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That, and Strategy for a Black Agenda by Gerald Horne.

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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Read that one myself.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The aftermath and subsequent generational trauma from the South Korean Gwang-Ju Uprising Massacre in 1980, where dictator Chun Doo-Hwan ordered the military to murder middle-schoolers, high-schoolers, and regular civilians that protested in favor of democracy and labor rights.

It's an absolutely gut-wrenching read, told from many perspectives, to show just how pervasive and lasting such an event can be. Thousands were murdered and thrown into unmarked graves, accused of being Communists sent from the North. Prisoners taken were tortured and raped on flimsy allegations, and double the population of Gwang-Ju's worth of bullets were sent, just in case.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago
[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you read Dracula or Jurassic Park?

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I recommend Jurassic Park as it is different enough from the movie and a good book. If you want some classic reading, then Dracula is a fun read I think. I enjoy the style of that book with journal entries and letters between friends. It seems ahead of its time to me, but I am likely wrong about this.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

I'll look into those. Thanks!

[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago
[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago
[–] cosmic_cowboy@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago
[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thieves Emporium by Max Hernandez

WARNING: Contains sexual assault in chapter 10 on first three pages.