Which books do you plan to read.

Alain De Vos

Alain De Vos

Well reading is a hobby , just like gardening or contributing to the linux kernel.

Here my list.


  1. Introductory Chemistry (Tro)
  2. The Planets (Andrew Cohen)
  3. Chemistry (Mortimer & Müller)
  4. Caliban's War (The Expanse Book 2)
  5. Organic Chemistry: A Short Course (Hart et al.)
  6. On the Spectrum (Daniel Bowman)
  7. Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse Book 3)
  8. Essential Cell Biology (Alberts et al.)
  9. Unmasking Autism (Devon Price)
  10. Cibola Burn (The Expanse Book 4)
  11. Neuroscience (Purves et al.)
  12. Nemesis Games (The Expanse Book 5)
  13. Being Twice Exceptional (Melanie Hayes)
  14. Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (Stahl)
  15. Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse Book 6)
  16. The Evolution of Co-operation (Robert Axelrod)
  17. Science and Human Behavior (Skinner)
  18. Persepolis Rising (The Expanse Book 7)
  19. The Architecture of Cognition (Anderson)
  20. The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
  21. The Cognitive Structure of Emotions (Ortony)
  22. A Thousand Brains (Hawkins)
  23. Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse Book 8)
  24. A Brief History of Intelligence (Bennett)
  25. Livewired (Eagleman)
  26. How the Mind Works (Pinker)
  27. The Human Universe (Brian Cox)
  28. Leviathan Falls (The Expanse Book 9)
 
I'm following a new strategy: I have few (already read) manuals on the desk. Sometime, I open one of them, at a random page, and I try to apply immediately the suggestions/lessons explained in the book, in the hope they become an habit.
 
In his recent interview with The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Beddoes (released just days ago), Elon Musk recommended Iain Banks' Culture series of science-fiction novels as the best envisioning of an AI-driven future he’d read. He suggested people read the Culture books to get a sense of what the future could be like.

It's VERY FreeBSD relevant because one of the ships of the civilization in the book is named: Just Read the Instructions. Other ship names: Of Course I Still Love You, Experiencing a Significant Gravitas Shortfall.
 
I always have a list to read. And I'm primarily a reference reader, so there's often something left unfinished anyway.

Need to finish The C Programming Language. A few years ago I read the first book from the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides and have been thinking of finishing the rest now. Got The Suburban Christian by Albert W. Hsu and Seat of Wisdom by James M. Jacobs waiting on my table.
 
Recently I was reading about Collapse OS which was inspired by "How Everything Can Collapse. A Manual for our Times" by Pablo Servigne and Raphaël Stevens. This got me a little bit curious and I might check it out if I'd get the time, but, frankly, I consider collapse predictions to be bogus, however, this somehow increases my desire to read the book, to debunk it :D.
 
fernandel, I remember my friend and I snitching that book from his dad's book shelf. We were kids and only interested in the sex scenes. I fear I remember very little of it. As for me, I tend to read a lot of urban fantasy and science fiction, mostly with kindle unlimited. Despite the books being no charge, save for a monthly fee, there are often some good books among them, that grab my interest, though at this instant, I can't think of one to recommend. Not saying book X and book Y are bad, just not so great that I'd recommend them here. I also tend to like old mysteries, e.g. Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, etc. (Though to me, they seemed like two different generations of mystery writers, and often I could guess the killer simply by looking at the least likely suspect).
 
scottro said:
fernandel, I remember my friend and I snitching that book from his dad's book shelf. We were kids and only interested in the sex scenes. I fear I remember very little of it. As for me, I tend to read a lot of urban fantasy and science fiction, mostly with kindle unlimited. Despite the books being no charge, save for a monthly fee, there are often some good books among them, that grab my interest, though at this instant, I can't think of one to recommend. Not saying book X and book Y are bad, just not so great that I'd recommend them here. I also tend to like old mysteries, e.g. Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, etc. (Though to me, they seemed like two different generations of mystery writers, and often I could guess the killer simply by looking at the least likely suspect).
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No fun, when it's predictable.
 
scottro said:
fernandel, I remember my friend and I snitching that book from his dad's book shelf. We were kids and only interested in the sex scenes. I fear I remember very little of it. As for me, I tend to read a lot of urban fantasy and science fiction, mostly with kindle unlimited. Despite the books being no charge, save for a monthly fee, there are often some good books among them, that grab my interest, though at this instant, I can't think of one to recommend. Not saying book X and book Y are bad, just not so great that I'd recommend them here. I also tend to like old mysteries, e.g. Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, etc. (Though to me, they seemed like two different generations of mystery writers, and often I could guess the killer simply by looking at the least likely suspect).
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I did read when I was in eight class of primary school but when I was in gymnasium we learned about him in the new world literature. They published the book 1937 in France.
 
scottro You might like John Sandford's Prey series. The only detective series and almost the only books I read lately. I'd recommend starting at the beginning to get a feel for the characters but they might be showing their age (missing floppy disks in one story).

The earlier stories were all pretty good. Nowadays they're hit and miss but the hits are really good.

One of the ongoing character names is Del Capslock. Guess how he came up with that name.
 
I plan to read on finance & economics, a subject I dismissed in my teens as "materialistic".

I'll eventually go back to Carlos Castaneda, Emil Cioran, Borges, Ramos Sucre, Dostoevsky, Guy de Maupassant, etc.

One thing is certain: I won't read on political science ever again. Also, I was cured of my initial infatuation with Nietzsche & Schopenhauer.
 
Thanks, though reading descriptions on Amazon, not sure if I'd like it or not. I guess I prefer what seem to be called cozy mysteries, though not sure if Stout would fit that category. It really depends upon how it's written, anyway, I'll have to see if the library has the first book. Thanks again.
 
fernandel said:
After I finished Emile Zola Lurdes I will start with Henry Miller Tropic of Capricorn.
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Speaking of that: You should read Willard Bascom's "Waves and Beaches" and "Crest of the wave", to learn more about the Tropic of Capricorn, and about exploring the ocean.

And then read Lawrence Durrell; he was a good friend of Henry Miller. The standard work is "Alexandria Quartet".
 
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