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I've put together a collage of some books from last months What are you Reading? post. It's mostly random, but the more discussion something gets the more it stands out to me. Going forward I'm going to make a new post every month to talk about what people are reading.
Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (July 2023)
At any rate, what are you currently reading or plan to read in August?
Just about to start “The Three Body Problem”. It’s been on my list for a while now, so looking forward to it!
Just finished an interesting and totally original read, “The Psychology Of Time Travel” which is basically a time-travelling murder mystery.
Empire of Man.
Death´s End - Third book of Three Body/Trisolaris series by Cixin Liu. I am positively surprised by the character Yun Tianming. After I really liked the character design of Ye Wenjie in the first book, I was pretty disappointed to find that other characters in the series seem as shallow as cardboard cutouts in comparison to her. However, with Yun Tianming there is a believable and relatable character in this outstanding sci-fi story again. I´m super curious how he and how the relations between humans and Trisolarians will develop. Being in the third book and knowing his style now, it is already clear that Cixin Liu still has some unexpected plot twists in his sleeve!
I don't normally plan my reading much ahead of time but August is an exception on a few counts.
Firstly, Whalefall by Daniel Kraus comes out on August 8th. It's such a goofy idea for a story (think Jonah and the Whale meets The Martian) and I have been so pumped, I've been talking people's ear off about it for months. It's like scientifically accurate Pinocchio.
Secondly, one of the bookclub picks for the Discord server affiliated with [email protected] is The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin
And then it's Tropeical Readathon (a semiannual reading challenge thing) again so I have a couple dozen books picked out to cover that, but the only other sci-fi one apart from the above is Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero.
I'm not a big book reader, but a friend got me "The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla and Other Works". It's sitting on my nightstand when I can motivate to crack a boot. The book I finished before it was "Brief Answers to the Big Questions" by Stephen Hawking.
I like reading works from Scientists. I can't understand their research papers because of the math, but I enjoy the works they do for the layman.
Martha Wells Murder Bot series (All Systems Red is the title in the post picture) is fun as well as quick and easy to read.
I will say it's not my favorite type of scifi but her writing style paired with the fun stories sucked me in.
Currently listening to the audiobook of The City and the City by China Meiville (Maybe should have read this one instead of the audiobook)
Currently reading the current F&SF magazine issue
Just finished reading an older series: Nine Princes in Amber. Doesn't age as well as I'd like.
Yeah, I enjoyed them when I was a college student but on later re-reading Corwin just comes across as a two-dimensional good-hearted wise guy who can take care of himself. Kind of a fantasy version of early-generation science fiction a la Asimov or Heinlein.
I'm reading the Silo series after watching the show, it is pretty good so far.
Love to see Leviathan Wakes in the graphic as well
Last day of my vacation and I've begun my third book in as many days. Just read Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson, followed by A Winter Grave by Peter May. Both books were great, hence why I swallowed them so fast.
Have just started on Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, and so far it seems promising.
I'm reading the Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, which is the first book of the Kane's Chronicles. I'm also reading Queen of Shadows by Sarah j. Maas.
Just fulinished A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge. Didn't enjoy as much as A Fire Upon the Deep, but it was still a good space opera. Some uncomfortable sex scenes though.
I bought both Asimov collections, and after reading the I, Robot edition pictured above, I started Prelude to Foundation.
Start WoT now, and you might finish by Christmas
I guess I just read slow in my old age, took me about 10 months, although generally the only opportunity I get to read is after the kids go to bed and before I fall asleep.
I’m not reading par se but I’m an audiobook fan and also a fan of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (Legends). I’m enjoying listening to the new recordings of the first Thrawn trilogy.
These re-recordings will probably be the last of its kind, given Disney’s declaration of non-canon.
Audiobooks definitely count as reading.
When people say they "enjoy reading" they are almost certainly not saying they "enjoy dragging their eyes across a page of text." If you're getting the content into your brain, you're reading!
Picked up 2 different series by Will Wight cause they were free on amazon for a while, and very impressed
Halfway through Cradle, on book 6 and it's actually really good; a naruto-eque world with well thought out power progression, great world building and characters, with plenty of peril and few dull moments