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I'm reading this on my lunch breaks:

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[-] JonTheKnight@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago
[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Going back through The Mallorean.

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

If anyone builds it everyone dies

[-] Canipel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

im reading Elric of Melniboné. its been a pretty cool read for me so far

[-] MadameBisaster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

Percy Jackson The lightning thief

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

It's a re-read but Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Hey me too! When I read a long series I try to read something else in between, but I'm excited to continue with Foundation's Edge

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

I've been trying to read Thank You, Jeeves by pg wodehouse but it's a little difficult to read for me

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 6 hours ago

Slice of life story about three generations of people in a small Danish farming family over the course of 85 years. It covers the class evolution from farming life to the modern middle class.

Before this one I was listening to 11.22.63 by Stephen King.

[-] dansekoen@feddit.dk 2 points 4 hours ago

That King book really surprised me! I just could NOT put it down - hope you enjoyed it!

Og den bog der vil jeg gerne læse efter min nuværende. .. lyder meget interessant!

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 points 3 hours ago

I thought it was enjoyable too. :) the aspect of the time travel rules that I liked the most was that you age in real time no matter how many times you reset the past. It really hammers home the point in ways that all the more bombastic stuff in the book didn't. It made it really tragic in that way.

Jeg er ikke super langt inde i "Som dagene er", men den er virkelig behagelig og selvom den hopper i tid, nogle gange fra sætning til sætning, så føles det super elegant og naturligt.

Hvis du ender med at læse den og du kan lide vibet, så kan jeg varmt anbefale en forfatter ved navn Søren Vase, som har skrevet en håndfuld erindringsbøger om sin barndom på den jyske hede fra 1920erne og frem til at han er en ung mand i 1940erne. De to bedste hedder Folk og Fæ fra en Jysk Hedeegn og Fra Lyngens Land. Han har også skrevet en bog om rævejagt, som jeg personligt fandt en smule kedelig, men den har et par spændende fortællinger i mellem alle gentagelserne. Og så er der en bog der handler om mere jagt, men også om fiskeri, hvis jeg husker rigtigt, men den har jeg ikke lyttet til endnu. Mener der er én eller to bøger mere, men dem kunne jeg ikke finde på e-reolen.

Har også "Ude for uden" af Niels Krause-Kjær i kikkerten, der ligeledes handler om en bondemand i en tid i forandring og senere handler den om hans søn, som bliver politiker i København og begynder at dykke ned i sin fars fortid og tager tilbage til sin gamle hjemegn, der står i forfald.

Jeg er lidt en sucker for denne genre (?) Af bøger, måske fordi jeg selv voksede op i en lille landsby med mange bondegårde og et rimelig tæt lokalsamfund. Og selvom det ikke var et perfekt samfund, så vil jeg altså hellere have min hjemby tilbage som den var før centraliseringen myrdede den og gjorde den til den spøgelsesby, den er i dag. Jeg savner livet og personlighederne. De små lokale købmænd og høstfesterne i august. Der var så meget liv i den by en gang og nu er den bare død. Der bor stadig folk der, men det er ligesom alle andre steder: de kører i deres store biler på arbejde 20 km væk og bruger ikke tid på lokalsamfundet. De, der gjorde byen til noget særligt er enten døde, gamle eller flyttet væk. Alt er lukket. Der er en følelse af forfald. Bondemændene er alle gået på pension eller konkurs og deres børn er flyttet til København, Odense eller Århus. Gårdene står tomme, er blevet revet ned eller købt af nye bønder, der prøver at få noget moderne landbrug op at køre.

Det er som det er. Forandringer er noget svært noget at håndtere i en verden, der går alt, alt for hurtigt til at vi kan følge med og jeg synes det er spændende at dykke ned i det igen og igen. Det er næsten terapeutisk og der er meget godt at lære i forhold til at sænke farten i sit eget liv. 🤗

Hvad er din nuværende bog? 😀

[-] Sparrow_1029@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin is one, but I've also been chewing through the Murderbot series

[-] bootleg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago
[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago

Just re-reading my favorite fantasy series for the umpteenth time

[-] JuanPeece@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

I just started reading book one, the world building is absolutely fantastic. I feel most high fantasy books are really hit or miss for me, but I understand now why Sanderson is considered top tier. Looking forward to the rest of the books, and also the Mistborn series!

[-] hoppolito@mander.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It’s amazing worldbuilding but fair warning, many consider the Stormlight books to drop considerably in writing quality for the last entries. Take them slow and enjoy the ride without burning yourself out on the (huge) amount of pages.

Mistborn on the other hand, you can feel that they’re somewhat older books of his, with a few more awkward/obvious character elements but they stay fantastic throughout.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Honestly, I really liked the last couple of storm light books. They definitely feel different than the first three, but I still really enjoyed them.

[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Rice Cooker by Russell Hobbs

A classic.

[-] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

First Contact, exploration of consciousness, sentience/intelligence (and their relationship), Transhumanism, Hard Sci-fi, not challenging but it will not hold your hand through the book.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention the book has vampires, but explored in a reality where vampires are an extinct offshoot of homosapiens, resurrected for specific purpose. The explanation of vampires is fascinating, grounded in evolution and actually... believable? This is not a vampire book at all but their presence is not only plausible, it's core to the themes of the book. Highly recommended.

[-] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Also recommend, excellent book.

Hate vampire books, but love this book. It's not a vampire book, but the vampires in it are handled in a crazy cool way. Highly recommend.

The sequel is a bit.. it's fine. Still good. Required reading. It's got nothing on the first book though.

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[-] TaeKwonDoh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Didn't figure Chris Claremont was a novelist, but I like trying new things. Got it at a used book store a few towns away from me.

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I picked up a copy of The Art of War for a few bucks. I've read it before, but I'm reading it again with hopes of teaching it to my kid in conjunction to teaching him Magic the Gathering. 90% of my success in life comes from implementing skills I learned from mtg into other things and Sun Tsu is basically a primer for good magic strategy.

After that it's Tao Te Ching. So by high school he'll have the skills to change wheat he can and the understanding to weather what he can't.

[-] BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Art of War is really good. It's not about war, and not an ethical guide, but it's about strategy and decision-making, which behooves anyone.

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

That's exactly my point in teaching it. Ethics are something he came into by nature but good strategy and the assessment of variables is something he is not good at. I think it will do him well.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Its a good idea, but keep in mind you can only learn so much without first hand experience. That said, going through rough times for the first time is easier with people supporting and giving advice like you are now.

[-] washbasin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago
[-] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 7 points 11 hours ago

Post-apocalyptic tale of tech-priests, kind of. It starts slow, and then you get used to it.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It only starts slow if you don't appreciate the unique humour of a world that has forgotten itself completely misinterpreting archeological artifacts in hilarious ways. This is one of my favourite books ever, in large part because of the description of Brother Francis' reactions and reasoning upon reading the words "fallout shelter", and other such examples of the beautifully dry and matter-of-fact humour present throughout the book.

[-] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, I'm also enjoying that. I've been working my way through Catch 22 as well, and the humor has a bit of the same dryness, but I wonder if this book has a little more humanity to it.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

I think that you'll find that it does, by the end. Its a shockingly hopeful and beautiful book, for a story whose primary lesson is "humanity never learns from its mistakes, people die, and the uncaring world moves on"

[-] Doom@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I bought it at a thrift market and holy crap for a book written in the 1960s it's prescient. He's mostly talking about "poor countries" but a lot of what he says is painfully applicable people living in the US today. I'm about to read the second half of the book about "rich countries" and can't wait to see what he says.

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