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Very busy couple of weeks, so didn't actually read anything.

Still on Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore, 2nd novel in Icewind Dale series, which is a subseries of Forgotten Realms series (D&D world).

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[-] RaptorBenn@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Listening to the Salvation sequence by Peter F Hamilton.

And reading, A most elegant equation by David Stipp.

[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lonesome Dove on audiobook. The production quality is pretty bad, but the story is good.

[-] RamenDame@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I just finished Shades of grey by Jasper Fforde. What a weird fascist dystopian future. It took a long time to get interesting and only the last 15% got me to actually want to know more. I don’t think I will read the rest of the trilogy.

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[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Can't believe I never got around to it on the first go-round, but Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity."

[-] dotslashme@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Currently in the middle of house of chains by Steven Erikson.

[-] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

How are you liking the series?

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[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. About halfway through, really enjoying it. The audiobook narrator is great.

[-] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

I loved her Devabad trilogy, waiting for her to complete Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi before getting it.

[-] udc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Speaking Bones - Book 4 of the Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu. This is probably one of the best fantasy I've read. The setting is based off of ancient China. It's similar to Game of Thrones in the sense that there's a lot of world building, there's no main character, no one is safe from death and the fantasy is lightly applied.

It introduces interesting ideas like storing electricity in objects made with glass, intestines and gold, then utilizing it in warfare. Also logic gates implemented with just basic materials like wood and ropes. Basic AI (non-ML). Etc.

I'm quite confident anyone who enjoys programming will enjoy this series.

[-] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

How dark is it? One of my issue with Game of Thrones is that it was too dark / depressing and things just kept getting worse and worse.

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[-] LordGennai@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I just finished reading The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey (authors of the Expanse series). Overall I really liked it and am excited for this series! I feel like the characters haven’t hooked me as much as the characters from the Expanse series, but I’m going to give them more time to develop.

I am now reading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. This one has surprised me how much I’ve enjoyed it so far. I have read his Founders trilogy and Divine Cities books and found them hit or miss.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Felt exactly the same about the Mercy of Gods.

[-] cheribbit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Perfect Victims And The Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd

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[-] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I just finished reading Dilla Time by Dan Charnas- it’s a must read if you’re a disciple of J Dilla.

I’m currently listening to War and Peace by Tolstoy

[-] misericordiae@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

Just started The Orb of Cairado by Katherine Addison, as a palate cleanser. I expect it'll be cozy.

Finished Fever House by Ken Rosson. This started very fast-paced, but (imo) got bogged down by (interesting) flashbacks. I enjoyed it, but would have liked it to be shorter, somehow. Not sure I'll read the sequel, since this one swerved into a sub-genre I don't usually go for.

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