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Slashdot Asks: What Book(s) Are You Reading This Month?

Posted by msmash on from the let's-get-this-going dept.

We have not run book recommendations and book discussion posts for some time. So here it goes: What's a book -- or books -- are you reading this month? Additionally, what's a book you finished recently that you found insightful, or funny, or both. (The latter request comes from a reader.) Leave your recommendation and any additional notes in the comments section below.

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  1. My Fantasy Reading List for September 2018 by Seven+Spirals · · Score: 5, Interesting

    * The Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence

    * Lyonesse by Jack Vance

    * The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

    * The Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

    * The Fall of Gondolin by JRR Tolkien

    I can recommend all of these, except for The Fall of Gondolin. It's not really up to Tolkien's best standard, but still worth reading for fans like me.

  2. Re:The Mythical Man Month by Nidi62 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everybody who engineers or manages engineers needs to read this book every few years.

    "The Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks.

    I was going to have all my subordinates read it but the book was too long, so I assigned them all a chapter to read so they would finish reading the book quicker.

    --
    The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil