Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain

Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by yourbandsucks on Monday November 05, 2018 @08:37PM (#18387641)

Not OP, couple rando suggestions:

High concept sci-fi:. Three body problem by Liu cixin, or A deepness in the sky by Vernor vinge

Character drama: 11/22/63 Stephen king, or really almost anything by him

Don't underestimate lit-trash -- it's worlds better than Twitter -- Lee child jack reacher novels are fun, so were the original Tom Clancy run. Altered carbon on the cuberpunk front.

And of course the classics if you're willing to invest -- most of them are worth it, otherwise they wouldn't be classics

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by dorchadas on Monday November 05, 2018 @09:07PM (#18387773)

And even the classics in various genres. Like, you can't necessarily go wrong with reading Douglas Adams, or Arthur C. Clarke or J.R.R. Tolkien, especially as a novice in a genre.

That said, I'd recommend reading Les Misérables to everyone. Definitely an amazing book.

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by billfruit on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @08:38AM (#18390838)

And Count of Montecristo.

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by Nition on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:25PM (#18388359)

Funny, if I think of my favorite books I'd probably say the Three Body Problem trilogy, A Deepness In The Sky, and The Stand...maybe because I haven't read 11/22/63 yet. I better read Altered Carbon since you seem to have exactly the same taste as me.

I'd add that reading the whole Three Body Problem trilogy is highly recommended since it gets higher concept every book. And personally I enjoyed A Fire Upon The Deep just as much as A Deepness In The Sky.

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by yourbandsucks on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:36PM (#18388410)

The Stand is an actual classic, I should have mentioned it if I mentioned King. 11/22/63 is more of a less-epic, mature character work. Cheers to good taste!

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by Skunkleton on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:43AM (#18388914)

I had no idea what I was getting into when I read The Stand back in high school. I thought Stephen King was a "horror" author, and the only thing I knew about him was that he wrote IT. The Stand remains one of the best books I have ever read.

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by lsc on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @04:07AM (#18389431)

King is awesome, though I prefer his novellas and short works. Apt pupil? The Showshank Redemption? The Breathing Method? really, all of 'different seasons' was incredible.

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by marnett on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:27PM (#18394144)

I wrote a really long winded response about some of my favorite authors and their corresponding favorite books. Each tackle different cross-sections of thought. All of them have had an everlasting impact in how they completely eliminate my ability to have binary ideologies.

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