Ask HN: What is the best book you read in 2020?
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How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything: Yes, Anything by Albert Ellis
I read(/listen to) 3-4 books/week. For fiction, 2020 has been a blur of Murakami.
Critical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller
For me it was:
* Exhalation by Ted Chiang
* Ride of a lifetime by Bob Iger was a close second
* Exhalation by Ted Chiang
* Ride of a lifetime by Bob Iger was a close second
'Exhalation' is a revelation, and reminded me how good fiction could be.
The first story in the collection, 'The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate', instantly rose to the top of my all time favorite short stories.
The first story in the collection, 'The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate', instantly rose to the top of my all time favorite short stories.
Yeah that was my favorite as well. And the one about perfect recall memory (remem) was perfect too. He's so good at examining all human implications of a single technological idea. And the prose is quite remarkable for sci-fi.
Concur. That’s the kind of writing that makes me want to sit down and write myself.
Ah thanks for reminding me about the Bob Iger memoir! Caught an interview with him on Bloomberg last night and he was remarkably cool and confident given the current uncertainty about the future of theme parks ;)
Already Free by Bruce Tift
"The Show Goat" written by Geoff Sturtevant and narrated by Drew Blood [0]. The most hilarious story I heard in all of 2020.
I love Jason Hill performances. His voice acting and accents he does are spectacular (and often hilarious). I link to a few here:
[1] "I Am Not I" written by G.V Anderson
[2] "Alterations" by Micah Edwards
[3] "Snow Devils" by T.W. Grimm
[4] "In The Summer of '79" by T.W Grimm
[5] "Swole" by T.W. Grimm
[6] "Wuurzuum" by T.W Grimm
One of the very first stories that got me hooked on youtube horror reading channels is "How To Survive In Hell" by Ratrotted [7] as read by MrCreeps. Speaking of this subject, another one that was absolutely epic is ''The Harrowing: A Quick Bus Ride into Hell'' written by rebecca_rjwriter and read by Dr. Creepen[8]
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[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVmVo70mg0
[1] https://youtu.be/cnDWV3cbxX4?t=3082
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvN4eOjY3xQ
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrNyy6fzH-Y
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq9WrSWYD58
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSGyNPvOqqk
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN3aMURTHog
[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWM4bCeHE1Y
[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-tstT_BGy4