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kops:
Anyone else read too much?

Some recommendations from recently read books:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz
Thr trials of a misfit kid in America set against the backdrop of a dictatorship in the Dominican Republic

Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
Epic. History, Maths, Poetry, Crytography, Near future scifi.

Rabbits, Terry Miles
Crazy book.  Dan Brown vs Matrix

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, Richard Feynman
Memories and stories from the physicist - funny and eccentric.

Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
Scifi, Language, Engineering. Great fun.

We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Denis E. Taylor
Artificial Intelligence, funny as hell, lots of 80s and 90s references.

The Undead Series, RR Haywood.
Best zombie books ever.

tirofijo!!:
i liked to read literature, last book i read was "devil on the cross" from master Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, but now im in thesis mode soo is all reading scientific papers and things like that... to resume it, this is the short list:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQz1FoOXNOc
:( :) :( :)

kops:
Love KRS-One!   Edutainment was one of the first albums I ever bought.

tirofijo!!:
is the MASTER! really love it too, i got the bdp album "by all means necessary" in vinyl last year, hope to get all the others some day, but he keeps making albums soo its impossible XD

wife:
Rabbits is a nutty book for sure!

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
Novel about Chiyo, a girl sold into the Geisha trade in 1920s Japan.

In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
Story about a nightlife tour guide who begins to suspect his guest is a serial killer.

In Order To Live - Yeonmi Park
Autobiography of a North Korean defector.

Maus - Art Spiegelman
Graphic novel about the holocaust.

Father Ted Scripts - Arthur Mathews & Graham Linehan
Annotated draft scripts for the Father Ted TV series.

My Tiny Life - Julian Dibbel
Sociological discourse on virtual reality mediated relations.

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