A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
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Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
#342Currently I'm trudging through GEB[1]. Last month I read: - The Dip (super short read and has a few good points but overall I didn't really like it)[2] - Going Clear (great book, terrible formatting, but a great book)[3] - The Martian (short read, very entertaining and well researched)[4] 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach 2. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/the_dip/ 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
I know there are a lot of fans of "The Dip" but I got the feeling that it was just too preachy and didn't have a lot of concrete examples.
Yeah it's super handwavy. The entire book is essentially "just be the best at what you do!" so...yeah.
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#343I have this weird habit where if I sit and read too much about the same topic, I have trouble retaining all of the information I just read. So, I find I can retain everything better if I read small amounts from multiple books. I sit with a stack of a few books and read chapter out of each. Weird, I know. Here's my current stack: * The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition (Bjarne Stroustrup) * Effective Modern C++: 4…
Loved Masters of Doom. I reread that one every once in a while as sort of reminder. It's an easy enough read that rereading it is fun.
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#344Just finished "Who Shot The Water Buffalo?" by Ken Babbs. http://www.skypilotclub.com
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#345Audiobooks 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…
If I can jump in... I'm a third of the way through Hyperion, and it's very interesting. It's Science Fiction that causes one to think. Atlas Shrugged is an important intellectual work whether you agree with the philosophy or not. It's a long slog, but worth reading to understand the people who follow it. It will just take a long long time. I read it when I was doing regular coast to coast flights. The Demon Haunted W…
I have tried Hyperion a few times but I find it a little too slow and I give up. One of these days I will get to it. Thanks for the input!
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#346Some interesting books by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Breakfast of Champions Bluebeard Deadeye Dick
Those are my three favorite Vonnegut novels. Nice choices :-)
I'd second my sibling poster's recommendation of Galapagos, if you haven't read that one.
Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle are probably his two most widely-read and widely-referenced books, so if you haven't read those yet and you're still on a Vonnegut kick after those three, maybe read them. They're all quick cotton-candy reads anyway, so it's a small cost to read another. I do consider Cat's Cradle overrated, though. I think all the cute and memorable made-up words have boosted it to higher prominence than it deserves.
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#347Currently Reading
- "Venture Deals" by Brad Feld
- "Capital In The 21st Century" It's okay, it's really long. There are some great nuggets but it is hard to consume and I end up having to do a lot of rereading to understand it. It will take me a few months to finish.
Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
#348Audiobooks 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…
Can someone enlighten me about how to read the Foundation series? Do you read them in the order of publication or the chronology of the story?
Read the first three in publication order. Not sure how to reas after that as I stopped reading on the forth book as I found it dull, although I may pick it back up one day.
Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
#349Audiobooks 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…
The Martian... Just wow! I got totally hooked! And a book I would recommend to you is Enders Game and the following ones... They are just great!
Enders game was a good read. I could never get into anything after that though.
Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
#350Audiobooks 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…
I read all those books! You read the Dune series too?
Also on my list but I missed it. Thanks for brining it up!