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

Post a reply
User avatar
Heaven Hieghts
Minister
 
Posts: 2565
Founded: Jun 20, 2008
Ex-Nation

Postby Heaven Hieghts » Tue May 04, 2021 2:41 pm

Reading Children of Dune by Frank Herbet and Junji Ito's graphic novel adaptation of No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, which is giving me crippling depression.
Guess what, I'm radical left
Top
User avatar
An Alan Smithee Nation
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 7623
Founded: Apr 18, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby An Alan Smithee Nation » Wed May 05, 2021 7:03 am

The Desert War Trilogy by Alan Moorhead.
Everything is intertwinkled
Top
User avatar
New Goldman
Envoy
 
Posts: 288
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
New York Times Democracy

Postby New Goldman » Wed May 05, 2021 3:24 pm

Decided to pick up the PDF version of Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick. I'm a fan of alternate history.
Top
User avatar
Heaven Hieghts
Minister
 
Posts: 2565
Founded: Jun 20, 2008
Ex-Nation

Postby Heaven Hieghts » Thu May 06, 2021 9:42 am

New Goldman wrote:Decided to pick up the PDF version of Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick. I'm a fan of alternate history.

I always really liked Phillip K. Dick's ideas, but found his prose rather lackluster.
Guess what, I'm radical left
Top
User avatar
The Macabees
Senator
 
Posts: 3924
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Thu May 06, 2021 9:58 am

Shanna H. Swan, Count Down: How Our Modern World is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
Former Sr. II Roleplaying Mentor | Factbook

The Macabees' Guides to Roleplaying, Worldbuilding, and Other Stuff (please upvote if you like them!)
Top
User avatar
New Goldman
Envoy
 
Posts: 288
Founded: Jul 27, 2020
New York Times Democracy

Postby New Goldman » Thu May 06, 2021 10:13 pm

Heaven Hieghts wrote:I always really liked Phillip K. Dick's ideas, but found his prose rather lackluster.

Overall so far, the book is kinda boring. I for one could say that the Amazon adaptation is better than the book, IF Amazon hadn't botched its development.
Top
User avatar
Stratocratic-Anarchy Oceanic Empire
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 58
Founded: Jan 30, 2019
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Stratocratic-Anarchy Oceanic Empire » Thu May 06, 2021 10:14 pm

Erin Hunter, Warrior Cats - Fading Echoes
Last edited by Stratocratic-Anarchy Oceanic Empire on Thu May 06, 2021 10:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
✧ Elder of Defense, Elder of Foreign Affairs ✧ and ✨ WA Delegate ✨ for St Abbaddon.
The actual canon name for my nation is Oceania “insert 1984 joke here”. While it has gone through different disambiguations over the centuries, the concurrent form is the Federal Union of Oceania. This concurrent form is a federal union of several constituent states with a president, a large legislature, and a democratic constitution.

Oh yeah, Oceania has this thing where it likes to have a civil war every three decades or so
(My NS name was actually typed in by accident as I didn't know 100% how naming your nation worked on NationStates. So “Stratocratic-Anarchy Oceanic Empire” is now cursed to be my main on NS)
Top
User avatar
Radiatia
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 8394
Founded: Oct 25, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Radiatia » Thu May 06, 2021 11:29 pm

The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
Top
User avatar
An Alan Smithee Nation
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 7623
Founded: Apr 18, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby An Alan Smithee Nation » Thu May 06, 2021 11:35 pm

Heaven Hieghts wrote:
New Goldman wrote:Decided to pick up the PDF version of Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick. I'm a fan of alternate history.

I always really liked Phillip K. Dick's ideas, but found his prose rather lackluster.


Same with me, I find him really hard to read.
Everything is intertwinkled
Top
User avatar
Pax Nerdvana
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Fri May 07, 2021 6:19 am

Men At War by Alexander Rose
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
Top
User avatar
Droiden
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 58
Founded: Jun 17, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Droiden » Fri May 07, 2021 6:21 am

Just finished The Rebel by Albert Camus. On to Either/Or by Soren Kirkegaard
Majesty. Glory. History. These are the factors that make Droiden truly magnificent.
RP Year: 2037
|Anthem|Droidenian Orthodox Church| Canon Map (WIP) |Folketing|
8values
Libertarian Socialist| Trans/Bi | Autistic | Danish-American | Non-Resistant Non-Believer |
I talk about lots of stupid stuff I know near-nothing about because I turned it into a coping mechanism. Officially a girl since 12/8/20
Nation doesn't align with OOC views (rewrite in progress)
Από το Φως του Βόρειου Αστέρα | By The Light of The Northern Star | Ved Nordig Æstjerner Lyse
"God's Help and the Strength of the People!" - Kongur Sigurd Constantius II
A nation that seems perfect on the outside and it actually is. DroidenFeds need not apply | NS Stats not used.
Do NOT call me "Alyss" that's my old name :(
Top
User avatar
The Macabees
Senator
 
Posts: 3924
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Sat May 08, 2021 12:57 pm

Charles Calomiris and Stephen Haber, Fragile by Design
Former Sr. II Roleplaying Mentor | Factbook

The Macabees' Guides to Roleplaying, Worldbuilding, and Other Stuff (please upvote if you like them!)
Top
User avatar
Ethel mermania
Post Overlord
 
Posts: 129514
Founded: Aug 20, 2010
Father Knows Best State

Postby Ethel mermania » Sun May 09, 2021 12:31 pm

Pictures of Southern life, Social, political and military

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

Postby Elwher » Sun May 09, 2021 1:06 pm

John McWhorter - Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
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
Top
User avatar
Riam
Envoy
 
Posts: 274
Founded: Mar 11, 2021
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Riam » Tue May 11, 2021 9:06 am

Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan.
Hiperurànion
Sobirà del Reialme Hiperurànic
«S’admet, perquè se sap. Però no es coneix pas.»

~In NS since May 31st 2004~
Top
User avatar
Blargoblarg
Minister
 
Posts: 2282
Founded: Sep 06, 2010
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Blargoblarg » Wed May 12, 2021 2:46 am

I'm re-reading The Dolphins of Pern by Anne McCaffrey.
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.
Top
User avatar
Viennaria
Spokesperson
 
Posts: 181
Founded: Oct 26, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Viennaria » Thu May 13, 2021 6:00 am

I'm reading American Sniper, Chris Kyle's Autobiography. It is frickin awesome.
Tier 9 Civilization, according to this index: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=453617, Pro-Capitalism and Democracy, I DO NOT USE NSSTATS, Proud Member of ICDN, UDAF, and CUSP.
Top
User avatar
Imperial Rifta
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1864
Founded: Sep 15, 2020
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Imperial Rifta » Fri May 14, 2021 1:07 pm

I just read the Doctor Doolittle trilogy. By Hugh Lofting
Low quality posts from 2020-2023
Eagles - Braves - Crimson Tide - Kraken -

News: The Riftan Professional Bailball League’s playoffs begin and the headlines are stolen by the massive upset by the Etnasa Warhorses over the Proxima Purple Knights in the first round. Meanwhile, the Sarif Beasts topple the Cesar Red after a low scoring game culminating in a one-point victory.
Top
User avatar
Shwe Tu Colony
Senator
 
Posts: 4827
Founded: Sep 27, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Shwe Tu Colony » Sat May 15, 2021 2:19 am

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Shenk.
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
Top
User avatar
Riam
Envoy
 
Posts: 274
Founded: Mar 11, 2021
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Riam » Sat May 15, 2021 6:49 am

Arthur Machen's The Three Impostors.
Hiperurànion
Sobirà del Reialme Hiperurànic
«S’admet, perquè se sap. Però no es coneix pas.»

~In NS since May 31st 2004~
Top
User avatar
United Engiresco
Spokesperson
 
Posts: 112
Founded: May 31, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby United Engiresco » Sat May 15, 2021 6:52 am

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
UNITED ENGIRESCO
Top
User avatar
Indolos
Civil Servant
 
Posts: 10
Founded: Feb 20, 2020
Democratic Socialists

Name of the book I am reading

Postby Indolos » Sat May 15, 2021 6:55 am

A brief history of time - Stephen Hawking
Top
User avatar
Elizio
Spokesperson
 
Posts: 154
Founded: Jan 23, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Elizio » Sat May 15, 2021 1:53 pm

Decline of the West, Vol. 2: Perspectives in World History by Oswald Spengler
Starting over as Hwiteard
Top
User avatar
UniversalCommons
Senator
 
Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Sat May 15, 2021 5:42 pm

I have two books I have started:

How To Avoid A Climate Disaster by Bill Gates and War How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan.
Top
User avatar
Hopal
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1644
Founded: Apr 30, 2020
Democratic Socialists

Postby Hopal » Sat May 15, 2021 6:30 pm

-pass-
Last edited by Hopal on Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
A Nation in South America, comprised of indigenous tribes, immigrants, French and Portuguese settlers, and European Socialists.
Representative Greg Shields (D-CA-28) [Twilight's Last Gleaming]
Top
PreviousNext
Post a reply

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to Arts & Fiction

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group

Advertisement

Remove ads