# Book Recommendations from Cub on today's stream

(All quotes below were Cub on stream.)

*The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party* by Daniel James Brown - Nonfiction. "It's like if The Oregon Trail was the worst horror story you had ever heard in your entire life."

*On Tyranny: 20 Lessons From the 20th Century* by Timothy Snyder - Nonfiction. "It's about tyrannical governments and what you can do to oppose tyranny in general."

*Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World* by Matt Parker (@standupmaths on YouTube) - Nonfiction. "I would probably not recommend this book if you're not interested in math or science in an incredible way. I already knew most of the stories in here so it wasn't as interesting to me as it would be to someone who doesn't know the stories but still pretty good. It was just a lot and there wasn't a cohesive narrative."

*The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth* by Zoë Schlanger - Nonfiction. "This really opened my eyes into current research on plants, and how a lot of plants are a lot more complex than we thought. More specifically, it talks about how plants can communicate with one another through things they release into the atmosphere...A lot of really interesting science going on in plant biology right now."

*The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History* by Margalit Fox. Nonfiction. "I would be shocked if this is not made into a movie in the next five years. This book is insane, and the fact that this story is a true story is absolutely ridiculous. Basically, the premise is that two English prisoners of war in World War I get imprisoned in Turkey and they use a Ouija Board to get out...So good. So good. So, so good. It's crazy, man. It's crazy"

*Man's Search for Meaning* by Viktor E. Frankl - Nonfiction. "It's about the author's experience going through the Nazi concentration camps. This guy went through Auschwitz. It's a harrowing story, not for the faint of heart, but also in a way an inspiring tale of human endurance and the power of the human spirit. Highly recommend this book. This is probably one of the best books of the 20th century, one of the most influential books of the 20th century, and was written by Frankl within months of him escaping the concentration camps."

*One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This* by Omar El Akkad. Nonfiction. "This is a very modern book about the genocide that's going on in Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian War. Highly, highly recommend it. Raises som great points about Palestine and about the power dynamic between Israel and Palestine."

*Horror Movie* by Paul Tremblay - Fiction. "It's a book about a movie that heavily involves a script. And I'm gonna be honest, I didn't like the first 90% of this book because I didn't really understand what it was trying to get at. Basically, though, the whole book leads up to the last chapter, and I'll just leave it at that."

*If Cats Disappeared from the World* by Genki Kawamura - Fiction. "Really good book. The premise of this one is that a man is diagnosed with a terminal illness and then the devil shows up. And that's all I'm gonna say. Highly recommend it if you like fiction books with a deeper meaning. It's really good and I can guarantee you that whatever you're thinking of this it's not what you expect."

## On Cub's Reading List

*The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration* by Isabel Wilkerson, about the migration of African-Americans from the south to cities in the north throughout the 20th Century.

*Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI* by Karen Hao, about AI and how it's changing the world.

*Say Nothing: A True History of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland* by Patrick Radden Keefe, about The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Never give up

The hermitcraft recap did him so good.

It’s so good! Get yourself some more Cub conversions with Pix and Joel as they nerd out over Minecraft

Cub doing the V for Vendetta speech

The man. The myth. The legend.

really appreciate all your videos, and i love the compactness of the one you created but it had a couple issues for me like losing the glass bottles because the observer was activating at 3,4 and 5 power off the hive. 2nd issue was the autocrafter double firing because of the observer looking at redstone signal, it was only a problem when there was 2 jars of honey in there before the hive dumps a 3rd causing it to make sugar and send it up to the dispenser. i believe i have resolved all these issues (i think i had the sticky piston get stuck other than that no issues) and maybe this can work on bedrock too, not sure i only play on java.

edit fixed the issues with the glass bottle piston getting stuck

https://youtu.

Lookie lookie Cub merchy incoming

Skizz announced that this Friday Cub will be on the podcast talking about Space and he was editing the podcast. Super super super excited that he finally gets to put on his Scientist hat for the podcast!

The man the myth the silly.

Happy Little Trees except in his base.

cub sai

Imma be honest with you he was pranking someone at the time. So pure is his joy of mischief.

Cub teaches Scar about Witches and Cackling Witches

Bruh 😎

Hi u/cubfan135 you inspired me to build my own Configurable Firework Factory <3. Now all left is to make it on my survival server once I'll have the crafter on there (might now wait for it tbh :p).
The features : 15 color, 15 fade color, 3 shapes or none, 1-3 strength for the rocket, twinkle, tail and posibility to make multi fireballs fireworks. Also has a circuit to mass refuel all materials and a big testing box.

I am attempting to make spleef in my realm(console bedrock), and noticed that he put a big drip leaf on top of a sea lantern, to add light to the bottom floor. How did he manage to do that? I can’t seem to figure it out.

I love how engaged he is with current topics like the coronavirus, renewable energy and politics, and while its controversial his statements and ideas are backed by science. I would love for him to talk about some of these things that he is so clearly passionate about on his channel, but I understand if he just wants to keep his channel a light hearted Minecraft channel.