Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011

Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 by donw on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @04:19AM (#3395239)

I was so incredibly tempted to put 'Twilight' down and wait for the lynch mob, but then realized that the Reddit color scheme is different.

This year was solely devoted to pleasure reading.

Neal Stephenson's REAMDE was quite good, although I imagine everybody on HN has read it, as Neal is practically a Valley institution.

The original 'Starship Troopers' by Ray Bradbury was also a good read, and easy to miss if you're into more modern science fiction.

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Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 by drac on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @04:28AM (#3395263)

Did you mean Robert Heinlein? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers

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Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 by donw on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @06:59AM (#3395508)

Damnit, yes, thanks. I now feel a bit stupid. I dug through a mixed stack of Bradbury, Heinlein, and Niven earlier in the year, so who-wrote-what is a bit mixed up in my brain.

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Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 by obtu on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @07:59AM (#3395629)

Hey, I'm sure Twilight has novelty value. You could appreciate the parodies with a new depth.

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