What are you reading now?

[mark]

[xenon]

@jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

Finished The Gene today.

I’ll start this at the gym tomorrow:

Loved the gene. Let us know your thoughts on this one.

[jon-nyc]

@mark Ha!

[George K]

@mark that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

What a schlub.

[Catseye3]

@George-K said in What are you reading now?:

that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

But look at his crisp shirt cuffs.

[George K]

@Catseye3 said in What are you reading now?:

@George-K said in What are you reading now?:

that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

But look at his crisp shirt cuffs.

Yeah, though "stiff" might be a better word, much like Jon, I'd say.

I'm disappointed they're not French cuffs, but considering the lack of neckwear, I'm not surprised.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in What are you reading now?:

@mark that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

What a schlub.

He’s clearly a man of the people.

[Aqua Letifer]

I call bullshit on the backdrop.

[jon-nyc]

You lose. We were at a hotel in Coral Gables for a multi-day conference, they pulled me out at some point for a photo shoot.

[jon-nyc]

There were several (these are raw).

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

You lose. We were at a hotel in Coral Gables for a multi-day conference, they pulled me out at some point for a photo shoot.

Do I really lose if the backdrop itself is bullshit?

Nice ones!

[Rainman]

Looks great Jon, congratulations!

Of course, it's not Playgirl or anything important like that.

But congrats anyway, we're all still proud of you!

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc

[taiwan_girl]

Just finished this book.. (Actually listened to the audio book)

Really good and really good researched. About a Dutch ship in 1628 that shipwrecked off the coast of Australia and almost a "Lord of the Flies" result for the people stranded on some small islands.

Quite interesting was the discussion of the ship and what it was like to travel on a ship like that, even for the best passengers! I dont think I will complain if I fly economy!! 555

Also, the lead mutiny guy was executed, and his punishment was to have both hands cut off and then hanged!! For his lead officers, their punishment was to have only one hand cut off then hanged!! :eek

They built a re-creation of the ship. Some interesting videos of what it really was like.

[bachophile]

@taiwan_girl thanks TG, that kind of thing is perfect for me, i love maritime tales.

added to my amazon shopping list

[Rainman]

Yeah, me too!

[George K]

Finished "The Emperor of All Maladies" this afternoon.

What a fantastic dive into our understanding, and lack thereof, of cancer in its various forms.

As someone who lost contact with the world of oncology in the late 1970s, I found it a fascinating journey that research and care has undergone since then. "Back in my day" we used to joke that all oncologists need to wear black coats, because the results of their care were so dismal.

We weren't wrong.

But now it's all different.

Highly recommended.

[George K]

Up next:

In a far-future, Dr. Avrana Kern is the head of a science team that has terraformed an uninhabitable planet then deliberately released a genetically designed virus to speed the evolution of monkeys. Their plan goes wrong when the monkeys' ship burns up upon entry, leaving the virus to infect a variety of creatures, eventually settling on spiders (Portia labiata). Meanwhile, the last human remnants of a dying Earth are en route to the promised paradise planet unaware of the uplifted spiders. The work plays off the contrast between the rapid advancement of the spiders and the barbaric descent of the starship crew of the last humans

[Aqua Letifer]

Highly recommended.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer that looks fascinating, based on the Amazon blurb.

Thanks for the recco.