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Ask HN: What are you reading this weekend?
Whether it's a new book, a magazine, or something long-form online, what have you been reading this weekend?
- bbcbasic 10y agoPeppa pig!
- facorreia 10y agoThe Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi.
- Tomte 10y agoMichael Freeman - The Photographer's Eye
- MaysonL 10y agoThe Obelisk Gate by Nora K Jemisin.
- mindcrime 10y agoTowers of Midnight - book 13 of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" series.
- partisan 10y agoThe Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
- Lordarminius 10y agoThe Most Important Thing by Howard Marks Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Power by Jeffrey Pfeffer
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- playing_colours 10y agoJust finished Dune by Frank Herbert. Now I need to decide if I should go on with the next books in the original Dune series.
- stevekemp 10y agoThe shifting tone of the sequels put a lot of people off, but I regard the original five books as some of the finest I've ever read. I can't tell whether you'd like them, but I do wish you luck.
- Jtsummers 10y agoMy personal recommendation, if you like the first, is to at least read the next two (Dune Messiah and Children of Dune). If you're still liking the series, finish the next three (the tone does change with God Emperor and again with the last two). It should be noted, the first three books form a trilogy. The fourth book is a bridge to what was intended to be a second trilogy. Herbert finished the first two in it (books five and six). His son (with Kevin J. Anderson) wrote several prequel trilogies (I did not enjoy, YMMV, read at least one of them if you've made it this far to determine if you'll continue, quick reads), and eventually concluded the original series with two additional novels (I haven't read them, I was turned off by the style of the first prequel trilogy and haven't returned to it).
- hxnjxn 10y agoSuperintelligence by Nick Bostrom
- mbrock 10y agoJ.G. Ballard's Drowned World and Hakim Bey's Temporary Autonomous Zones.
- Rzor 10y agoSteps to an Ecology of Mind - Gregory Bateson. I found it by reading the Wikipedia's article on map-territory relation, which I came to know by reading a blog post about Cyberpunk on RibbonFarm. I'm having a blast. The book is a collection of essays in many matters, including anthropology, biology, psychology and others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map–territory_relation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map–territory_relation http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/10/27/the-cyberpunk-sensibility/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/10/27/the-cyberpunk-sensibili...
- guilhas 10y agoAnimal Farm by George Orwell
- cottonseed 10y agoJust finished Last Days by Brian Evenson and started An Everyone Culture by Kegan and Lahey.
- ely-s 10y agoLife Work by Donald Hall
- kkoppenhaver 10y agoThe Year Without Pants - Wordpress.com and the future of work - Scott Berkun https://www.amazon.com/Year-Without-Pants-WordPress-com-Future/dp/1118660633/ https://www.amazon.com/Year-Without-Pants-WordPress-com-Futu...
- kj01a 10y agoFoundation by Isaac Asimov Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe Meditations by Marcus Aurelius A few different sections in the D&D 5ed DMG and PHB A couple of comic books.
- jsonau 10y agoHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy