NATION

PASSWORD

What book are you reading?

A coffee shop for those who like to discuss art, music, books, movies, TV, each other's own works, and existential angst.

Advertisement

Remove ads

User avatar
Balloch
Lobbyist
 
Posts: 21
Founded: Jun 23, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Balloch » Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:54 am

The Celts by Gerhard Hern. Picked it up from the Providence Athenaeum (highly recommend visiting for any book nerds)
"The British were met with their own weapons. They had gone down in the mire to destroy us and our nation, and down after them we had to go to stop them."
-Tom Barry, 3rd West Cork Brigade, Guerrilla Days in Ireland

User avatar
Junkyland
Diplomat
 
Posts: 813
Founded: Aug 23, 2009
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Junkyland » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:31 pm

Working my way through The Chronicles of Narnia before I rewatch all the adaptations. Right now, I'm on The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis.

Looking forward for Stephen King's new book The Institute coming out next week!
I just want you to please note that any knowledge I show throughout NS is based off of a 3rd grade education. All this means is that I probably know absolutely nothing about any subject I post about.
Thank God for Wikipedia!


Former President of Forum 7, for some reason . . .

User avatar
Elwher
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 9218
Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:46 pm

John Smith - Patterson's Volunteers So far, it seems to be a low budget Dirk Pitt story
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

User avatar
UniversalCommons
Senator
 
Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:56 pm

Started reading The Jixia Academy and the Birth of Higher Learning in China: A Comparison of Fourth Century B.C. Chinese Education with Ancient Greece by Richard A. Hartnett. It is interesting if a bit confusing.

User avatar
Pax Nerdvana
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:23 am

Rereading The Two Towers.
The Internet killed gun control.
Profile
Quotes
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

User avatar
Jolthig
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 18280
Founded: Aug 31, 2010
Democratic Socialists

Postby Jolthig » Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:46 am

Tadhkirah: English Rendering of the Divine Revelations, Dreams, & Visions Vouchsafed To Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, on whom be peace
Ahmadi Muslim • Absolute Justice • Star Wars fan • Love For All, Hatred For None • trucker

Want to know more about Ahmadiyya? Click here!

User avatar
Psukhe
Spokesperson
 
Posts: 168
Founded: Mar 11, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Psukhe » Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:48 am

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

"All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusions; life is warfare and a visit in a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion." 2:17
Ή:ΨΥΧΙΚΗ:ΚΡΙΤΑΡΧΙΑ

User avatar
Snow Bird-Worldism Crash
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1042
Founded: Nov 10, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Snow Bird-Worldism Crash » Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:30 pm

i started listening to capital: volume 1 by karl marx on audible while i play minecraft
flag by amynewblue!

User avatar
East Gondwana
Chargé d'Affaires
 
Posts: 455
Founded: Jun 24, 2015
Ex-Nation

Postby East Gondwana » Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:12 am

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. Been waiting for this one for a while and loving it so far.
I'm a socialist.
Some kind of Marxist, don't ask for a specific tendency because I don't really have one.

User avatar
Blargoblarg
Minister
 
Posts: 2282
Founded: Sep 06, 2010
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Blargoblarg » Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:14 am

Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach
Claudia De la Cruz 2024 Article about her here
Democrats and Republicans are both right-wing capitalists owned by the rich and the big corporations. Major media in the US is also owned by the rich and big corporations.
Major study finds that America is an oligarchy, not a democracy
"Workers of the world, unite!" -Marx and Engels
You can read The State and Revolution by Lenin for free here
My 8values results My leftvalues results
I am autistic.

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

Postby The Grene Knyght » Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:18 am

Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea by Dianna Marcellas.

Edit: now Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
Last edited by The Grene Knyght on Sun Sep 15, 2019 3:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
[_★_]
(◕‿◕)
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.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist

User avatar
Nanna-Suen
Lobbyist
 
Posts: 24
Founded: Sep 20, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Nanna-Suen » Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:34 am

Currently, Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian.
N A N N A - S U E N
biomechanical hunter-gatherers roaming alongside posthuman demigods while being force-fed the works of bataille and deleuze

User avatar
Luminesa
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 61228
Founded: Dec 09, 2014
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Luminesa » Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:41 pm

Not a book, but the last thing I read was a short story on The Master's Review. At This Late Hour. It was created as part of a contest, and it is really quite fascinating as a story. It's been a while since I've read such a good, haunting story.
Catholic, pro-life, and proud of it. I prefer my debates on religion, politics, and sports with some coffee and a little Aquinas and G.K. CHESTERTON here and there. :3
Unofficial #1 fan of the Who Dat Nation.
"I'm just a singer of simple songs, I'm not a real political man. I watch CNN, but I'm not sure I can tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran. But I know Jesus, and I talk to God, and I remember this from when I was young:
faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us...
and the greatest is love."
-Alan Jackson
Help the Ukrainian people, here's some sources!
Help bring home First Nation girls! Now with more ways to help!
Jesus loves all of His children in Eastern Europe - pray for peace.
Pray for Ukraine, Wear Sunflowers In Your Hair

User avatar
Marxist Germany
Minister
 
Posts: 2171
Founded: Jun 07, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Marxist Germany » Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:45 pm

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (rereading it)
Author of GA#461, GA#470, GA#477, GA#481, GA#486 (co-author), and SC#295

Former delegate of The United Federations; citizen and former Senior Senator of 10000 Islands; 113th Knight of TITO

User avatar
Valrifell
Post Czar
 
Posts: 31063
Founded: Aug 18, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Valrifell » Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:17 am

The God Particle and Possession

...

Because nothing pairs better with a recounting of the history of physics like a romance novel about two students studying two dead Victorian poets.
HAVING AN ALL CAPS SIG MAKES ME FEEL SMART

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

Postby The Grene Knyght » Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:21 pm

Finished Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett quite recently.
[_★_]
(◕‿◕)
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.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist

User avatar
Phoenicaea
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1968
Founded: May 24, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Phoenicaea » Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:04 am

Psukhe wrote:Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
..

oh, great choice.
____
Niccolo' Machiavelli, About the first deca by Titus Livius
Last edited by Phoenicaea on Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:07 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Elwher
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 9218
Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:33 am

Bruce Holsinger - The Gifted School
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

User avatar
Blanjiland
Attaché
 
Posts: 80
Founded: Sep 30, 2015
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Blanjiland » Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:41 am

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
An Oligarchic state where the ultra-rich govern a nation of entrepreneurs and innovators. Just as corrupt, hedonistic and materialistic as you think, despite its progressive policies and emphasis on quality of life.

Factbook
Tirole wins third term | BAF ends all operations outside Bangkok | Tirole approves investigation into alleged atrocities committed by BAF | Recession aftermath hits Northern France | Death Penalty for suicide overturned, “[The Law] seemed kind of silly” Lower Parliament says | National Vaccination Campaign in full force | Blanji Man steals 57 cats in broad daylight

User avatar
Pax Nerdvana
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:35 am

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
The Internet killed gun control.
Profile
Quotes
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

User avatar
UniversalCommons
Senator
 
Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:46 am

The Atlas of Happiness The Global Secrets of How to Be Happy by Helen Russell and The Disordered Mind What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves by Eric R. Kandel

User avatar
Dytarma
Minister
 
Posts: 2230
Founded: Nov 24, 2015
Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby Dytarma » Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:49 pm

Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray atm.
I don't acknowledge the existence of genders and I'm pro death on abortion. All babies must die (sc).
Master Dispatch (or everything I don't want deleted)
Dytarma's Birthday
Don't know what else to put, so I'm -0.50 left and -0.41 libertarian according to The Political Compass

User avatar
Samudera Darussalam
Senator
 
Posts: 4598
Founded: Aug 05, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby Samudera Darussalam » Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:54 pm

The Mirage by Matt Ruff

User avatar
Universalius
Secretary
 
Posts: 39
Founded: Apr 24, 2019
Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby Universalius » Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:58 pm

The Socialist Manifesto, by Bhaskar Sunkara

User avatar
The Macabees
Senator
 
Posts: 3924
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:32 am

I'm re-reading Goldsworthy's The Punic Wars.
Former Sr. II Roleplaying Mentor | Factbook

The Macabees' Guides to Roleplaying, Worldbuilding, and Other Stuff (please upvote if you like them!)

PreviousNext

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to Arts & Fiction

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Juristonia, Unclear

Advertisement

Remove ads