Finished The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov yesterday. The book is from 1951 and it feels like it - which I love.
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I haven't read that one. According to wikipedia, Asimov called it his worst novel, what do you think?
It was fine! I don't think it has any truly unique ideas, and doesn't really make me think philosophically. It's a passable Atomic Age adventure.
Currently reading: Planetside by Michael Mammy. I'm only 17% of the way in but it seems to be a sci-fi set military mystery. It's readable enough so far, but we'll see how I feel when it hits the mystery
Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Crowshaw (the Zero Punctuation/Fully Ramblomatic guy). This series rocks. He absolutely scratches the same itch as Douglas Adams did. Funny, Irreverent, and specifically I love that both will spend a whole page explaining a concept for the payoff to be a third of a sentence joke
Just Finished: Starter Villain by John Scalzi. Like a lot of other Scalzi work, it's funny, doesn't belabor the stuff you don't care about, and isn't fishing for a trilogy. A great vacation read
I think someone mentioned "Will Save the Galaxy for Food" before, but even if didn't, any comparison to Douglas Adams immediately puts that book in my wishlist. Going to check it out.
John Scalzi, as I may have mentioned before, is a weird writer for me. I have been following him on different social media for many many years, but I have never read any of his books. I should rectify this soon. Thinking about ordering his Old Man's War series soon.
The Jacques Mckeown books have been very entertaining so far. I'm irritated that Audible is paying him to make them timed audio exclusives, but what can you do? Douglas Adams was my favorite author so I don't use the comparison lightly. Slight complaint, Yahtzee loves the word nacelle
A personal Scalzi recommendation would be Kaiju Preservation Society. It's short, shows his humor pretty well, and should give you an idea if you want to start his books. Personally I didn't find Old Man's War to be his best work
Interesting. Thanks for the recommendation!
The Sandman adaptations/audiobooks by Gaiman. Fizzling a bit on the later books, first was solid.
I felt the same way with these, the first was great and then I really started struggling to carry on and finish, I can't actually remember if I did or not. It was very unmemorable xD
The Desert Spear, book 2 in the Warded Man series.
How are you liking the series?
I'm enjoying it very much! It's an interesting world, interesting premise, interesting characters. It's well done! A few minor things here or there I don't care for, but nothing close enough to mar the over all story.
I'm reading Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley, which is an excellent gothic horror about grief and madness. Starting on Things in Jars by Jess Kidd once I finish tonight.
How The World Works by Paul Cockshot
It examines stages of human history and how they led to capitalism, all the parts and forces involved. It includes influential ideas from people in history that have been proven true and untrue.
Sounds interesting, will check it out.
Had another week of not reading much, so I'm still trying to wrap up On Stranger Tides. It's still enjoyable, but I'm impatient to move onto something new.
I know the feeling. Good luck!
I Finished A Psalm for the Wild Built and really enjoyed it now to the second of the scolomance series by Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate.
How are you liking the Scolomance series?
The first was really good. It was a new take on the magic school genre for me.
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind. Its book two of the Sword of Truth series. And so far just as engaging as the first.
Still got that "Your Money Or Your Life" on the burner? I swear it has been a couple of months now ;)
I'm now at the end of Solo Leveling book 7, I've listened to 4, 5, 6 and now 7 within the last week and I'm still looking forward to the last one that is currently out (being 8). It is one of those books I've been listening to at absolutely every opportunity so I will finish what I have very soon.
Then I'm looking forward to a couple more Deathlands books after that I think :D
Haha yes. It's good enough that I don't want to quit it, but I just keep finding more interesting things to read.
Yeah, Solo Leveling is a good one, I binge read it when I started it.
For Deathlands, I am thinking about going the e-book route. I prefer physical books, but there are some series that are so long and/or old that they aren't easy to get.
I just finished solo leveling, I didn't expect it to go the way it did but I really really enjoyed the end. I started it completely blind knowing nothing about it and I'm really glad I gave it a go now, it was very enjoyable!
I'd be interested to hear what you think of Deathlands if you do try it out :D
Sure. It might be a little while before I start it, but will let you know.
Armageddon: The Musical, by Robert Rankin. Its weird as hell, but I'm loving it.
Gutenberg Parenthesis by Jeff Jarvis
Balcony in the Forest by Julien Gracq
This reminds me of creepypasta (whatever that means) from reddit about stairs in the forests. It was pretty creepy.
It had a creepiness to it, perhaps. It's about French soldiers garrisoned in a fortified bunker right at the start of WW2. I'm about half done and am really enjoying it
Yeah, that's a different kind of creepiness.