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Smoya
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Founded: Jul 16, 2012
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Smoya » Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:09 pm

The United Oman wrote:The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith

Would you say it is difficult for the average person to read?
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UniversalCommons
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Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:51 am

I am reading Journal Fodder 365 Daily Doses of Inspiration for the Art Addict by Eric M. Scott and David R. Modler. It is a little different.
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Elwher
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 9217
Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:47 am

Douglass Reeman - Dive In The Sun
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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Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:20 am

Robert Heinlein's Assignment in Eternity .
The Internet killed gun control.
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"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."
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Geneviev
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Founded: Mar 03, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Geneviev » Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:05 pm

The Epic of Gilgamesh and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
"Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins." 1 Peter 4:8
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Omega State
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Posts: 665
Founded: Sep 09, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Omega State » Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:11 pm

Richard III - William Shakespeare
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Las Palmeras
Minister
 
Posts: 3375
Founded: Jun 15, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Las Palmeras » Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:17 pm

Aleksandyr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago.
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Soufrika
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Posts: 497
Founded: Aug 02, 2008
Ex-Nation

Postby Soufrika » Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:25 am

Chasers by Lorenzo Carcaterra
Libertarian Agnostic
NIHIL VERUM EST, LICET OMNIA
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Dreshand
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Posts: 284
Founded: Aug 28, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Dreshand » Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:29 am

Six of crows-Leigh Bardugo
This nation does not represent my views. Or maybe it does, who knows
PT, MT, PMT or FT nation depending on my mood. Expect eldritch shenanigans
Feel free to Tg me, I'm a very lonely person
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Ardoki
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Founded: Sep 14, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ardoki » Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:02 pm

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Greater Ardokian Empire | It is Ardoki's destiny to rule the whole world!
Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Republic
Head of State: Grand Emperor Alistair Killian Moriarty
Head of Government: Grand Imperial Chancellor Kennedy Rowan Coleman
Legislature: Imperial Senate
Ruling Party: Imperial Progressive Party
Technology Level: MT (Primary) | PMT, FanT (Secondary)
Politics: Social Democrat
Religion: None
Personality Type: ENTP 3w4
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Snow Bird-Worldism Crash
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Posts: 1041
Founded: Nov 10, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Snow Bird-Worldism Crash » Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:04 am

the best of barry n. malzberg (1976) by barry n. malzberg.
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Elwher
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Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:53 am

James Michner - Iberia
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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Nanatsu no Tsuki
Post-Apocalypse Survivor
 
Posts: 203834
Founded: Feb 10, 2008
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:28 am

Finishing Clariel, by Garth Nix.
Slava Ukraini
Also: THERNSY!!
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Ouest-Allemagne-Luxembourg
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Founded: Sep 15, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Ouest-Allemagne-Luxembourg » Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:17 am

I’m reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, it’s a dystopian science novel, they made a movie about it.
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Cosmopolitan borovan
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Ex-Nation

Postby Cosmopolitan borovan » Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:15 pm

I haven't read a book in a while litteraly 2 years.
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The Grene Knyght
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Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Sun Sep 16, 2018 3:31 pm

Haven't done a huge amount of reading lately, but I just started re-reading The Hobbit for perhaps the dozenth time.
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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
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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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Al Quirtu Malsa Gaitan Sonna Botr Sanmil
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Founded: Aug 03, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Al Quirtu Malsa Gaitan Sonna Botr Sanmil » Sun Sep 16, 2018 3:35 pm

:clap:
eleven minutes-Paulo Coelho
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Treadwellia
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Founded: Sep 21, 2005
Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby Treadwellia » Sun Sep 16, 2018 3:41 pm

About halfway into the trade paperback of Crisis on Infinite Earths, which is in my work bag for moments when I'm not teaching or grading papers.

Otherwise, the last actual book I started on. . . .

Hard to say. Most recent that I recall finishing was last semester at work, when I reread The Running Man, Roadwork, and The Long Walk by Stephen King. I never could really get into Rage, the first book in said collection of Bachman Books, perhaps due to being a teacher, myself.
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Aleckandor
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Posts: 3063
Founded: May 30, 2011
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Aleckandor » Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:14 pm

The Brethren by Woodward and Armstrong. I've read it before, but I'm going back into it to help write a paper in one of my Con Law classes.
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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:00 am

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
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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
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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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Pan-Asiatic States
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Posts: 3882
Founded: Nov 14, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Pan-Asiatic States » Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:33 am

The Grene Knyght wrote:Aldous Huxley's Brave New World



Wait, what?! I was about to type the exact same book.


Then again, I suppose it's a classic.
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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:01 am

Pan-Asiatic States wrote:
The Grene Knyght wrote:Aldous Huxley's Brave New World



Wait, what?! I was about to type the exact same book.


Then again, I suppose it's a classic.

Oh actually I just have spyware installed on your computer and am posting your thoughts before you do in order to fuck with you.
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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
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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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Stellar Colonies
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Posts: 6421
Founded: Mar 27, 2017
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Stellar Colonies » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:15 am

Worldwar, Book II.

My only real gripe with it is that the aliens seem too Human.
Floofybit wrote:Your desired society should be one where you are submissive and controlled
Primitive Communism wrote:What bodily autonomy do men need?
Techocracy101010 wrote:If she goes on a rampage those saggy wonders are as deadly as nunchucks
Parmistan wrote:It's not ALWAYS acceptable when we do it, but it's MORE acceptable when we do it.
Theodorable wrote:Jihad will win.
Distruzio wrote:All marriage outside the Church is gay marriage.
Khardsland wrote:Terrorism in its original definition is a good thing.
I try to be objective, but I do have some biases.

North Californian.
Stellar Colonies is a loose galactic confederacy.

The Confederacy & the WA.

Add 1200 years.
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Gospel Power
Diplomat
 
Posts: 562
Founded: Sep 03, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Gospel Power » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:19 am

Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu
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Zurkerx
Retired Moderator
 
Posts: 12340
Founded: Jan 20, 2011
Anarchy

Postby Zurkerx » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:21 am

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Golden Civic: The New Pragmatic Libertarian
My Words: Indeed, Indubitably & Malarkey
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