Jach

Book recommendations

12 books

Jach · Dec 23, 2015
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius -- A fine classic I enjoyed.
Jach · Dec 23, 2015
Loved Masters of Doom - David Kushner
Jach · Dec 23, 2015
I loved Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Jach · Feb 26, 2014
this alternate universe imagining of the Harry Potter story: http://hpmor.com/
Jach · Dec 6, 2010
Probably the celebrated Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, for reasons others have stated over and again
Jach · Feb 26, 2014
My two favorites are Permutation City by Greg Egan
Jach · Jul 30, 2014
Player of Games was good, but not great.
Jach · Feb 26, 2014
I've only read one (The Player of Games) and while it was enjoyable it was still sort of meh
Jach · Feb 26, 2014
I hear good things about Iain M. Banks' Culture novels.
Jach · Feb 26, 2014
I've got Excession in my queue and I suspect I'll enjoy it more.
Jach · Dec 6, 2010
QED, by Feynman. It made a large portion of quantum physics "click" for me intuitively
Jach · Dec 23, 2015
I liked Worm - Wildbow - https://parahumans.wordpress.com/table-of-contents/ -- but it falls short of overall greatness and I don't think it's worth its 22-average-books length if I were to go back in time and decide on rereading...
Jach · Jul 30, 2014
a great horrifying psychology book
Jach · Feb 26, 2014
The Golden Age by John C. Wright (actually that one's a trilogy)
Jach · Dec 23, 2015
Learn to Play Go: A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game (Volume I) - Janice Kim -- I've been learning Go and thought this book was particularly excellent for beginners.