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Marxist Germany
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Postby Marxist Germany » Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:46 pm

Just finished rereading 1984 by George Orwell, now looking to buy a copy of Animal Farm by the same author.
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The Ovakian Technarchy
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Postby The Ovakian Technarchy » Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:48 pm

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Samadhi
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Founded: Sep 24, 2019
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Postby Samadhi » Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:41 am

The great dune trilogy
18 and female
Voluntaryist.
Enjoys watching social democrats act like authoritarian hell states are that much worse than them.
It's all slavery baby.
Proud cat mum, I love Snowy and Hijinks.
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Pax Nerdvana
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Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:43 am

Geneviev wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:Ray Bradbury is a great author. You should read The Martian Chronicles next.

I'm still waiting to find it in the library. Soon, I hope.

I hope you find it. It's a darn good read.
I'm currently rereading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams.
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"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."
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Creslonia
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Founded: Oct 27, 2017
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Postby Creslonia » Mon Oct 07, 2019 4:41 pm

I just finished Stephen King's Revival. Has the same supernatural elements of any Stephen King work, but the real horror doesn't come until the end. A good read.
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Elwher
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Postby Elwher » Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:09 pm

William Brinkley - The Last Ship Do not condemn a good book for what TNT did to it. The only remnants of the book are the ship and the title.
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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The Grene Knyght
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Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:02 am

Snow Bird-Worldism Crash wrote:
The Grene Knyght wrote:The Drowned World by JG Ballard

i love JGB. do you have a favourite of his?

Haven't read enough of his stuff to say really. I think I read Crash a few years ago but that's it.
The Grene Knyght wrote:
The Grene Knyght wrote:The Fellowship of the Ring

Finally moving on to The Two Towers

Aaaaand finally starting The Return of the King. The series has been on my reading list for a long time. Unfortunately I haven't gotten much reading done for the past month - not for any particular reason, just couldn't work up the energy to get more than a few pages into anything. Hopefully I'll get some more done now.
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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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The Noviaskiet
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Postby The Noviaskiet » Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:04 am

Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel.
——F r e e R o j a v a, F r e e C a t a l o n i a, F r e e H o n g k o n g——

Pro- Libertarian Socialism, equality, revolutionary anarcho-posadism, direct democracy, civil rights, critical theory, separatist movements, etc

against- fascism, authoritarianism, neo-liberalism, theism, etc
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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:07 am

A book about Soviet military equipment. I don't have it with me so I can't remember the actual title of it.
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.
White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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The Noviaskiet
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Postby The Noviaskiet » Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:11 am

The Ovakian Technarchy wrote:"The Future of Humanity", by Michio Kaku


I read that, very thought provoking. I recommend Future of the mind, Hyperspace, parallel worlds, and physics of the impossible, all great Michio Kaku books to check out if you haven’t yet.
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against- fascism, authoritarianism, neo-liberalism, theism, etc
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Barboneia
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Founded: Sep 17, 2014
Compulsory Consumerist State

Postby Barboneia » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:10 am

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick.
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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Pax Nerdvana
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Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:25 am

The Grene Knyght wrote:
Snow Bird-Worldism Crash wrote:i love JGB. do you have a favourite of his?

Haven't read enough of his stuff to say really. I think I read Crash a few years ago but that's it.
The Grene Knyght wrote:Finally moving on to The Two Towers

Aaaaand finally starting The Return of the King. The series has been on my reading list for a long time. Unfortunately I haven't gotten much reading done for the past month - not for any particular reason, just couldn't work up the energy to get more than a few pages into anything. Hopefully I'll get some more done now.

Cool. I just finished a reread of the trilogy last month.
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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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Kiruri
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Postby Kiruri » Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:38 am

El bazar de los malos sueños by Stephen King, in Spanish
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Dirty Paws!
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Fuyujima
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Founded: Aug 06, 2019
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Postby Fuyujima » Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:30 am

Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar
Yadoya Meshimori wrote:
It's best for a poet
To be clumsy:
If heaven and earth
Started to move in sympathy
Do you suppose we could stand it?
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Pax Nerdvana
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Founded: May 22, 2017
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:55 am

Inherit the Stars James P. Hogan
The Internet killed gun control.
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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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Sovaal
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Founded: Mar 17, 2017
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Postby Sovaal » Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:00 am

I was trying to read The Hobbit however school has me burnt out on reading books for fun at the moment.

Over the summer I read The Postman.
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Most of the time I have no idea what the hell I'm doing or talking about.

”Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe.
No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is
the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried from time to time." -
Winston Churchill, 1947.

"Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon – so long as there is no answer to it – gives claws to the weak.” - George Orwell
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Elwher
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Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:23 am

Glen Cook - Wicked Bronze Ambition One of the Garrett, PI series
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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A z a n i a
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Posts: 135
Founded: Aug 21, 2019
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Postby A z a n i a » Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:26 am

Red Storm Rising, by Thomas Clancy. For the billionth time.
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Basically an alt-history South Africa in which apartheid never happened.
09 February 2022
✉ News: Sasol confirms oil discovery at Orange Basin offshore well | "We are in the process of identifying potential sites for new nuclear power plants" - Department of Energy | Government finalises preparations for 2022 State of the Nation address | REGIONAL NEWS | Captured militants say Mozambique Jihadists "very weak" | "Zimbabwe remains ineligible for SADC membership" - SADC chairperson
Sig based off -Astoria's.
Many thanks to Greater Malayan Confederation for the new flag!
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Swindenland
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Founded: Aug 21, 2016
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Postby Swindenland » Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:32 am

I just read Over invisible barriers by Mark Lazarevitch Gallai (no English translation exists), a book about the development of aviation technology and its testing in the USSR. I was just in the library today and got Surely you're joking mister Feynman! by Richard Feynman, one of the best physicists ever, and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, it is a real misfortune that the author is a 'real dick' to gay people.
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Jolthig
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Founded: Aug 31, 2010
Democratic Socialists

Postby Jolthig » Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:34 pm

Sahih Bukhari: Book of Zakat
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Pax Nerdvana
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Founded: May 22, 2017
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:48 am

X-Wing: The Bacta War by Micheal Stackpole.
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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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Elwher
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Founded: May 24, 2012
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Postby Elwher » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:59 am

Frederik Pohl - Heechee Rendezvous
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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Qhevak
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Posts: 384
Founded: Jul 22, 2019
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Qhevak » Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:48 pm

Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon. On page 50 or so - easier than I expected so far.
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The Oortian Community of Qhevak
Distributed association of posthuman Oort cloud space habitats in deep Scutum Centaurus - basically all of these ideologies living together. A Power 5 civilization according to this index. Does not use NS stats. Wiki here.
Aerospace Engineering grad student, currently doing work on smallsat and sounding rocket projects.
Previously Gogol Transcendancy, Ibis Galaxy Alliance.
N&I RP in a shellnut
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Fuyujima
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Founded: Aug 06, 2019
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Postby Fuyujima » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:52 pm

Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
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Yadoya Meshimori wrote:
It's best for a poet
To be clumsy:
If heaven and earth
Started to move in sympathy
Do you suppose we could stand it?
Please use our actual national flag in F7 threads (redesigned thanks to Hatsunia)
Fuyujima is an authoritarian one party state who's citizens aren't entirely sure who runs what.
Fuyu the poster is an immature girl who wants to become a philologist.
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New Visayan Islands
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Posts: 9451
Founded: Jan 31, 2017
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby New Visayan Islands » Sat Nov 09, 2019 6:13 am

Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. Again.
Let "¡Viva la Libertad!" be a cry of Eternal Defiance to the Jackboot.
My TGs are NOT for Mod Stuff.
For details on the man behind NVI, click here.
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