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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: JohnCantrell on September 12, 2013, 10:02 pm

Title: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: JohnCantrell on September 12, 2013, 10:02 pm
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein

Libertarian sfi classic about the Lunas (the colonies on the moon) struggle for freedom.

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

About building a crypto haven on earth and the history of cryptografy.

Little Brother - Cory Doctorow

Young hackers struggle against US government and anti-terrorist law.

Generally anything that has gotten the libertarian futurist award "Prometheus award". http://lfs.org/awards.shtml
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: JohnCantrell on September 12, 2013, 10:04 pm
Biographies about some great libertarian thinkers would also be interesting.
Like the live of Thomas Jeffersson.

Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: JohnCantrell on September 12, 2013, 10:06 pm
Another suggestion would be to store the DPR's Book Club in its own sub-forum. The posts seem to drop down quickly, and they are somewhat hard so search for.

Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: cryngie on September 12, 2013, 11:06 pm
DPR's book club is stickyed at the top how is it hard to find?
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Post by: eskimoplea7 on September 12, 2013, 11:11 pm
Anything written by Chuck Palahniuk
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Post by: beatthebounds on September 12, 2013, 11:23 pm
The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: ~o~WaterWalker~o~ on September 13, 2013, 12:29 am
I stumbled onto an interesting book

Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior
by Lee McIntyre

it spins its wheels a bunch on justifying its existence, but it does attempt to swat back the recent dogma of Political Correctness, Religion, etc of stopping the scientific study of social science/behavior. 

was published in 2006...  with how big the PC wave has grown since then, I am fearful if the writer hung himself by now
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: JohnCantrell on September 13, 2013, 09:27 am
DPR's book club is stickyed at the top how is it hard to find?

Not the weekly topics. It lay many pages back last time I looked.
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: cairngorm on September 13, 2013, 10:34 am
Filth- Irvine Welsh, film is due out 27november worth a read

Secret Histories of the World-Johnathan Black

Skag Boys- Irvine Welsh

Ecstacy-Irvine Welsh

City of Snakes- DB Shan

David (forgotten second name, scottish empirical philosopher) on suicide
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: JohnCantrell on September 15, 2013, 09:39 pm
Please elaborate a little more about why the book should be read! :)

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Post by: No-Disassemble on September 15, 2013, 09:49 pm
IDk if its been said before but,

Dante's inferno the divine comedy - The first printed edition 300 copies printed, fourteen still survive.
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: goldenone on September 15, 2013, 11:34 pm
"Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age" by Steven Levy
About the birth of public cryptography and the RSA algorithm.

"Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground" By Kevin Poulsen
About one of the biggest operations of LE against underground digital crime forums.

Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: ~o~WaterWalker~o~ on September 16, 2013, 11:10 pm
IDk if its been said before but,

Dante's inferno the divine comedy - The first printed edition 300 copies printed, fourteen still survive.

I am about ready to read this too, I forget the translator I have, but it does have illustrations by Gore which are magnificent
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: eskimoplea7 on September 17, 2013, 08:22 pm
Im about to be on an airplane for 14+ hours anyone else have suggestions??
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: JohnCantrell on September 22, 2013, 04:43 pm
Im about to be on an airplane for 14+ hours anyone else have suggestions??

REAMDE by Neal Stephenson. Hacker thriller, pro-gun liberals, digital currencies etc. Good read.
Title: Re: Suggestions for the DPR Book club.
Post by: suffix on September 22, 2013, 05:22 pm
Blood Meridian - Cormac Mcarthey
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Post by: ~o~WaterWalker~o~ on September 24, 2013, 10:51 pm
Im about to be on an airplane for 14+ hours anyone else have suggestions??

14 hours.. if you want to challenge or perhaps validate your belief structure try Messages from Michael, and More Messages from Michael