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		ChrisMarshallNY on June 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to level up your technical writing? Fair point. I look for books in a certain genre, though. I find myself retreating to classics that are over 30 years old, because the new stuff is so unreadable. I'll probably start The Black Company (for like, the twentieth time), soon.

setgree on June 29, 2022 [–]

In the great short books category, Willa Cather’s plains trilogy books are like 150-200 pages each, they’re fast reads and the prose is excellent — I’d start with ‘O Pioneers!’

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