I didn't realise second half will also feature Iran and the life after revolution. A very interesting look at part of recent history I knew nothing about. Highly recommended if you don't mind graphic novels and memoirs.

Bingo squares: Banned Book - hard mode, Set in war

Also read Old Man's War by John Scalzi.

This is my second book by Scalzi and he is reaching status of my favourite author. It's an easy to read space, military sci-fi. Another highly recommended book for sci-fi fans.

Bingo squares: Set in war, Stepping Up, Late to the Party

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

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[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Land_of_Invented_Languages?wprov=sfla1

I finished "In the Land of Invented Langauges" by Arika Okrent this morning.

I highly recommend it to anybody who is interested in languages or linguistics. She goes through the history of constructed languages more or less chronologically, mainly focusing on a few highly influential ones. It's not a stuffy book about analyzing grammar (although there is some of that). Instead, it's told from a very human perspective. Why did these languages creators do what they did? Who where they? How were they influenced by those that came before?

It's not a humor book, but I found certain parts funny - like when she tried to translate "shit" into a very obtuse language from 1668.

If you like language, it's a kind of cozy feel-good book about the human condition.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago

That looks pretty interesting. Will check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!