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[ChairmanPoo]

I still don't get what you mean, tbh...

For me Dune is pure political intrigue. Frankly, it did Game of Thrones thirty years before GoT, and it did it better. Religion is only present there as a purely instrumentalized social construct in the service of power groups - in some cases it's very existence was meant as this in the first place.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

I still don't get what you mean, tbh...

For me Dune is pure political intrigue. Frankly, it did Game of Thrones thirty years before GoT, and it did it better. Religion is only present there as a purely instrumentalized social construct in the service of power groups - in some cases it's very existence was meant as this in the first place.

Missionaria Protectiva.

[ChairmanPoo]

Indeed.

[Tack]

Beowulf I found a bit too jesusy...

[ChairmanPoo]

Oh shit. How could I miss that.

I've been kind of off the last few days. It was a tiring week...

[Tack]

No harm done. Made for pretty humorous crossed wires.

[JoshuaFH]

I started reading job seeking books: "Don't Send a Resume" which I finished. Very succinct and to the point, it was a short book. Then "What color is your parachute: 2016 edition" which I'm also finding to be very informative and useful.

I also finished "WHY WE SNAP!" about the neurocircuitry of anger, though the book actually expands onto many interesting subjects of neurology. Interesting tidbits include: That the eyes picks up information, and split it between the conscious brain and the unconscious brain; cutting the neural circuit to the conscious brain makes you totally blind, but information is still being sent to the unconscious brain, so a blind person can still "see" facial expressions and force alerts in your brain to be frightened of things that you have no clue what you're 'looking' at. Also, estrogen alone controls the single circuit in the brain than controls intense sexual arousal and the trigger to fight to the death, with the only difference between the two being the amount of estrogen pumped into the one neuro-pathway that controls both of them simultaneously.

Really intensely cool book all around. Next I'll be starting "When the Sun Bursts" which is about Schizophrenia.

[Drakale]

Finished book 1 and 2 of the Void Wraith trilogy by Chris Fox. Bit of a light read, but it was enjoyable. I especially liked the cat aliens which remind me a lot of the Kilrathi from wing commander.

Starting up Good Omens which I have somehow never read despite being a huge Pratchett fan. My side have already left the local galactic cluster.

[Twinwolf]

I read the first couple books of The Dresden Files. Interesting series.

[birdy51]

Started reading the Welcome to Night Vale novel. Currently having no regrets there.

[Amperzand]

http://www.theallguardsmenparty.com/index.html

Basically a Dark Heresy campaign log, wherein the entire party is imperial guardsmen. Very entertaining.

[hops]

I finished The Martian. It was a really enjoyable read, would recommend to anyone wanting to read something fun but still well-written and smart.

Just finished The Martian. 10/10 would read again. Ending made me lol with how optimistic it is though. IRL NASA would've run out of fund really fast because America doesn't care.

[NJW2000]

Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville. First of the Bas-lag novels.

[nenjin]

Just re-read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad to get inspiration for my Curious Expedition LP.

[TheBiggerFish]

http://www.theallguardsmenparty.com/index.html

Basically a Dark Heresy campaign log, wherein the entire party is imperial guardsmen. Very entertaining.

Just finished reading that.