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Elwher
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Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:37 am

Lisle A. Rose - The Age Of Navalism, 1890 - 1918 Volume 1 of Power At Sea
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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Wilhelminaa
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Posts: 11
Founded: Mar 25, 2022
Ex-Nation

Postby Wilhelminaa » Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:29 pm

Currently I'm reading Killing Floor by Lee Child
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Juristonia
Negotiator
 
Posts: 6443
Founded: Oct 30, 2006
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby Juristonia » Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:04 am

Simon R. Green - Twilight of the Empire
From the river to the sea

Liriena wrote:Say what you will about fascists: they are remarkably consistent even after several decades of failing spectacularly elsewhere.

Ifreann wrote:Indeed, as far as I can recall only one poster has ever supported legalising bestiality, and he was fucking his cat and isn't welcome here any more, in no small part, I imagine, because he kept going on about how he was fucking his cat.

Cannot think of a name wrote:Anyway, I'm from gold country, we grow up knowing that when people jump up and down shouting "GOLD GOLD GOLD" the gold is gone and the only money to be made is in selling shovels.

And it seems to me that cryptocurrency and NFTs and such suddenly have a whooooole lot of shovel salespeople.
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Agencourt
Attaché
 
Posts: 93
Founded: May 25, 2022
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Agencourt » Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:27 am

Something Good, by Berry C. It's something good, at least.
A 14 civilization, according to this index.
W.A. Rep.: Ambassador Adrien White
Name:void
Note: Diplomat-for-hire.
La Serenissima Republicca di Agencour

The Agencourt Dispatch:  Outbreak of Ash Plague reported, approx. 36 infected and 8 mortalities |  Doxa Giaele: "I count myself lucky; Most in my post had to manage instability, but the Republic today prospers." | Signoria ratifies Trade Widening Acquiesence Treaty unanimously | Renewed Universal Neutralisation plan approved by Public Health Committee
NSStats are traitors. Execution method: Defenestration. Also, just because TGs are open does not mean you can solicit relationship advice at 2 am.
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Neon Lunar Eclipse
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Founded: Jul 02, 2022
Ex-Nation

Postby Neon Lunar Eclipse » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:11 pm

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
50% Japanese, 50% Czech, 100% Badass
Support Ukraine, oppose Russophobia
History doesn't lie. Communism kills.
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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:41 am

Of Love and Other Demons, Gabriel García Márquez (t. Edith Grossman)
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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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Axorea
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Founded: Jun 30, 2022
Ex-Nation

Postby Axorea » Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:30 pm

Dracula. I love the older form of English Stoker uses, it is quite a refreshing read.
Սրբազան Աքսորական Իշխանութեանց Միութիւն | The Federation of Holy Axorean Principalities
«Օրինօք եւ իմաստութեամբ այս երկիր կառուսցի։» | "By law and wisdom shall this land be built."
Techno-theocratic federal monarchy ruling over Western Asia by the light and fire of Ahura Mazda
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Barboneia
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Posts: 10592
Founded: Sep 17, 2014
Compulsory Consumerist State

Postby Barboneia » Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:53 pm

Rereading The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks which I hadn’t touched in a while.
Depressing Nordic semi-socialist commonwealth filled with Lovecraftian horrors, man-eating fox people, Finns, bizarre accents, Saabs, and Volvos.
A collection of some of my NationStates artwork.
On the Commonwealth National Security Bureau.
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Radiatia
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Posts: 8394
Founded: Oct 25, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Radiatia » Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:59 am

Falling Man by Don DeLillo
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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:41 pm

A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson
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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Hulldom
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Founded: Nov 16, 2018
Scandinavian Liberal Paradise

Postby Hulldom » Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:26 pm

Of the Quendi wrote:What If? The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been an anthology of counterfactual history essays edited by Robert Cowley.

I found the two volume set of this for $2 at a secondhand store in my hometown back in 2019. Luckiest find I’ve ever had. I love counterfactuals, so of course I bought it.

As for right now, The Rise and Fall of Weimar Democracy by Hans Mommsen, trad. Forster and Jones.
...And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud!
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Roznepal
Political Columnist
 
Posts: 3
Founded: Mar 26, 2022
Anarchy

Postby Roznepal » Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:38 am

I am currently reading historian Odd Arne Westad's book "The Cold War: A World History". I love the fact that it is not biased towards any side.
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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:52 pm

Tehanu, Ursula K le Guin
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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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Royal Frankia
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Posts: 591
Founded: Apr 21, 2016
Father Knows Best State

Postby Royal Frankia » Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:56 pm

Storm of Swords, reread of ASOIAF before I tackle the Egg Tales
O Pious, do not forsake us!
We keep the Law of the Mater Atkana.
Her name is ever upon our tongue.
O Pious, do not forget the Children of Atkane!
What must rise, must fall. What must live, must die. What must be, must cease. Only the One shall remain.

Annals in the time of Ynga II-Factbook
Atkana the Merciful, Blessed be She and Her Beloved Norva
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The Grene Knyght
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Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:21 am

Cain's Jawbone, Edward Powys "Torquemada" Mathers
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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.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist
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Ethel mermania
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Posts: 129563
Founded: Aug 20, 2010
Father Knows Best State

Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:58 am

Rereading
Clouds of glory, a biography of Robert E. Lee
-- Korda
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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Radiatia
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 8394
Founded: Oct 25, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Radiatia » Sun Jul 10, 2022 8:27 pm

Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman
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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:09 am

The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde
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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.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist
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Hurdergaryp
Post Czar
 
Posts: 49270
Founded: Jul 10, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Hurdergaryp » Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:23 am

De Chinees by Henning Mankell. Translated in Dutch from Swedish, original title Kinesen.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
Mao Zedong
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Radiatia
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Posts: 8394
Founded: Oct 25, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Radiatia » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:22 am

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K Dick
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Emotional Support Crocodile
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Posts: 4578
Founded: Jun 06, 2022
New York Times Democracy

Postby Emotional Support Crocodile » Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:32 am

Elizabeth L Eisenstein The printing revolution in early modern Europe

and

The Onlife Manifesto
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Just another surprising item on the bagging scale of life

Only 10 minutes to save the West... but I could murder a pint

When you are accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like oppression
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Of the Quendi
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Posts: 15447
Founded: Mar 18, 2010
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Of the Quendi » Tue Jul 19, 2022 12:47 am

Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami. Almost everyone I know read it when it came out but I only just got around to it now.

Hulldom wrote:I found the two volume set of this for $2 at a secondhand store in my hometown back in 2019. Luckiest find I’ve ever had. I love counterfactuals, so of course I bought it.

As for right now, The Rise and Fall of Weimar Democracy by Hans Mommsen, trad. Forster and Jones.

Sadly I have not been able to find the sequel anywhere. :(
Nation RP name
Arda i Eruhíni (short form)
Alcarinqua ar Meneldëa Arda i Eruhíni i sé Amanaranyë ar Aramanaranyë (long form)
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Shwe Tu Colony
Senator
 
Posts: 4827
Founded: Sep 27, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Shwe Tu Colony » Tue Jul 19, 2022 1:03 am

Shwe Tu Colony wrote:Finished The Eye Test: A Case for Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics by Chris Jones. Did enjoy, moving onto Count of Monte Cristo.


monte is LONG good HEAVENS
Also I did not expect the book to just be mostly elaborate financial scams and long-winded reputation-death setups.
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"
Extension
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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:06 am

Rereading The State and Revolution by VI Lenin (translator unattributed)
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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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Riam
Envoy
 
Posts: 274
Founded: Mar 11, 2021
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Riam » Tue Jul 19, 2022 8:00 am

Frank Herbert's Dune, in its new Catalan version.

It's been good enough, but with only one third of the book read, I can see why Tolkien found a few flaws in it (to say it softly); and I can imagine what these are.
Hiperurànion
Sobirà del Reialme Hiperurànic
«S’admet, perquè se sap. Però no es coneix pas.»

~In NS since May 31st 2004~
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