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On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 6:44 AM Ra Jesh via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > On a completely different tack, I'm reading *The Cane Cutter's Song by > Raphael Confiant*, discovered the world of immigrant Tamils into colonial > Carribean countries. As a part-Tamilian, it is humbling

Re: [Silk] 2022 Silklist Book Recommendations thread

I read the last three books of the Expanse series (James A Corey) after the TV show had only 6 seasons produced (available on Amazon Prime) and ran out of funding. Take the concept of intelligence/consciousness to a parallel universal consciousness that is trying to overcome stubbornly individualis

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Thanks back at you for the pointer to Singelin's work — it looks right up my alley! I'm about to order the late-pledge version of Frontier and will search out PTSD et al as well soon. I share your enthusiasm for the French graphic novel scene but haven't read as widely there as I'd like. I'd be ha

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oh that's on my TBR, i love her other stuff Cordially, Ameya Nagarajan (she/her) On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 08:55, Thaths via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 6:44 PM Sharat Satyanarayana via Silklist < > silklist@lis

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Thanks for this recommendation Jeremy! Will look out for Jordan’s work. The European, especially French graphic novel scene (Scifi included) is simply amazing! It’s in my bucket list to visit France specifically to explore this world. One particular work that I am looking forward to is, Frontier b

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Sharat's mention of graphic novels made me realise that I had omitted one! Jordan Mechner's _Replay: Mémoires d'une famille_ was fantastic, especially for people who are fans of Prince of Persia or Mechner's other work. (Disclaimer: he's a good friend.) The version I read is the French one, which

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On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 6:44 PM Sharat Satyanarayana via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > To be taught if fortunate by Becky Chambers (enjoying her books) > I read 'A Psalm for the Wild-Built' this year and really liked it. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nu

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On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 8:13 AM Sharat Satyanarayana via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: Semiosis by Sue Burke (crashed colonizers realize that the planet is aware > and learn to work with this planet wide plant intelligence) > On this note, a much older reco would be the Gaia seri

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Love these recommendations. My TBR pile keeps growing #tsundoku I loved the Murderbot series, and am looking forward to reading the latest installment. I believe the series has been optioned for a TV series. I am mostly biased towards science fiction and graphic novels, so here are a few recommen

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On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 7:51 AM Tim Bray wrote: > > On Dec 17, 2023 at 9:09:44 PM, Bharat Shetty via Silklist > wrote: > >> Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder >> This interesting book explains the nuances that ADD is not an >> inherited illness, but a reversib

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On Dec 17, 2023 at 9:09:44 PM, Bharat Shetty via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder > This interesting book explains the nuances that ADD is not an > inherited illness, but a reversible impairment and developmental

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Here are the books that I enjoyed this year. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics: Gave me an idea of the pros and cons of geographical boundaries of many countries and the ongoing geo-political conflicts. Scattered Minds: The Origins an

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I am also a huge Murderbot fan and motivated to check out Sarah King's work too, thank you! Martha Wells (the Murderbot author) also wrote a book called Witch King which I am in the middle of, but I am highly likely to recommend it when I've finished. Some other books I haven't seen yet in this t

Re: [Silk] 2022 Silklist Book Recommendations thread

> > > A subthread of this would be books in 2023 by silklisters. The undoubted > leader in this would be Cory Doctorow, who had FOUR books > > published this year. There’s also Nilanjana Roy >

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On 2023-12-04 06:24, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist wrote: A subthread of this would be books in 2023 by silklisters. The undoubted leader in this would be Cory Doctorow, who had FOUR books [1] published this year. There’s also Nilanjana Roy [2], and Shoba Narayan [3] off the top of my head. Any o

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A subthread of this would be books in 2023 by silklisters. The undoubted leader in this would be Cory Doctorow, who had FOUR books published this year. There’s also Nilanjana Roy

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Please be warned that she self publishes and the quality is raw but the universe itself is delicious. In other news, I’m looking forward to some interesting non fiction reading recommended by The Huberman Lab, especially the Pennebaker research on trauma journaling and the article on Languishing b

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OMG you might be my hero because there just aren't enough Murderbot books. So now I can check out Sarah King! Cordially, Ameya Nagarajan (she/her) On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 at 16:32, Huda Masood via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > I started re

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I started reading the Murderbot series - such fun!! It also reminds me of a little known author Sarah King and her Forging Zero series which I also really enjoyed. But then I’m a sucker for post apocalyptic sci-fi interplanetary genres 😁😁 On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 at 00:49, Thaths via Silklist < silklis

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Thank you! I will tell the author, who is a dear friend. And yes, the form is a reverse of cloud atlas :) Cordially, Ameya Nagarajan (she/her) On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 06:56, Thaths wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 10:27 PM Ameya Nagarajan via Silklist <

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On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 10:27 PM Ameya Nagarajan via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > I read a LOT of genre fiction, but I also managed to finally (I think) > shake my inability to read non genre fiction. I second Alok's > recommendation of the Dawn of Everything, and to it I will

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As to the Age of Unreason and Small is Beautiful - just look at my Facebook or LinkedIn pages. Udhay asked me not to do any self-promotion here on threat of being blocked. But it is bigger than me. So I will take the risk of being defrocked and disrobed of my silks.This: https://www.linkedin.com/p

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With my own list to add to the most excellent Venkatesh from Human Resources: Haven’t read  2 and 3 on his list. Thanks Venkatesh.1. The addictive read - Marathon Man. William Goldman. Bosch and his jazz albums cannot hold a candle to our hero history student against the mighty Nazi Szell and his

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Thinking about this, I realised that I'm currently reading/have read three types of books that are dear to me: 1. The addictive read that you have to finish as quickly as possible. For me that was Michael Connelly's latest Bosch and Ballard police procedural Desert Star

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Thank you so much, Udhay! Missed your tag in the flurry of silklist emails :) I had two books out this year - This Handmade Life - 7 Skills to Enhance and Transform Your Everyday Life (Penguin India) The Great Indian Thali - seasonal vegetarian wholesomeness (Roli Books) Links to all my book

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My favourite reads this year: Best of Friends : Kamila Shamsie Bewilderment : Richard Powers Whole Numbers and Half Truths : Rukmini S You Have Not Yet Been Defeated : Alaa abd el-Fattah Ingrid Srinath -- Silklist mailing list Silklist@lists.digeratus.in https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/sil

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Lords of the Deccan is a good read. Well written. On Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 8:56 PM Thaths via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 7:06 PM Bharat Shetty via Silklist < > silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > >> 5. Nripatunga by Ta Ra Su - A Kannada novel that tal

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On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 7:06 PM Bharat Shetty via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > 5. Nripatunga by Ta Ra Su - A Kannada novel that talks about > Rastrakuta king Amoghvarsha Nripatunga, who is believed to be one of > the wisest rulers to have ruled Karnataka. > Coincidentally, fol

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Prisoners of Geography is a really great book Ashwin :) I read a LOT of genre fiction, but I also managed to finally (I think) shake my inability to read non genre fiction. I second Alok's recommendation of the Dawn of Everything, and to it I will add Four Seasons in Rome

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Bharat, 100+ is incredible! I need some of that energy. 😁 I didn't read many books this year because my free time was under heavy attack (a toddler and an elementary school kid at home!), but these two I can recommend from among the few I read: * Prisoners of Geography

Re: [Silk] 2022 Silklist Book Recommendations thread

Hi all, That time of the year again and once again I look forward to this list of books. 2022, was great for me as I managed to clock over 100+ books this year. Consuming 50 pages in the morning and 50 pages in the night ensured I was able to achieve this. Without much further ado, here goes the

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Thank you for restarting the recommendations list :) + Black River by Nilanjana S Roy + Unveiling Jazbaa: A History of Pakistan Women’s Cricket by Aayush Puthran + The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law by K.G. Kannabiran + Land, Guns, Caste, Woman by Gita Ramaswamy On Wed, 14 Dec

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After the Ukraine war started, I went down a rabbit hole, reading books connected to Russia. I found the Kremlin mafia stories way more chilling than any fiction and kept on reading more. The ones that stood out were: Putin's People Frozen Order by Bill Browder Red Notice by Bill Browder Red Roule

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This link floated past on the bitstream, and I thought it belonged here: https://awaken.com/2022/02/20-short-novels-to-stay-up-all-night-reading/ Udhay -- Silklist mailing list Silklist@lists.digeratus.in https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist

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> I too suffered from a similar problem some years ago. My solution has been to > become used to consuming books - especially fiction - in Audiobook format. I keep putting off trying this—some potentially misplaced feeling that it’s a separate medium. Like I want to decide whether it’s more impo

Re: [Silk] 2022 Silklist Book Recommendations thread

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 5:11 AM Ashim D'Silva via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > I’ve started so many books this year that I haven’t been able to finish. > Strangely they’re primarily fiction, which I’m going to blame Twitter for > taking away my attention span and resolve to fix

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On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 6:11 PM Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 6:10 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > 6. Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking by Krish Ashok: Not much new >>> for someone like me who reads Harold McGee as bedtime read

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Sorry for the empty reply! I've read a bunch this year, there's been a lot of re-reading (in particular of William Gibson, in preparation for the serialized TV version of "The Peripheral", which I've enjoyed overall despite its ... differences). Two books that I read for the first time this

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On 12/13/22 9:10 PM, Alok Prasanna Kumar via Silklist wrote: Couldn't get to read too much this year but would fully recommend The Dawn of Everything by Dave Graeber and Dave Wengrow. Gives a completely different perspective and take on human history (though there are some good critiques on the

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I’ve started so many books this year that I haven’t been able to finish. Strangely they’re primarily fiction, which I’m going to blame Twitter for taking away my attention span and resolve to fix it through the holidays. Non-fiction recs though: Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal - a look at

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I read very many books, but off the top of my head, I would recommend these: 1. I see Moon Witch, Spider King on here, and would like to add Black Leopard, Red Wolf (part 1 of the trilogy) by Marlon James to the list as well! 2. The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli 3. Circe by Madeline Miller - This

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Couldn't get to read too much this year but would fully recommend The Dawn of Everything by Dave Graeber and Dave Wengrow. Gives a completely different perspective and take on human history (though there are some good critiques on the potential misreading of some of the evidence). Currently readin

Re: [Silk] 2022 Silklist Book Recommendations thread

> Book list: > 1.Migrations. Gloria Gervitz. Translated by Mark Schafer: Lyrical, audacious, lifelong poem. 2.Ramkali. Shailesh Matiyani. Unexpectedly feminist. 3.A Hundred White Daffodils. Jane Kenyon. A twofer - Jane Kenyon and Anna Akhmatova! 4.Thinking with Ghalib. Anjum Altaf and Amit Basole.

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 6:10 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: 6. Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking by Krish Ashok: Not much new >> for someone like me who reads Harold McGee as bedtime reading, or steeps in >> Serious Eats during the day, but he has a knack of customizing food science >> to Ind

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 5:20 AM Thaths via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: 6. Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking by Krish Ashok: Not much new > for someone like me who reads Harold McGee as bedtime reading, or steeps in > Serious Eats during the day, but he has a knack of cu

[Silk] 2022 Silklist Book Recommendations thread

Hey Folks, Now that Silklist is back online, it is time to revive our almost-annual tradition of sharing our annual book recommendations. I would love to hear your recommendations. Here are the best books I read in 2022: 1. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey: A very medita