

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Post by mindcrime » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:39 AM UTC

jeromesalimao wrote: post #12

mindcrime wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A woman next to me on the plane yesterday was reading that. I vaguely recall reading it (or at least being assigned to read it) in 11th grade, but I can't remember a damn thing about it now. Is it any good?

Yes.

Cool. Maybe I'll go back and re-read it. I'm pretty sure I actually did read it back then, but I'm drawing a blank on the story.

That reminds me, I started For Whom The Bell Tolls in 12th grade and never got around to finishing it. I guess I need to revisit that as well, at some point.

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

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Post by Sealy » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:44 AM UTC

Noel_V wrote: post #3

The Great Gatsby

I just saw the film this weekend and loved it. I'll be buying myself a copy of the book soon.

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

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Post by garduque » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:47 AM UTC

Finished James Altucher's Choose Yourself over the weekend.

Currently working on The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

#16

Post by cosmc » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 3:09 AM UTC

Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

#17

Post by Sealy » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 3:14 AM UTC

pg wrote: post #7

Cipolla's Before the Industrial Revolution (again).

Hey Paul,

Do the lessons economic history that these books teach still have relevance today?

Technology (as a term to describe innovation) back then would have a very different meaning to technology today.

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

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Post by read » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 4:01 AM UTC

Sealy wrote: post #17

pg wrote: post #7

Cipolla's Before the Industrial Revolution (again).

Hey Paul, Do the lessons economic history that these books teach still have relevance today? Technology (as a term to describe innovation) back then would have a very different meaning to technology today.

The specific instance of the technology might have changed but general phenomena surrounding people's perceptions of technology certainly haven't.

Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 5:42 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What book are you reading?

#20

Post by jlengrand » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 6:09 AM UTC

Currently, the old testament.

I am not church-goer or anything, and still I find it quite impressive the amount of surprising stuff (good and bad) you can find in there. It's actually as cool as the Iliad, and you may even find some good advice in there :).

Hey, who said everything had to be around software/startups.