Thought this was a wonderful read. Short enough to be easy to digest and still packs a punch. A nice book to recommend as an intro.
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programmer! reader! time waster! trying to read more year after year. scifi, philosophy (and the combination of the two), nonfiction, historical, classics
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91% complete! gnu has read 11 of 12 books.
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gnu finished reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt …
gnu finished reading Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart
In Peter Beinart’s view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that …
gnu finished reading This Mouth Is Mine by Ellen Jones
gnu finished reading How to Blow up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
How to Blow up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm, Andreas Malm
Why resisting climate change means combatting the fossil fuel industry
The science on climate change has been clear for a …
gnu finished reading Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case …
Also shoutout Wild Detectives in Dallas if anyone's ever in the neighborhood.
gnu started reading Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Susan Bernofsky
About half way through this, picked it up on a whim at a bookstore/coffee shop. Know nothing about it but has been really interesting so far! Might end up reading more from this author.
gnu rated Steppenwolf: 5 stars
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
A man finds that one wolf inside him, then it’s Katie bar the doors.
gnu finished reading Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
A man finds that one wolf inside him, then it’s Katie bar the doors.
gnu started reading An Embedded Software Primer by David E. Simon
idk if this counts w/ the rest of my library but I'm reading it god dammit so I'm adding it here. I'm like halfway through this and its inline with K&R C proglang book as some of the best I've read. Will finish this soon.
gnu started reading Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
A man finds that one wolf inside him, then it’s Katie bar the doors.
gnu started reading Tablets Shattered by Joshua Leifer
gnu finished reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse by Hermann Hesse, Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy …
gnu finished reading The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
Not many living artists would be sufficiently brave or inspired to attempt reflecting in art what Borges constructs in words. …