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PBYACE t1_jdffxvp wrote
Reply to As a newbie to sci-fi, reading complicated sci-fi is making my brain hurt, but it's also really enjoyable. by justkeepbreathing94
Love the stuff that makes me think. The "Ancillary Justice" trilogy, by Ann Leckie, and pretty much everything Frank Herbert wrote.
PBYACE t1_jd1t5un wrote
The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran.
PBYACE t1_jawc33u wrote
End of Eternity, Asimov, and The God Makers, Herbert.
PBYACE t1_jab9s91 wrote
Kind of difficult to say what the unintended consequences will be, but technology tends to make our lives better while also enslaving us and increasing inequity. Count on AI being explotive in its application. That being said, the bar is really low when it comes to natural intelligence.
PBYACE t1_j9mfus9 wrote
Reply to comment by WhereGrapesMayRule in Supreme Court rejects man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody by sue_me_please
What happens when the SCOTUS treats the Constitution like word salad?
PBYACE t1_j8uhavh wrote
Reply to comment by tchads in Northern Michigan man blows up beaver dam with explosives, floods neighbors’ properties by TheHiddenApp
Give them a week. It's not like beavers are going to sit around and feel sorry for themselves.
PBYACE t1_j6bexhw wrote
I'm an old guy. I like YA books if they're in my genres. The Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfield is a blast.
PBYACE t1_j5pqr66 wrote
Both The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Gave up part way through both and just read the Wikipedia entry.
PBYACE t1_j1obt8y wrote
Reply to Do you find yourself reading more non-fiction books and less fiction as you get older? by disruptivelychill
Age 64. A lot more fiction.
PBYACE t1_iu0dz25 wrote
Reply to Is A Clockwork Orange difficult to read for Americans due to the dialect of English? by chinawcswing
Try the Mad Magazine parody.
PBYACE t1_itm7aqx wrote
Reply to Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86
It's next to impossible to have an error-free book. There're too many people and steps involved where errors can be introduced into the process. Famously, the KJV Bible had typos, and there were plenty of scholars checking it. I find typos, missed punctuation, in most every book I read, more so with books published since the '90's. I think publishers are less concerned about editing these days, and then there're the self-publishers.
PBYACE t1_it57bmk wrote
If you've seen the movie, there's really no real reason to finish the book.
PBYACE t1_jdje4ki wrote
Reply to I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit
Yesterday's radical literature is often today's major boring shit. Joyce is Exhibit A.