Felix
What are you currently reading? I need inspirations
🤔 David
Since Dune was mentioned I'd like to add in 'A Fire Upon the Deep' by Vernor Vinge. It was an interesting read and certain portions of the book were compelling in that it caused me to sit and reflect upon what it means to exist as a species. It's an exciting read with drama on a large scale, and has caused me to want to read more sci-fi classics
Joseph Gilmore
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. It's a wild ride so far!
Rudolph Quijano
Landau's mechanics
🍁 John J.
Oh, really? I'm still formalising it in my head; haven't even finished my first run-through. But I'm under no illusions about how tough it's going to be to implement! Are you still making progress?
❤️ Jens Backbom
Hacker News!
🎛️ Mesut Ucar
Malloreon - David Eddings for the nth time
🧙 Nathan Feeser
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, it's enjoyable so far.
Jakub Janarek
"Crashed" by Adam Tooze - a recount and explanation of the '08 financial crysis written 2 years ago or so. So far, very dense but rewarding.
🧅 Onion Samson
Reading Catch-22 for the first time. Halfway through. It's hilarious and brilliant. Power struggles, hierarchy, and lots of ludicrous moments to laugh along with.
☔ Johannes
Death's End by Liu Cixin, the third book in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. A to me in parts very cynical but intriguing take on the sci-fi genre.
😀 Tom
How did you like it? Have you heard that they are going to adapt the novels into a TV series?
☔ Johannes
I liked it a lot, actually. One of my favorite sci-fi series. And yes, I think I heard something about that! The Wandering Earth was made into a movie in 2019, but it seems kind of so-so unfortunately, I hope Remembrance of Earth's Past does better.
🍃 Matt Harwood
I'm re-reading 'Principles' by Ray Dalio. Always sets me on the straight and narrow :)
☀️ James
I'm re-reading Pale Fire. If you haven't read any Nabokov yet, please put him on your list!
🎲 Jamie
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck. No idea where the book came from, but I'm happy to have it in my possession. I absolutely loved The Grapes of Wrath. Going to look for a copy of East of Eden as soon as I can go to a second-hand bookshop
🧞 Bit
Dune. It's a great book and the time I spend at home now made me feel less intimidated at the size
🤔 David
Dune is such a fun read that it makes the size less of a problem and more of a gift
🟩 Koralatov
'Dune' is excellent, and works perfectly as a standalone book. Depending how much you like it, the sequels are well worth a read. I think 'God Emperor of Dune' the best of the entire series, with 'Dune' itself a close second, but 'God Emperor' is very love-it or hate-it.
Joseph Gilmore
For me it was a pretty linear decrease in quality across the series. God Emperor and whatever the next one was we're good but it makes them seems worse because the first is so amazing
🟩 Koralatov
I can see that side of it too. I think, as @ow says below, Herbert is a better philosopher than writer (I wouldn't say he's "terrible", though). I think a reader's enjoyment of the following books hinges on whether they're interested in the *philosophy* Herbert explores, or the *universe* he built; when it's the latter, they're much weaker books.
😾 Oskar
Herbert is brilliant thinker and terrible writer. First book reads like classic SF novel with additional twist of deep societal analysis. Last three are just his thoughts on long trajectories for society (Leto II is literally an embodiment for those), which can be boring. I love last 3 most.
Ashley Charlton
Financial Freedom by Grant Sabatier
Gareth Lapworth
I am re-reading the Hitch Hikers Guide, but now I get to read it to my children.
Dan Heath
Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed - nice bit of inspiration for how to break status quo
Emil Aasa
Love that book, currently taking notes and formulating how to implement it better myself.
Prasoon
Preparing for the release of Stormlight Archive book 4 by rereading books 1-3. Recommend: "The Way of Kings"
Pedro Madruga
Chaos - James Gleick
Cole Hudson
Why The West Rules For Now (very well written), The Disappearance of Childhood (meh), and How Children Fail
✌️ Facethewolf
I'm waiting for "Working in Public" by Nadia Eghbal to be released tomorrow. Sounds like such an interesting book.
Cole Hudson
Ooo me too, excited for it
🌊 Zero Two
SICP
Chetan Vashisht
Developer Hegemony, not very inspiring :/ But I highly recommend Signal and Noise
Ember Arlynx
the collapsing empire by john scalzi
🧅 Onion Samson
It took me almost a full year to exclusively read Infinite Jest. I can't say I relished or grew from the experience, but definitely found it brain-warping. Sheer willpower blundered through it.
🍁 John J.
I need to try IJ again. Got a hundred pages in or so many years ago; brilliant stuff, but it requires dedication.
Felix
Yesterday I read the last page of "Why we sleep". I can recommend this to everyone. Read it ASAP. Good sleep can prevent so much health issues.
Cole Hudson
Incidentally 'Why We Sleep' has quite a few errors within, Alexey Guzey wrote up a great critique here: guzey.com/books/wh...