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Bozart posted:Anyone have a recommendation for a fictional story about an astronaut, or astronaut training, or both? I've read the martian and seven eves. Does it have to be fiction? Because The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe is a classic.
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my favourite essay is the one where Derrida discusses the shame (and the shame of being ashamed) of being naked in front of his cat
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Franchescanado posted:Does it have to be fiction? Because The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe is a classic. I was about to post this, word for word. Also, if non-fictional is OK, I enjoyed Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth. Lawen fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Apr 27, 2017 |
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ulvir posted:my favourite essay is the one where Derrida discusses the shame (and the shame of being ashamed) of being naked in front of his cat Same but betta fish, I should probably look this up.
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Bozart posted:Anyone have a recommendation for a fictional story about an astronaut, or astronaut training, or both? I've read the martian and seven eves. Voyage by Stephen Baxter
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Bozart posted:Anyone have a recommendation for a fictional story about an astronaut, or astronaut training, or both? I've read the martian and seven eves. there's this genre called science fiction that might have one of two of these iirc
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Return from the Stars by stanislaw lem
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ArmadilloConspiracy posted:I am looking for books that are: A Roadside Picnic by some russian guy. Its closer to 40 than 30 though.
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It was written by two russian guys.
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ArmadilloConspiracy posted:I am looking for books that are: Older than 30 years, but anything by Stanislaw Lem.
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What are some good non-fiction books about presidents, specifically for FDR, Nixon and LBJ?
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alsothere posted:What are some good non-fiction books about presidents, specifically for FDR, Nixon and LBJ? I don't care enough about LBJ to read three massive books about him but both of my friends who do swear by the Robert Caro books. Doris Kearns Goodwin's stuff too.
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alsothere posted:What are some good non-fiction books about presidents, specifically for FDR, Nixon and LBJ? Nixonland for one
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Is there a series of books I can read that tell the entire story of the Alien universe? I've been heavily reading the Xeno wiki lately and the whole Engineers / Xenomorphs backstory is super interesting to me. I'd love a definitive series that went in-depth into how these two species came about etc. etc.
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Loopoo posted:Is there a series of books I can read that tell the entire story of the Alien universe? I've been heavily reading the Xeno wiki lately and the whole Engineers / Xenomorphs backstory is super interesting to me. I'd love a definitive series that went in-depth into how these two species came about etc. etc. Jesus.
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GorfZaplen posted:Jesus. Pretty sure the Bible isn't the book he's looking for.
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alsothere posted:What are some good non-fiction books about presidents, specifically for FDR, Nixon and LBJ? Nixonland or One Man Against The World for, uh, Nixon StrixNebulosa posted:Pretty sure the Bible isn't the book he's looking for. but it is the book he needs
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alsothere posted:What are some good non-fiction books about presidents, specifically for FDR, Nixon and LBJ? DeFrank's Write It When I'm Gone is all interviews with Ford, so not specifically about Nixon, but still about Nixon. Good book.
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For FDR, Traitor to His Class is a good read.
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Junkie Disease posted:I need a good book on Stalin Simon Sebag Montefiore is your man. Young Stalin. Staline: Court of the Red Tsar. Read in any order, appreciate a well-written, well-research biography of a monster. And if you don't mind going back in time a bit, and adding some Hitler to your Stalin: Hitler & Stalin: Parallel Lives by Alan Bullock. All three books are really good and informative for your average layman (me), I'd think, although Bullock's harder to read.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Simon Sebag Montefiore is your man. Excellent Now Mussolini?
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Junkie Disease posted:Excellent Now Mussolini? I'm less confident about these recs as I haven't read 'em yet, but: As I read and enjoyed this book (Mussolini's Italy) I feel alright in saying RJB Bosworth's biography of the man himself would be good. Mussolini. That said, Mussolini: Rise and Fall of Il Duce is a higher result on the search on amazon, soooo. Hopefully someone better versed in this guy can chime in!
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So the theme for this round of book selections in my book club is horror. My problem is, half the members (myself among them) just really do not like horror or respond to it. There's nothing spooky or eerie about old houses or clowns. What are some good books that I can put forward when it comes my turn to pick that have more going for it than just the horror aspect? Right now I'm leaning toward Let the Right One In but I know literally nothing about the genre. It's a around or under 500 pages strongly recommended situation
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The Haunting of Hill House. Edit: I missed the part about "old houses".
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Epic High Five posted:So the theme for this round of book selections in my book club is horror. My problem is, half the members (myself among them) just really do not like horror or respond to it. There's nothing spooky or eerie about old houses or clowns. What are some good books that I can put forward when it comes my turn to pick that have more going for it than just the horror aspect? If you want to play fast and loose with the definition of "horror" you can nominate something like In Cold Blood. If you want to stick to fiction, I'd go with something like A Head Full of Ghosts or a book by Stephen King ('Salem's Lot or The Shining). Edit: And your own suggestion is fine.
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Ornamented Death posted:If you want to play fast and loose with the definition of "horror" you can nominate something like In Cold Blood. These are great, and I'll add The Exorcist. Maybe also consider short story collections, like I Am Legend or Books of Blood. Especially consider short stories if you lean towards King.
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How about The Turn of the Screw? It's reasonably short and atmospheric. Some people find Henry James a slog, though.
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Selachian posted:How about The Turn of the Screw? It's reasonably short and atmospheric. Some people find Henry James a slog, though. If they "don't respond to horror" or "eerie old houses", I highly doubt they'll enjoy The Turn of the Screw, though I agree that it's atmospheric.
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Franchescanado posted:These are great, and I'll add The Exorcist. Maybe also consider short story collections, like I Am Legend or Books of Blood. Especially consider short stories if you lean towards King. Dude #1 already suggested a King book and I'd like to shift a bit Normally I'd do a collection of short stories, but I get to pick the theme for next round and it's going to be "short story collections" so I can make them read The Birthday of the World  Good suggestions so far. I'll probably save In Cold Blood for if someone picks True Crime as a theme tho. Haven't heard of A Head full of Ghosts, will have to check that one out! I should've mentioned that I'm leaning toward Let the Right One In also on the grounds that it's on my reading list already, and I could propose we all get drunk and watch the movie together afterwards
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Epic High Five posted:Dude #1 already suggested a King book and I'd like to shift a bit Nice. Let the Right One In is a really good choice. I looked up my Goodreads horror shelf and the only other thing you guys might like is Something Wicked This Way Comes, which mixes existential horror with actual horror and it's pretty disturbing (despite being aimed at kids). The only caveat is that it takes place on Halloween.
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Ornamented Death posted:If you want to play fast and loose with the definition of "horror" you can nominate something like In Cold Blood. I really really love The Shining. I haven't done too much horror but it's my favorite by far.
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Epic High Five posted:So the theme for this round of book selections in my book club is horror. My problem is, half the members (myself among them) just really do not like horror or respond to it. There's nothing spooky or eerie about old houses or clowns. What are some good books that I can put forward when it comes my turn to pick that have more going for it than just the horror aspect? Bulwer-Lytton's The Haunters and the Haunted a/k/a The House and the Brain
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It's another Stephen King book, but if you want some top-shelf horror you need look no further than Pet Sematary. This isn't a horror story of eerie houses and clowns. It's on an entirely different level from most of his horror books and this is the one that gets the most visceral reactions out of people. This is the Stephen King book that people say that they just can't reread. My other suggestion would be some Richard Matheson short stories, because they're loving fantastic, but you want to avoid short stories this time around you said.
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Khizan posted:It's another Stephen King book, but if you want some top-shelf horror you need look no further than Pet Sematary. This isn't a horror story of eerie houses and clowns. It's on an entirely different level from most of his horror books and this is the one that gets the most visceral reactions out of people. This is the Stephen King book that people say that they just can't reread. There's a lot going on in Pet Sematary. It's a dark satire of the American dream, addiction born from depression/grief, how a family copes with trauma, an exploration of man's struggle to live a life without hope of an afterlife, abuse, lingering effects from Vietnam/war in blue collar communities...There's a lot of heavy ideas beyond "What if the dead came back to life?" Firestarter also has a lot of really cool themes and ideas, and it's an insanely paranoid book.
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i've posted about it before, but william gay's little sister death incorporates supernatural horror elements (it's loosely based on the Bell Witch haunting) without getting bogged down in the tropes of the genre itself. its very southern gothic
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Epic High Five posted:So the theme for this round of book selections in my book club is horror. My problem is, half the members (myself among them) just really do not like horror or respond to it. There's nothing spooky or eerie about old houses or clowns. What are some good books that I can put forward when it comes my turn to pick that have more going for it than just the horror aspect? just change the theme or pick an actual work of literature that is also scary (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Epic High Five posted:So the theme for this round of book selections in my book club is horror. My problem is, half the members (myself among them) just really do not like horror or respond to it. There's nothing spooky or eerie about old houses or clowns. What are some good books that I can put forward when it comes my turn to pick that have more going for it than just the horror aspect? We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. It isn't supernatural, it's well written, and it's unnerving.
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A human heart posted:just change the theme or pick an actual work of literature that is also scary Like what?
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Khizan posted:This is the Stephen King book that people say that they just can't reread. When I was in high school I went on a huge Stephen King spree, because my school library had a very extensive selection of his work. I tried to read all of his work in chronological order, and that worked great up until I got to Pet Sematery and gave up because I didn't want to see the cat die.
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