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Jumping in late, but I thought Rama 2 was a great sequel. While Rendezvous with Rama had the mood of a NASA science expedition, Rama 2 modeled reality TV, giving it legitimacy in my (then) teenage mind. The later books didn't add much. Kiran -- Kiran Jonnalagadda (Sent from my phone) On Mon, 1

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On 12/12/2020 16:56, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > My reading was severely hampered this year due to our son being at home all > day. With helping him all day at home we ended up having much less energy > at the end of the day for reading or watching something. But I was part of > a bookclub at work and

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My reading was severely hampered this year due to our son being at home all day. With helping him all day at home we ended up having much less energy at the end of the day for reading or watching something. But I was part of a bookclub at work and through that I got to read stuff from outside my "c

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Here are books that made an impact on me in 2020: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (Phillip Gourevitch) - A book that came out some years ago, but I finally got to read it recently. I had previously read books about the war in Eastern Congo and the scramble f

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Ah yes Samanth! Very much so. (Didn't realise 'twas you behind 'WordPsmith'!) Interestingly, a few weeks ago my 8-year-old picked it up where JBS Sr was doing experiments on himself and was very much intrigued that people do that sort of thing and we went down a little rabbit hole. On Wed, Nov 25,

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Thanks Udhay! Kunda, I hope you’re enjoying the book! 🤞 > On Nov 25, 2020, at 14:25, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:45 PM Venkatesh H R wrote: > > - Re-read Frank Herbert's Dune. First read it as a 16-year-old and was >> apprehensive about the second read. So many of o

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On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:45 PM Venkatesh H R wrote: - Re-read Frank Herbert's Dune. First read it as a 16-year-old and was > apprehensive about the second read. So many of our heroes turn out to have > written sexist, racist stuff or were otherwise total ass* in their real > lives. But Dune

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Some books read in the past year that left their mark on me. CRIME: Got stuck into a new and fabulous series, the Flavia de Luce series starring an 11-year-old girl detective. Written by Alan Bradley. Very much 'cozy' crime fiction based in England in the 1950s (but written now). I read the first

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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 6:32 PM Venkatesh H R wrote: > Books I have read over the past few months > > Ohh!! How is Ornit Shani's book? It's on my list to read. > It is an easy read. Insightful story of a colossal bureaucratic endeavor, at a time when they implemented an universal adult franchise

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On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 21:25, sankarshan wrote: > > In no particular order > > + The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra > + Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom > + A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of > J.B.S. Haldane > + Panthers in P

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On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 at 21:34, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:00 PM Thaths wrote: > > Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi > > Germany) society, does the book offer insights about caste in India? > > > > This book (incidentally, by a cousin of m

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> Looking forward to reading. > Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson > > Currently reading 'Caste'. I'm having to go slow because every chapter is > stuffed with insights. > Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi Germany) society, does the book off

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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 8:04 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:00 PM Thaths wrote: > Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi > > Germany) society, does the book offer insights about caste in India? > This book (incidentally, by a cousin of mine) is

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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:00 PM Thaths wrote: Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi > Germany) society, does the book offer insights about caste in India? > This book (incidentally, by a cousin of mine) is about caste in modern India: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/cat

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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 5:02 AM Venkatesh H R wrote: > Looking forward to reading. > Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson > > Currently reading 'Caste'. I'm having to go slow because every chapter is > stuffed with insights. > Apart from caste being an interesting lens to br

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Read a lot of books this year, thanks to the pandemic. The ones that I really liked were: 1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, a story about.. a world where 98% of the population have been killed by a pandemic, and the survivors wander around a post apocalyptic world. 2. Golden Boy and the

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Books I have read over the past few months 1. Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree Mukerjee 2. How India became Democratic by Ornit Shani Ohh!! How is Ornit Shani's book? It's on my list to read. 3. India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia by Srinath Raghavan Looking forward to reading. Cast

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On Sat, 21 Nov 2020, 21:37 Thaths, wrote: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 7:43 AM Huda Masood wrote: > > > Oh man, > > > > The Discworld Series, specifically Small Gods by Terry Pratchett > > Improving the Flavour of Cheese - Edited by B C Weimar > > > > Wow! Is this

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On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 12:43 AM Thaths wrote: > Silk listers, I used to turn to you for book recommendations around this > time of the year. But stopped this practice when I stopped seeing > engagement. But last year a handful of you said that you missed this annual > tradition. So here we go ag

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eality created by social media brilliant and disturbing ... Rgds - Keith > > > -Original Message- > From: silklist On > Behalf Of Thaths > Sent: 20 November 2020 19:13 > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020 > > Silk lis

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Fall; or, Dodge in Hell - Neal Stephenson Rgds - Keith -Original Message- From: silklist On Behalf Of Thaths Sent: 20 November 2020 19:13 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020 Silk listers, I used to turn to you for book recommendations around

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On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 7:56 AM sankarshan < sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote: > In no particular order > > + The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra > That looks interesting! Reminds me of Ganges: The Many Pasts of an Indian River which m

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On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 7:43 AM Huda Masood wrote: > Oh man, > > The Discworld Series, specifically Small Gods by Terry Pratchett > Improving the Flavour of Cheese - Edited by B C Weimar > Wow! Is this the masterpiece? My own White Whale is Kingdon's Mamma

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On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 12:22 PM Jitendra Vaidya wrote: > Thaths, you asked about Covid - one of my coping mechanisms has been > walking 10K steps every day while listening to Kate Baker read SF stories > over at ClarkesWorld magazine. Thanks, Jitendra. When the pandemic began I went through al

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In no particular order + The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra + Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom + A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane + Panthers in Parliament: Dalits, Caste, and Political Power in South India + A

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Oh man, The Discworld Series, specifically Small Gods by Terry Pratchett Improving the Flavour of Cheese - Edited by B C Weimar The Mushroom at the End of the World - Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Wire Wrapping - Dale Armstrong Not sure if this is interesting to anyone.

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Koh-i-noor by Dalrymple The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben A Moveable Feast by Hemingway A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerard Durrell Tamas (in Spanish) Los Surcos del Azar (Spanish) La Florida (Play by Victor Sánchez, Available in English translated by Will Gregory) El vie., 20 nov. 2020 11:13

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My discovery this year has been the SF author Adrian Tchaikovsky. I read "Children of Time" and "Children of Ruin" which were both excellent and I just finished reading "The Doors of Eden" which I thought was very impressive. Thaths, you asked about Covid - one of my coping mechanisms has been wal

[silk] Recommended Reading for 2020

Silk listers, I used to turn to you for book recommendations around this time of the year. But stopped this practice when I stopped seeing engagement. But last year a handful of you said that you missed this annual tradition. So here we go again! What have you read over the last year that has left