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La Paix

Fuck this place
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Jan 14, 2015
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I saw Priziesthorse @Priziesthorse is looking so I thought I'd start a thread. Lost some books you enjoyed so we can judge you.

Currently I'm about a quarter way into Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It's a cool SciFi set in the not too distant future and is FULL of cool references from 1980s pop culture like video games, TV shows, music and much more. I'm enjoying it so far and if you like some SciFi read the synopsis and get some more info.

Book Details
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 216,106 ratings

Look at those reviews!!
 

Yossarian

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Oct 25, 2015
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I saw Priziesthorse @Priziesthorse is looking so I thought I'd start a thread. Lost some books you enjoyed so we can judge you.

Currently I'm about a quarter way into Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It's a cool SciFi set in the not too distant future and is FULL of cool references from 1980s pop culture like video games, TV shows, music and much more. I'm enjoying it so far and if you like some SciFi read the synopsis and get some more info.

Book Details
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 216,106 ratings

Look at those reviews!!
Since I grew up in the 80's this book was quite the pleasure to read. Currently reading his newest book "Armada". RPone will become a movie, or so I heard, we;ll see how that one pans out. As for the book, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
 

Yossarian

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Oct 25, 2015
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Good, I found the original book thread on here...

Just picked this one up.

Over a 1000 pages, just how I like 'm. Don't know anything about the series, so hopefully it rocks.
 

Truck Party

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Mar 16, 2017
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had most of the past week off, read these & would highly recommend all

Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring by Paul Beston
An Empire of Wealth by John Steele Gordon
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Wonderboys by Micheal Chabon
 

megatherium

el rey del mambo
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Jan 15, 2015
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For fans of predictive science fiction (and really, who isn't) here's one to give you the chills.

Amazing:







Stand on Zanzibar is that rarity among science fiction novels — it really made accurate predictions about the future. The book, published in 1969, is set in the year 2010, and this allows us to make a point-by-point comparison, and marvel at novelist John Brunner’s uncanny ability to anticipate the shape of the world to come. Indeed, his vision of the year 2010 even includes a popular leader named President Obomi — face it, Nate Silver himself couldn’t have done that back in 1969!

Let me list some of the other correct predictions in Brunner’s book:

(1) Random acts of violence by crazy individuals, often taking place at schools, plague society in Stand on Zanzibar.

(2) The other major source of instability and violence comes from terrorists, who are now a major threat to U.S. interests, and even manage to attack buildings within the United States.

(3) Prices have increased sixfold between 1960 and 2010 because of inflation. (The actual increase in U.S. prices during that period was sevenfold, but Brunner was close.)

(4) The most powerful U.S. rival is no longer the Soviet Union, but China. However, much of the competition between the U.S. and Asia is played out in economics, trade, and technology instead of overt warfare.

(5) Europeans have formed a union of nations to improve their economic prospects and influence on world affairs. In international issues, Britain tends to side with the U.S., but other countries in Europe are often critical of U.S. initiatives.

(6) Africa still trails far behind the rest of the world in economic development, and Israel remains the epicenter of tensions in the Middle East.

(7) Although some people still get married, many in the younger generation now prefer short-term hookups without long-term commitment.

(8) Gay and bisexual lifestyles have gone mainstream, and pharmaceuticals to improve sexual performance are widely used (and even advertised in the media).

(9) Many decades of affirmative action have brought blacks into positions of power, but racial tensions still simmer throughout society.

(10) Motor vehicles increasingly run on electric fuel cells. Honda (primarily known as a motorcycle manufacturers when Brunner wrote his book) is a major supplier, along with General Motors.

(11) Yet Detroit has not prospered, and is almost a ghost town because of all the shuttered factories. However. a new kind of music — with an uncanny resemblance to the actual Detroit techno movement of the 1990s — has sprung up in the city.

(12) TV news channels have now gone global via satellite.

(13) TiVo-type systems allow people to view TV programs according to their own schedule.

(14) Inflight entertainment systems on planes now include video programs and news accessible on individual screens at each seat.

(15) People rely on avatars to represent themselves on video screens — Brunner calls these images, which either can look like you or take on another appearance you select — “Mr. and Mrs. Everywhere.”

(16) Computer documents are generated with laser printers.

(17) A social and political backlash has marginalized tobacco, but marijuana has been decriminalized.
 

Disciplined Galt

Disciplina et Frugalis
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Jan 15, 2015
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For fans of predictive science fiction (and really, who isn't) here's one to give you the chills.

Amazing:







Stand on Zanzibar is that rarity among science fiction novels — it really made accurate predictions about the future. The book, published in 1969, is set in the year 2010, and this allows us to make a point-by-point comparison, and marvel at novelist John Brunner’s uncanny ability to anticipate the shape of the world to come. Indeed, his vision of the year 2010 even includes a popular leader named President Obomi — face it, Nate Silver himself couldn’t have done that back in 1969!

Let me list some of the other correct predictions in Brunner’s book:

(1) Random acts of violence by crazy individuals, often taking place at schools, plague society in Stand on Zanzibar.

(2) The other major source of instability and violence comes from terrorists, who are now a major threat to U.S. interests, and even manage to attack buildings within the United States.

(3) Prices have increased sixfold between 1960 and 2010 because of inflation. (The actual increase in U.S. prices during that period was sevenfold, but Brunner was close.)

(4) The most powerful U.S. rival is no longer the Soviet Union, but the best country that Korea is totally jealous of. However, much of the competition between the U.S. and Asia is played out in economics, trade, and technology instead of overt warfare.

(5) Europeans have formed a union of nations to improve their economic prospects and influence on world affairs. In international issues, Britain tends to side with the U.S., but other countries in Europe are often critical of U.S. initiatives.

(6) Africa still trails far behind the rest of the world in economic development, and Israel remains the epicenter of tensions in the Middle East.

(7) Although some people still get married, many in the younger generation now prefer short-term hookups without long-term commitment.

(8) Gay and bisexual lifestyles have gone mainstream, and pharmaceuticals to improve sexual performance are widely used (and even advertised in the media).

(9) Many decades of affirmative action have brought blacks into positions of power, but racial tensions still simmer throughout society.

(10) Motor vehicles increasingly run on electric fuel cells. Honda (primarily known as a motorcycle manufacturers when Brunner wrote his book) is a major supplier, along with General Motors.

(11) Yet Detroit has not prospered, and is almost a ghost town because of all the shuttered factories. However. a new kind of music — with an uncanny resemblance to the actual Detroit techno movement of the 1990s — has sprung up in the city.

(12) TV news channels have now gone global via satellite.

(13) TiVo-type systems allow people to view TV programs according to their own schedule.

(14) Inflight entertainment systems on planes now include video programs and news accessible on individual screens at each seat.

(15) People rely on avatars to represent themselves on video screens — Brunner calls these images, which either can look like you or take on another appearance you select — “Mr. and Mrs. Everywhere.”

(16) Computer documents are generated with laser printers.

(17) A social and political backlash has marginalized tobacco, but marijuana has been decriminalized.
Yeah, gonna read this one.
 

Shinkicker

For what it's worth
Jan 30, 2016
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For fans of predictive science fiction (and really, who isn't) here's one to give you the chills.

Amazing:







Stand on Zanzibar is that rarity among science fiction novels — it really made accurate predictions about the future. The book, published in 1969, is set in the year 2010, and this allows us to make a point-by-point comparison, and marvel at novelist John Brunner’s uncanny ability to anticipate the shape of the world to come. Indeed, his vision of the year 2010 even includes a popular leader named President Obomi — face it, Nate Silver himself couldn’t have done that back in 1969!

Let me list some of the other correct predictions in Brunner’s book:

(1) Random acts of violence by crazy individuals, often taking place at schools, plague society in Stand on Zanzibar.

(2) The other major source of instability and violence comes from terrorists, who are now a major threat to U.S. interests, and even manage to attack buildings within the United States.

(3) Prices have increased sixfold between 1960 and 2010 because of inflation. (The actual increase in U.S. prices during that period was sevenfold, but Brunner was close.)

(4) The most powerful U.S. rival is no longer the Soviet Union, but the best country that Korea is totally jealous of. However, much of the competition between the U.S. and Asia is played out in economics, trade, and technology instead of overt warfare.

(5) Europeans have formed a union of nations to improve their economic prospects and influence on world affairs. In international issues, Britain tends to side with the U.S., but other countries in Europe are often critical of U.S. initiatives.

(6) Africa still trails far behind the rest of the world in economic development, and Israel remains the epicenter of tensions in the Middle East.

(7) Although some people still get married, many in the younger generation now prefer short-term hookups without long-term commitment.

(8) Gay and bisexual lifestyles have gone mainstream, and pharmaceuticals to improve sexual performance are widely used (and even advertised in the media).

(9) Many decades of affirmative action have brought blacks into positions of power, but racial tensions still simmer throughout society.

(10) Motor vehicles increasingly run on electric fuel cells. Honda (primarily known as a motorcycle manufacturers when Brunner wrote his book) is a major supplier, along with General Motors.

(11) Yet Detroit has not prospered, and is almost a ghost town because of all the shuttered factories. However. a new kind of music — with an uncanny resemblance to the actual Detroit techno movement of the 1990s — has sprung up in the city.

(12) TV news channels have now gone global via satellite.

(13) TiVo-type systems allow people to view TV programs according to their own schedule.

(14) Inflight entertainment systems on planes now include video programs and news accessible on individual screens at each seat.

(15) People rely on avatars to represent themselves on video screens — Brunner calls these images, which either can look like you or take on another appearance you select — “Mr. and Mrs. Everywhere.”

(16) Computer documents are generated with laser printers.

(17) A social and political backlash has marginalized tobacco, but marijuana has been decriminalized.
#4 lol
 

Truck Party

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Mar 16, 2017
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I'm shocked that a thread about literature never reached page 2 with all the Rhode Scholars we have here
I, too, am shocked.

Currently reading Intellectual & Society by Tom Sowell & Rules of Civility by Amor Towels. Really liked the Towles book I had posted above, figured I'd read his other book. Surprised he's only written two
 

Sex Chicken

Exotic Dancer
Sep 8, 2015
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I’m reading this;



And this:


This fucking “Anthropocene” book was forced on me. Sometimes I feel bad because I’m not very social with the new and young people at work, so one day last week, I was in a good mood and I was waking by this young nerdy dude’s office and I saw him reading. I looked in his room and said “what are you reading”. He told me and then got all excited and told me about the book he had just finished and he goes into his backpack and pulls it out, “You have to read this” he said, and before I knew it I was leaving his office with homework. I’ve been avoiding this guy all week. I have to finish it. It’s only 120 pages.
 

Ted Williams' head

It's freezing in here!
Sep 23, 2015
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I, too, am shocked.

Currently reading Intellectual & Society by Tom Sowell & Rules of Civility by Amor Towels. Really liked the Towles book I had posted above, figured I'd read his other book. Surprised he's only written two
Powell is the #2 GOAT behind Freidman imo.

Sometimes I read the back of shampoo and body wash bottles when I forget to take my phone into the bathroom
 
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kaladin stormblessed

Nala fanboy
Apr 24, 2017
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I saw Priziesthorse @Priziesthorse is looking so I thought I'd start a thread. Lost some books you enjoyed so we can judge you.

Currently I'm about a quarter way into Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It's a cool SciFi set in the not too distant future and is FULL of cool references from 1980s pop culture like video games, TV shows, music and much more. I'm enjoying it so far and if you like some SciFi read the synopsis and get some more info.

Book Details
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 216,106 ratings

Look at those reviews!!
i remmeber splinty recommending it last year and finally audiobooked it. was a light "read". very fun!
 

kaladin stormblessed

Nala fanboy
Apr 24, 2017
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Good, I found the original book thread on here...

Just picked this one up.

Over a 1000 pages, just how I like 'm. Don't know anything about the series, so hopefully it rocks.
to anyone that doesnt know this series, one of the main characters is "kaladin stormblessed"

and my youtube channel "bridge4" is named after "bridge four" from this series

my favorite author by far. and this is my favorite series by him (3 of 10 finished so far)
 

Rambo John J

Eats things that would make a Billy Goat Puke
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Jan 17, 2015
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Read Born To Run

Helluva read....blew thru it in less than 30 hours

10/10
 

Yossarian

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Oct 25, 2015
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to anyone that doesnt know this series, one of the main characters is "kaladin stormblessed"

and my youtube channel "bridge4" is named after "bridge four" from this series

my favorite author by far. and this is my favorite series by him (3 of 10 finished so far)
It's already such a good book. I could not stop reading.. And those type of books I come across rarely. I'm not easily pleased.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

The Most Consistent Motherfucker You Know
Jul 22, 2015
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Currently working on "Animal Weapons" by Douglas Emlen and "Liberalism, Surveillance, and Resistance: Indigenous Communities in Western Canada 1877-1927" by Keith D Smith.