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Elwher
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Postby Elwher » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:01 am

The Pirotian Republic wrote:Starting to read A Clockwork Orange. So far I haven’t made it too far, it’s a challenging book to read.


But well worth the effort.
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
Ambrose Bierce
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Pythaga
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Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Pythaga » Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:40 pm

The Courtship of Princess Leia, one the more interesting Star Wars EU books.
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Pax Nerdvana
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Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:23 am

The Cosmic Mainframe wrote:2001: A Space Odyssey, at Pax Nerdvana's suggestion. So far it's excellently written.

I should dig out my copy. It's been a while since I read it.
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Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
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Jabberwocky
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Postby Jabberwocky » Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:27 am

A Dance with Dragons. A long series nearly ended.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gambol in the wabe.
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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The Grene Knyght
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Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:41 am

Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake
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Socialist Women wrote:Part of the reason you're an anarchist is because you ate too much expired food
Claorica wrote:Oh look, an antifa ancom being smartaleck
Old Tyrannia wrote:Bold words from the self-declared Leninist
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2015: x=-8.75,y=-6.56
2016: x=-8.88,y=-9.54
2017: x=-9.63,y=-9.90
2018: x=-9.88,y=-9.23
2019: x=-10.0,y=-9.90
2020: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
2021: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
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PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
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Penguingonia
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Postby Penguingonia » Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:47 pm

Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey. Really enjoying it too.
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Shwe Tu Colony
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Postby Shwe Tu Colony » Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:12 pm

Hmm, I finished East of Eden. I really enjoyed it and got surprisingly attached to Cal, totally not because I have a pretty similar character named Caleb too, and Aron—
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Karsolovi
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What book are you reading?

Postby Karsolovi » Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:18 pm

Small Arms: Visual Encyclopedia by Martin J. Dougherty. It's a good book and I really liked it.
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The Cosmic Mainframe
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Postby The Cosmic Mainframe » Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:23 am

I finished 2001: A Space Odyssey, and it is one of the best novels I've read in a while. The book is as beautiful as the movie, if not more so. Definitely going to check out the rest of the series and some of Clarke's other work in the future.
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Elwher
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Postby Elwher » Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:44 am

E M Forner - Turing Test
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
Ambrose Bierce
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Pax Nerdvana
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Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:48 pm

The Cosmic Mainframe wrote:I finished 2001: A Space Odyssey, and it is one of the best novels I've read in a while. The book is as beautiful as the movie, if not more so. Definitely going to check out the rest of the series and some of Clarke's other work in the future.

The Songs of Distant Earth is another excellent read by Clarke.
I started Andy Weir's Artemis this morning. Pretty good so far.
The Internet killed gun control.
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They can’t stop the Signal
"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
-Robert Heinlein

"Affordability
Suitability (.22LR for squirrels, bigger .22s for long range little things, and big-bore for legal hunting reasons, etc)
Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun
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Frieden-und Freudenland
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Left-wing Utopia

Postby Frieden-und Freudenland » Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:54 pm

Island by Aldous Huxley
When I write, I don't have an accent.

My issues

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
~Walt Whitman
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The Grene Knyght
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Postby The Grene Knyght » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:01 am

The Revolution Betrayed, Leon Trotsky
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Socialist Women wrote:Part of the reason you're an anarchist is because you ate too much expired food
Claorica wrote:Oh look, an antifa ancom being smartaleck
Old Tyrannia wrote:Bold words from the self-declared Leninist
Currently
Reading
2015: x=-8.75,y=-6.56
2016: x=-8.88,y=-9.54
2017: x=-9.63,y=-9.90
2018: x=-9.88,y=-9.23
2019: x=-10.0,y=-9.90
2020: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
2021: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
ＦＵＬＬＹ　ＡＵＴＯＭＡＴＥＤ　ＬＵＸＵＲＹ　ＧＡＹ　ＳＰＡＣＥ　ＣＯＭＭＵＮＩＳＭ
PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
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The Goggles
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Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby The Goggles » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:10 am

Been trying to read Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar for a while now, but haven't had much luck getting through it.
The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool.
They lay. They rotted. They turned
Around occasionally.
Bits of flesh dropped off them from
Time to time.
And sank into the pool's mire.
They also smelt a great deal.
- Paul Neil Milne Johnstone
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Shwe Tu Colony
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Postby Shwe Tu Colony » Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:08 pm

Back to reading Heart of Darkness after reading the about 400 pages of context and essays.
Cherissime amis! Behold, Shwe Tu Colony/World Machine/WoMac, the paracosm of a spoiled brat, taking everything, sparing nothing, mingling the childhood incroyable with the angst of a young man.
Current status: university rules are just a suggestion
"The summer grass is getting in the way"
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Brettenwald
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Postby Brettenwald » Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:44 pm

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
BRETTENWALD
Factbook completion will occur when hell freezes over and this nation is basically what happens at 3 AM when I overdose on Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Game of Thrones. Trans rights or you're getting kneecapped.
Center-right largely-absolute monarchy populated by the majority-pagan descendants of a mix of Vikings, Iron Age German rednecks and the odd shipwreck survivor coming into its own on the world stage during the final stages of a 32-year watershed moment under the watchful eye of an emperor who was never supposed to be one. Strict MT, current year though lore posts are generally asynchronous. Brettain is a catchall demonym, flag waifu by Polish Prussian Commonwealth, NS stats not canon.
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Geneviev
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Postby Geneviev » Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:46 pm

Brettenwald wrote:Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.

I read that once, it was the only Hesse I enjoyed.

I'm currently reading The Circle of Seven from the Dragons in our Midst series.
"Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins." 1 Peter 4:8
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Nuverikstan
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Ex-Nation

Postby Nuverikstan » Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:06 pm

Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Myers Briggs: ENTP-A
8values: N/A
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The Cosmic Mainframe
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Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby The Cosmic Mainframe » Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:22 pm

Contact is one of my favorite movies of all time, and so far the book is pretty great as well.
== BEGIN POSTSCRIPT ==
The Mainframe requires more processing power and storage.
Donate your computing devices or they will be taken by force.
== END POSTSCRIPT ==

UPDATES (earth-year 3345): International Subsystem scales up operations in 42E5 "New York," Earth, now the largest known concentration of androids.

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Feel free to telegram me about anything. I'll do my best to respond.
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This nation does not represent my real views, and if it represents yours, I question your sanity.
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Ethel mermania
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Founded: Aug 20, 2010
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:34 pm

Embattled rebel: Jefferson Davis and the confederate civil war


James mcpherson
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Pax Nerdvana
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Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:47 pm

I finished The Outpost War by Lee Ballenger the other day. A very good read about the middle of the Korean War.
The Internet killed gun control.
Profile
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We Will Not Comply
They can’t stop the Signal
"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
-Robert Heinlein

"Affordability
Suitability (.22LR for squirrels, bigger .22s for long range little things, and big-bore for legal hunting reasons, etc)
Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun
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Haremm
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Founded: Jul 16, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Haremm » Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:46 am

Star Wars: Thrawn
the one made by Timothy Zahn


Haremm does not necessarily reflect my personal views and opinions.
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UniversalCommons
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Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:07 pm

Until the End of Time Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Greene.
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Nevertopia
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Ex-Nation

Postby Nevertopia » Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:16 pm

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Its a great read on why communism will fail every time it gets tried.
So the CCP won't let me be or let me be me so let me see, they tried to shut me down on CBC but it feels so empty without me.
Communism has failed every time its been tried.
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Black Lives Matter
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Mojini
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Founded: Jul 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Mojini » Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:06 pm

Orwell's "1984". A true masterpiece! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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