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I just saw 48 Laws of Power in the bookstore.

Started by Kai, November 06, 2008, 08:27:44 PM

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Cainad (dec.)

#15
November 07, 2008, 03:39:13 AM
FTR, the version included in the Rogue Discordian Collection is the big 'un.

The Good Reverend Roger

#16
August 27, 2009, 10:44:24 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on November 06, 2008, 08:43:02 PM
48 Laws of Power is a seductive, charismatic book of evil and villainy.
READ IT AT YOUR OWN PERIL

"GOOD" people will take 3d6 damage from handling it.

I've been living by it since a month after it hit the shelves.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Brotep

#17
September 07, 2009, 06:13:06 PM
Good book.  The stories in the margins are wonderful.

Triple Zero

#18
September 07, 2009, 09:23:36 PM
is it a bit of a slow starter? I just began reading it and it doesn't quite draw me in yet (page xviiii)

what is it with books that I never get past the preface ...
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

INFORMATION SO POWERFUL, YOU ACTUALLY NEED LESS.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#19
September 07, 2009, 09:30:09 PM
I thought about buying it, but wondered if I would really benefit from it.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Triple Zero

#20
September 07, 2009, 10:06:16 PM
I read a few more pages, and it is in fact getting better :)
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

INFORMATION SO POWERFUL, YOU ACTUALLY NEED LESS.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#21
September 08, 2009, 01:00:11 AM
I bought it.

Probably I will read half of it and it will go in the stack of half-read books by my bed.

It's a huge goddamn stack. I need to finish some books.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#22
September 08, 2009, 03:10:07 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on September 07, 2009, 09:23:36 PM
is it a bit of a slow starter? I just began reading it and it doesn't quite draw me in yet (page xviiii)

what is it with books that I never get past the preface ...

You aren't actually supposed to read the preface.  I bet you eat that little garnish thing on the side of your plate at restaurants.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Triple Zero

#23
September 08, 2009, 08:11:53 AM
:(

... I do.
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

INFORMATION SO POWERFUL, YOU ACTUALLY NEED LESS.

Epimetheus

#24
September 09, 2009, 02:53:14 AM
Quote from: Rev. Cram-His-What?! on November 06, 2008, 08:43:02 PM
48 Laws of Power is a seductive, charismatic book of evil and villainy.
READ IT AT YOUR OWN PERIL

"GOOD" people will take 3d6 damage from handling it.

good thing i'm tru neutral.  :p
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The Good Reverend Roger

#25
September 09, 2009, 03:39:09 AM
Quote from: Rev. Cram-His-What?! on November 06, 2008, 08:43:02 PM
48 Laws of Power is a seductive, charismatic book of evil and villainy.
READ IT AT YOUR OWN PERIL

"GOOD" people will take 3d6 damage from handling it.

I leveled up when I read it.

Am I fucked?   :sad:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#26
September 09, 2009, 08:19:35 AM
I have it on the way from Amazon

Should I really read it, though?
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Kai

#27
September 10, 2009, 03:03:59 AM
Quote from: Nigel on September 09, 2009, 08:19:35 AM
I have it on the way from Amazon

Should I really read it, though?

Read the table of contents, then read lightly into each chapter. The ones that interest you the most will draw you in.
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#28
September 10, 2009, 04:33:24 AM
I know of an unscrupulous bastard who might provide the audio book if you ask him.

fomenter

#29
September 10, 2009, 05:02:56 AM
i have read the first 1/4 of the ebook version, and would buy a dead tree copy just to have it based on what i have read..
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