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Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by iN7h33nD » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

Audiobooks I have Read Recently: (Sanderson is Awesome)

  * The Reckoners #1/#2
  * Stormlight Archive #1/#2
  * Mistborn #1/#2/#3
  * Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker

Digital Books:

  * How to Win Friends and Influence People
  * Malazon Book #1
  * The Forever War
  * The Martian

Things on my List:

  * Think and Grow Rich
  * Watership Down
  * Rainbows End
  * Snow Crash
  * What is Zen
  * Wool: Silo
  * Founders at Work
  * Light Bringer
  * Hyperion
  * The War of Art
  * Atlas Shrugged
  * The Demon Haunted World
  * Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
  * Joe Abercrombie's books
  * Rich Dad Poor Dad
  * Founders at Work
  * Fear the Sky
  * Daemon -- EDIT ADDED

Things I recommend:

  * All of Brandon Sanderson's Books
  * The Kingkiller Chronicles
  * How to Win Friends and Influence People
  * Issac Asimov's short stories and Foundation series
  * The Forever War
  * Gentleman Bastards
  * Ready Player One
  * The Martian
  * A Wizard of Earthsea

EDIT: Short Reading I Recommend:

  * http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by Gotperl » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

I'm reading "The Beam: Season 1" by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by Gotperl » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:44 PM UTC

iN7h33nD wrote: post #201

Audiobooks I have Read Recently: (Sanderson is Awesome) * The Reckoners #1/#2 * Stormlight Archive #1/#2 * Mistborn #1/#2/#3 * Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker Digital Books: * How to Win Friends and Influence People * Malazon Book #1 * The Forever War * The Martian Things on my List: * Think and Grow Rich * Watership Down * Rainbows End * Snow Crash * What is Zen * Wool: Silo * Fou…

Add "Deamon" by Daniel Suarez to your list.

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by mjhoy » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:45 PM UTC

Don Quixote. Touches on a lot: perception, value, narrative, ethics, creativity. Above all it is funny as hell and beautifully written.

Types and Programming Languages, Benjamin Pierce, slightly intimidating mathematically for me but worth diving in, lots of interesting ideas, I'm only through to the second chapter.

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by jamesmishra » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

justizin wrote: post #166

Command and Control, a historical account of failures in safety and other procedures with america's nuclear arsenal: http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illu...

I just finished that book last night! It is a must-read for people in systems engineering. I learned a lot about what kind of errors can happen...

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by GregBuchholz » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

kelukelugames wrote: post #177

GregBuchholz wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Not the OP). Maybe try the audio book, which is the route I took with "Quiet". It's been over a year since I listened to it, and I can't really recall any great take-away points, other than the generic "listening is important". Think of it more of a pep-talk for people who aren't overly talkative.

Thanks. Does the pep-talk encourage them to be more talkative?

No, its more about celebrating and recognizing the strengths of those who are less boisterous.

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by iN7h33nD » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

Gotperl wrote: post #203

iN7h33nD wrote: post #201

Audiobooks I have Read Recently: (Sanderson is Awesome) * The Reckoners #1/#2 * Stormlight Archive #1/#2 * Mistborn #1/#2/#3 * Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker Digital Books: * How to Win Friends and Influence People * Malazon Book #1 * The Forever War * The Martian Things on my List: * Think and Grow Rich * Watership Down * Rainbows End * Snow Crash * What is Zen * Wool: Silo * Fou…

Add "Deamon" by Daniel Suarez to your list.

Added thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by ylem » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:50 PM UTC

a_bonobo wrote: post #43

slayed0 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regarding your critique of 1984, try Brave New World if you haven't already. I think it fits your expectations of the dystopian genre much better.

You may also like Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" [1]. Orwell asserted that Huxley ripped it off for Brave New World, but Huxley said that he had never heard of it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_%28novel%29

I read this as part of a science fiction class back in college. It was amazing and well thought out!

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by amostii » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:51 PM UTC

Gotperl wrote: post #203

iN7h33nD wrote: post #201

Audiobooks I have Read Recently: (Sanderson is Awesome) * The Reckoners #1/#2 * Stormlight Archive #1/#2 * Mistborn #1/#2/#3 * Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker Digital Books: * How to Win Friends and Influence People * Malazon Book #1 * The Forever War * The Martian Things on my List: * Think and Grow Rich * Watership Down * Rainbows End * Snow Crash * What is Zen * Wool: Silo * Fou…

Add "Deamon" by Daniel Suarez to your list.

+1

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by vegancap » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 5:53 PM UTC

I've just finished The Lean Startup by Eric Reis. I'm now onto 'Zero to One' by Peter Thiel. Also read Business Adventures by John Brooks recently. Oh! And 'Tales of Mystery & Imagination' by Edgar Allen Poe I've got for bath-time reading :)