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Trying to jump start this community a bit and thought sharing what we are all reading would be fun.

Recently I just finished "All These Worlds" by Dennis E. Taylor (book 3 of the bobiverse) which I enjoyed. Pulpy but that's fine by me.

I've been listening to the murderbot diaries on my commute because they were in the humble bundle recently and enjoyed those a well. Just finished "Rogue Protocol" by Martha Wells there.

Taking a short breather from prose and read "The Apocalypse War" arc of Judge Dredd. Comics still count as print sci-fi right? Been working through those chronologically alongside Strontium Dog.

I've kinda stalled on "The Dark Forest" by Liu Cixin. Just not working for me the way "The Three-Body Problem" did. Which to be honest I thought was marginal overall but when it worked it was great. Maybe just in a tough patch?

Kinda my last two weeks but who's counting. Have some long travel coming up and have some good novels picked out but that'd be spoilers for next week.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks. What a ride! I've never read Consider Phlebas before, and only a couple of the other books in the Culture series. But after finishing The Expanse recently, I've decided it's time to read the entire Culture series from the beginning. My Kindle says I'm 40% in(250 pages), and I love it! It's quite a different beast, coming from The Expanse, but every bit as intense, in its own way. I remember reading (on Reddit) that it's a good idea to start with the second or third book because Consider Phlebas is kinda slow in comparison. If that's the case, those book are going to be wild!