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by classicsnoot • 11 years ago

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The Forth Edition of the Hacker News Book club. Tell us what you are reading, plan to read, or recommend we read.

Third: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394397

Second: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9342886

First: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8918181

csoare• 11 years ago

Mindset, Carol Dweck: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindset-How-Fulfil-Your-Potential/dp...

Zero to One, Peter Thiel: http://zerotoonebook.com/

Also plan on starting "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!"

brownbat• 11 years ago

Recently read and most recommended:

* Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin

* Slaughterhouse Five..., Vonnegut

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I'm in the middle of Ready Player One.

Of the last dozen books I've read[1], Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin left my head swimming for the most days, so I'd highly recommend it. It was really eye-opening to read sci fi from a different cultural baseline.

Most of my dozen latest reads were during an internet fast. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9443888 They included Asimov, Bradbury, Christie, Philip K Dick, Pratchett, Simmons, Stross, and a few by Vonnegut. I'm not arguing Liu is a better writer than this club. His book just stayed in my head longer for some reason. Maybe just because the opening chapters were so strikingly different from everything else I read. I mean, if you haven't read Slaughterhouse Five go read that immediately, of course, but I assume everyone's heard of Vonnegut already. So if you've crossed that off your list, read Three Body.

gadders• 11 years ago

The Saga of the Pliocene Exile series by Julian May:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_of_Pliocene_Exile

And I'm enjoying it greatly.

ldd• 11 years ago

The handmaid's Tale http://www.amazon.com/Handmaids-Tale-Margaret-Atwood/dp/0385...

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