Landmark Herodotus
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…Lem - His Master's Voice, by Stanislaw Lem (Along the same lines as Sagan's Contact, but better, way better.) - Buddha's Little Finger, by Victor Pelevin Some my favorite "non-fiction" books: - The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories, edited by Robert Strassler - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon - Antifragile, by Nassim Taleb - The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb - Gödel, Escher,…
on “Ask HN: What are some must read books?” ↗This reminds me there's a book, The Landmark Herodotus, that has lots of maps detailing the geography treated in the text, including the story of the Greco-Persian Wars; I've got another book in the series (the Thucydides one) and the maps are really nice.
on “History of the Greek-Persian Wars: Interactive Map and Timeline” ↗…to be the most enjoyable. He gives up some precision to get more poetry, and it's like reading to a soundtrack. The Histories of Herodotus are fun too, but more history than literature. If you get The Landmark Herodotus, the maps and notes help a lot. I would just be aware of what you're reading: ostensibly this is a history of the Persian War, and that is the thread that connects everything together (like Achilles in…
on “The Griffin Warrior Tomb Upends What We Know About the Roots of Mycenae” ↗I wholeheartedly recommend the Landmark Herodotus: https://www.amazon.ca/Landmark-Herodotus-Histories-Robert-St... The indices, maps, and other additional information was a great aid in understanding the text.
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗…with additional secondary sources that aid in the reading to orient the newbie in how to approach the text. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Landmark-Thucydides-Comprehensive-Gui... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Landmark-Herodotus-Histories-Robert-S...
on “A note on reading big, difficult books” ↗