Count Belisarius
The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the name of Belisarius, the Emperor Justinian's greatest general. With this book Robert Graves again demonstrates his command of a vast historical subject, creating a startling and vivid picture of a decadent era.
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- The best works of fiction I read:
- Count Belisarius by Robert Graves
- The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
- The Expanse (all of them)
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
And the best books on software development were:
- Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach by Mark Richards and Neal Ford
- Multithreaded JavaScript by Thomas Hunter II and Bryan English
- The Programmer's Brain by Felienne Hermans
- "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" (Saw it recommended here, was hoping it would help me get unfucked. It didn't.)
"In the Ocean of Night" by Gregory Benford. Very nice XXth century style sci-fi. Written by an academic, so it describes lots of nasty committee meetings.
"The Fish That Ate the Whale" - about bananas
"Count Belisarius" by Robert Graves - historical novel, Byzantium, early Christians
"My World Line" by George Gamow - autobiography; not very relatable for someone with a lower class background
- I've been listening to the history of Byzantium podcast and Count Belisarius is on my list of things to read. Great to hear that it's good!
