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33 points by classicsnoot ↗ HN
That's right, its the Sixth Edition of the HN Bookclub. Don't you dare upvote or post.

5: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9543693

4: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9443897

3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394397

2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9342886

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8918181

37 comments

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kelukelugames
I feel like we should do this once a month at most instead of every two to three weeks.
classicsnoot
I have been doing it every time i finish a book or two, but once a month works too.
MaysonL
Jo Walton's What Makes This Book So Great along with about half a dozen of the books it mentions (it's a collection of blog posts on books she's rereading) which I hadn't previously read. All of the previously unread ones I've now finally read are good, a couple great, ditto the ones previously read. One was enough of a downer that I didn't finish it (Random Acts of Senseless Violence).

Definitely recommended if you enjoy science fiction and/or fantasy.

rendambathu
I wanted to read something about logical thinking and cognition. So just started with Godel Escher Bach.
classicsnoot
Buckle up, my friend. You are in for a trip and like LSD, there is no guarantee of good or bad. I personally love it.
fmax30
The Grand Design - Stephen Hawking.

Should finish it by tonight.

After that, it is time for 1984 - George Orwell.

amarraja
I'd love to completely wipe 1984 from my head, just for the pleasure of reading it again! You will not look at the world in the same way once finished.
classicsnoot
How do you feel about Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? A juxtaposition between BNW and 1984 is very interesting in terms of what actually happened vs. what the authors portrayed.
Jacqued
BNW has always seemed much more alien to me than 1984. When I first read it as a teenager it seemed incomprehensible and somewhat insane.

Now as I get older and get to better understand (still very modestly!) people in general and the structures of power, it seems like a much better informed take on our society

freedevbootcamp
For pleasure: Backbone.js Blueprints by Andrew Burgess

For work: Stealing The Network, The complete series collectors edition

faizmokhtar
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami
Stoo
Accelerando by Charles Stross (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando). I'm mostly enjoying his look into humanity's near and not so near future and his views on business, economics and technology. It's interesting and I like his writing style but sometimes it doesn't feel like much is going on story-wise.
blabla_blublu
[1] Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (almost through with this one - highly recommend it) [2] Quantum Enigma by Bruce Rosenblum, et.al
burger_moon
I started with the first one but got busy and forgot about it. This will be a good reminder to finish it.
rdc12
Fiction: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (loved the movie as a kid, but never got round to reading the book), will follow up with the Lost World.

Non-Fiction: Chaos by James Gleick.

Semester break reading, Real World Ocaml and Modern Compilers in ML (assuming they arrive in time)

Enzolangellotti
To Mock a Mocking Bird by Raymond M. Smullyan. I'm having fun while my brain gets stretched.
burger_moon
Currently reading: Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Usually don't read fiction, but this is good.