As I found out about “prime reading” recently, I started reading some random books again.
I started with The Hole (link to English version, though I read the German) and really liked how the author wrote.
So I continued with the “Icemoon” collection (which I can’t find an English link) which contained 4 of 5 books.
I finished that yesterday, and I’m currently considering to buy the paperbacks of all those books over the next weeks.
Definitely I’ll buy the Proxima trilogy before Christmas, as that’s not available in prime reading (and I’m currently not sure if “kindl unlimited” would be worth it, as I still prefer real books)
My most vivid impression of reading non-technical literature was the novel by Boris Pasternak “Doctor Zhivago”. The plot does not really matter in it. The most interesting thing is the Russian language - the book is written in an interesting style - poetic prose. This text is indescribably beautiful. If anyone, ever wants to understand what the Russian language is, one should read the novel by Boris Pasternak “Doctor Zhivago”.
Reading “The Three Body Problem” trilogy, just finished the first book. Pretty different than the SciFi I’m used to read, but I learned to like the author’s style.
I read “The Three Body Problem” as part of my book club last year. The book club consists of me (comp.science.) and four physics majors. One of them had this comment about the title: “It’s really a four body problem, isn’t it?”
Spoilers
It’s a planet with three suns. Therefore four bodies.
Recently reading It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by basecamp a founder.
It makes me think the proper way to work and how should I work for the next company.
It’s a short (152 pages), but very dense, introduction to the philosophical concept of Finite and Infinite games. My brain hurts reading more than 10 pages at a time.
