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    goosehd
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    @Mizmazzle Look for the Art of War by Sun Tzu if you enjoy that one. There are tons of books out there that also analyze those books that are quite enjoyable as well.

    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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      mclaincausey
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      The subject of Musashi also wrote the Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Shō), a book on strategy a la Art of War. Great read as well

      Think it, be it.

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        Mizmazzle
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        Thanks for the recs guys. I love this style of writing so these should keep me busy for a while.

        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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          SKT
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          After fits and starts, I was finally able to read James by Percival Everett and by sheer luck, I had reread Huckleberry Finn just last year. Reading both so close together made James more powerful I believe. Highly recommend. @popvulture

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            mclaincausey
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            “Reading” We Are Legion: We Are Bob by Dennis E Taylor, read by the incomparable Ray Porter, who also breathed incredible life into Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.

            This is a similarly nerdy piece of hard sci fi and while the book would read well, the voice performance on Audible is absolutely brilliant.

            The premise of this series is a man has his brain cryogenically frozen in today’s time and place to be reawakened as an intelligence to drive a von Neumann machine in the future. It is very funny and an excellent story so far in book 1. A fascinating take on one of the more plausible ways an advanced civilization might colonize the galaxy, with a swarm of self-replicating probes.

            Think it, be it.

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              popvulture
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              @SKT for sure one of my favorite books I've read this year. Inventive, enlightening, funny, terrifying, and heartbreaking in equal measures. I definitely would recommend that one and Babel by R.F. Kuang for anyone willing to give their perceptions of history a proper wallop.

              WTB
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                SKT
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                @popvulture will add that one to the list

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                  popvulture
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                  @SKT it's a cool one! It's sort of alternate history along the lines of a book like Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, in the sense that it's actual events that are peppered throughout with a bit of fantasy. Overall it's about colonialism, and opened my eyes in a lot of ways.

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                    SKT
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                    @popvulture I put a hold on it…only 13 weeks out, ha! Will give me time to catch up on my list. Currently reading “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt

                    And @mclaincausey that book sounds interesting . I just skimmed “A City on Mars” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (there’s a blurb by Andy Weir which reminded me) My son is obsessed with human travel to Mars and I wanted to become more knowledgeable about the subject. After reading this book I think the proposition is dicey at best. Anyway it was a fun skim.

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                      SKT
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                        @SKT The Secret History is one of my very, very favorite books! Absolutely brilliant. The Goldfinch is also beautiful.

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                          SKT
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                          @popvulture ahh…did you recommend it to me? Can’t remember where I heard about it. Enjoying it so far!

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                            @SKT hm don’t think so but it’s possible!

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                              I just completed a trilogy (that actually has two more volumes I’ll get to, but the first three stand well alone) by Dennis E Taylor that started with “We Are Legion (We Are Bob).” Particularly, the Ray Porter narrated Audible version, which makes the trilogy which already would stand among my favorite sci fi even better.

                              A little bit of Douglas Adams, a little bit of Andy Weir, a little bit of Gene Roddenberry. Excellent hard sci fi that has some nerd humor interspersed with some cosmic horror within its considerable breadth. I can’t recommend enough. Intellectually and emotionally stimulating and endlessly entertaining. It would make a good film or TV series.

                              The basic premise is that a software engineer sells his company and uses some of his funds to cryogenically preserve his brain, ultimately to wind up being the controlling intelligence for a von Neumann probe, which is to say a self-replicating swarm of drones, spaceships, and space stations.

                              The title may seem too whimsical, but don’t let it push you away: they get into some extremely deep topics as it pertains to futurism and colonizing the solar system and galaxy.

                              Think it, be it.

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                                tody
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                                My (partial) vacation reading stash.
                                Took me two or three days to finish King, stayed up until 2 last night to finish 'The favour' in one sitting, that was kind of gripping.
                                Now on to the third one, that has already captured me as well.

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                                  First novel I’ve read by Ann Patchett and I enjoyed it. I’m still trying to process the epilogue though…

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                                    mclaincausey
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                                    “Never meet your heroes” I reckon.

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                                    Think it, be it.

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                                      SKT
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                                      @mclaincausey I’ve been consciously avoiding reading this article. Doesn’t make it any less real I suppose. Huge bummer

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                                        tody
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                                        @mclaincausey Avoided reading too much on this topic, too.
                                        'Kill your idols' is another way to put it...

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                                          Started reading this today while waiting for some new brakes to be fitted and I’m immediately hooked! The format is non-narrrative, it’s more like a talking heads style documentary in print form. I think a fair few guys on here would enjoy this (if they haven’t already).

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                                          “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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