Conquer Club

Lord Arioch wrote:Steven Brust drageaeran chronicles
Metro 2033

Lord Arioch wrote:The setting were good and the story. Loved the conversation about how marxism should handle headless mutants ... fun book!

Lord Arioch wrote:The series about Vlad Taltos are great if u like fantasy:)
Otherwise i can recommend Lynn Fflewelling, high fantasy with 2 gay thieves/Spies a bit different great books!
Or Everything by Ursula K LeGuin .... Everything:)

Books are an addiction i have ...

Lord Arioch wrote:And sci fi
when i was younger i read strindberg and loads of other "important" writers now mainly fantasy or sci fi way better for the imagination ...

CS friedman this Alien shore is for example of of my top 5 books really good:)
then u have Neal Stephenson who writes wicked good books snowcrash for example about a future US were the mob has taken over pizza deliveries ... guarantee we are on time or else ...

if u want sci fi or fantasy im ur man

Lord Arioch wrote:Nope dont Think so, good?
Its a World of unread books out there and im allways on the look out for more

Symmetry wrote:

Mr_Adams wrote:recently read a series called "The Three Body Problem" (Proper Series title is something like "Remembering Earth's Past" or some shit like that)

Englis translation of a Chinese guy's novels. Good stuff. Named for a classic orbital mechanics problem on chaotic systems. 10/10 would recommend.

I'm sure I've seen that in my local library- the title intrigued. Will have to pick it up, though I've gone off sci-fi a bit recently. Is it hard sci-fi? I liked the Martian, but found Red Mars a bit of a slog. So I'm kind of open to the idea.

Have you read Seven Eves, by Neil Stephenson? I recommend it, though the ending is a bit disappointing, but that's kind of been my experience with most of the stuff he's written. Love the journey, but meh on the destination.

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mrswdk wrote:

menus aren't books, mrs...

mrswdk wrote:You guys are just jealous 'cause Grandpa Mao wrote the second most read book in history, while the best Obama could do was get mad likes on the occasional tweet.

Symmetry wrote:
Second most published, perhaps. Not sure how many people actually willingly read it.

I picked up my copy in a charity shop, along with a book about the history of anarchism. Got some strange looks from the clerk.

Lord Arioch wrote:Well ive read it, and a load of anarchistic history 2;), and marx, and weber, and adams and mill, and´mein kampf and.... well u get the Point
In my opinion, u have to read, discuss and pnder politcal ideology in order to have one ur self. Just going around without historical context of thought is just frigging waste of a good brain!
Zombies will not eat u for that:)

Symmetry wrote:

Lord Arioch wrote:Well ive read it, and a load of anarchistic history 2;), and marx, and weber, and adams and mill, and´mein kampf and.... well u get the Point
In my opinion, u have to read, discuss and pnder politcal ideology in order to have one ur self. Just going around without historical context of thought is just frigging waste of a good brain!
Zombies will not eat u for that:)

My point was more that owning a copy of it was pretty much mandatory in China during the Cultural Revolution, which kind of distorts reading figures. I'm not implying that it's a bad idea to read it willingly, but at the time, people forming their own political ideologies were very much under threat from the regime, which I think runs directly counter to your (and my) beliefs.

mrswdk wrote:

Symmetry wrote:

Lord Arioch wrote:Well ive read it, and a load of anarchistic history 2;), and marx, and weber, and adams and mill, and´mein kampf and.... well u get the Point
In my opinion, u have to read, discuss and pnder politcal ideology in order to have one ur self. Just going around without historical context of thought is just frigging waste of a good brain!
Zombies will not eat u for that:)

My point was more that owning a copy of it was pretty much mandatory in China during the Cultural Revolution, which kind of distorts reading figures. I'm not implying that it's a bad idea to read it willingly, but at the time, people forming their own political ideologies were very much under threat from the regime, which I think runs directly counter to your (and my) beliefs.

I mean, you tell everyone on here what they ought to think.

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Symmetry wrote:

Lord Arioch wrote:Well ive read it, and a load of anarchistic history 2;), and marx, and weber, and adams and mill, and´mein kampf and.... well u get the Point
In my opinion, u have to read, discuss and pnder politcal ideology in order to have one ur self. Just going around without historical context of thought is just frigging waste of a good brain!
Zombies will not eat u for that:)

My point was more that owning a copy of it was pretty much mandatory in China during the Cultural Revolution, which kind of distorts reading figures. I'm not implying that it's a bad idea to read it willingly, but at the time, people forming their own political ideologies were very much under threat from the regime, which I think runs directly counter to your (and my) beliefs.

I mean, you tell everyone on here what they ought to think.

DoomYoshi wrote:how about naval seminaries? Field trips can include an Acts 27 re-enactment.