I’m reading Network Effect by Martha Wells. It’s the fifth book in The Murderbot Diaries series. I love it so far and 30% done with the book currently.
Still working my way through Katabasis by RF Kuang.
I am enjoying it, it does not feel as, I guess, academic as Babel did in that most of what is talked about academically in the book is around classic literature and philosphies about hell.
I think one thing that is going to annoy me with book will be the same as Babel, we have this alternate reality where magic plays a major role in things and i want to explore that so much more. How does it work? How was it discovered? How did it affect things? The book makes direct reference to WW2 and if magic is real to an extent how did it change thingsm
My phone broke, so in the last week I read 8 books in the Executioner pulp series from the 70s, Larry Niven's "Destiny's Road", and Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War.
I love Larry Niven's writing. In this book he created a lot of world, and there are corners that we never got to see. Good stuff.
Warthog was a really well-written book based on interviews right after the Gulf War. It's one of my favorite military planes. I got pretty attached to the pilots by the end of the book.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Lots of modern cyberpunk seems to have come from this book.
Not sure I'll finish this one, but currently I'm reading Magna Carta by David Carpenter. It's a pretty heavy historical book on - you guessed it - the Magna Carta, an important British legal document written on 1215. I picked this one up from the library refuse bin for a nominal fee. I suppose I felt inspired to read more on the document since it established that the king is not above the law and habeas corpus. Principles that some unnamed countries should consider.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Someone mentioned the author in another thread saying he was peak sci-fi right now, so went off just that and went in blind.
It’s definitely got my attention so far. Very interesting.
Fantastic book, I think it's one of my all-time favs.
Me too!
Working my way through The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman, it’s the second book in the Book of Dust trilogy.
I’m loving it. So much.
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
A a sequel, it's a wild ride, like the first book in the series. Page turning is happening. Wish I read faster, is all...
I'm almost done with Structural Sin and the Death of Institutions by Susannah Cornwall.
I just started the Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. The first one really sucked me in so I’ll probably finish this and the third book by the weekend.
Oh man, the Mistborn series is so damn good. LOVED it.
Yeah I am really enjoying the magic system. I can't stop thinking about how fantastic of a video game it would be.
I'm also on a Brando Sando kick! If you're loving it, I highly recommend jumping straight into Mistborn era 2 when you finish. It's a bit more lighthearted than the original trilogy with some amazing character development and plenty of references back to the originals. Mistborn was my gateway drug into the Cosmere, and I am absolutely hooked now haha. Working my way through the Stormlight Archives now, but I've taken a small break to read Warbreaker. It's been a treat finding all the connections between the different series and learning more about the universe he's building as a whole.
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu.
Its a fast read, 12 short stories and I'm a bit more than half way through. I've been taken in by several of them.
This is actually the first Steven King book I think I've read. Which is surprising because one of my best friends in school was obsessed with his books and I read a novel a week back then and usually would take suggestions. I'm not sure why I never read King. I even read John Saul.
At any rate, The Tower is fantastic. I'm glad I never read it so that I can enjoy it now. Heh.
I have nearly read the Mistborn series a few times. I might need to check that out
Oh boy, you are in for a RIDE. How far into it are you?
Beyond the 8 books of the Dark Tower proper, there are a BUNCH of books that touch that part of the King Universe. Eyes of the Dragon, It, Insomnia, Desperation and the Regulators, Rose Madder, Hearts in Atlantis, The Talisman (indirectly), Black House (Talisman sequel, directly connects it together), The Stand, The Shining, Salem's Lot. Fairy Tale is similar enough, but not directly related.
There's a 3rd Talisman book coming this year as well.
I'm just starting Wizard and Glass (Book 4). I am definitely enjoying the ride. I was thinking about reading The Stand after this series, if reading order doesn't matter. If there is a prefered reading order after finishing the series I might follow that.
After book 4 I'd read, at a minimum, Insomnia and Hearts in Atlantis. Insomnia came out in the (FIVE YEAR!) gap between 3 and 4. Hearts in Atlantis shortly after 4.
But the Stand is never a bad choice!
Fair warning, I didn't think books 5-7 were as good as the first four. He stops doing the flashbacks to young Roland and there are gaps in that story now.
After two failed reads so far in the year, I'm just over 10% into Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's been good so far, but clocking in at ~600 pages means there's parts of the world building I'd prefer were a little shorter. Overall, it's been good so far.
I'm about halfway through 11-22-63. Audiobook, quite good
This is kinda part of a new shift to "go back" to reading more fantasy and science fiction again. The last years I have mostly read contemporary stuff and non-fiction. Over Christmas I read both Children of Time (very good, but not quite as captivated as many others) and I re-read A Game of Thrones (even better than I remembered it), and it has kinda rekindled my love for reading.
I started the 10 book series of X-Wing Rogue Squadron. Seems to be Top Gun in space. I always enjoy a good space shoot up.
Yesterday, I finished up the last book of the trilogy Silo. Wonderful read.
After the first XWing book I’ll hit up some Nebula winner short stories to alternate with X-Wing for a little variety.
I really loved the old EU. I've read almost everything except I think I only read the first 3 books of Rogue Squadron. I might have to fix that at some point. I really wish they kept the EU as canon and made movies from that.
Currently reading The Colour of Magic after starting the year with Sourcery, from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, about halfway through its really good. Its book 2 of The Remeberance of Earth's Past trilogy
I'm partway through Sipsworth. The main character is a bit sad but personable and I'm curious about the mouse. My partner says to expect things to get exciting.
I'm looking forward to the next Murderbot from Martha Wells — sarcastic cyborg who mostly hates humans but also ends up saving them.
Also looking forward to the next in the Nampeshiweisit Series by Moniquill Blackgoose which apparently is coming very soon. A boarding-school-with-dragons adventure but with lots of Native / queer folks, exploring a slightly alternate timeline of American colonization.
Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
This has been on my list for awhile but every time I look at used books, it’s not on the shelves.
I read a lot of her other works when I was younger and forgot about this one until recently. Really enjoy her writing style. It's impressive it was written over 50 years ago.
All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu and The Incandescent by Emily Tesh. Having a bit of trouble with the relationships in The Incandescent so I've put it aside and am enjoying Ken Liu's latest, which is mostly about anonymity in an AI-rich society so far.
I’ve read a lot of Ken Liu’s short stories and I really enjoyed them. All That We See or Seem was the first novel I read of his and I liked it. Sometime this year, I’ll get to his Dandelion Dynasty series. I hope you like his work!
I'm sorta in the middle. I've liked some of his stuff I've read and not really enjoyed some other stuff, so we'll see. So far, this is a pretty good one though!
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