Discussion Thread: What are all you reading in terms of fiction AND non-fiction? - #21
Discussion Thread: What are all you reading in terms of fiction AND non-fiction? - #21
I'm reading The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (Delphi edition) on my tablet.
Just finished Legendborn as well.
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin is also what I'm reading (second book in the trilogy of The Three-Body Problem)
In terms of non-fiction:
Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism (2nd Edition) by Otto Wille Kuusinen (highly recommended!)
Class, Race and Black Liberation by Henry Winston (also highly recommmend! ...Though not before reading the prequel to the book Strategy for a Black Agenda)
Discussion questions:
What new books are you reading?
Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction?
Question of the week:
What books are you eager to read that you haven't read yet?
Enjoy!
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On my new ereader :) I’m reading The Dialectical Biologist (decent, recommend to biology interested people), On Practice by Mao (as part of FLPress’s five essays on philosophy, everyone should read), What is to be done (important read), and I’m finding it difficult to get back into Karl Marx’s ecosocialism (it’s dense and I’m a third through).
I probably prefer fiction, but nonfiction seems more important so I mostly read it.
There are a lot of books that I really want to read, but have not started. Some such books include What the Buddha taught, Decolonial Marxism, Socialist States and the Environment, and socialism with Chinese characteristics. I also does anyone know if the PSL book on future socialist construction in the US was any good, I’ve considered buying it and also don’t remember it’s title too.
Interesting. I think I know the person who wrote The Dialectical Biologist, but I forgot his name...
I would also recommend reading fiction as it gives respite from the hard and serious stuff that may be depressing at times or too "boring" (not enough dopamine).
Of course. For fiction, a few weeks ago I was reading some lovecraft, but the earlier stuff isn’t as good, and it’s also somewhat reactionary, so it feels like a chore trying to get through it so I can get to the more famous stuff. On my ereader I have the Crying of Lot 49, which should be good, but I feel weird opening another book. Maybe I should read something easier like the hunger games. I also need to get back into Octavia Butler, as I never finished the last part of wild seed, and have only read the graphic novel of parable of the sower, so that should be good in its original along with the sequel.
I read through H.P. Lovecraft's collected works.
You start to notice more of the racism the older you get; when I was starting out, I assumed that "Well, it was just the times" and basically ignored the racism.
Now? It's hard not to notice it; I was a kid then, but I'm a fully grown adult now.
Yeah, some of the stories are pretty gross. Like the one where some dude contacts some heavenly spirit trapped in a “degenerate” poor non-white dude’s body, and it’s trying to escape.
In his story The Rats in the Walls, the character has a cat named nword man.
also does anyone know if the PSL book on future socialist construction in the US was any good, I’ve considered buying it and also don’t remember it’s title too.
It's "Socialist Reconstruction: a better future for the United States". At least one of the folks here said they liked it. I've been holding out to see if a pdf pops up free online, myself.
It's available on Anna's Archive, I just downloaded it.
Awesome, thanks!!