What book are you reading?

[Pax Nerdvana]

Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic.

[Anollasia]

Tintin and the Lake of Sharks

I didn't realize it's actually a film book, but oh well.

[Rightonrighton]

People’s History of the Mexican Revolution by Adolfo Gilly.

[Anurial]

A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War by Paul Preston and The Battle for Spain by Anthony Beevor
Reading them for my history coursework for next year on how successful Revolutionary Catalonia was

[The Socialist Republic of Astrakhan]

Tom Clancy's Commander in Chief.

do you play tom clancy's video games - bro

[The Grene Knyght]

The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco

[Shwe Tu Colony]

I'm reading East of Eden for school. I'm surprisingly enjoying it, and I don't know if it's placebo, but I do feel more lively when it comes to writing now, unlike when I was trying to get through Heart of Darkness, which makes me sad. Thought I liked the latter more, but guess not—

[The Grene Knyght]

10 days that shook the world, John Reed

[Skundi]

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

[Zottistan]

A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War by Paul Preston and The Battle for Spain by Anthony Beevor
Reading them for my history coursework for next year on how successful Revolutionary Catalonia was

Spain Betrayed: the Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War and Preston's The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge are both pretty solid reads in that line that I'd really recommend, particularly the first.

I'm reading Bolano's 2666 and Zizek's Sublime Object of Pure Ideology atm.

[Dau Sel]

The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams. I'm enjoying it. It feels similar to GoT with the large cast of characters but with more fantasy and less sex.

[Fedel]

Reading "The Once and Future King" right now. It's one of the profound experiences of my life.

[Titticaaca]

Rereading John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, something I hadn't read since my ninth grade school year. It was easy to take for granted his skill with scenic description since I hadn't read much then and just dismiss him as a square high-school lit author, but it's refreshing now that there's no letter-grades or deadlines attached to his book. I been to Salinas and Monterrey since I first read the book; course it's a lot drier now, but it helps keep your interest when you have a personal experience with the scenery. I think I'll read more of Steinbeck's books.

[Dominioan]

Someone is Out to Get Us

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

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

[US-SSR]

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win by Maria Konnikova. An account of her time playing the game I love in order to try and draw some conclusions about the role of chance in human life. Lots of fun vignettes into the life of the rounder and the characters of some of the top players today with valuable insights into the part personality plays.

[US-SSR]

Rereading John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, something I hadn't read since my ninth grade school year. It was easy to take for granted his skill with scenic description since I hadn't read much then and just dismiss him as a square high-school lit author, but it's refreshing now that there's no letter-grades or deadlines attached to his book. I been to Salinas and Monterrey since I first read the book; course it's a lot drier now, but it helps keep your interest when you have a personal experience with the scenery. I think I'll read more of Steinbeck's books.

Recommend Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row. Steinbeck is one of the most sympathetic authors I've had the pleasure of reading, whether he's relating the mystical experience of a man and his dogs in the piny woods or the rutting of two social outcasts like pigs in the muddy street. The profound tragedy of a pair like George and Lenny, trapped in a merciless world they never made, or a boy and a doomed red pony only heightens the contrasts. The Winter of Our Discontent may be his masterpiece.

[US-SSR]

The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams. I'm enjoying it. It feels similar to GoT with the large cast of characters but with more fantasy and less sex.

"Game of Thrones: like a history test. With dragons. And boobs."

[Tikariot]

Just finished Philip Carter's "Altar of Bones", which I was disappointed by. Now started Steve Berry "The Columbus Affair"

[Titticaaca]

Recommend Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row. Steinbeck is one of the most sympathetic authors I've had the pleasure of reading, whether he's relating the mystical experience of a man and his dogs in the piny woods or the rutting of two social outcasts like pigs in the muddy street. The profound tragedy of a pair like George and Lenny, trapped in a merciless world they never made, or a boy and a doomed red pony only heightens the contrasts. The Winter of Our Discontent may be his masterpiece.

Thanks! I'll surely put Cannery Row on the to-read list then. Someone irl had also recommended it profusely when we were out in Monterrey. Discontent seems really interesting too.

[Pythaga]

Finally getting around to reading all my issues of Analog Magazine I haven’t read through yet.

[Vetalia]

Wizard and Glass, book IV of Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower

[Fedel]

Wizard and Glass, book IV of Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower

You're in for a treat. My favorite series of all time.

[The Macabees]

Jeremy Gutsche's Create the Future + The Innovation Handbook

[The Pirotian Republic]

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