Message from @Lawrence of Eurabia
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could probably finish the whole thing
read BAP, i couldn't put that book down
Yeah, I usually have about 3 books I'm going through. One is usually really serious non-fiction, one serious fiction, and one is some fun read to tune out
Can't have only one super serious book to read
I haven't read a fiction story book in like 2 years, but I think I found one to get back into it.
@Flint Becoming more nationalist has actually pushed me further left economically
Stephen Pressfield's "Gates of Fire" should be mandatory, imho
Why should I support policies that benefit a business elite which wants to replace us?
@Lawrence of Eurabia Well, I can only read the books I brought with me
Honestly, the man is the greatest alive at historical fiction. Gates of Fire is about the Spartans at Thermopylae
It's a West Point req'd reading list book
Ernst Junger's "Storm of Steel" was pretty good. I'm looking for the 1922 version though, cause I hear it's a lot different than the one from the 1970's.
I really liked Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War
Storm of Steel was good as far as historical works go, but there was no narrative
Gates of Fire will challenge you as a man--no joke
I'll look into it. I should probably read it being a Cadet
Yeah, you'll have to, eventually
I'm also gonna write up interview questions for Jared Taylor on the train
There's no harder book on 'being hard' than Gates of Fire
That's literally what it's about
Dudes at various ages going through the battle of Thermopylae in various ranks and experiences--while being written by an arguably master historical novelist
GOT has nothing on GoF
my goal is to write history books someday
The only book I read once a year
Read Stephen Pressfield to see what a master at the craft looks like
Patton's "War As I Knew It" was a really interesting book. It's the collection of the journals that his wife edited and allowed to be used, and the start of the book he was never able to finish.
being in this organization makes me feel so dumb
normally I'm more well read than the people in around
but then I go to IE meetups and the conversations are way over my head
I'm not a well read as most people in IE, but I'm defiantly more read than your average guy my age
they're always analyzing philosophy that I can't understand
most philosophy probably needs to be read multiple times
most books in general need to be read multiple times unless it's simple stuff
well
it probably depends on your reading level
I got lazy with reading as a teenager
being part of this movement inspired me to start reading full books because I want to not because I have to
I never did that when I was younger
I did go on Wikipedia tangents though
Along the lines of most books needing to be read twice, I'd say the authors failed