What Are You Reading?

[TheEconomist]

A Jewish intellectual in the 20h century proposing world government? Why is this unique perspective not discussed more often?

[Nissa]

Hey, I'm just saying what was in the book. Besides, not everyone has studied this period as much as you.

It's kinda fascinating, though. You've got all those people who claim "it was a simpler time then," when really that time was just as complicated as now, or any other period in time.

[TheEconomist]

Besides, not everyone has studied this period as much as you.

I haven't studied the period, but I know that libertarian-leaning Jews weren't invented until after the Holocaust

Day to day lives were simpler, most people were still just farmers and rural.

[Nissa]

Eh, is working at McDonalds really that much more complicated? Nah, we just think life is more complicated now because we have better communication.

Anyway, I don't think I'm going to finish the book. I've got other things to read, and it's apparently an edited compilation. Like, apparently Einstein got some criticism from feminists after a visit to the US, and he responded to them. The book, however, only includes three sentences of his response, and doesn't mention what problem the feminists apparently had. Disappointing. Besides, I have to read things that are better for what I'm writing.

It's still pretty funny that Einstein was so socialist. I should have known it after reading that he hung out with Charlie Chaplin.

[The_Blade]

Read the Cyber Effect by Mary Iken a couple of months ago. Thought it was a good book, though some things were taken out of context.

[TheEconomist]

Nah, we just think life is more complicated now because we have better communication.

Life is more complicated. Facebook alone complicates things immensely.

Lives are so easy that people now are just thinking up ways to make life more complicated just to not be bored.

[Nissa]

Let's see...I'm nearly through a book on emotional strength by Charles Stanley, but I can't remember the title right now. Also working on a book on the Korean War, a book on space politics, and a book on Christianity in China.

Books are great.

[ragnarok]

I finally obtained the novelization of the Rage game from 2011 (or was it 2012). Am comparing it to the game right now

[Nissa]

I'm in the middle of the complete works of O. Henry right now.

He's a good writer, but he keeps referencing things that aren't necessarily common knowledge. For example, in many of his stories he talks about being clutched by Morpheus (who I assume is a Greek god or something) in reference to sleep. He'll also get his references slightly wrong because his characters are often witty southerners or half-civilized guys living on the frontier. Not to mention that O. Henry lived over 100 years ago, so his language is, shall we say, rather not politically correct. I'm not bothered by that usually, but...there's a lot of n-words, and "white" is used as a compliment. Granted, it's some of the characters and not the plain narrative using that kind of language, but still.

[DonnyZeDoof]

The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings

It's probably one of the biggest fantasy novels I've ever read. Have any of you read it before?