What book are you reading?

[The Transhuman Union]

"The Old Man and the Sea". A very good book, highly recommend it.

[The Grene Knyght]

Just read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss for a fantasy book club. Reading Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo) for the same reason.

Also been meandering through Emma Goldman's collected essays over the past few weeks.

[UniversalCommons]

Soonish Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

[Ifreann]

Provenance by Ann Leckie.

Which is to say, I read it all in one sitting last night.

[The Macabees]

Provenance by Ann Leckie.

Which is to say, I read it all in one sitting last night.

How did you like it?

It's on my shelf and I'm thinking of reading it next.

[Shikihara]

Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory.

[United Earthlings]

The Revenge of Geography by Robert Kaplan

[Pax Nerdvana]

Insignia- S.J. Kincaid.
I'm rereading it.

[Symir]

The Black Company by Glen Cook.

[Northest of Korea]

Currently, I'm reading "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. So far the book has been great and I highly recommend it.

[Weissenberg]

The War of Wars: The Great European Conflict 1793 - 1815

[Hellios]

Monkey / journey to the west by Wu Cheng’en

[Partybus]

The Fix by David Baldacci

[Grecaties]

The Lost Continent - Bill Bryson

Its pretty cool

I read "A Walk in the Woods" by him, as I enjoy hiking the AT, but have a number of his books on my to read. Very interesting balance of story and humor with just enough facts to keep you educated and feeling you learned something while keeping up the pace.

Edit: this is my first time in a forum and didn't realize this post was from 2010. Whoops. Still, Bill Bryson. Good author.

[Grecaties]

Currently re-reading Worm by Wildbow. It's long but amazing and Worm 2 is coming soon so I figured I run through it again. I just finished One Thousand and One Nights after re-reading Hamlet and reading Macbeth. And those after reading The Long Earth Series by Terry Pratchett and Steven Baxter. I recommend 1001 if you want an example of older, oral story telling with more than a few (to me) what the heck moments as well as an interesting look into how magic worked to them. Shakespeare is Shakespeare and must always be recommended, but I really enjoy Hamlet, though Macbeth had quite a few excellent moments in it. The Long Earth Series is great sci-fi as it examines the ramifications of a single change with wide reaching consequences and examines those consequences in depth. It's thought provoking, humorous, fun to read, and insightful. Highly recommend. Worm, a web serial from 2011, is just amazing as previously stated. It manages to make, to me, superheroes interesting by making them human. They're driven by realistic goals and motivations and the vast majority of characters manage to be sympathetic and I found myself rooting for both sides of many engagements.

[Snow Bird-Worldism Crash]

pygmy by chuck palahniuk

[The Grene Knyght]

Currently re-reading Worm by Wildbow. It's long but amazing and Worm 2 is coming soon so I figured I run through it again. I just finished One Thousand and One Nights after re-reading Hamlet and reading Macbeth. And those after reading The Long Earth Series by Terry Pratchett and Steven Baxter. I recommend 1001 if you want an example of older, oral story telling with more than a few (to me) what the heck moments as well as an interesting look into how magic worked to them. Shakespeare is Shakespeare and must always be recommended, but I really enjoy Hamlet, though Macbeth had quite a few excellent moments in it. The Long Earth Series is great sci-fi as it examines the ramifications of a single change with wide reaching consequences and examines those consequences in depth. It's thought provoking, humorous, fun to read, and insightful. Highly recommend. Worm, a web serial from 2011, is just amazing as previously stated. It manages to make, to me, superheroes interesting by making them human. They're driven by realistic goals and motivations and the vast majority of characters manage to be sympathetic and I found myself rooting for both sides of many engagements.

Holy shit I didn't know worm was getting a sequel. I've read it twice but I've already considered giving it a 3rd read.

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Edit: reading the second kingkiller chronicle book the wise man's fear, by Patrick Rothfuss

[UniversalCommons]

A World of Three Zeros, The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions by Muhammad Yunus. Muhammad Yunus is the creator of both microfinance and social business. I am also reading Life 3.0 Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark.

[Ifreann]

Provenance by Ann Leckie.

Which is to say, I read it all in one sitting last night.

How did you like it?

It's on my shelf and I'm thinking of reading it next.

I liked it well enough to not stop reading until I'd finished it.

[Anarchitaria]

I am currently reading Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism by Brook A. Ziporyn.

[The Macabees]

Well then, I am reading Ann Leckie's Provenance.

[Elwher]

Christopher Anvil - Pandora's Legions

[Alkhenov]

1984-George Orwell
Feedback-Mira Grant

[Zottistan]

The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick

[Bosnae-Herceg]

Think and Grow Rich
Also, I have my little pocketbook: Sun Tzu The Art of War, on me most of the time!

Can someone suggest me good books on public speaking, how to learn to be a politician, where to start and stuff like that?

Thank you