The Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PISJcKYW1Ac

The Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHgTuCRuwg4

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 2 posts:

• "Happy Cakeday, r/truebooks! Today you're 10" by u/AutoModerator
• "Is this sub dead?" by u/octuplehhhhhhhhh

Literature truly has died.

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 4 posts:

• "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles: A Complete Translation of the Missing Chapters" by u/akaufman01
• "what is the subtitles equivalent for foreign language books?" by u/sudharsanshyam
• "Happy Cakeday, r/truebooks! Today you're 9" by u/AutoModerator
• "Hawthorne’s Grandpa was a Reverend on the Witch Trials [Book Review]" by u/WhichCarry

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles: A Complete Translation of the Missing Chapters

I have attached my translation of the “lost” chapters from Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

Many readers of Murakami know that the English translation of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is heavily abridged. Murakami’s work was new to the western reading public at the time that the translation was published (1997), and Knopf judged that an overly long novel by an unfamiliar Japanese author would not sell well in the US. Knopf therefore instructed Jay Rubin, the translator, that the book could not exceed a certain length.

In order to meet the page limit, Rubin was forced to cut more than 60 pages from the original text. (The attached file contains a translation of these omitted pages.) Rubin, in 1997, delivered to Knopf both the abridged version and a complete translation. Although Rubin urged publication of the complete version, Knopf published the abridged translation—which remains the only version available to English readers.

The material that was cut contains some excellent writing and essential plot information. I have decided to post my translation of this material in the hope that it will generate sufficient interest to encourage Knopf, finally, to publish Rubin’s complete and unabridged translation of the novel.

The translation is at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13exfGM3kkYBQrRGARejEib9J3K49xchA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116982659731128386578&rtpof=true&sd=true

You read that right . Obviously I have been watching cinema from around the world but is there any equivalent way of reading a book in another language without actually knowing the language. Not speaking in terms of physics book but any other way for the ebook translator or something like that? Thank you

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

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• "Want a more active version of this subreddit? Check out /r/TrueLit!"
• "Thought experiment: How to measure relative popularity of books?" by u/tim_p
• "Looking for books in Spanish that haven't been translated into English"
• "The Three Biologic Rules of Life - From The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant" by u/pramu22

I was thinking of a little citizen scientist experiment to track the relative popularity of books over time. I think the best metric for tracking this is the number of ratings for a book on Goodreads, taking a snapshot at the same time every week. What do y'all think of this? Any other ideas for metrics (that a regular person without special resources can collect)?

A summary of the 3 Biological Rules of Life which are covered in the Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant.

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Hello
So I was reading Lolita because the book is in a lot of prestigious lists of literature (TIMES 100 Best Novels, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Bokklubben World Library, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, and The Big Read) but as I was reading I could not help to feel a little aroused so due to the controlversial themes of that book am I sick or do I have to seek help? I know I am not like Humbert Humbert in real life but the book is so well written that make me feel things so any opinions Thanks

If you're interested in reading and discussing 2666 (pace, 18 pages a day, book finished over seven weeks) then jump over to /r/2666group and join us. Readers of all levels are welcome.

I just read the chapter where Rick performs the empathy test on Rachael Rosen. Spoilers follow: Rick's first guess based on the results is that Rachael is an android. Her Uncle says she isn't and that she grew up on a colonization ship which is why she fails the test. They then discuss that this mean's the Voight-Kampff test is weak and could produce false-positives on humans. It's then revealed, after one more question, that Rachael is indeed an android. But, Rick feels she almost undermined the test. Why? I feel like I'm missing something, because he correctly identified her as an android. It was only Eldon's lie that undermined the test. Or is it the fact that she had some slightly human reactions, although slower than they should be as Rick said, that undermines the test? Other test giver's could improperly read these reactions and identify the bot as human?

Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWOWGLW-hfM

At a time when the United States is in the news for a lot of reasons I undertook reading this widely known book. This book bursts a lot of myths about the United States. Being the most developed nation in the world, it is believed that everything was and is rosy there. This book highlights how the foundation of the U.S was laid on top of the corpses of native Indians, laborers, African-Americans and the minorities.

I have written a detailed review here.
Will appreciate if you can post your comments on the blog. Lets discuss! http://musingsmith.blogspot.in/2017/03/peoples-history-of-united-states-book.html

r/sunshinebookclub

All information is in the sidebar. We are currently reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

I read the first chapter and found the beginning as good as possible. I hope the rest of the book is even better!

Hey TrueReaders,

My personal book interests focus on what's new and forthcoming, much of which get lost here amongst the many genres and older titles

So, I've created a new sub NewReleaseBooks, which focuses on books released in the last three months, or forthcoming.

If that's your bag, as well, please visit, participate and subscribe. I'd really like to see a successful sub talking about current books, and hope you'll join me.

Hi, everyone. Not sure if this post is allowed here. If I get wrong, I'm sorry and please remove this post.

Link: http://learnbyreading.herokuapp.com/

I collect the data from Amazon and apply some filter, so the books being displayed are with good review stats.

Not sure if this is helpful for you to find good books. For me, I know that I mostly enjoy reading nonfictions (Business, Science, Sports ...), and such a simple site help me to find something good.

“It is not the brightest who succeed nor is success simply the sum of the decisions and efforts we make on our own behalf. It is, rather a gift. Outliers are those who have been given opportunities and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.” Even if some conclusions in this book might sound laughable to you, this may leave you scratching your head. In a system in which achievement is based on individual merit, one would assume the hardest work would translate to the best achievement. Contrarily Gladwell states that the year as well as the month we are born makes a huge difference in our lives. In order to prove his statements, he talks about Canadian hockey that runs on a merit system. Gladwell notes how a staggering proportion of professional hockey players are born between January and March. The reason? In school the cutoff for team selection is January 1st, meaning that the kids who are born early in the year can be up to a year older than those born later in the year. When you are very young, that kind of difference is huge in terms of physical maturity. The effect, however, is cumulative. Since such kids do well early, they are put in “A” teams from the beginning and given more training and more hours of practice. Once again looking at birthdates of highly successful tech entrepreneurs, Gladwell notes a pattern. This time, it becomes apparent that these guys were born at just the right time to take advantage of the personal computing revolution. This success, to a huge degree, came from being born at a time when a new technology was emerging. “their success was not just of their own making. It was a product of the world in which they grew up.” Which leads to the next key point. This is probably the premise that Gladwell is most well-known for , the idea that pretty much everyone who is really good at something has practiced that something for about 10,000 hours. This shows why Bill Gates and The Beatles succeeded for essentially the same reason. The Beatles played seven days a week on extended stretches in Germany and estimated by the time they started their phenomenal climb to greatness in England that they had played for 10,000 hours. What is less known about bill gates is he attended the only middle school in the united states with a computer terminal which allowed him as an eighth grader to rack up the kind of hours of programming practice which, in 1968, was usually found in PhD students. This book makes a fascinating case that genius is a function of time and not giftedness, validating both Edison’s famous saying about 98% perspiration and Feynman’s claim that there is no such thing as intelligence, only interest. The relationship between success and IQ works only to a point. Once someone has reached an IQ of somewhere around 120, having additional IQ points doesn’t seem to translate into any measurable real world advantage. Intelligence, personality and ambition are not enough, but had to be coupled with origins in a culture in which hard work and ingenuity are encouraged.

The second component of success, once you are over the IQ threshold, is what Gladwell refers to as “practical intelligence”. Gladwell cites a study analyzing the parental approaches of low income vs high income class families and asserts that practical intelligence is, the product of middle class style of nurturing which gives children more of a sense of entitlement. This is not entitlement in the negative sense of the word, but rather the trait which allows people to successfully navigate complex social situations and bureaucracies, still providing enough motivation to work harder in their chosen fields. The question for the second part of outliers is whether the traditions and attitudes we inherit can play the same role. Gladwell presents the findings from studies into the causes of plane crashes and shows that Hofstede’s concept of power distance is critical, as accidents often occurred where co-pilots form cultures with a high power distance were far more likely not to challenge poor decisions of pilots. He traces the influence of Korean culture and deference to superiors as significant factor in a high number of plane crashes in the national airlines. It was only when cultural phenomena such as the inability to contradict a superior were corrected by cultural retraining that Korean Air Lines began to achieve the same safety levels of the airlines of other countries. The fact that Asian languages in many cases use shorter and more logical words for numbers confers a strong early advantage which, like the age advantage in the hockey player example, snowballs significantly over time. Gladwell argues Asians are not innately more able at math, but culturally more programmed due to the felicity of the language.
Furthermore Gladwell presents information showing that the countries with a legacy of rice growing, which requires a far greater level of input, concentration and hard work are shown to continue to apply that work ethic with regard to studying, yet the reason why poor kids do worse in school is largely to do with how little time they spend studying outside of school. It has to be noted though, this sort of thinking might lead to a self-fulfilling prophesy whereby you end up not putting enough effort since your life circumstances aren’t ideal. Then again, there is a dilemma, though life circumstances may make things easier, a man with no insecurities has nothing to motivate himself.

Animated video - https://youtu.be/OpuZoSK0JfY

Hi I'm new to this sub and going to try to chip in!

We are Midway through the midway month of the year.

So what are you currently reading?

What have you read this year that impacted you the most?

What books were a waste of time?

What do you look forward to reading?

Written stuff is good too, but I'd really like to listen to some insightful analysis of Vonnegut books after I finish them. I just finished 'God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater'.

I found 'The Vonneguys' podcast but I found them to be pretty annoying. I couldn't get 10 minutes into the Rosewater episode.

Thanks

I think he certainly represents the warring thirst for power of mankind. He appreciates beautiful things only as much as he can control them and then defaces them before others can.

But there are a few things that leave me with questions. [What do you make of the coin around the fire scene? Is that supposed to suggest that he is a supernatural being?

The scene that really leaves me with questions is when he rescues "the idiot" from the river. The entire book he exhibits exceptional violence towards children, but saves this list helpless one. What does that mean?](#s)