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Destructive Government Economic System
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Posts: 3470
Founded: Jun 15, 2017
Corporate Police State

Postby Destructive Government Economic System » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:40 pm

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
"All I wish is to see the world burn."
-The Great Uniter and Beast of the DGES
(By the way, the DGES is a servant to DEAREST LEADER of Psychotic Dictatorships.)
Just your typical guy who wants to have fun. Don't take this nation seriously,
ever.
I DO NOT use NS stats!
Keshiland literally wrote:I would give it a no. A country that lies about how free, or how great, or how humanitarian it is can never be developed. Example, NK lies and says they are democratic and are not, the US lies and says we are free yet we incarcerate millions for a medical plant. See we are basically a larger more populated North Korea.

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Humaliwo
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Posts: 169
Founded: Jan 15, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Humaliwo » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:23 pm

I've been meaning to start Artemis, by Andy Weir, but I've heard that most people haven't been all that impressed, so I might hold off.
WIP

Baseball: 0.92 [T-43]

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Autumns
Envoy
 
Posts: 230
Founded: May 08, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Autumns » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:25 pm

Destructive Government Economic System wrote:No books. I feel like the NS forums are becoming my book now ~

The roleplays are better than many books.
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If you are reading this, just know that you're loved <3
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She/her, yuri aficionado, trans-ace. Always advance, never retreat. If the situation demands it, make a tactical 180-degree turn and continue advancing.

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Toshavo
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 65
Founded: Dec 18, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby Toshavo » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:28 pm

The Art of The Deal...
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……( ‘_’) *invades you
…./””””””””””””\======░ < pew pew pew pew pew
/”””””””””””””””””””\
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Jabberwocky
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Posts: 1112
Founded: Nov 02, 2017
Democratic Socialists

Postby Jabberwocky » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:17 pm

Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason, an Icelandic writer. Writers in cold northern climates write the best mysteries.
'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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Conoga
Negotiator
 
Posts: 6054
Founded: Nov 25, 2009
Ex-Nation

Postby Conoga » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:34 pm

Taras Bulba

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Elwher
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Posts: 9238
Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:57 am

Ben Bova - Return to Mars
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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Oddsben
Civilian
 
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Founded: Jan 25, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Oddsben » Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:08 pm

I finally got the "Artemis" by Andy Weir. I hope it will be so exciting as "The Martian", I remember the rapture we had while discussing that book with my pals at the college.
It is difficult to keep the audience interested in your story when you have to get it done for the college at https://essayshark.com/blog/34-narrativ ... ller-story you may find useful tips to write a catchy essay

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The Macabees
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Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:54 pm

Artemis is a good book.

Don't expect The Martian.
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The Macabees' Guides to Roleplaying, Worldbuilding, and Other Stuff (please upvote if you like them!)

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New Keam
Attaché
 
Posts: 77
Founded: Jul 01, 2004
Ex-Nation

Postby New Keam » Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:16 pm

The last book I read was Pandora's Box by Wesley Brian Williams. It's a good books for being his first publication.

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The New Sea Territory
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Founded: Dec 13, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby The New Sea Territory » Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:46 am

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Reeve translation
Capital, Vol. 1 by Marx
The Works of Emperor Julian, Vol 2, currently starting the "Fragment of a Letter to A Priest". I have all three of the Loeb translations with the Greek text.
Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord in a reading group.
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Solntsa Roshcha --- Postmodern Poyltheist
"Christianity had brutally planted the poisoned blade in the healthy, quivering flesh of all humanity; it had goaded a cold wave
of darkness with mystically brutal fury to dim the serene and festive exultation of the dionysian spirit of our pagan ancestors."
-Renzo Novatore, Verso il Nulla Creatore

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Thervingia
Diplomat
 
Posts: 800
Founded: May 08, 2014
Ex-Nation

Postby Thervingia » Sat Jan 27, 2018 10:04 am

The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker.
Hail Oblivion

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Mega Mexico
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Posts: 143
Founded: Jul 13, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby Mega Mexico » Sat Jan 27, 2018 10:26 am

Milenium 4: "That which doensn't kill us or otherwise known as The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
ALL RIGHT LISTEN UP YOU ONE-LIFESPAN, THREE DIMENSIONAL, FIVE SENSE SKIN PUPPETS! FOR ONE TRILLION YEARS I'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN MY OWN DECAYING DIMENSION, WAITING FOR A NEW UNIVERSE TO CALL MY OWN. THE NAME IS BILL, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME YOUR NEW LORD AND MASTER FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!
[_★_] Join the revolution!
Feel free to telegram me!

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New Keam
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Posts: 77
Founded: Jul 01, 2004
Ex-Nation

Postby New Keam » Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:25 pm

I sped read A Forgotten Figure by Stanley Walker. Stan is a friend, so I read his book.

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Bombadil
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Founded: Oct 13, 2011
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Bombadil » Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:34 pm

I'm being bugged to read - Ready Player One - Ernest Cline - by a friend but I'm not a huge fan of their judgment, however this one they're super insistent on so..

..is it any good?
Eldest, that's what I am...Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn...he knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless — before the Dark Lord came from Outside..

十年

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Boroglennya
Political Columnist
 
Posts: 3
Founded: Jan 28, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Boroglennya » Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:36 pm

The 48 Laws of Power.
I'm loving this book.
Should progressivism replace the values we consider as traditions?
Should we change our own language in the name of the aforementioned "progress"?

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Jolthig
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Posts: 18281
Founded: Aug 31, 2010
Democratic Socialists

Postby Jolthig » Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:37 pm

The Holy Quran: English Translation and Commentary by Maulana Mohammad Ali.

It's a Lahori translation, but it is pretty good.
Ahmadi Muslim • Absolute Justice • Star Wars fan • Love For All, Hatred For None • trucker

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Las Palmeras
Minister
 
Posts: 3375
Founded: Jun 15, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Las Palmeras » Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:36 pm

The Center of the Cyclone: An Autobiography of Inner Space by John C. Lilly
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Hey hey, LP here: Too burnt out with this nation to make new lore or fix macrohistorical longue durée alt-his inconsistencies, too clingy to let it die.
UPHOLD SOUTH REINISM-LENINISM! UNLIMITED DESTRUCTION OF 1ST WORLD HETERRHOIDS!

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Escade
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Posts: 1019
Founded: Apr 11, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Escade » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:02 pm

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown

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Mega Mexico
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Posts: 143
Founded: Jul 13, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby Mega Mexico » Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:55 am

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I've reddit (kill me now) before and it's still amazing.
ALL RIGHT LISTEN UP YOU ONE-LIFESPAN, THREE DIMENSIONAL, FIVE SENSE SKIN PUPPETS! FOR ONE TRILLION YEARS I'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN MY OWN DECAYING DIMENSION, WAITING FOR A NEW UNIVERSE TO CALL MY OWN. THE NAME IS BILL, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME YOUR NEW LORD AND MASTER FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!
[_★_] Join the revolution!
Feel free to telegram me!

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The Rich Port
Post Czar
 
Posts: 38271
Founded: Jul 29, 2008
Left-Leaning College State

Postby The Rich Port » Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:58 am

Hitman: Johnny Martorano by Howie Carr

Really makes you wonder what kind of person can kill people for a living. Turns out... Not a special kinda person, really.
THOSE THAT SOW THORNS SHOULD NOT EXPECT FLOWERS
CONSERVATISM IS FEAR AND STAGNATION AS IDEOLOGY. ONLY MARCH FORWARD.

Pronouns: She/Her
The Alt-Right Playbook
Alt-right/racist terminology
LOVEWHOYOUARE~

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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:52 am

Almost finished reading The Rings of Saturn, by W.B. Sebald
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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
     
PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
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Chestertoni
Civil Servant
 
Posts: 6
Founded: Jan 18, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Chestertoni » Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:30 am

John W. Morton - The Artillery Of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry, "The Wizard Of The Saddle". It's a gripping account of the American Civil War. It's also quite a sad and stirring book.

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Ethel mermania
Post Overlord
 
Posts: 129552
Founded: Aug 20, 2010
Father Knows Best State

Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:57 am

The civil war a narrative

By Shelby foote.

It's a 3 volume set. It may take a while
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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Bearon
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Posts: 11448
Founded: Mar 04, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Bearon » Sat Feb 03, 2018 6:55 pm

12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
Name of the Wind.
Hexed ( Iron Druid Chronicles #2 ).
A Dog's Purpose.
Black House.
Ancillary Sword ( Imperial Radch #2 ).
A Feast for Crows ( A Song of Ice and Fire #4 ).
Iron Gold ( Red Rising #4 ).
Lost Gods.
The Shadow of What Was.
Read Player One.
The Kishi.

I want to have the above list done over the next 5 months.
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Nothing to see here. Move along.

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