Find-a-book Thread

[Pax Nerdvana]

I got the idea to make this thread, after realizing that people might have a hard time finding books that they're interested in. Basically, if you are looking for something to read, ask here for recommendations, and someone can make a recommendation. When asking, state what your favorite genre is, what the last book you read was, and other things of that nature.

[Xmara]

I would love to help people find books.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I would love to help people find books.

I have a lot of recommendations for the science fiction genre. If you liked The Martian, you should read Tunnel in the Sky, by Robert Heinlein.

[Xmara]

I would love to help people find books.

I have a lot of recommendations for the science fiction genre. If you liked The Martian, you should read Tunnel in the Sky, by Robert Heinlein.

I've read a couple of old science fiction books. War of the Worlds and The Time Machine (both by H.G. Wells) are really good (though if you read my OOC you already knew this).

More books/book series I recommend:

Warriors by Erin Hunter
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
1984 by George Orwell
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Yeah, it's a lot of books I'd recommend. And those are just the ones I can name off the top of my head.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I have a lot of recommendations for the science fiction genre. If you liked The Martian, you should read Tunnel in the Sky, by Robert Heinlein.

I've read a couple of old science fiction books. War of the Worlds and The Time Machine (both by H.G. Wells) are really good (though if you read my OOC you already knew this).

More books/book series I recommend:

Warriors by Erin Hunter
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
1984 by George Orwell
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Yeah, it's a lot of books I'd recommend. And those are just the ones I can name off the top of my head.

I love H.G. Well's books. I also enjoyed 1984.

[Xmara]

I've read a couple of old science fiction books. War of the Worlds and The Time Machine (both by H.G. Wells) are really good (though if you read my OOC you already knew this).

More books/book series I recommend:

Warriors by Erin Hunter
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
1984 by George Orwell
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Yeah, it's a lot of books I'd recommend. And those are just the ones I can name off the top of my head.

I love H.G. Well's books. I also enjoyed 1984.

Have you read Animal Farm (also by Orwell)? My class didn’t read it, but instead listened to the audio tape when I was in 9th grade English. I probably would have liked it but I struggle with audio learning and therefore didn’t get much from it.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I love H.G. Well's books. I also enjoyed 1984.

Have you read Animal Farm (also by Orwell)? My class didn’t read it, but instead listened to the audio tape when I was in 9th grade English. I probably would have liked it but I struggle with audio learning and therefore didn’t get much from it.

I still need to read Animal Farm. I'd recommend Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers to pretty much anyone with an interest in science fiction.

[Xmara]

Have you read Animal Farm (also by Orwell)? My class didn’t read it, but instead listened to the audio tape when I was in 9th grade English. I probably would have liked it but I struggle with audio learning and therefore didn’t get much from it.

I still need to read Animal Farm. I'd recommend Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers to pretty much anyone with an interest in science fiction.

I’ll check it out.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I still need to read Animal Farm. I'd recommend Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers to pretty much anyone with an interest in science fiction.

I’ll check it out.

It's also apparently controversial, too, because of it's governmental system.

[Mega Mexico]

I would personally recommend:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; he feared a world somewhat the opposite of Orwell's 1984. While still a dystopian future without democracy, individualism and freedom, the goverment in this book does it in a way that we should be, even more, concerned about.

They are both predictions of societies dominated by a central government and are both based on extensions of the trends of their times.

However, members of the ruling class of Nineteen Eighty-Four use brutal force, torture and mind control to keep citizens in line, but rulers in Brave New World keep the people in line by addictive drugs and pleasurable distractions.

Both are to be taken serious in being skeptical of goverments & remain on the look out for authoritarian leaders, but Huxley's world is more feasible.


Then I would like to talk about To Kill A Mockingbird. The novel has recently gained more attention by schools banning it form their curriculum for "offensive language",of course i'm reffering to the N-word (I would say it here, but we're on NationStates not 4chan).

Fun fact: the bans are, in some cases at least, supported by the NAACP with such famous members as W.E.B Dubious, Rosa Parks and MLK jr.

It beautifully tells the a story from the perspective of children and looks at the adult world that is filled with hypocrisy, prejudice & rascism but also hope, kindness & mercy, showing the good and bad in almost every character.

[Cannot think of a name]

This kind of reads like one of those "How many of these iconic books have you read?" sites. Not that I can do better, but that's why I clicked the thread.

The best I can do is this: Most of you, being the kinds of cats you are, know that the term "Robot" comes from a play called R.U.R. or Rossum's Universal Robots. Most of you already know that, I assume. Some of you might have read the play (It's delightfully weird and also you totally see it as the prototype of robot stories since). Karel Capek was a prolific writer who used science fiction to discuss issues of labor and exploitation, and while it didn't coin a term there's an even better example of that if you're into it, and that's War With the Newts. An exploitable work force turns out to be more complicated than anticipated, much like R.U.R. but with newts. My ex read it in German and apparently there is some language stuff in there that she's sure isn't in the english translation. But then the German is a translation, too.

[Anywhere Else But Here]

This kind of reads like one of those "How many of these iconic books have you read?" sites. Not that I can do better, but that's why I clicked the thread.

Mmm. I've been wondering what the point of a "find-a-book" thread is if everyone's only going to recommend really, really famous books.

[Cannot think of a name]

This kind of reads like one of those "How many of these iconic books have you read?" sites. Not that I can do better, but that's why I clicked the thread.

Mmm. I've been wondering what the point of a "find-a-book" thread is if everyone's only going to recommend really, really famous books.

If I didn't suck I could lean it towards deeper cuts, the host of the podcast I co-host (doooooooooouuuuuuuuche, I know) does a section where he recommends books that relate to the episode. That dude is a lightening reader and reads a bunch of stuff and the stuff he recommends is always shit I never heard of. But I also kind of tune out during that part or make cracks so I can't think of any of them.

I was going to maybe recommend Skepticism, Inc by Bo Fowler but that's really just atheist porn. So if you're looking for atheist porn...it's pretty good but you have to be onboard from the start.

[Auphelia]

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

A great book about a girl growing up during the Iranian revolution and how it impacted her life.

[Xmara]

I was going to maybe recommend Skepticism, Inc by Bo Fowler but that's really just atheist porn. So if you're looking for atheist porn...it's pretty good but you have to be onboard from the start.

Meanwhile, anyone who is looking for actual porn should probably look elsewhere besides NationStates.

[Anollasia]

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

A great book about a girl growing up during the Iranian revolution and how it impacted her life.

And its follow-up, Persepolis 2, in which said girl has grown up and is trying to adapt to life in another country.

[Auphelia]

And its follow-up, Persepolis 2, in which said girl has grown up and is trying to adapt to life in another country.

Oh, right! I read the complete collection. I realise it is her life, but the second half was very disappointing. And then, on THE LAST PAGE, we just get the most unnecessary information EVER!

Spoiler Below

On the last page near the last panel she just casually throws out "My grandmother died." The poor old woman had made it almost the entire book/ two books and then suddenly she died right on the last page. GARG!

[Pax Nerdvana]

And its follow-up, Persepolis 2, in which said girl has grown up and is trying to adapt to life in another country.

Oh, right! I read the complete collection. I realise it is her life, but the second half was very disappointing. And then, on THE LAST PAGE, we just get the most unnecessary information EVER!

Spoiler Below

On the last page near the last panel she just casually throws out "My grandmother died." The poor old woman had made it almost the entire book/ two books and then suddenly she died right on the last page. GARG!

That's quite a twist, I must say.

[Anollasia]

And its follow-up, Persepolis 2, in which said girl has grown up and is trying to adapt to life in another country.

Oh, right! I read the complete collection. I realise it is her life, but the second half was very disappointing. And then, on THE LAST PAGE, we just get the most unnecessary information EVER!

Spoiler Below

On the last page near the last panel she just casually throws out "My grandmother died." The poor old woman had made it almost the entire book/ two books and then suddenly she died right on the last page. GARG!

I agree that the first one was better but it's worth reading the second one too.