I really enjoyed The Last Policeman series by Ben H. Winters. It's a noir detective novel while a massive asteroid is about to destroy the world. Made me think about society and why people do things. The ending is perfect.
Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
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#302Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, great read!
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#303 - Mort, Terry Pratchett
The first Pratchett book I've read, and I can't believe I've waited so long to read his work. Humorous in a Douglas Adams sort of way.
- Arabian Nights, Haddawy translation
This is a great read. The translation is modern and clear, and the stories are exciting. I can understand why these stories have been around for centuries.
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#304* "Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life", Joe De Sena;
Great thoughts on life, by creator of the Spartan Race.
* "Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World", Mark Williams, Danny Penman;
Meditation excercies plan for mindfulness, which gives different view on everyday life. Also considered as a good therapy for apathy, depression etc.
* "Mud, Sweat, and Tears: The Autobiography", Bear Grylls;
Great stories from former SAS member and adventurer.
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#305Metamorphoses by Ovid: a bunch of Roman/Greek myths, many are common references in all kinds of stories
Probability by Pitman: its embarrassing I never took this course in college. This is the book used for intro stats/probability at Berkeley
Code Complete: honestly I don't understand the hype around this book. There's good info, but its so sparse, I feel like I only get something good every 20-30 pages and the thing is like 800 pages total.
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#306"The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains" by Nicholas Carr. I'm halfway through it. The main thesis of the book is that the Internet has quickly modified our brain (neuro-plasticity) so that we absorb information quickly but we don't get deep into any topic any longer.
The book start strong with this thesis and then goes into a very interesting detour on the history of writing, from the egyptian to Gutemberg all the way to Vint Cerf.
Very well researched book and well written.
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#307Just finished Ryk Brown's "A Show of Force" [1]. It's the 13th book in his Kindle scifi series, which I'm basically addicted to.
Also working through "Bold" by Peter Diamandis [2]. Discussing how to leverage exponential technology over the next few decades.
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[1] http://www.amazon.com/Ep-13-Show-Force-Frontiers-ebook/dp/B0...
[2] http://www.amazon.com/Bold-Create-Wealth-Impact-World-ebook/...
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#308I'm reading Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays . I forgot until I picked this book up again how much fun it is to read David Foster Wallace. Despite all the footnotes, he's very engaging. Also, my girlfriend just sneaked Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love into my computer bag the other day. I haven't read him in a long time, but coincidentally was just very recently talking to a friend ab…
Birdman also heavily revolves around What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.
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#309Audiobooks 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…
Scifi wise I would like to add Metagame by Sam Landstrom to the mix. It is a relatively recent and enjoyable dystopian story about a gamified future. I liked all of your recommendations that I know, so I will probably try some of the others.
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#310Just finished reading Tribal Leadership. Opened my eyes to things I had not realized before about life in general and working with teams. I would highly recommend it if you have not read it yet.
Next up, The Lean Startup.