Read any good books lately?

[Badger]

How was Bullshit Jobs?

I liked it as well as Debt a lot. Wanted to read BS Jobs first but ended up just going with what was available sooner.

There's a military example early on in the book that I'm sure you'll appreciate.

[Johnny English]

I liked it as well as Debt a lot. Wanted to read BS Jobs first but ended up just going with what was available sooner.

There's a military example early on in the book that I'm sure you'll appreciate.

Colour me shocked that you enjoyed a book whose essential premise appears to be "most corporate jobs are pointless and people should just be given money".

[Badger]

Colour me shocked that you enjoyed a book whose essential premise appears to be "most corporate jobs are pointless and people should just be given money".

*dismissive jerking motion*

It doesn't shy away from government jobs either, just calls a spade a spade.

[MBGreen]

finishing up William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.  Decent read (a little different from the movie, but not much). Only 375 pages so it wouldn't take you long.  I'd recommend it if you're looking for something quick.

I'm probably going to order the book sequel titled Legion.

[delavan]

Not sure of this vintage but the English version was a pretty good read

[Badger]

Just finished The Three-Body Problem. Thought it was pretty interesting. Does anyone know if the two subsequent books are worth reading?

I don't love the tendency of sci-fi and fantasy books to turn into full series. Just give me a solid stand-alone story.

[reuben]

Just finished The Three-Body Problem. Thought it was pretty interesting. Does anyone know if the two subsequent books are worth reading?

Dark Forest has been on my shelf for about a year, haven't started it yet. 

I don't love the tendency of sci-fi and fantasy books to turn into full series. Just give me a solid stand-alone story.

Not sure I agree about fantasy, I think part of its appeal is the creation of this massive world in which a reader can lose himself.  That takes paper.  But I think the best medium for science fiction is the short story.  Get in, get out, get mind-fucked.

[CatoTheElder]

Dark Forest has been on my shelf for about a year, haven't started it yet. 

Not sure I agree about fantasy, I think part of its appeal is the creation of this massive world in which a reader can lose himself.  That takes paper.  But I think the best medium for science fiction is the short story.  Get in, get out, get mind-fucked.

There's very little actual difference between the two genres. Either could be sprawling universes with volumes of lore or stand alone stories.

It just depends on whether you want your elves and wizards to be from space or not.

[Badger]

Just finished The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula LeGuin. Thought it was pretty great.

Next two books: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang, and Hiroshima by John Hersey. Let's get depressed about history!

[Badger]

2023 reads. * for top ten. 38 total.

Midnight's Furies - Nisid Hajari
This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Black Jacobins - C.L.R. James*
The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy
Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy
Hammer and Hoe - Robin D.G. Kelley
Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon
Blood of Elves - Andrzej Sapkowkski
excrement, Actually - Lindy West
The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu*
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Dawn of Yangchen - F.C. Yee
The Deficit Myth - Stephanie Kelton
Dyscalculia - Camonghne Felix
Something Like an Autobiography - Akira Kurosawa
Child of God - Cormac McCarthy
Taste Makers - Mayukh Sen
Thinking in Pictures - Temple Grandin*
The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula LeGuin*
The Rape of Nanking - Iris Chang
Hiroshima - John Hersey*
Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc - Ash Bishop
The Legacy of Yangchen - F.C. Yee
Maphead - Ken Jennings*
Raw Dog - Jamie Loftus*
The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann*
Arctic Dreams - Barry Lopez*
Baptism of Fire - Andrzej Sapkowkski
Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder
Into Thin Air - John Krakauer*
Devolution - Max Brooks
Planet of Slums - Mike Davis
Planet Funny - Ken Jennings
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi


With the kids:
Furthermore - Tahereh Mafi
A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula LeGuin
In Calabria - Peter Beagle

[bojanglesman]

Raw Dog lol.

[CatoTheElder]

If you ever get the chance to read Father of Lies by Brian Everson, run.

It's 172 pages and I finished it in 6 hours. I'm pretty sure I did this so I can get it over with as soon as possible.

[CatoTheElder]

Actual good book:

Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore 1994-2007 by Dan Ozzi

This is a really fun book chronicling the history of a bunch of bands up until their major label debut, including Green Day, The Donnas, Blink-182, Thursday, Ath the Drive-in, and Against Me!