I would describe myself as an obsessive reader from an early age. I’m looking for some new material to read, and I’m sure others are too. Would you mind sharing some things you have read recently, or some thoughts on them? All genres welcome, technical stuff as well… especially implant related.
Me first:
I recently read Kallocain by Karin Boye. Brilliant book.
I’m currently gnawing throught The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. I find it a relatively challenging read, not for reading after 8 hours of work even though it has just 120 pages…
And @Pilgrimsmaster, I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this. Not really implant related
I read the Mathematics of Love, she is quite entertaining, but the book lacks any depth (although, that is not its purpose). Listened to her on the Numberphile podcast with Brady too.
If you want to get into or are into into Biology, Genetics, or Fermentation I highly recommend
The Noma Guide to Fermentation
Explains the processes, the science and comes with things to try
Hacking Darwin by Jamie Metzl
I’m still reading this but i’m loving it. It’s a story style explanation of where genetic engineering is going and what the future of it is starting to look like.
The Chants of Maldoror by Lautreamont (might be Maldoror’s Chants as well, dunno the english title…) - great and strange and f*ed up book, I just love it.
Anything by Clive Barker or Lovecraft, for entertainment
This is what the Lounge is for, off Topic posts that you might want to follow some form of logical path, so you nailed it first time buddy.
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Lounge is more of a “just throwing something out there and let it go where it goes”
So I really loved those Chanur books because it has a collection of alien species that have MUCH different philosiphies and origins than each other. All the characters follow the precepts of their own species, they’re not just aliens whith human motives, and the detail is incredible, especially after the first one.
The second set of scifi you might like is the Troy Rising series, but all aliens have essentially human motives. Still, a good series.
John Ringo
Live Free or Die.
Citadel.
The Hot Gate.
@anon7067117, you’ll probably understand this better than most. I have to actually limit what I read, cause once I start, I can’t won’t shan’t put it down till the last page is turned. I never start a book on a workday / night. Sucks when you finish just in time to watch the sun come up, shower and head for the daily grind with 0 rest.
Yeah, I completely understand. I always laugh when people say that ‘I should just read something before bed to fall asleep’
I have currently strictly limited consumption of (thick) fantasy/scifi books - if I pick one up, it becomes my complete focus for like 3 days and destroys my life a little
A fictional and timeless story that entertains through character development. Confronts the hero with archetypical figures and lets him to learn from them by understanding them.