What book(s) are you reading right now and recommend for others?
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Rereading Berserk Manga(it's a book
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I'm reading Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series. They fit modern fantasy into a British police procedural framework. What makes them exceptional are the characterizations, plus the wit and snark of the dialog. They are both good stories and a lot of fun to read.
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I'm currently reading Anthony Beevors 'D-Day'... But I'm also in Normandy, so I just read that book whilst sitting on Omaha Beach, which is pretty special.
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For the past, idk, one or two decades I have only read books very sparingly and if I did, it was fantasy. Right now I am devouring The Expanse books and having a great time. I watched the tv series first (awesome) but was somewhat bummed by the ending.
Love those books. Extremely easy to read and reread and set the standard for modern hard sci fi.
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Finally got around to the Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan and it's more relevant than ever. It absolutely predicted the world we're in politically now and has some insight and analysis as to how and why and what to do to help. Definitely worth a read or reread if you haven't read it or it's been a while.
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For the past, idk, one or two decades I have only read books very sparingly and if I did, it was fantasy. Right now I am devouring The Expanse books and having a great time. I watched the tv series first (awesome) but was somewhat bummed by the ending.
I read primary scientific literature for work. If I am reading for leisure, fantasy is the absolute best. I can’t waste my time reading nonfiction.
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The Last Juror by John Grisham
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Finally got around to the Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan and it's more relevant than ever. It absolutely predicted the world we're in politically now and has some insight and analysis as to how and why and what to do to help. Definitely worth a read or reread if you haven't read it or it's been a while.
I own this book. I've read it three times now. I think I will read it a fourth.
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The Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. Great story, easy reading, relatable characters, and soon to be made into a series. There are 7 books so far, but rumors say there might be up to 10 eventually.
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Just finished Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.
It made me go hug my partner very tightly.
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im reading slobberknocker by jim ross. very interesting behind the scenes of the wrestling business
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Love those books. Extremely easy to read and reread and set the standard for modern hard sci fi.
Yes! Got any recommendations for when I am finished with them?
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Yes! Got any recommendations for when I am finished with them?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I quite enjoyed Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series, which is also (relatively) hard-ish sci-fi and has a creative and interesting exploration of non-human intelligences. I enjoyed the first two books but was meh on the third. Certainly would still recommend them but they don't scratch quite the same itch the Expanse does.
Another series I devoured and then re-read a year later was the Murderbot Diaries. It's dystopian but also kind of hopeful, it's a story about realizing one's personhood and self determination and making a life for yourself, with a very dry sense of humor. It's a great audio book read, (the Kevin Free version) and was recently turned into a series on Apple TV.
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I quite enjoyed Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series, which is also (relatively) hard-ish sci-fi and has a creative and interesting exploration of non-human intelligences. I enjoyed the first two books but was meh on the third. Certainly would still recommend them but they don't scratch quite the same itch the Expanse does.
Another series I devoured and then re-read a year later was the Murderbot Diaries. It's dystopian but also kind of hopeful, it's a story about realizing one's personhood and self determination and making a life for yourself, with a very dry sense of humor. It's a great audio book read, (the Kevin Free version) and was recently turned into a series on Apple TV.
Thats the second time I have heard about Murderbot, so that is going on the list haha
Thank you!Blindsight by Peter Watts is also on that list. Don't know anything about it, other than it being hard sci-fi tho.
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If you like horror I can highly recommend the Christopher Snow Novels by Dean Koontz.
I reread Seize The Night almost yearly.
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Yes! Got any recommendations for when I am finished with them?
A few scifi books i enjoyed:
Quantum magician series
Pushing ice
Project hail Mary
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Not reading it right now, but I'll take this opportunity to recommend people read Project Hail Mary before watching the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation which spoils major plot twists.
Yeah I'm glad I read it before watching the trailer. It's a great sci-fi book!
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For the past, idk, one or two decades I have only read books very sparingly and if I did, it was fantasy. Right now I am devouring The Expanse books and having a great time. I watched the tv series first (awesome) but was somewhat bummed by the ending.
In retrospect would you say read the books first or no?
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The Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. Great story, easy reading, relatable characters, and soon to be made into a series. There are 7 books so far, but rumors say there might be up to 10 eventually.
Second this. The audio book is the way to go on this one.
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Yes! Got any recommendations for when I am finished with them?
Murderbot is great, I'll second that rec. I also really enjoyed the Revelation Space series.
