What book are you reading at the moment?

Just for fun, share a picture or link to tell us what you are reading at the moment, and whether you would recommend it to fellow SE23.LIFErs

I’m in the middle of a collection of all Isaac Asimov’s Robot short stories, and re-reading Lord of the Flies, but this is my main book. I just started it so no judgement yet, but I’ve been waiting for the paperback edition to come out since it was first published. This is by @PaulMasonNews.

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Looks like I’m gonna need to implement a “dislike” button on SE23.life!

On the other hand, as I said last night in the pub, Lord of the Flies is a life-changingly good book. As is all sci-fi by Isaac Asimov. I read a lot of his short stories when I was younger and they expanded my imagination and inspired me.

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Can’t say I would recommend this one to anyone. All rather dull.

Seriously though, not a reader at all, but curiously love to write (utter drivel)

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A useful book from a very credible author. Inspired many features of the forum software (Discourse) we use on SE23.life

might need to borrow that when you can spare it - to check it out. Interesting that a book from 2000 is still useful considering what has changed online since then

What’s striking about the book is, while technology has changed, the behaviour of people online has stayed the same. Trolling, Eternal Septembers, Culture-setting - all the same patterns of human behaviour back then and now.

I’m reading The Essex Serpent on my kindle. A very hotly anticipated second novel by Sarah Perry. I’m not a big fan of historic fiction per se, unless it’s done well. Actually, I’ll read ANY genre as long as the book’s well written. I’ll put down a badly written book without hesitation.

I follow a lot of writers, book bloggers and publishing people on Twitter and get almost all my book recommendations there. I also get to go to plenty of book launch parties which is fun. We writers don’t get out often, so when we do…

http://sarahperry.net/

I’m reading The People’s Scrum: Agile Ideas for Revolutionary Transformation by Tobias Mayer

Its really interesting, if you’re into that kind of thing. A selection of essays written over a number of years about software delivery from someone who has been there and done that.