No.16727 [Last50 Posts]
Hi /kind/
What are you reading? What have you read recently?
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No.16729
>>16727
Haven't read a book in years. I believe the last thing I read was The Alchemist.
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No.16730
Currently reading
Wheel of Time (Book 2) - Robert Jordan
(So far so good. Book 1 was nice. Its fantasy so some of it reminds me of LOTR)
Recently read
Hunger Games Trilogy (Don't recommend Katniss a bitch)
Howl's Moving Castle trilogy - Diana Wynne Jones (Recommend if you are <=16 or if you like silly adventure stories)
Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness - Gyatso (Less self-help and more philosophy. The philosophy is not always pragmatic or easily applicable.)
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No.16731
I have to read the Dresden Files because my friends want to play the RPG. I'm the only one who hasn't read it.
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No.16741
Although it shames me to admit it, I've never really been much of a leisure reader, even though I'd like to be.
I recently bought Revival by Stephen King at an airport to pass the time on my flight for vacation, but I still only managed to read 10 pages or so before I decided to rest for the rest of the trip or watch in-flight entertainment. I'll try to read alot more on my flight back home.
Besides the books I had to read for college assignments, the only book I can remember I read for fun was a Goosebumps book, and that was 10 years ago
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No.16742
Currently rereading the Dao de Jing, and thanks to the buddhism thread here, I'm planning on finding some buddhist texts next to see what the whole thing is really about rather than the vague notions I have now.
>>16741
Did you also read the Goosbumps CYOA books? I used to love reading them back in the day.
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No.16743
>>16742
I didn't read the GYG books. I just read like 5 or so of the original novels.
I was honestly more of a fan of the TV show than the books, even though I still really liked them.
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No.16754
>>16742
>>16743
Would /kind/ be interested in a CYOA thread? And would the addition of dice roll probability be a desired or non-desired thing?
I've never made one before but I'm a really bored friend-got
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No.16764
The last book I've finished was The Dispossessed, it was very good and interesting. Now I'm reading A Hacker Manifesto and Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction.
>>16742
>Dao de Jing
Pretty comfy, I liked it.
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No.16767
>>16754
Sounds good, I'd read it.
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No.16769
My waves and vibrations book for my physics class this semester.
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No.16775
I haven't read any books for a long ass time. My favourites were the Discworld books since they were fantasy that parodied the real world and didn't take themselves seriously, or at least for the most part they didn't as they were capable having a few sad moments as well. To hear that Terry Pratchett had died was heartbreaking when the news first broke. I wish I could find that screencap of an anon writing the story of Pratchett meeting Death.
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No.16778
>>16775
Oh wait, I found it.
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No.16793
The count of monte cristo is what I'm currently reading. It's an adventure novel about a man who's falsely accused of being a bonapartist. The novel details of his escape, and vengeance upon the people who put him in prison.
Book I read before that was The Brother's Karamazov, a story about a dysfunctional Russian family. There's a lot to the brother's karamazov, so I'll only say the father is murdered. (that isn't a spoiler, either. they tell you he dies at the very beginning of the book.)
Both books are great, at least what I've read of monte cristo so far. But i think karamazov is probably my favorite book out of everything I've read so far. It's pretty long and slow-paced, but well worth it.
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No.16809
I've been reading some short stories by H.P. Lovecraft recently. In particular, I liked The Dunwich Horror, which was actually kind of humorous in a weird way.
>>16793
I've been reading a little Dostoevsky as well, although I've never read The Brothers K. I should probably read it if it's as good as you say, but I don't think I'll get around to it soon, considering how long it is.
>>16775
;_;
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No.16812
>>16809
Which Dostoevsky have you read?
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No.16858
>>16812
Crime & Punishment, White Nights, and A Gentle Creature.
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No.17792
I recently finally got back into reading stuff. I just finished reading David Eddings' Belgariad books, and I found them amazing.
What's /kind/ reading now?
>>16729
The Alchemist is great, it gets a lot of criticism for being pseudo-philosophy but I really enjoy it. It's a nice tale.
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No.17819
>>17792
I'm reading The Coming Insurrection and Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, at the moment.
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No.17822
>>17819
The coming insurrection is quite interesting to me considering that I'm French myself. It made a few waves here.
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No.17826
>>16793
>>16812
I think instead of popular on /kind/ relationship threads, everybody here should read Dostoyevsky's The Idiot and there should be The Idiot general instead of the threads about relationships. It's such a good book, you guys like Dostoyevsky's writing, and it fits the typical problems on the board. Now that I think about it, it's godsent
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No.17829
>>17826
I've never actually tried Dostoyevsky, I don't even thing I've tried any Russian litteratiure.
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No.17845
Any recs for books with an iyashikei feel to them? It seems like when it comes to literature "slice of life" means lots of angst and drama and dying teenagers. I just want to read something that feels like a SoL anime.
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No.17854
I'm not sure if it counts, but I listened to an audiobook of Anne of Green Gables during my commutes to and from work. It was so comfy that I downloaded the anime, but I've only watched one episode so far.
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No.17916
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No.17920
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No.17921
Been getting into vidya books recently.
Just finished "Roadside Picnic" and "Metro 2033".
Both were great reads although the translation for Metro got janky at some points.
I'm waiting on a Witcher book right now. Really hopeful that I'll be able to get into the series.
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No.17922
I must've subconsciously noticed this thread as I was just about to make a new one on the topic. Good thing I rechecked the catalog.
I basically stopped reading anything else than textbooks for some years. Now I'm getting back into and I'm going through some classics. Feels great.
>What are you reading?
Quiet by Susan Cain, American Psycho and Lovecraft's novels
>What have you read recently?
Brave New World, The Great Gatsby and 1984, I really really liked BNW
Any comfy book recs, /kind/?
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No.17939
I've been reading Brave New World most recently. It's not bad so far.
Also, anybody go on /lit/ here?
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No.17941
>>17939
Brave New World made me treat vaporwave more seriously, which is probably a bad thing
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No.17995
>>17822
It's freely available online and not too long. You could give it a try.
Even if you completely disagree with their politics, their description of the general hopelessness of youth is pretty great, in my opinion.
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No.18021
>>17854
My favorite book. The rest of the books in the Anne series are great too but Anne of Green Gables is the best.
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No.18072
>>18021
Well now, if the other books are good, I suppose I'll have to give them a shot. Do you have a suggested stopping point, or are they all worth reading?
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No.18101
>>17995
I'm not too big on politics, but I might give it a go, yes.
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No.18106
I have phases were I basically read at least a chapter every night and phases where I don't read at all.
Right now I am in a phase of not reading.
But I've started The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking. Unfortunately I just got one chapter in before my unwillingness to read set back in. Upside is that I won't have forgotten much when I do start again.
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No.18406
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No.18418
"fun with pencil" it teaches you to draw. I only just started it today but I've already learned lots I think. It's by Andrew Loomis.
You can read it for free here:
http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/Andrew%20Loomis%20-%20Fun%20WIth%20a%20Pencil.pdf
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No.18429
>>18418
This seems fun, I might start it as well
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No.18430
>>17826
I've actually wanted to read the idiot for a long time, along with notes from the underground. However, I need to finish monte cristo's unabridged version. Not only do I not have it yet, but it's said to be around 1500 pages.
Needless to say, I'll most definitely check out the idiot, next.
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No.20033
>>16727
>>What are you reading?
>Maverick written by Charles I. Coombs and illustrated by Alexander Toth
A 282 page western I picked up at a garage sale, witch is apparently based n a TV series. Pretty neat so far.
>The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
A biography on Theodore Roosevelt, arguably one of the greatest presidents in American history so far! And the book has been 10/10.
>>What have you read recently?
>The Winchester-Lee Rifle by Eugene Myszkowski with photographic assistance by Alan M. Petrillo
Fantastic book on a sadly unknown rifle. Only could have been better if it's pictures were in color, but imo the pictures still look good none the less.
Also any /kind/red spirits have any guides to reading faster? All I know is "remove sub-vocalization", or is that all there is too it and I just need to keep reading more?
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No.20267
Dune Messiah, sadly not as good as the first one. Oh well, I'm still loving it
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No.20270
>>20033
>> Theodore Roosevelt
Didn't he always say 'bully' ?
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No.20273
>>20033
Maverick was a great tv series. You should really watch it. Guess I have to pick up the book one of these days now.
>>17826
The idiot is definitely a must read. I just finished it recently, glad to see it recommended.
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No.20340
I'm reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; I'm starting chapter five.
It gets pretty interesting and starts flowing by chapter 3.
I'm suppose to be reading The Dead Zone by Stephen King for a Lit. class report, but I haven't taken any time to look for a digital copy and start. I might be a bit behind on that. I haven't read anything by him.
if anyone can link me a copy, It'd be cool
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No.20346
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No.20355
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No.20356
Getting comfy, and reading the bible.
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No.20425
>>20356
Reading 1 Corinthians and some Gospel of Mark here. Have a nice and comfy evening my dear brother/sister!
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No.20556
I always wanted to want to read.
I love reading while I'm actually doing it, but starting a books has always been a somewhat difficult task to me.
I'm gonna force myself to read Sleep, Pale Sister, since it was recommended to me after reading, and loving, Perfume by Suskind.
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No.24851
>>16727
I mostly read books when I'm waiting for something. I like books but I can't feel compelled to read them and unless I'm forced and enjoying it and repeating it again waiting.
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No.24853
I read like a book every few years, but I'll join in.
Catch 22 - Loved it. First book to ever make me laugh out loud, and it had me shaking with laughter. It's a nihilistic story about WWII bomber squads.
Good Omens - Quite good! Not as funny in my opinion. You'll probably really like it if you grew up in a religious family. It's a parody of the story of the apocalypse.
A Brief History of Time - Just started this, got it as a present. The first chapter was a really fascinating history of the concepts of physics in relation to the concepts of time and god. Now it's just getting really complicated.
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No.24865
>>24853
I've got Good Omens on my shelf, I really should finish it one day
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No.24866
For a while I was on a kick but then I got bored once it all kind of became samey.
I should get back. If I can find interesting ways of retreading old ground.
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No.26788
I'm reading How to Read a Book. It's full of great advice!
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No.26836
>>26788
>How to Read a Book
Isn't that like Sugar-Free Sugar? How does that work?
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No.26837
>>26836
It assumes an elementary level of reading and teaches you how to properly read books.
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No.26911
>>16742
>Dao de Jing
That's basically my bible. It's so open-ended that it's almost impossible to criticize, which is fantastic for a skeptical mind.
I haven't read anything in ages. Makes me quite sad. It's weird. I feel like three or four pages of really well-written prose can completely sate my appetite. I'll thoroughly enjoy & digest a few decent sentences, & then the desire to continue the book will dissipate. Maybe I should just read poetry or something.
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No.28177
>>18429
Hi Anon, if you're starting out drawing you should start with Keys to Drawing first. It's by Bert Dodson.
I could try put it onto Mega upload if you like, though I've never done it before.
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No.28178
I'm reading The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama.
It's really good, I'm taking my time with it. I've had it about 3 weeks and I'm only 100 something pages in. It's definitely changing the way I view the world, absolutely.
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No.28182
I know it might sound edgy or lame but I'm reading The Heroin Diaries, that kind of autobiography about Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue in 1987 when he was at his lowest.
Heroin seems like the worst drug in existence.
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No.28328
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>>16727
Currently reading:
>Being and Time, Martin Heidegger
>How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
>God Without Being, Jean Luc Marion
Recently read:
>Antifragile, Nassim Taleb
>Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein
>America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States, Dale Reynolds
>Crippled America, Donald Trump
>The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern, Victor Davis Hanson
They're all pretty good. I really like books and read a lot.
>>17916
Great taste, anon
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No.28335
>>16727
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie.
It's pretty good so far, I'm about 3/4ths in, but I thought it would have far less penis descriptions in it. In fact, I really hate that aspect of the book, it's not my jam - I'm into (admittedly idealized) monogamous love and other such, not slutty seductress characters ("OMG she was so beautiful everyone wanted to fug her" got boring around the second such character). This plus the whole "SEX=GUD PURITANISM=BAD,M'KAY" thing kind of turns me off, but I need to finish it for school.
Though I've really enjoyed the worldbuilding so far, maybe more than the usual reader, since as a /gsg/friend I more or less knew where all the geographical names and ethnonyms and languages the author uses are. It's pretty ahistorical, however, with lots of fantasy. There is even an artist who adopts an ideal of a woman (one of the seductresses) as his waifu and becomes 2D with her, and the protagonist also has a waifu that he more or less memes into reality. Yup, Akbar and his court artist would be weeaboo occultists today.
Tl;dr:
>neat historical fantasy stuff for EU4 fans
>magic weebs
>"omg she was so beautiful everyone wanted to fug/rape her" characters
>kek-worthy penis and nipple descriptions
If you're into the first two things, it's pretty enjoyable.
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No.28459
Just got done reading pic related. It was pretty interesting, I'd say, although it also sort of reads like a series of long greentext stories with philosophical talk thrown in here and there. And I still don't how to feel about the whole homosexual gore fetish thing that the main character has going on. But apart from that, it's pretty good, and feels were had. Maybe some of the homofriends on /kind/ might appreciate it?
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No.29474
>>28178
Hello!
I'm not the previous Anon, but I'm actually trying to get started with drawing. Do you think you can still upload that file?
Sorry for bumping an old thread. I was actually looking around for some interesting reads. I haven't read that much after getting into college, but I would like to start.
Last book I read was "Catcher in the Rye."
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No.29481
My mother gave me this book, and it has actually been pretty useful. I haven't finished it, but I'd definitely recommend it especially if you are a NEET.
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No.29525
Taking a class on and reading the Divine Comedy. Not really a religious person at all, but it's still a really nice and refreshing read. Dude's not afraid to say what he wants to say and damn whoever he wants to damn. Paradiso is basically the first sci-fi writing ever, because when traversing Heaven Dante is literally getting transported from planet to planet. All the religious praising stuff is pretty meh. I think that's why Inferno is the most talked about, because they don't talk about God in Hell, so people can enjoy the trip without feeling like there's religious stuff shoved down their throat the entire way like is unavoidable in Purgatorio and Paradiso. Highly recommend reading them all, but it's okay to quit after Inferno.
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No.29527
Don't really want to bring politics into this, but the last book I read was Trump's "How to get rich".
The title is a bit misleading, but it is a pretty interesting read nevertheless. Trump essentially describes what it's like being a CEO, giving some general advice for certain situations, like dealing with employees. A lot of it is mixed in with some personal tales and humor, which does make it pretty fun.
Before that, I read George Orwell's "1984". It's incredibly prophetic in some regards, especially with what's happening in most first world countries nowadays.
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No.29528
>>26837
Could you summarize a few of the tips?
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No.29530
>>29481
>I haven't finished it, but I'd definitely recommend it
Fucking kek
Not exactly how it, works my man.
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No.29556
>>16727
>>>16727
>I'm reading frankenstein.
>Moonraker is on my queue
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No.29560
>tfw never read a book because shit tier attention span
>tfw despite that there are at least a dozen ones I'd love to read
Any advice? How many hours would I need to put into to read The Myth of Sisyphus? I estimate 80hrs.
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No.29572
>>29530
I'm basing my recommendation on what I've read so far. I don't see what's so absurd about that.
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No.29576
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No.29582
I'm on the verge of finishing 100 Years of Solitude.
After that, I'll either finish The Trial, or start reading The Stranger.
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No.29589
>>29560
Comic books can be a start. And try reading simpler things, reading is an exercise above all. You could start with Roald Dahl, Maurice Druon and other children's writers. Fairy Tales are also good… then you can pick up the more taxing stuff.
I just can't let myself read Jules Verne. His stories are good, but his writing bores the heck out of me
20,000 under the sea was a snorefest, THERE I SAID IT
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No.29662
Heya friends, i had a lot of free time a few years ago, and i was always like: "i'll read all those books i want to read" but meh, i'm so lazy, and 1 month ago i finished reading Survivor by Chuck palahniuk, i love this guy, well, i really don't read more writers, any reccomendations? if anyone knows about chuck?
Btw Survivor is highly reccomended, trust me.
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No.29663
>>29662
I forgot my fav cover.
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No.30959
Just finished Thomas Sowell's Intellectuals and Society and started on Roger Scruton's Thinkers of the New Left.
I'm interested in Sowell's Basic Economics, but sadly it's not available in my country and I can't find a .pdf anywhere.
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No.30963
>>30959
I want to help you by posting it, but it feels like giving vodka to somebody at Anonymous Alcoholics.
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No.30967
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No.30992
I'm reading through Edgar Allan Poe stories, and I have listened through "Chronicles of Jakub Wędrowycz".
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No.30994
I'm just reading doujins and manga online.
>>30963
Nice. I want to read more by Sowell, have any more?
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No.32244
I've just finished reading some science-fiction short stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum. They were very good, light and entertaining.
I've read them in this public domain ebook: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/stanley-g-weinbaum/short-fiction
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No.32269
The Dark Tower series by King, I've finished book 3. I like post-apo.
Yesterday I read "Polska 2.0", which is basically a political tract pretending to be a sci-fi novel.
It's divided into two parts - in the first, Poland is at the brink of collapse due to a "national-Catholic" government getting into debt and gutting the military to pay for assorted socialbux, but is saved in time by a military coup led by an ex-politician who bases his program on a fictional book that is pretty much the author's way of inserting his theories (that Poles have become a materialistic and pessimistic nation due to the intelligentsia getting slaughtered in WW2, etc), fixes the country with a series of reforms and a war against professional politicians, then proceeds to create a full-fledged Intermarium out of the Visegrad pact and embraces a doctrine of Prometheism against Russia, that is, to offer liberated Russian vassals and conquered Russian states a clean slate, economic prosperity and a competent administration so as to defeat the "Mongolo-Byzantine culture" that is, in the author's opinion, the reason why Russia has always been authoritarian in one way or another (the implication is that Poland is "Latin" and European). Then the Turks want their own empire and the mulatto bastard protag whose identity angst is his backstory is stuck in a bunker defending Warsaw it ends happily though due to Burgers having moon artillery.
The second part is an alternate timeline where the coup fails and the populist government basically runs the country into the ground, with the young emigrating, the old dying of hunger, food rationing, the power grid collapsing to 19th-century levels, student uprisings, and a holocaust against elderly citizens who cannot be fed on the food aid from the EU and the States, with a corporation escaping to Micronesia and building an underwater mining colony called "Poland 2" as a plan B and a base to recreate the country when the world collapses due to an impending natural calamity.
Then in the epilogue the author basically calls you out on expecting the second part to come true (however ridiculous the idea is) - "see, I told you you were pessimistic as fuck, now go make the Commonwealth great again".
Interesting read/10, but I doubt that Russia would not blow us the fuck out in a land war, and the populist party is a pretty thinly-veiled "logical conclusion" of the guys currently ruling us, and they've been pretty OK, refusing refugees and giving out cash for having kids. Might just be me being a defeatist :^)
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No.33766
Selected Writings by Meister Eckhart and The Bible. Both I'm very glad to be reading.
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No.33786
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No.33851
Free books on engineering reliability
http://www.weibull.com/
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No.34581
How do I start reading? I have extremely short attention span, everytime I start reading, after a couple of pages lose attention and don't even know what I'm reading anymore. All of the sudden sentences turn into individual words, I hope this makes sense I don't know how else to describe it. I even bought a Kindle 3 years ago to start reading, but haven't finished a single book. Not that I don't have time, I have all the time I want, but still somehow don't find appropriate time for reading. Every once in a while I get motivated again to start reading, but every single time drop the book after two day or so and don't touch it for a couple of weeks. In that time I forget what the book was even about and just delete it.
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No.34584
>>34581
I hate reading on electronics like my phone or a kindle because I always do the same thing. I can only read for any length of time with old-fashioned ink and paper, for some reason.
What sort of books have you tried reading?
What sort of TV, movies, and vidya do you like? So maybe we can help give you recommendations.
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No.34585
>>34584
>What sort of books have you tried reading?
I tried all sort of books from Dostoevsky to H.P. Lovecraft.
>What sort of TV, movies, and vidya do you like?
I like sci-fi, fantasy and stuff about going on adventures. The problem is even though I like the concept of the book I still can't finish it. This problem started occurring even in other mediums such as movies, anime and vidya. I lose interest so quickly.
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No.34589
>>34581
When I wanted to get into reading again, I read mostly children's books like The Phantom Tollbooth and The Wind in the Willows before working my way up to more difficult books. Maybe there are other reasons why you can't finish something, but reading is also a skill that can be practiced like any other and you need to think about what's appropriate to your level. Dostoyevsky and Lovecraft aren't exactly the easiest authors.
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No.34598
>>34589
My mind just wanders elsewhere, it happens with everything now, I just can't concentrate. There are always thoughts in my head from which I can't escape no matter how hard I try. But I guess you're right about reading being a skill, The Phantom Tollbooth looks interesting I will give it a try, thanks for suggestion.
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No.34608
>>34598
For what it's worth, I can relate to your concentration problems and I wish I knew what the cause was. Even now, I tend to zone out a lot, either staring into space for 10-20 minutes or reading several pages before realizing I'm not paying attention. Sometimes I find that really focusing on the details, trying to create a vivid picture of the scene in my mind, helps. Reading in a public place like the library has helped too, maybe just because it's awkward to zone out and accidentally stare at someone.
Good luck, friend.
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No.34609
>>34585
You could try reading short stories, I know sci-fi has tons of them. Try "I, Robot" by Asimov (not the film!) or the book recommended in >>32244 both are great.
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No.34610
>>34609
how similar is it to the movie?
i don't remember much about the movie except for it being cliche and crap
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No.34643
>>34610
Not him, but I read the book some years ago and really enjoyed it. I haven't seen the movie, but I've heard it has zero to do with the book. The book is just short stories exploring different aspects of the relationship between people and robots. No action in it, but some quite interesting and original scenarios
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No.34644
>>34610
>>34643
You are entirely right about the movie. It was a middling action romp with a slightly grimy robotic veneer.
Luckily, the movie has zero pretense about even being related to the book.
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No.35884
My goal this year is to read 100 books, but so far I've only read six.
At the moment, I'm finishing up the final book in Ken Follett's Century Trilogy. After that I'm probably going to start my annual rereading of Harry Potter. Once I'm done with all that, I'm going to try to read something that's actually good. Maybe Daniel Deronda, I'm not sure.
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No.35889
>>34598
>There are always thoughts in my head from which I can't escape no matter how hard I try.
I have a heard time with that too. Even with books I like, I tend to put them down every few pages, pace around, and fantasize about it rather than sit there and read properly. It's a real pain when you're trying to enjoy something, almost like an obsessive tic or something.
I don't know if we're dealing with the same stuff, but there's some hope on the horizon. Self control exercises and starting with easier books have helped me make a little progress. I made it through the Iliad last month, and I'm reading 48 laws of power right now, it's slow going but around this time last year I'd be hard pressed to read more than a 20 word shitpost.
Ganbare ~
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No.36708
I'm reading a couple books. One is about drawing people, the other is a fantasy book called Inkspell I read once as a kid.
It's about a German family who can read things out of books, and can even read people back into them. There's an Arabian boy who gets read out of a book, and if he ends up with the blonde German daughter it will ruin my childhood tbh.
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No.36732
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No.36739
I'm reading Much Ado About Nothing. At first it was great because of Beatrice and Benedick sassing each other but right now it just feels like The Merchant of Venice. Hope it picks up again.
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No.36746
I've been trying to get into Frankfurt School stuff recently, like "Escape from Freedom", and reading shorter essays by Marcuse. I also plan to make way through Marx's "Value, Price and Profit" because I've finished "Wage Labour and Capital".
>>29527
Animal Farm is nicer in my opinion.
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No.36752
>>36739
> it just feels like The Merchant of Venice
what do you mean?
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No.38066
Recently read:
<The subtle art of not giving a fuck
Good book. It was a little painful at times because the premise is about giving a fuck about what matters to you. But chasing what you truly admire or desire in life is very scary. Once you give a fuck about one or two important things, then its easy to be nonplussed about almost everything else. Thus you can live peacefully not giving a fuck.
I could be misinterpreting the book but that's what i got out of it
<Brave New world
This book made me sick to my stomach. It was degeneracy ten fold. I see a lot of parallels to how society lives in that book to how society operates today. Thought about quitting the book but i kept at it. Glad i read it out but i don't think I'll ever re-read it.
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No.38071
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
I'm on the second book in the series now
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No.38090
Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/wings/index.html
One of the most mind-breaking books I've read in my life. I'm only maybe 15 pages in and I can only read maybe a handful at a time before I have to put it down and let whatever it is they're talking about drop down and digest. Maybe I'm just not smart enough to understand Buddha.
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No.38377
I need to stop being lazy, get off the computer and start reading.
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No.38443
No longer human by ozamu dazai (i know it's correct translation is called disqualified from being human)
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No.38479
I wanted to read a book by Jordan Bederson but I'm not up to it. He seems like some alt-right guru and I can't stomach that.
I just started to read Beauty by Peter Scruton a couple of mins ago
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No.38482
>>29481
I never folded my socks until this book, completely changed my life. (In regards to socks)
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No.38484
>>38479
Recently bought his book, 12 rules for life along with two books by Carl Jung: modern man in search of soul and man and his symbols.
I don't think Jordan Peterson is that bad and shouldn't be straw manned or written off arbitrarily. But I will let you know when I've read it and if it was worth the buy.
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No.38485
>>38479
>Jordan Peterson
I heard he shot up another church full of black people while screaming the 14 words just last year. Somebody has to stop this man.
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No.38486
>>38479
Don't waste your time on him, he speak a lot but says little.
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No.38488
>jordan "everything I don't like is postmodernism" peterson
>>16727
recently I read a book called The Weekend Danced by Talkot Levy. I just picked it up at my local bookstore, it was pretty good, not the best thing I've ever read but not bad at all. It's about growing up as a mod in london during the 80s. Pretty interesting stuff.
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No.38502
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>38479
>some alt-right guru
Nah he's actually intelligent.
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No.38507
>>38479
the problem with jordan peterson is that he is definetily right about some things but people regard him as a holy prophet of which every word that comes out of his mouth is the absolute truth
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No.38509
>>38507
> but people regard him as a holy prophet of which every word that comes out of his mouth is the absolute truth
How many people? What percetage of folk agree 100% of what he says? There is no statistics on this.
He is just a psychology professor who protested the increasing erosion of free speech and capitalized upon the backlash he faced for doing what he believed was right.
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No.38510
>>38507
This day and age, anyone high-profile who proudly stands against the SJW Narrative deserves to be treated as a holy warrior. I don't care if, say, one disagrees with everything else Roosh or Vox Day believes, on that alone these folk are to be treated as enemies of your enemy and therefore your allies. Like it or not, the day of "ignore them and hope they go away" has long past and indeed this is how SJWs wormed their way into so many positions of high power where they can take away your freedoms one at a time. Sorry if that sounds >>/unkind/ , and yes it sucks, but what is is what is, and what is is we're all in the midst of a major culture war; that cake began baking in the 60's and was just taken out of the oven. Nobody can be neutral anymore. So as Manowar says: the battle's raging, choose your side.
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No.38513
>>16727
a book about amphibians and reptiles
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No.38518
>>38510
You need to leave your echo-camber, this constant fear-mongering and collective freaking out is bad for your mental health.
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No.38520
>>38518
In certain places everything is becoming hate speech.
When a man gets convicted for hate crimes because he made a silly satirical video with his pug it is no longer fear mongering.
When you can be pulled before extra-judicial, social justice tribunals and have your life ruined, it is no longer fear mongering.
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No.38524
>>38518
If you would, here's a good lengthy definition with plenty of real-world examples of real-world peoples' lives being ruined because they used a dirty word on Big Social, to help cement the fact that this hasn't been fear-mongering for at least a decade now:
http://www.rooshv.com/what-is-a-social-justice-warrior-sjw
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No.38543
>>38502
I really want to speak to jordan peterson so I can ask him to define neomarxism, explain it's relation to marx's writings, and define what he thinks postmodernism is.
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No.38544
>>38510
you don't have to be neutral to be skeptical of someone or even disagree with certain things someone says, and you can fight back without having to go all leroy jenkins on the enemy. being critical of some of your allies' beliefs is in fact what strengthens them if debated correctly. being obsessively fanatical about your beliefs is what birthed SJWs in the first place.
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No.38549
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/soma/wayof.html
I don't know why I'm bothering when I know I'll just sink whatever free time I have into lazing about on image boards instead of meditating or anything here because of a million excuses involving wageslaving and depression.
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No.38571
>>38549
"but generally hidden, power inherent in this simple mental function, a power that can unfold all the mind's potentials culminating in final deliverance from suffering"
Seems pretty good to me, I wish you luck Anon.
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