I’ve been out of the habit of reading for the better part of a decade now, I usually read like 1-2 books a year.
I’m looking to ramp it up. What I’ve enjoyed lately was parable of the sower/talents and dawn + the sequels by Octavia Butler.
Additionally I’m like super theory illiterate and history as well.
Looking for:
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Theory/commentary (including newer stuff)
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sci fi
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history
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collapse/eco/survival stuff
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mutual aid & organizing
Any recs? Or links to lists of recs? Also open to things outside of what I listed
Not even sure where to start theory wise, I just feel mostly uninformed. I’ve read a couple of the Lenin essays that are suggested on here and some Mao stuff before but felt a little out of my depth tbh
Culture series is super good, I have read them all but I’m due for a reread
Becky Chambers’ sci fi books were sort of filling the Ursula K. LeGuin shaped hole in my heart last year
on the collapse front, I just finished Dark Age America by John Michael Greer and found a lot in there useful to think about
You can go to c/Marxism and browse through the suggested bookstores for book titles that sound interesting
I really enjoyed Blood of Spain, it’s an oral history of the Spanish civil war. It’s basically as light to read as a novel, but you get the feeling of learning actually important stuff as well.
