7 pointsby dan-bailey2 hours ago10 comments
  • AbbeFariaa few seconds ago
    The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
  • ferguess_k2 minutes ago
    This is my 13th round to recommend "The Soul of a new Machine" as well as "Showstoppers".
  • leandot2 minutes ago
    The Immortal Great Souls by Phil Tucker. Very enjoyable fantasy with great world and characters.
  • softwaredoug8 minutes ago
    I’m reading The Well of Ascension, the second book of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy

    I like how he has the slow, almost clinical way of revealing interesting worlds and systems. It’s not the kind of book that’ll make me cry, but I really like world building with fun enough characters

  • leandot4 minutes ago
    The Immortal Great Souls from Phil Tucker. Very enjoyable fantasy with unique world and characters.
  • snicky17 minutes ago
    Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order

    Not sure if this one qualifies as more meaty :)

  • andsoitis2 hours ago
    Why Greatness cannot be Planned.

    The authors argue that rigid, goal-oriented planning and metric-driven objectives actively prevent true innovation and groundbreaking achievement.

  • SubGeniusan hour ago
    The Rouse by China Miéville, great read so far.
  • PaulHoule2 hours ago
    In my bag right now I have: The Fox and the Jewel by Karen A. Smeyers and The Spiral Dance by Starhawk.
  • Tomte2 hours ago
    Back issues of The London Review of Books.
    • tocs3an hour ago
      I do not know if this is related to this comments but if you are reading The London Review of Books so that you do not have to read the whole book, maybe it is. I do not watch movies much anymore. Sometime though I want to know what a movie is all about. So, I just read the wikipedia plot review on it. It saves me the time by not having to sit through much tedium but I get a scenes of what it is about.

      I have been reading The Bible. It has been a long time project and I have a long ways to go. I am much more agnostic that a true believer but it has been interesting. Hearing popular views about it and Christianity vs. reading The Book is sort of like the difference between reading a novel and watching the based on movie.