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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1775 on: September 06, 2018, 04:08:20 PM »
I read the Brothers K and all the characters were American!

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1776 on: September 14, 2018, 01:02:16 PM »
Getting into Crime and Punishment right now and the characters' names may as well be hieroglyphics.


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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1777 on: September 14, 2018, 01:07:30 PM »
I’m halfway through “The Bitcoin Standard” and it’s very good.  I really liked how he author structures the book.  The first third of the book maybe mentions Bitcoin a handful of times, saying it will be explained later.

He goes through the entire history or money and what eventually made the gold standard the best way of having sound money.  When we got away from it during WWI and how even though we don’t use it anymore, all money is still tied to it.  Countries hold amounts of US Dollars in their vaults the same way they used to hold gold, and the US Dollar was originally based on gold, so everything is still connected.

The way Bitcoin was created, hows you interact with it in the world, and having no boundaries are all great points.  The book really does a good job of explaining money in general and more specifically why Bitcoin may be an even better money system than gold ever way.  Very good read.

I finished this last weekend and can confirm that the whole book is very good and I recommend it for non-fiction fans.
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1778 on: September 20, 2018, 08:11:59 PM »

I suppose a very close third would be Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy and three stand alone novels that are in the same universe.  They are pretty hard core.  The Bloody Nine, a key figure in the books, is one of my favorite literary characters ever.


started this and really like it!

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1779 on: September 20, 2018, 08:13:37 PM »
Getting into Crime and Punishment right now and the characters' names may as well be hieroglyphics.

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« Reply #1780 on: September 20, 2018, 08:52:18 PM »

I suppose a very close third would be Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy and three stand alone novels that are in the same universe.  They are pretty hard core.  The Bloody Nine, a key figure in the books, is one of my favorite literary characters ever.


started this and really like it!

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Just started book 2! Book 1 was slow in spots but it's good enough to continue

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1781 on: September 20, 2018, 08:54:07 PM »
Also, why in the world is there a place called ANGLAND???
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1782 on: September 21, 2018, 10:07:05 AM »
Him maybe I'll give this rothfuss fellow a shot.  Good fantasy is super hard to do.

It’s very, very good.

It’s very, very good.
The very best fantasy
Is the second book better?  I have to admit the first one (which I am about 95% through) didn't seem to go anywhere (I did get to read about feet slapping the cobblestones a lot and really wet red lips).  Do the characters get anymore depth beyond being the best/prettiest/smartest at everything?

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1783 on: September 21, 2018, 01:16:01 PM »
I have a few hours of driving this weekend, plz give good audible suggestions
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1784 on: September 21, 2018, 01:24:49 PM »
Him maybe I'll give this rothfuss fellow a shot.  Good fantasy is super hard to do.

It’s very, very good.

It’s very, very good.
The very best fantasy
Is the second book better?  I have to admit the first one (which I am about 95% through) didn't seem to go anywhere (I did get to read about feet slapping the cobblestones a lot and really wet red lips).  Do the characters get anymore depth beyond being the best/prettiest/smartest at everything?

a good one line summary of the books so far is "didn't seem to go anywhere". I liked them though.

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« Reply #1785 on: September 21, 2018, 02:02:46 PM »
Him maybe I'll give this rothfuss fellow a shot.  Good fantasy is super hard to do.

It’s very, very good.

It’s very, very good.
The very best fantasy
Is the second book better?  I have to admit the first one (which I am about 95% through) didn't seem to go anywhere (I did get to read about feet slapping the cobblestones a lot and really wet red lips).  Do the characters get anymore depth beyond being the best/prettiest/smartest at everything?

a good one line summary of the books so far is "didn't seem to go anywhere". I liked them though.
Yeah that's actually a pretty fair review. I don't remember much of a difference between the two.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1786 on: September 21, 2018, 03:54:00 PM »
I have a few hours of driving this weekend, plz give good audible suggestions

Armada by Ernest Cline...read by Will Wheaton

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1787 on: September 21, 2018, 03:57:00 PM »
Him maybe I'll give this rothfuss fellow a shot.  Good fantasy is super hard to do.

It’s very, very good.

It’s very, very good.
The very best fantasy
Is the second book better?  I have to admit the first one (which I am about 95% through) didn't seem to go anywhere (I did get to read about feet slapping the cobblestones a lot and really wet red lips).  Do the characters get anymore depth beyond being the best/prettiest/smartest at everything?

a good one line summary of the books so far is "didn't seem to go anywhere". I liked them though.
Yeah that's actually a pretty fair review. I don't remember much of a difference between the two.


He went lots of places, guys!  Heck, he became a man right before our very eyes.  And quite a magician as well, I might add.  That thing that stops arrows, wow!  And how about the Lute Hero heroics?!?!

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1788 on: September 21, 2018, 04:09:07 PM »
iirc he got trapped by a fairy in fairyland or some crap and gave such good D she let him go.


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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1789 on: September 21, 2018, 04:09:23 PM »
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1790 on: September 21, 2018, 04:15:04 PM »
I have a few hours of driving this weekend, plz give good audible suggestions

Armada by Ernest Cline...read by Will Wheaton

Was actually leaning towards this, love the wheat
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« Reply #1791 on: September 21, 2018, 04:51:41 PM »
Armada is a terrible, cliched, steaming turd of a book.  It's a grade school level ripoff of the move The Last Starfighter.  But if there's anything in the world that has a chance of making it better it's Wil Wheaton. 

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« Reply #1792 on: September 21, 2018, 05:19:54 PM »
Armada is a terrible, cliched, steaming turd of a book.  It's a grade school level ripoff of the move The Last Starfighter.  But if there's anything in the world that has a chance of making it better it's Wil Wheaton.

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« Reply #1793 on: September 21, 2018, 05:21:14 PM »
iirc he got trapped by a fairy in fairyland or some crap and gave such good D she let him go.


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That tree mumped him good, tho.  That has to be why we haven't gotten a third book.  How do you recover from something like that? 

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1794 on: September 21, 2018, 09:07:56 PM »
Armada is a terrible, cliched, steaming turd of a book.  It's a grade school level ripoff of the move The Last Starfighter.  But if there's anything in the world that has a chance of making it better it's Wil Wheaton.
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« Reply #1795 on: September 21, 2018, 09:15:01 PM »
Armada is a terrible, cliched, steaming turd of a book.  It's a grade school level ripoff of the move The Last Starfighter.  But if there's anything in the world that has a chance of making it better it's Wil Wheaton.

enders game is also a pile of crap last starfighter ripoff

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« Reply #1796 on: September 21, 2018, 09:17:29 PM »
I'm reading some sci fi thing right now that's really good. don't remember the name or author. or even a word that would be easily google'able (left wing fucks) to be able to say what it is but I'll get off my kindle later and post tomorrow if I remember.

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« Reply #1797 on: September 24, 2018, 09:36:18 AM »
I have a few hours of driving this weekend, plz give good audible suggestions

Armada by Ernest Cline...read by Will Wheaton

Was actually leaning towards this, love the wheat

I'm about half way through and enjoy it.

Highlights: everytime the wheat exclaims "HOLY-rough ridin'-crap". The wheat doing a morgan freeman voice. The wheat doing a pee-wee herman voice
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« Reply #1798 on: September 27, 2018, 07:41:13 AM »
10:04 by Ben Lerner was really good. Guess he’s from Topeka.
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #1799 on: September 27, 2018, 12:51:16 PM »
My folks are friends with his folks, haven’t read the book tho.  Not enough lasers or swords.