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Mar 26, 2016, 02:49 PM
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What book(s) are you reading / do you recommend?
 "The Tao of Pooh" Benjamin Hoff (Not sure atm if I recommend this  )Probably posted in the wrong forum 
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Mar 26, 2016, 04:46 PM
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i haven't been able to read a book in a pretty long time due to my brain not cooperating... but when i was in 6th grade i read all of piers anthony books they had in the library... if you like fantasy... you probably will like them...
i actually read alot of books in 6th grade... cant remember them all but it was my escape... before i stopped going to public school and made my dad let me do homeschool... i wish i could remember them all, they were really good... i would escape into a fantasy world, i miss it so much! they were doing a reader program where you read books and get points for reading them and taking quizes... and like 10 people were going to be chosen to go on a fieldtrip with the highest points and i had more points than anyone in middle school! but of course i didnt go on the trip because i didnt want to... piers anthony is the only author i can remember though... if you read any of them lemme know which one and if you like it 
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Mar 26, 2016, 05:47 PM
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I've been reading Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House' on and off. It's rather long but funny in parts.
Before that I read a psychological thriller called 'Therapy' written by a German author, which was compelling and particularly effective because it was from the protagonist's point of view, which was completely unreliable due to his various neurological issues. I also recently read 'Her fearful symmetry' by Audrey Niffenegger. Strong characterisation and themes although I found the ghost talk a bit unnerving. I've also taken up writing again in recent months, which I find very empowering. And getting absorbed in a story by reading is fantastic, too. Similar to what you said, Elevatedsoul, I find it really takes me away from the aspects of my life that I find difficult to contend with. I find art and stories absolutely essential. It's something I deeply believe in and it has kept me going in the absence of other things I have wanted and didn't get. Yes, maybe I check out one of the book forums here. :-)
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Mar 26, 2016, 05:58 PM
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The power of now.
Many lives many masters. Walden. Siddhartha. Soul on fire (Peter Calhoun). Into the wild (Krakauer). Journey of Souls (Michael Newton).
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Mar 26, 2016, 06:11 PM
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I like science fiction... currently my favorite author is Robert J. Sawyer. Hard sci-fi with interesting characters and social themes.
I highly recommend Rollback featuring a romance of an elderly couple. His WWW Trilogy (www:Wake, www:Watch, and www:Wonder)is maybe my favorite book series ever (toppling Issac Asimov's Foundation), about the internet becoming sentient and learning morality from a teenage blind girl. Sounds silly but truly brilliant ideas and some exciting themes. I'm currently reading his new novel... Just released a week or so ago, Quantum Night about the nature of psychopathy and consciousness. He has several novels considering the nature of consciousness.
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Mar 26, 2016, 06:13 PM
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And I can't help but mention Isaac Asimov... When I was a kid hospitalized (medical issue... mental health didn't hit me until much later) I had trouble focusing in the hospital and therefore reading but someone got me a book of his short stories including Buy Jupiter and other stories, some of them were very short (one story was 1 and a half pages!) and I found them great to take my mind off of things and that's what got me reading science fiction.
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Mar 26, 2016, 06:16 PM
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Mar 26, 2016, 06:36 PM
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I recently picked up one that I had missed so long ago... The Gods Themselves. Amazing, can't believe I had missed it. I find Robert J. Sawyer to be very similar in style and themes and I am enjoying him thoroughly. If you like mysteries (like Asimov's mysteries) I can also recommend Sawyer's The Golden Fleece. Setup very very similar to Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey with a colony ship heading out to populate a planet and a murder by a computer. The mystery is the protagonist discovering that the computer committed murder and then exposing why. Engaging with a satisfying if spooky ending.
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Mar 26, 2016, 06:56 PM
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When I could read books my favourite Authors, who I reread over and over again, were:
Isaac Asimov. Terry Pratchett. H.G. Wells. Roger Zelazny. Apart from Asimov's classic Foundation and Robots Series, his best novel imo was The End of Eternity. Dave.
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Mar 26, 2016, 06:59 PM
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Edit: Found it... Foundation's Edge, signed June 1985. Sitting on my shelf next to Robots and Empire...
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Mar 26, 2016, 07:05 PM
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If I'm remembering the correct novel, The End of Eternity had one of the best plot twists I ever read that was revealed with a subtle hint in a previous chapter that made me flip the pages back once it was revealed... WAIT, WHAT?!
And it was the same plot twist he used in an earlier novel and I couldn't believe he got me with it again. 
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Mar 26, 2016, 07:18 PM
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Nice anecdote, thanks for sharing.
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Mar 26, 2016, 07:22 PM
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Mar 26, 2016, 07:25 PM
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Mar 27, 2016, 09:09 AM
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Dave.
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