Legit LOTC Book Club

[Jonificus 2761]

Hey friends and @iMattyz

 

So I've recently gotten a literary addiction, reading the multitude of books I have in my possession though rarely have touched, opened up accounts on different audio book services and even read a few pages of the God forsakenly bad "Antigua: Land of Fairies, Wizards and Heroes" using google books that my best friend jokingly recommended to me. And after seeing that Niccum's shitpost collection got some of you disappointed and claiming to have hoped for the thread to be an actual book club I figured I could farm some rep start up LotC's book club myself!

 

Let's start off with Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

 

The book goes into detail of the many factors to leading up to European colonialism and later European world domination, I'm sure all history buffs here have probably read or already been recommended this book before but **** it, why not advertise this some more!

 

My second recommendation will be the previously mentioned awful book known as Antigua: Land of Fairies, Wizards and Heroes (PART ONE, sadly)

 

 

The book starts off by establishing a great confusion in the mind of the reader as the writing is horrendous enough to make you wonder if perhaps you somehow contracted a worsened form of dyslexia. It's about ( I think) a couple of dragons who roam around pillaging and burning some generic kingdoms and speaking in edgy "heh, nothing personnel kiddo" lingo that will make even the most seasoned of double wielding katana orphans cringe. Ten outta ten, would groan and pinch my nasal bridge again.

https://books.google.no/books?id=52Ci5yjcuY0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=antigua+land+of+fairies+wizards+and+heroes&hl=no&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=antigua land of fairies wizards and heroes&f=false enjoy

 

 

So, drop any discussion, feedback or recommendations in the comments and let's get intelligenter with books.

[Ark 2835]

i remember having to analyze that first book in highschool, its kind of a good introductory book but thats it not great for a book club imo

[Jonificus 2761]

1 minute ago, Ark said:

i remember having to analyze that first book in highschool, its kind of a good introductory book but thats it not great for a book club imo

i dont know how book clubs work tbh. i just wanted to see what others have to recommend

[Ark 2835]

I think most of them do literary works rather than historical ones, if anyone has any interest in the middle eastern / arab world i'd recommend checking out The Travels of Ibn Batutta. Its probably one of the cooler books i've read. 

[Andustar 4143]

Pros:

Unlike the black and white of the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion is quite different in its tone, it reveals a very dark twist on creatures such as elves, men and dwarves and brings us back to the time where the armies of Lord of the Rings were but tiny specs compared to the free folk or darkness at the time. It introduces us to the first great dark lord, Sauron's mentor, Morgoth. There are some legit sad stories in this massive novel of last stands and deaths. 

Cons:

The book is huge. It's crammed in with so many different stories and reads Tolkien didn't fully finish expanding on. What's more, it's like reading a history book so you better be prepared to read some factual writting. In some places the book may also confuse you so you must read the Hobbit, LOTR, Unfinished tales, etc, before you start this novel.

[Praetor 1550]

 

Probably my favorite book. It's a hardcore sic-fi book written by a Vietnam veteran. By the end you're left with a depressing feeling about the futility of war. The author does a really good job projecting his feelings about the Vietnam war into a future conflict, using aliens as a metaphor for the Vietnamese. I recommend it for anyone who doesn't mind a lot of technical jargon and actual science fiction.

 

 

 

Another really good one. Far deeper than it seems. It's an introspective novel about humanity and what we are as a species. The entire book is tinged by a supernatural feeling, but the great thing about it is that you're never sure if it truly is supernatural. Everything could possibly be explained by scientific means. Pretty eerie novel, great read.

 

 

 

Military biography of sorts. A report follows a group of soldiers in their deployment in a dangerous area of Iraq. The book is a non-biased recounting of what they live through and what happens over there. Extremely interesting, if a bit depressing. Gives you insight on some things that other sources don't always cover. If you really want to feel depressed, read Thank you for your Service, which follows a few of the soldiers when they're back in the US. War can sure **** you up.

 

 

[mmat 7460]

hello

[thesmellypocket 1859]

I've been reading the Histories of Herodotus translated by Tom Holland. It's not what you'd expect, because there are so many divergences. One moment he's talking about a daughter-snatching campaign by Cretan pirates, the next he's talking about a fatal plot to make a bodyguard see a king's wife naked...

 

Holland does a good job of translating, it's very readable and modern.

[ski_king3 0]

 

It's not too long, and if you're into political science (or really just how leadership in organizations can work), it's a pretty cool read. It starts getting a bit rambly and repetitive later on, but it throws a lot of contemporary wisdom out the window in its attempt to redefine how power works and why some are able to successfully keep it.

 

There's also a CGP Grey video based off of it, though it's not as in-depth.

 

[Jonificus 2761]

1 minute ago, ski_king3 said:

 

It's not too long, and if you're into political science (or really just how leadership in organizations can work), it's a pretty cool read. It starts getting a bit rambly and repetitive later on, but it throws a lot of contemporary wisdom out the window in its attempt to redefine how power works and why some are able to successfully keep it.

 

There's also a CGP Grey video based off of it, though it's not as in-depth.

 

 

That's the book that got me to register to audible actually :-DDD

[ski_king3 0]

5 minutes ago, Jonificus said:

 

That's the book that got me to register to audible actually :-DDD

 

Holy ****, literally me too. Did you know after this video released, this book was a top 20 bestseller on Amazon for a bit, and literally every copy in the world was sold so they had to do a second print?

[Vezzin 151]

It's been a while since I've read any of these, but I remember them fondly and I don't think they're especially well known.

 

A cool sci-fi book that pays tons of attention to the laws of physics, so much so that I'd say it's one of its most interesting features. A very very big cylinder is spotted hurdling into the solar system, definitely extraterrestrial, and they send an expedition out to investigate. It seems abandoned, but while they're there, the whole place begins to awaken. Very mysterious!

Another cool sci-fi book about aliens. Chapters alternated between viewpoints of the aliens and the human that had been marooned on their planet, since their ways of communicating were so different. Really shows both sides of a first contact story, and the aliens have a pretty interesting culture. 

 

[Thatpyrodude 2008]

Just got through this riveting read, I'd reccomend it anyone and everyone.

[Emelia 6]

Mhmmmmm romance ❤️️ Any of these reads would make your heart melt and legs quiver. Not for the faint of heart ?

[Rickson 302]

I just got finished reading 2061: Odyssey Three

Fantastic sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: Odyssey Two and you can pick it up without really know much about any of the other books as it feels like its own story entirely. Has a really enriching story as you get deeper, though it can be rather slow and filled with seemingly unnecessary bits that can get you bored if you read it for long periods at once, which is one of the reasons I just read it as a book on the go.  

But it does have some great moments and overall it builds up to a nice cliffhanger which leads into 3001: The Final Odyssey which I have just started reading.

I highly recommend it if you like Sci-Fi or a book you can just generally read over a long course of time.