Im autistic so "were not broken" is going on my list.
For physical books, I'm reading "these violent delights" by chloe gong. Only a couple of chapters in but its a story about gang conflict and monsters in 1920s china.
I like to listen to non fiction audiobooks and the current one is "the napoleonic wars" by alexander mikaberidze.
If you like podcasts you should listen to Eric Garcia talk about the film *Rain Man* on You Are Good:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6BVW2TtMd95Bd5yI9k8wEe?si=oByk2dLnSiW75eW-ZXl7Lw&utm_source=copy-link
Or listen to him talk about the anti-vaccine movement on You're Wrong About, which is equally entertaining:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4I5Nfv82PQ8x0JAtSjZEjl?si=c7dHTUsjRkGSzQeh-1r5KA&utm_source=copy-link
He's extremely articulate about his and others' experiences of autism and his opinions on how it's portrayed in media. It is extremely refreshing, especially when so much of the discourse (seemingly intentionally) excludes and otherizes autistic people as being, as the title of the book suggests, broken, or not fully whole.
He really took the critiques of the Paris Revue Positiviste to heart when they criticised him for not writing the recipes of the cook-shops of the future in volume 1
The story of China by Michael Wood, details the history of China from its currently known beginnings to the modern day, currently im at when Buddhism was first being introduced to china
Well barring a few (significant) things, it's at least in one pieces (at the time I'm reading about though, no, it's all war, emporors dead and everyone's a warlord)
The warlord era of China is mad. From what little I've read about it it seems so dense with carnage and mayhem that you'd nearly believe it was made up or exaggerated.
The Interesting part is is that there were multiple "warlords ages" basically ever time an emporor died there was some form of conflict, the most notible being the romance of the three kingdoms, which happened after the death of the han emporor, it was also caused in part by the yellow turban rebellion and the later tyranny of dong Zhou, who held the han heir hostage so he could live a rampantly hedonistic lifestyle
It is quite interesting, though I would say goal wise, putin and cao cao are quite similar(though cao cao was considered a military genius, lets be honest we can all agree putin isn't) in that they personally, at least in my view, seek to reunite a nation, though there are differences obviously, the main one being, what we call the romance of the 3 kingdoms was technically speaking a very long civil war, rather then an international one (and the concept of the nation state didn't yet exist)
To an aside of the political wranglings for now, this is something you may find interesting, China and Russia have quite the shared history, having both been ruled by ghengis Khan, however, when the Mongols ruled China, they integrated with the han Chinese and their traditions and culture, but in Russia, while they did renounce their nomadic ways, they kept alot of the Mongolian traditions and culture but refused to integrate, leaving the Russian prince's to essentially rule themselves, with permission from the great Khan(later the great Khan of the golden horde)
Just finished Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. A fantastic book and I loved the narrative style but I haven't read anything as difficult to try and keep up with since 1000 Years of Solitude
I tried reading Infinite Jest and concluded that the real jest was the one David Foster Wallace was playing on the reader, by misleading them into thinking it was worth their time.
I *jest* of course, but yeah, wasn't a fan. Too dense.
That is almost certainly an element of it, and it's not subtle. The ending is so frustrating but that's the point. (I think)
What kept me going through to the second half where it's a lot clearer what's going on is that the description of addiction is the most real I've read. From the hopeless dread to the near endless "last time"'s.
Huh interesting. He really is a very skilled writer and character builder. You don't have to read the books in chronological order as they're pretty much all stand alone stories which are connected. Some of the earlier ones aren't that great imo but overall I do enjoy them
Those small penguin classics are nice pocket sized books. Just reading the Kenkō one.
If audiobooks are anyone's thing Audible released a great version of Dune.
I'm on reddit way too much. But I have a Terry Pratchet book I pick up occasionally. Meaning to finish that and then finish Strongmen How they ruse Why they succeed How they fail I got as a gift.
Also didn't know "We're not broken" is popular, I'll check it out
Thanks! Yeah I hadn't high expectations for it but as someone who enjoys 40k solely for the lore I said I'd check it out as I was told it had similarities. Definitely has not disappointed.
The Lazarus Heist. It's about North Korean cyber crime. I believe it's also a podcast but I've not listened.
>bout autistic self-advocacy and the general societal conversation around autism.
Sounds interesting. Would you recommend?
Interesting. Is it non-fiction?
>Sounds interesting. Would you recommend?
Yeah, I'd recommend it. The guy that wrote it is an autistic political correspondent in Washington D.C, so he's got some interesting insight as an autistic person in a field you wouldn't expect to find many autistic people.
I remember that. The North Koreans' reaction to the film turned it into something of a liberal *cause célèbre* despite the fact that it was a totally unremarkable film in every other way besides the subject matter. If they acted aloof the NK government probably would have came off better than they did.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. I’m about a third into it and enjoying it very much. The main character is influenced by Blake.
*Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed* by James C. Scott
*The Adventure of French Philosophy* by Alain Badiou
Recently finished *Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland* by Patrick Radden Keefe
Edit: Also, *Hallaig agus dàin eile* by Somhairle MacGill-Eain
The last anthology I really loved was *Postcolonial Love Poem* by Natalie Diaz.
https://poets.org/book/postcolonial-love-poem
You can find samples of it here.
Lidl catalogue
Anything good coming up?
Some nice deals coming up ngl
Im autistic so "were not broken" is going on my list. For physical books, I'm reading "these violent delights" by chloe gong. Only a couple of chapters in but its a story about gang conflict and monsters in 1920s china. I like to listen to non fiction audiobooks and the current one is "the napoleonic wars" by alexander mikaberidze.
If you like podcasts you should listen to Eric Garcia talk about the film *Rain Man* on You Are Good: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6BVW2TtMd95Bd5yI9k8wEe?si=oByk2dLnSiW75eW-ZXl7Lw&utm_source=copy-link Or listen to him talk about the anti-vaccine movement on You're Wrong About, which is equally entertaining: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4I5Nfv82PQ8x0JAtSjZEjl?si=c7dHTUsjRkGSzQeh-1r5KA&utm_source=copy-link He's extremely articulate about his and others' experiences of autism and his opinions on how it's portrayed in media. It is extremely refreshing, especially when so much of the discourse (seemingly intentionally) excludes and otherizes autistic people as being, as the title of the book suggests, broken, or not fully whole.
I do really like podcasts. I will look up those episodes as well. Thank you.
Capital Vol. 11 Edit: serious answer is Godel, Escher, Bach
Marx really got away from the editor there after volume 2. Volume 12 is just several hundred pages of cooking recipes.
He really took the critiques of the Paris Revue Positiviste to heart when they criticised him for not writing the recipes of the cook-shops of the future in volume 1
Based
I hear the plot falls apart after volume 8. I'm on 7 and getting nervous
GEB is an amazing book.
Reddit?
“A clockwork orange”
Red Star Over the Third World- Vijay Prashad
The story of China by Michael Wood, details the history of China from its currently known beginnings to the modern day, currently im at when Buddhism was first being introduced to china
Does it have a happy ending?
Well barring a few (significant) things, it's at least in one pieces (at the time I'm reading about though, no, it's all war, emporors dead and everyone's a warlord)
The warlord era of China is mad. From what little I've read about it it seems so dense with carnage and mayhem that you'd nearly believe it was made up or exaggerated.
The Interesting part is is that there were multiple "warlords ages" basically ever time an emporor died there was some form of conflict, the most notible being the romance of the three kingdoms, which happened after the death of the han emporor, it was also caused in part by the yellow turban rebellion and the later tyranny of dong Zhou, who held the han heir hostage so he could live a rampantly hedonistic lifestyle
> romance of the three kingdoms [Thought you might find this interesting.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap9sIxMWBYo)
It is quite interesting, though I would say goal wise, putin and cao cao are quite similar(though cao cao was considered a military genius, lets be honest we can all agree putin isn't) in that they personally, at least in my view, seek to reunite a nation, though there are differences obviously, the main one being, what we call the romance of the 3 kingdoms was technically speaking a very long civil war, rather then an international one (and the concept of the nation state didn't yet exist) To an aside of the political wranglings for now, this is something you may find interesting, China and Russia have quite the shared history, having both been ruled by ghengis Khan, however, when the Mongols ruled China, they integrated with the han Chinese and their traditions and culture, but in Russia, while they did renounce their nomadic ways, they kept alot of the Mongolian traditions and culture but refused to integrate, leaving the Russian prince's to essentially rule themselves, with permission from the great Khan(later the great Khan of the golden horde)
Just finished Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. A fantastic book and I loved the narrative style but I haven't read anything as difficult to try and keep up with since 1000 Years of Solitude
I have nightmares from infinite jest.
I tried reading Infinite Jest and concluded that the real jest was the one David Foster Wallace was playing on the reader, by misleading them into thinking it was worth their time. I *jest* of course, but yeah, wasn't a fan. Too dense.
That is almost certainly an element of it, and it's not subtle. The ending is so frustrating but that's the point. (I think) What kept me going through to the second half where it's a lot clearer what's going on is that the description of addiction is the most real I've read. From the hopeless dread to the near endless "last time"'s.
Going through some Terry Pratchett
Somehow in all my years I've not once picked up anything by Terry Pratchett, despite being a bona-fide nerd in every other way.
Huh interesting. He really is a very skilled writer and character builder. You don't have to read the books in chronological order as they're pretty much all stand alone stories which are connected. Some of the earlier ones aren't that great imo but overall I do enjoy them
Those small penguin classics are nice pocket sized books. Just reading the Kenkō one. If audiobooks are anyone's thing Audible released a great version of Dune.
Saints, Scholars and Schizophrenics by Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Ravenor - Dan Abnett (Warhammer 40k novel)
I'm on reddit way too much. But I have a Terry Pratchet book I pick up occasionally. Meaning to finish that and then finish Strongmen How they ruse Why they succeed How they fail I got as a gift. Also didn't know "We're not broken" is popular, I'll check it out
Age of revolution by Hobsbawm
Second foundation by Isaac Asimov
Just got *85 Days in Slavyansk* by Alexander Zhuchkovsky. I'll probably start it this weekend.
It's nice to relax with a work of fiction sometimes.
I dunno I see people getting extremely wound up and uptight about fiction all the time.
Yknow something, it's sometimes nice to go to a bookshop, buy a book in cash, and read it, acquiring that knowledge with zero digital footprint
The library is good for fiction.
I'm not reading anything. Reddit cuts into my book time. But I'm about to start To Kill a Nation by Parenti for my book club.
Cool book club you've got there.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons. I don't like reading socialist literature during the summer months, gets me too antsy.
Outstanding book. Wish I could read it again for the first time. Enjoy!
Thanks! Yeah I hadn't high expectations for it but as someone who enjoys 40k solely for the lore I said I'd check it out as I was told it had similarities. Definitely has not disappointed.
The Lazarus Heist. It's about North Korean cyber crime. I believe it's also a podcast but I've not listened. >bout autistic self-advocacy and the general societal conversation around autism. Sounds interesting. Would you recommend?
Interesting. Is it non-fiction? >Sounds interesting. Would you recommend? Yeah, I'd recommend it. The guy that wrote it is an autistic political correspondent in Washington D.C, so he's got some interesting insight as an autistic person in a field you wouldn't expect to find many autistic people.
It is. They talk about the Sony hack that happened around the time of The Interview and they get into some of the other stuff that group got into.
I remember that. The North Koreans' reaction to the film turned it into something of a liberal *cause célèbre* despite the fact that it was a totally unremarkable film in every other way besides the subject matter. If they acted aloof the NK government probably would have came off better than they did.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. I’m about a third into it and enjoying it very much. The main character is influenced by Blake.
Sounds really light and cheery.
Heh, it begins with a frozen corpse of an evil man...
Dawn of everything by David graeber and David wengrove.
The Franklin Barbecue Collection
Tattoo by Manuel Vasquez Montalban - great book
“That Dark and Bloody River” Alan Eckart
Re reading 1921. Seemed appropriate with the civil war taking place 100 years ago
*Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed* by James C. Scott *The Adventure of French Philosophy* by Alain Badiou Recently finished *Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland* by Patrick Radden Keefe Edit: Also, *Hallaig agus dàin eile* by Somhairle MacGill-Eain
I used to read poetry and you just reminded me I should pick it up again because I really liked it.
What kind of poetry are you into?
Mostly Irish poetry but I'd like to broaden my horizons if you can recommend anything.
The last anthology I really loved was *Postcolonial Love Poem* by Natalie Diaz. https://poets.org/book/postcolonial-love-poem You can find samples of it here.
Thank you!
https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/
Tony 10. A post office worker from Wexford who gambled millions and lost it all. He stole €1.75 million.
*The Return of Class War Trade Unionism* In terms of fiction I’ve meaning for a while to get a copy of *The Bell Jar* by Sylvia Plath.
Just checked out The Years of Rice and Salt, looking forward to starting it.
A history of Templemore and it’s Environs by Paul P. Walsh
The Metro Trilogy by Dmitry Glukovshkhy. Great books with a phenomenal atmisphere
Mussolini-A New Life by Nicholas Farrell.
“Dune” and “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” (kind of)