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Why do young libertarians identify with Trump? This Medium post takes a stab at explaining that and the rise of the alt-right alongside the rise of 4chan.

This is a long but very interesting read. I found it helpful to begin to understand the actions of certain people that I don't understand.

https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb#.u1fesztj8

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1 hour ago, EdipisReks1 said:

I'm re-reading the Death Gate Cycle by Weiss and Hickman.  I loved it in high school.  It stands up pretty well!

Now you're making me want to read it again. I collected the hardbacks of it at thrift stores ages ago. Some pretty imaginative worldbuilding in there. But my friend just lent me all of The Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell so I'll be chewing through that for a bit.

 

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3 minutes ago, Tinkerer said:

Now you're making me want to read it again. I collected the hardbacks of it at thrift stores ages ago. Some pretty imaginative worldbuilding in there. But my friend just lent me all of The Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell so I'll be chewing through that for a bit.

 

You're in good company. :)

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Though The Lost fleet has it's moments, similar to the later Honor Harrington books it's not really that well written, and can get tiresome and repetetive really fast.

I somehow managed to read 6 volumes since my brother kept buying them, but i think the only book in the series i truly enjoyed was the second one.

On a more positive note, i just finished the three books in Liu Cixin's "remembrance of earth's past" books.
Truly excellent stuff, and both "the three body problem" and "death's end" are now firmly placed in my top 10 books ever shelf ;)

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i started reading "this book is full of spiders" yesterday, and got halfway through before going to sleep.

It's not what i would call a scary book, but my subconscience obviously thought so, since i woke up like ten times through the night because i was pretty sure there was something in my room trying to kill me.

good times ;)

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Enjoyable concept for foodies. The author/photographer asks the worlds most famous chefs the same six questions and then photographs them and their food.

 

1. What would be your last meal on earth?

2. What would be the setting for the meal?

3. What would you drink with your meal?

4. Would there be music?

5. Who would be your dining companions?

6. Who would prepare the meal?

 

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John Updike - Rabbit Run

I read this on my trip. Given how burnt out and listless I was feeling before I left, it seemed appropriate.

Some random thoughts:

  • Updike is a smarter man that I will ever be. He wrote this book when he was 28 and was able to change the tone of American literature. I don't know why, but being in the presence of a genius like this makes me feel like shit.
  • Part of what makes a great writer is a great eye and keen powers of observation. Updike's skill in first seeing, then making the connections in written words that the mind makes when in deep examination is as mesmerizing as his beautiful prose.
  • As if I, or anyone needed a reminder, Rabbit is a lesson of how we all need to be more considerate of others. When we act only at the whim of what we feel, we can cause great, lasting pain.
  • Rabbit, Run reads like a reaction to the superficiality and repression of more animal instincts so inherent and central to mid-20th century modernism. Updike takes a deeper look and is unafraid and comfortable with bringing to light our baser, animistic desires that modernism is able to so effectively hide away. In this way, despite my love of modernism, Updike feels closer to "the truth."

5/5. I was blown away. Updike is a rightfully a literary giant and I look forward to reading the next book in the Rabbit series.

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