removed_bymoderator
removed_bymoderator t1_jaw598u wrote
God Knows by Joseph Heller. I think it is far funnier than Catch 22.
removed_bymoderator t1_j9wxc6a wrote
removed_bymoderator t1_j24m6y8 wrote
Uncommon cents.
removed_bymoderator t1_j1dk46o wrote
removed_bymoderator t1_iy1kxkv wrote
Reply to comment by thunderthighdontlie in What makes Raymond Carver so good in just two pages? by Valuable-Elevator511
Towards the end of my Sunday, I decided to look at the r/books subreddit. Somebody commented on a thread about Raymond Carver's writing. I have never read any Raymond Carver. In summation, they said his writing was real because he left out things that normal people usually do not comment on during their day to day lives. I enjoyed reding this comment. I must remember to write this in my diary.
removed_bymoderator t1_iufwljy wrote
Reply to comment by whocaresfuckthisshit in An issue I’ve sadly been experiencing when reading fiction/fantasy more and more with passing time by whocaresfuckthisshit
Read Zero: A Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seifre. It's the history of 0 and how it affected the world.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World And the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
I go through the same thing some times. Sometimes you want chocolate, sometimes you want vanilla. Go explore other genres, or find a new pastime.
removed_bymoderator t1_iubf9hn wrote
Reply to comment by danathecount in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
And Tuva Or Bust, written by a friend of his. The two of them tried to go to Tuva in the Soviet Union, and it's a story of their finding a way to get a visa and whatever else was going on in their lives at the time. Fun book.
removed_bymoderator t1_itxfgnb wrote
Reply to comment by TheDrewCareyShow in I hit my 50 books goal two months early! by TheDrewCareyShow
Thank you
removed_bymoderator t1_itx5om2 wrote
Great job! If you wouldn't mind, was The Three Body Problem worth it?
Also, if you haven't already, check out A Mote In God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
removed_bymoderator t1_ituu02r wrote
Reply to I don’t get The Sun Also Rises by Sherriff69
>I’d like to hear other peoples’ perspective on the book, because to me it is just a book about nothing.
It's been over twenty years since I've read the book, but the sun also rises, if I remember, is an allusion to the fact that he can't get it up. If you feel that the story is meaningless, it might be because he is sexually ineffectual. He is impotent.
removed_bymoderator t1_ituhkkm wrote
Reply to comment by bolanrox in TIL The Ancient Romans had a goddess for fever whom they worshipped for protection against malaria by EternalFighterGirl
Did you bullshit last week?
removed_bymoderator t1_itucxgn wrote
Reply to TIL The Ancient Romans had a goddess for fever whom they worshipped for protection against malaria by EternalFighterGirl
>Comicus : But we Romans are rich. We've got a lot of gods. We've got a god for everything. The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation... but I hear that's coming quickly.
History Of The World
removed_bymoderator t1_jclg2l2 wrote
Reply to Do you ever look up the authors you're reading to get to know them better? by justkeepbreathing94
Rarely. I prefer to keep the artist and the work separate. Very rarely I'll want to know their thought process.