I really enjoyed "Ready Player One" by Ernst Cline. Lots of references to mid and late 80s pop Culture and a easy entertaining read.
My wife has been telling me to read this book for a while now. I think this one is up next for me.
I really enjoyed "Ready Player One" by Ernst Cline. Lots of references to mid and late 80s pop Culture and a easy entertaining read.
The Silo Series (Wool, Shift & Dust) - Hugh Howey
http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-...F8&qid=1461332446&sr=1-1&keywords=silo+series
Post Apocalyptic. This is similar to the "Divergent" series, in that society has been reduced to it's simplest form. Different groups of people working together within their skill set to make a civilization. The society lives in a giant underground silo. Of course, someone is not content with living underground and has to know more. If you enjoyed Divergent or Hunger Games then I suspect you will enjoy this series.
Oh, I have to mix in light reading. I love graphic novels. Terry Pratchett has done four graphic novels, collaborated with Neil Gaiman, wrote the goofy and entertaining Disc World novels. He was unfortunately just diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.Not at all. Whatever appeals to you. I grew up reading the classics (at a young age Dumas was my favorite), but had a steady diet of pulp fiction, Robert E Howard, Burroughs, etc. Regardless of what I've read, those are my all time favorites for the pure escapism and imagery they provided. I reread Burroughs Mars series a few years ago when the John Carter Movie came out.
ETA: Those books you listed look like a lot of fun. Looking to buy some now.
Currently readin "Stocism and the Art of Happiness" by Donald Robertson
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/14441...+happiness&dpPl=1&dpID=51GlQV-GsML&ref=plSrch
As I wander the globe I have plenty of personal time and often try to pay attention to subject patterns in life. That may pop up in Facebook, an email or personal interactions. Usually if I notice a subject three times I search out a book on it. Stoicism has done just that so I grabbed this book and am about half way through it.
So far is a particular view on living your life and an enjoyable read.
Next up possibly another book on Stoicism or finish the Isis Covenant by James Douglas.
If you opt for another book on Stoicism, may I suggest Epictetus? Sharon Labell's The Art of Living (link) is the best modern take I've found. His original Enchiridion and Discourses are fundamental Stoic texts.
I'm rereading Victor Davis Hanson's Carnage and Culture. The book is almost a direct refutation to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and that book's assertion that Western military success is largely an accident of geography. Hanson argues that Western culture has been the deciding martial factor since ancient Greece. He makes his case well; the fact that his prose is more approachable and captivating than Diamond is just icing on the cake.
This is a great book. Armada is a decent read as well.My wife has been telling me to read this book for a while now. I think this one is up next for me.
If the sci-if tv series is any indication, this ought to be a great read. I keep thinking of getting it.This is a great book. Armada is a decent read as well.
The magicians by les grossman if you liked Harry Potter![]()
This is a great book. Armada is a decent read as well.
The magicians by les grossman if you liked Harry Potter![]()
First thing i thought of also.This is the only Les Grossman I've ever heard of.
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Great books! I went on an Orson Scott Card kick, years ago. Love his "style". I remember thoroughly enjoying his "Alvin the Maker" series, as well. I even have some books written under his various pseudonyms.Ender's Game, and Speaker for the dead should be must reads
I just finished Gatefather by Card. It was very interesting thematically, as most of his books are. I enjoyed Ender's Game when my brother turned me on to Card shortly after he wrote it and then read Speaker for the Dead. I thought the sequel(Speaker) was better. Really one story as the sequel explains much.Great books! I went on an Orson Scott Card kick, years ago. Love his "style". I remember thoroughly enjoying his "Alvin the Maker" series, as well. I even have some books written under his various pseudonyms.
I remember after the Patriot Act was passed there were many people noting that 1984 was supposed to be a cautionary tale NOT an instruction manual! That was the moment it finally sunk in how important literacy is and how relatively illiterate the general public had to be not to know about or understand the relevance of that warning. I later learned the author was a Fabian and was privy to incrementalism as a result. So this warning was probably not just a lucky guess.I'm reading Nineteen Eighty-Four for the first time. I don't know why I'm just now getting to it, since I recall enjoying Brave New World so much when I was in college.
Great topic, btw. I have a tough time choosing fiction - looks like some good ideas here.
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This is a great book. Armada is a decent read as well.
The magicians by les grossman if you liked Harry Potter![]()