What books are you reading?

Sobek said:
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More people should be reading books on Crowley, Ferlinghetti, Dr. Timothy Leary, the Merry Pranksters, etc. coz there's a lot of misconception, ignorance, discrimination, bias and misinformation\disinformation when it comes to the social implications of counter-culture, pop culture and socio-political aspects of our sick society.
 
I just picked up 2 Dean Koontz books--The Big Dark Sky and The House At The End of The World. I am also reading History of Religion. Totally fascinating, and absolutely terrifying that billions of people follow certain religions that are absolute shams. I mean most are, but some are unbelievably so.
 
I Am Legion said:
I just picked up 2 Dean Koontz books--The Big Dark Sky and The House At The End of The World. I am also reading History of Religion. Totally fascinating, and absolutely terrifying that billions of people follow certain religions that are absolute shams. I mean most are, but some are unbelievably so.
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I haven't read many of Koontz's novels, but those two seem great reads. I'd like to read The Eyes Of Darkness where he predicts the coming of the Covid pandemic (despite CNN's useless struggle to debunk this).
Regarding religion, like some great wise man once said: "religion is the opium of the people" - religions (without any exception !!) have generated conflicts, wars, social unrest and inequality, confusion, destruction, poverty, ignorance, misconception, disinformation and misinformation, witch hunts, etc. - lest we ever forget.
 
The Guide to Going Viral by Brendan Kane
Traction by Gino Wickman
Influence Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
Atomic Habits by James Clear

And I have a long list of other books mostly in business and psychology, but some in art, writing fiction and non-fiction, storytelling.

I really need to dedicate more time to getting through my library, and even reviewing things I've already read. So much of my time is taken up by watching videos and taking notes on various subjects like A.I. and whatnot.
 
I am on book 2 of the Gray Man series. Not bad. Sort of a more action driven plot than the Bourn series by Ludlum.

Still awaiting the release of the next Joe Abercrombie book in May.
 
ocfightfan said:
The Guide to Going Viral by Brendan Kane
Traction by Gino Wickman
Influence Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
Atomic Habits by James Clear

And I have a long list of other books mostly in business and psychology, but some in art, writing fiction and non-fiction, storytelling.

I really need to dedicate more time to getting through my library, and even reviewing things I've already read. So much of my time is taken up by watching videos and taking notes on various subjects like A.I. and whatnot.
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Cialdini is a fascinating psychologist. I’m a fan of his writing.

Since you’re into psychology, may I also recommend anything by Zimbardo, Elliot Aronson, Dan Kahneman, Irv Yalom or Howard Gardner. Almost all those guys have relatively recently put out memoirs, too (zimbardo and Kahneman are recently deceased, RIP). Very good reads.
 
Batjester said:
I've read all the Gray Man books, pretty fun series.
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I've seen it recommended on here a few time. Ordered used copies of the first 3 books. I will probably finish book 2 tonight when work slows down.

I've noticed the running reference "was that you in Kiev?" So I'm hoping to get more back story on that. But if it's just a running gag than that's pretty funny if they never tell that part of his back story.
 
triptych said:
More people should be reading books on Crowley, Ferlinghetti, Dr. Timothy Leary, the Merry Pranksters, etc. coz there's a lot of misconception, ignorance, discrimination, bias and misinformation\disinformation when it comes to the social implications of counter-culture, pop culture and socio-political aspects of our sick society.
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Sometimes I like reading books about 'messed up' individuals to see what happened and identify where things went wrong. I'm only half way through but I find a shortfall between what people and the documentaries say and what actually happened. Still, I believe the latter half of his life is where things went bad. I tend to agree with your comment.
I Am Legion said:
I just picked up 2 Dean Koontz books--The Big Dark Sky and The House At The End of The World. I am also reading History of Religion. Totally fascinating, and absolutely terrifying that billions of people follow certain religions that are absolute shams. I mean most are, but some are unbelievably so.
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History of religion sounds interesting. Is that 'a little history of religion' by Richard Halloway?
 
I am presently chipping away at a collection of all of Robert E. Howard’s 21 original Conan the Barbarian short stories that he wrote between 1932 and 1936. My wife got me this for my birthday years ago but until recently I hadn’t made it more than about 6 or so stories in, while now I’m about 12 stories in so far. They must get progressively longer, because the book is like 917 pages and I’m only on page 345.
 
Finishing up The Bad Lands by Oakley Hall. It's a fictional story, obviously inspired by Theodore Roosevelt's time in the bad lands. Not as good as Hall's masterpiece, Warlock, but it is a good read.

P.S. just saw one of my favorite authors, Thomas Pynchon, is coming out with a new novel: Shadow Ticket. He's 87 now, so I had no idea if another novel was ever going to come. This is a pleasant surprise. I am pumped.
 
Listening to Gardens of the Moon while working. Read the whole series over a decade ago. I don't particularly like that Quick Ben and his hulking friend of an assassin- Kalam- sounded like pansies. They're both black. The British guy doing the audio doesn't have bass in his voice.
 
Finally reading Firestarter. As a huge King fan i somehow skipped this one over all these years. Drugged up King is really fun stuff.

Also recently reread War of the Flowers. For any portal fantasy bros this is an awesome one-off, just an amazing book!
 
ufcfan4 said:
Cialdini is a fascinating psychologist. I’m a fan of his writing.

Since you’re into psychology, may I also recommend anything by Zimbardo, Elliot Aronson, Dan Kahneman, Irv Yalom or Howard Gardner. Almost all those guys have relatively recently put out memoirs, too (zimbardo and Kahneman are recently deceased, RIP). Very good reads.
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I read Gardners Emotional Intelligence years ago. Will have to revisit that one. The others I have not yet heard of but will check out. I'm always on the lookout for new and better insight as well as practical methods for persuasion and personal performance. Thanks for the tips.
 
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