La zone du dehors

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1. lloekiDec 2016
   Fiction, mostly:

   - Reamde, by Neal Stephenson. What a let down, very formulaic.

   - Vortex, by Robert Charles Wilson (sequel to Spin and Axis). Spin is a must-read, Vortex was quite pleasant and brings a satisfying closure to the series.

   - Permanence, by Karl Schroeder (re-read). Lots of awesome tidbits (property, rights, AR, anthropocentrism) scattered through an entertaining semi-hard sci-fi space opera.

   - La Zone du Dehors, by Alain Damasio. A spiritual sequel to 1984.

   - Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (finally!)

   - The Affinities, by Robert Charles Wilson

   - La Horde du Contrevent, by Alain Damasio (in progress). A fantastic, ontologic, poetic story about the wind.

   As well as a couple non-fiction:

   - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! This is made of pure awesomesauce and perfectly captures the kind of spirit at the root of hackerdom.

   - Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan (in progress). Humbling.

   - Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson. Surprised me in many ways.

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2. louisrochalDec 2015
   "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" - Nietzsche (French Translation) - 5/5 An absolute Must read.

   "1984" - Orwell - 5/5 French law on surveillance made me want to read it again

   "Fahrenheit 451" - Ray Bradbury - 4/5

   "La zone du dehors" - Alain Damasio - 4/5

   "The name of the wind" - Patrick Rothfuss - 4/5 A great fantasy story. It's a big book, there is a lot of details, but very well written.

   "Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert A. Heinlein - 3/5 Awesome concept, but very slow

   "The Inverted World" - Christopher Priest - 4/5 Great short book

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3. lloekiJun 2013
   A month or two ago, my GF attended a lecture where everyone in the room (except her, who stood aghast in astonishment) agreed that:

   - Twitter is too much freedom of speech and it should be censored.

   - freedom in general is going rampant these days in our societies, and should be significantly reduced by coercion.

   They literally advocated for Thought Police. We're talking about top of the line students and professors, notably in Law.

   I seriously don't know what the world will look like tomorrow, but I don't like where I see it headed right now (lots of semi-isolated islands of controlled GroupThink).

   BTW, if anyone is versed in French, may I recommend reading "La Zone du Dehors", a fantastic novel by Alain Damasio (a dystopian novel showcasing a glimpse of the future, and a spiritual sequel to 1984)

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4. littlestymaarJun 2019
   La zone du dehors Alain Damasio, only in French unfortunately. Writen in 1999, the book talks about a global ranking system of the citizens akin to what's happening in China with the “credit score” system.
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5. eneveuNov 2010
   I'm currently reading multiple books. Some are technical, some are small enough to read in the subway, some are far too big, and are read before going to sleep ;)

   - La Zone du dehors by Alain Damasio, a french author. I must admit I liked his more recent book, La Horde du Contrevent, a lot more. Sadly, it is not available in English. Read it if you understand French and like SF.

   - Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (finishing the 9th book). It's a good story, but not a must-read.

   - The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Liked the first 150 pages I read.

   - Cryptography Engineering by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno. I'm learning tons about cryptography.

   - The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd edition) by Robin Williams. Only read a few chapters, but I'm learning a lot about design. Very simple principles that change everything.

   - Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman & Nat Pryce. I decided to go with this book instead of reading Beck's book on TDD. I'm learning / revisiting a lot of best practices from TDD masters. I recommend it to Java Developers (once they have read Effective Java, of course).

   I still have a lot to read ( http://i.imgur.com/lgpjf.jpg and http://www.google.com/buzz/neveue/Kc4GhaSSoLE/Un-weekend-pro... ), and am looking forward to it :)

   I anyone is interested, I've spent some time researching (on HN, StackOverflow, and other communities) about design & UX, Linux & System administration, and programming. Here's the list I ended up with: http://www.google.com/buzz/neveue/NBBSEryBonS/Woot-ordering-...

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