What are you reading now?
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I've heard this pianist and knew a bit of her story. It was nice to get the full story. She lived through the excesses of the Great Leap Forward and her perseverance to become a pianist is amazing. My teacher from my conservatory days was able to travel to China when things first opened up.. I still remember his descriptions of the students at the Shanghai Conservatory. He was amazed at the level of talent and made close friendships with several of the teachers there.
As an aside, being a fan of Lin Yutang, a Chinese polymath whose philosophical works I read as a student, I was pleasantly surprised to learn she also was influenced by his work.
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just started this, its the story of an american british convoy to deliver matériel, to archangel in arctic russia, summer 1942. along the way, the c0mplex relationship between FDR, Churchill and Stalin.
when it comes to history, im a sucker for all things maritime (yes i loved greyhound with tom hanks even though some panned it) and every time i think there cant be another angle about world war two that hasn't been covered, i discover this. Just started but I know from the first few pages it will be my kind of book.
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@copper said in What are you reading now?:
I'm reading Player Piano again.
If I ever knew about this book, I've forgotten it. So I had to look it up. I would say it's an excellent choice for a re-read.
Two things he wrote in it that stood out for me: "Democracy owed its life to knowhow", and "Those old enough to remember and too old to compete . . . "
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@xenon said in What are you reading now?:
Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).
Started it. It's a fun read.
It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).
If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.
Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
@xenon said in What are you reading now?:
Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).
Started it. It's a fun read.
It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).
If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.
Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.
Thanks for the recommendations - I'm on it. Haven't read sci-fi in a while (last one was Seveneves). I'll probably be done this in a few days even with work.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
@xenon said in What are you reading now?:
Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).
Started it. It's a fun read.
It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).
If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.
Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.
Just finished it. Stand by the rec. Really good.
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@xenon said in What are you reading now?:
Just finished it. Stand by the rec. Really good.
OK - Next: Scalzi's "Fuzzy Nation."
Or "Lock-In." It's not as science-fiction-ey as Fuzzy Nation. It's the story of a detective who caught a virus during a pandemic, causing her to be "locked in" - awake, aware, and unable to move. Technology makes her life tolerable.
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@xenon said in What are you reading now?:
Old Man's War
That was the first Scalzi I read (on @Jolly 's recommendation). There are, I think 5 books in the series and all of them are good. They are hard HARD, military SF. Not as engaging, or light as the others, but very enjoyable. The last two books are the same story from two different characters' perspectives. Made for an interesting read.
"The President's Brain is Missing" is another fun read.
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After binging Lilyhammer I went to this. Just published last week.
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@bachophile said in What are you reading now?:
After binging Lilyhammer I went to this. Just published last week.
The title and photo makes it looks like something that ladies of a certain age would read
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
@xenon said in What are you reading now?:
Old Man's War
That was the first Scalzi I read (on @Jolly 's recommendation). There are, I think 5 books in the series and all of them are good. They are hard HARD, military SF. Not as engaging, or light as the others, but very enjoyable. The last two books are the same story from two different characters' perspectives. Made for an interesting read.
"The President's Brain is Missing" is another fun read.
Alright - I'll pick a new one this weekend. Ever read the Bobiverse series? That's another one that seems to pop-up in the same vein...
(Edit: I also just realized that "in the same vein" is a mining analogy. Never actually thought about that before.)
