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{ Let's aim for quality rather than quantity here, don't put any book that has some connection to our cause here, but rather the ones you've read and which you judge as a quality book that enriched you in some way. ~drummyfish }
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- **Blackout** (2017, Elsberg): Fiction, telling a story of a large blackout in Europe that shows to really be caused by [bloated](bloat.md) tech. For [collapse](collapse.md) enjoyers this is an interesting read if only for the detailed description of the consequences a sudden loss of electric power.
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- **Day of the Triffids** (1951, Wyndham): Excellent sci-fi in which civilization comes to an end due to a disaster (won't spoil), very nice for collapse preps or just people enjoying a great story narrated in captivating way :-) The movie is a joke, don't even search for it. Also other books by Wyndham are awesome.
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- **Blackout** (2017, Elsberg): Fiction, telling a story of a large blackout in Europe that shows to really be caused by [bloated](bloat.md) tech. For [collapse](collapse.md) enjoyers this is an interesting read if only for the detailed description of the consequences of a sudden loss of electric power.
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- **Day of the Triffids** (1951, Wyndham): Excellent sci-fi in which civilization comes to an end due to a disaster (won't spoil), very nice for collapse preppers or just people enjoying a great story narrated in captivating way :-) The movie is a joke, don't even search for it. Also other books by Wyndham are awesome.
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- **[Einstein](einstein.md): His Life and Universe** (Isaacson, 2008): [Einstein](einstein.md)'s biography, quite a nice read about a pretty awesome man who's image has been so distorted by the mainstream shit.
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- **Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition** (1911): Extremely large, old, uncensored [encyclopedia](encyclopedia.md), mostly digitized and fulltext searchable, also completely [public domain](public_domain.md), with very long articles on all topics up to the date of its publication. Great source of lesser known information and an alternative to modern censored sources. Also check out other similar encyclopedias.
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- **[Flatland](flatland.md)** (Abbott, 1884): Absolutely amazing fantasy story set in two dimensional land with characters being geometric shapes, while being a critic of society to a big degree, it discusses practical and mathematical aspects of actually living in two dimensions, how the characters see, how they build their houses etc. It is now absolutely [public domain](public_domain.md)!
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- **Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition** (1911): Gigantic old uncensored [encyclopedia](encyclopedia.md), mostly digitized and fulltext searchable, also completely [public domain](public_domain.md), with very long articles on all topics up to the date of its publication. Great source of lesser known information and an alternative to modern censored sources. Also check out other similar encyclopedias.
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- **[Flatland](flatland.md)** (Abbott, 1884): Absolutely amazing fantasy story set in two dimensional land with characters being geometric shapes, also criticizing contemporary society to a degree. It discusses practical and mathematical aspects of actually living in two dimensions, how the characters see, how they build their houses etc. It is now absolutely [public domain](public_domain.md)!
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- **Free as in Freedom** (Sam Williams, 2002): Free-licensed official biography of [Richard Stallman](rms.md), contains many historical details about how [free software](free_software.md) came to be, how [open source](open_source.md) spoiled it etc.
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- **Free Culture** (Lessig, 2004): Creative-commons licensed (non-free but gratis) book by the founder of [Creative Commons](creative_commons.md) and [free culture](free_culture.md), goes into details on how copyright became abused by capitalism, why public domain is being smothered and why we must support free culture.
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- **Game Engine Black Book: Doom** (Sanglard, 2019): Gratis, very nice book dissecting all the details about the legendary [Doom](doom.md) engine and its internals -- how it worked, why was it so fast, what hacks went into it, written so that a reader of any programming skill (even none) will find something interesting. A must read for fans of oldschool game programming.
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- **Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D** (Sanglard, 2019): Same as the Doom engine book from the same author, just about the older game Wolfenstein 3D, also amazing.
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- **Guinness Book of World Records, BEFORE 2000**: The older books were excellent, ideally get some from 80s or earlier, there are funny records like most rats killed by cat in one hour, most primitive languages and so on. Do NOT buy the new editions, these are uttermost absolute garbage equivalent to an expensive toilet paper.
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- **[Harry Potter](harry_potter.md)** (1997 to 2007): Quite comfy, relaxing fantasy read, despite having been written by a [woman](woman.md). WARNING: do NOT read anything published later such as various spinoffs and new censored editions, it's all lesbian poison now, read only the original books.
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- **Industrial Society and Its Future** (Kaczynski, 1995): A bit boring read by the famous [Unabomber](ted_kaczynski.md), criticizing rapid technology advancement, but an important read for those who are more into politics, if only for the memes :)
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- **ISO/IEC 9899:1999** (1999): Specification of the version of [C](c.md) programming language that [suckless](suckless.md)/[LRS](lrs.md) very often uses. It's nice to skim over it to get an idea how a language is actually specified. You'll also probably learn something new about C in the process.
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- **Guinness Book of World Records, BEFORE 2000**: The older books were excellent, ideally get some from 80s or earlier, there are funny records like most rats killed by a cat in one hour, most primitive languages and so on. Do NOT buy the new editions, these are uttermost absolute garbage equivalent to an expensive toilet paper.
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- **[Harry Potter](harry_potter.md)** (1997 to 2007): Quite comfy, relaxed fantasy read, despite having been written by a [woman](woman.md). WARNING: do NOT read anything published later such as various spinoffs and new censored editions, it's all lesbian poison now, read only the original books.
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- **Industrial Society and Its Future** (Kaczynski, 1995): A bit boring read by the famous [Unabomber](ted_kaczynski.md), criticizing rapid technology advancement, but an important read for those who are more into technology/minimalism/etc., if only for the memes :)
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- **ISO/IEC 9899:1999** (1999): Specification of the [C](c.md) programming language in a version that [suckless](suckless.md)/[LRS](lrs.md) very often uses. It's nice to skim over it to get an idea how a language is actually specified. You'll also probably learn something new about C in the process.
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- **Just for Fun** (2001): Official biography of [Linus Torvalds](torvalds.md), the original creator of [Linux](linux.md). It recounts valuable historical moments with comments by Linus himself, revealing many interesting details and also a bit of Torvalds' personality (shows some of his evil side).
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- **Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia** (1995): Very nice single-volume [encyclopedia](encyclopedia.md) that's sorted by topic, with many nice illustrations, published back then when censorship wasn't so extreme, provides overview of all topics of human knowledge.
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- **[Lord of the Rings](lotr.md)** (1954, also The Hobbit, Silmarillion etc.): Epic fantasy, mandatory read, period. Like with other popular works you must NOT read any newer renditions/editions/spinoffs, they are all cancerous poison, it's a serious danger to one's mental health. Only read the original books (watching the 2000s LotR movies is also allowed, but NOT the Hobbit etc.).
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