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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? October 21 (discuss.online)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/books@lemmy.world
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Started What If? by Randall Munroe.

It's by the guy who runs / draws xkcd.com web comics, and gives serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions. For example: Is it possible to build a jetpack using downward firing machine guns?

Questions are weird like that, but the science is real, so an interesting read. Specially if you are a fan of xkcd.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Hey, what a coincidence! I'm reading "What If?" too haha. Started reading his books with "How To?" since I wasn't sure if these two were for me (and if I wanted to buy it when there's a channel), but I'm hooked.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Heh, nice!

    How's How To? ? I love xkcd but wasn't sure how it would feel to read his long form text, but I am enjoying that, so will probably get rest of books too.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Fun. Hilarious. The chapters are definitely longer than what I can see so far with "What If?", so that's a point to "How To?" in my book, but there are subchapters if you need them. If you enjoy science and xkcd's sense of humour it's definitely a great read.

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