What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech
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Was given "Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption" by R.H. Stephen J. Harper one of our former Prime Ministers.
Awesome book and gives some good history and perspectives on the populist movements around the world but especially in the US and to some extent EU.
Definitely worth the read. I'm about half way through it.
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Just finished two Jane Harper novels: "The Dry" and "Force of Nature."
Starting Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson -
Going to start on "The power of Habit" - @Tech1 suggested it.
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Just finished 1Q84, segue into 1984 then to Brave New World. Seems depressing. Maybe.
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@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Just finished 1Q84, segue into 1984 then to Brave New World. Seems depressing. Maybe.
That's a depressing line up, yes.
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@CCWTech said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Going to start on "The power of Habit" - @Tech1 suggested it.
I prefer a Habit of Power
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Started reading A Wrinkle in Time to the kids today. Through the first chapter now, "Mrs. Whatsit".
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Started reading A Wrinkle in Time to the kids today. Through the first chapter now, "Mrs. Whatsit".
My daughter loved the book thought the movie sucked.
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@PhlipElder said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Started reading A Wrinkle in Time to the kids today. Through the first chapter now, "Mrs. Whatsit".
My daughter loved the book thought the movie sucked.
I've not seen the latest one, but so far all the movies have sucked and always give up one book into a five book cycle, which is just silly. Especially as it isn't the best one.
But the books don't lend themselves to film, there is zero action.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Started reading A Wrinkle in Time to the kids today. Through the first chapter now, "Mrs. Whatsit".
the audiobook is great, its read by the author.
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@Donahue said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Started reading A Wrinkle in Time to the kids today. Through the first chapter now, "Mrs. Whatsit".
the audiobook is great, its read by the author.
I feel like I've listened to that one.
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Always have 3 books in the works - one professional, one bedtime and one audio. Right now I'm going through the Cassandra definitive guide, midway through the Wheel of Time series and The Prince of Thorns trilogy on audio. Plenty of books queued up, on all 3 queues
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I love the wheel of time series. I've just about collected all the audio books again to binge listen to the series in one go.
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@Donahue That's what I did the first time. Well, the binge didn't happen then because the last 4 books weren't written yet, but still. This time I decided to actually read, it's a very different experience
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@dyasny said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@Donahue That's what I did the first time. Will, the binge didn't happen then because the last 4 books weren't written yet, but still. This time I decided to actually read, it's a very different experience
I've read the series before, it was right as the last book was coming out. Because of it, I really got into Brandon Sanderson, he's probably in my top 3. Try the mistborn series if you're not familiar.
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@Donahue exactly how I got into Sanderson myself. Read pretty much all of his stuff already
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@dyasny said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@Donahue exactly how I got into Sanderson myself. Read pretty much all of his stuff already
I generally stay more in the Sci-fi arena, but there is something about the way those series did magic that I just really liked.
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@Donahue said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
I generally stay more in the Sci-fi arena, but there is something about the way those series did magic that I just really liked.
Sanderson is generally good exactly at that - inventing brand new and original systems of magic or superpowers, and really building a world around those. We are all tired of the usual spaceships and elven archers, Sanderson is unlike anyone else because he doesn't dabble in those tiresome stereotypes.
BTW, if you want another amazing and very original author - try Adrian Tchaikovsky (Empire in Black and Gold etc).
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@dyasny said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@Donahue said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
I generally stay more in the Sci-fi arena, but there is something about the way those series did magic that I just really liked.
Sanderson is generally good exactly at that - inventing brand new and original systems of magic or superpowers, and really building a world around those. We are all tired of the usual spaceships and elven archers, Sanderson is unlike anyone else because he doesn't dabble in those tiresome stereotypes.
BTW, if you want another amazing and very original author - try Adrian Tchaikovsky (Empire in Black and Gold etc).
I haven't heard of that one, I will definitely check in out. I will recommend the safehold series by David Weber if you like historical/sci-fi
