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I'm currently reading the Wool omnibus by Hugh Howey. It's pretty decent I've been making very rapid progress as it's been too hot to sleep here recently now the summer has arrived.

I haven't seen the Apple show, but maybe I'll watch it in the future when I've finished all the books (I had Shift and Dust as well).

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[-] Ranolden@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Surface Detail, and The State of the Art by Iain M Banks. Been on a Culture bend recently. Excession is next on my list

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I read The Player of Games and it was good. I also read Consider Phleblas and while it was very different to Player Of Games I didn't think it was as bad as some people say.

Apparently Use of Weapons is also really good so I should go back to that series. The whole Culture thing is really interesting.

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[-] Collard@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

Just started "The City We Became" by N.K. Jemisen. It took a minute for me to get my bearings, but I'm really digging the concept

[-] OldFartPhil@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

N.K. Jemisen is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy writers. If you like her style and world building I'd highly recommend the Broken Earth trilogy.

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[-] OogieBoogieMan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Currently reading The Frugal Wizard’s Guidebook to Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. Interesting mix of Sci-Fi and Fantasy

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[-] CosmicFlowchart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Just started listening to "The Galaxy, and the Ground Within" by Becky Chambers, the fourth and last novel in the Wayfarers series.

[-] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

This is a great one! Loved the whole series, honestly. Have you read To Be Taught, If Fortunate? Also by Becky Chambers, and also highly recommended!

[-] jetsetdorito@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I'm really trying to read Three Body Problem, but I'm having a hard time following

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[-] The_one_and_only@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I'm on the last book of the riftwat-series by Raymond E Feist. Truly a masterpiece, even some 30-odd books into it.

[-] Ralvik@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I know I'm late to reading them and I'm not sure if graphic novels count here, but "kill six billion demons" is a fantastic series with a unique art style and direction that I genuinely cannot get enough of

Though it might be more science fantasy than science fiction I guess?

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Just started reading Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

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[-] cin_tar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I tried buying the wool omnibus on his website and couldn’t checkout…I’m gonna try again now, thanks for the reminder

[-] Slyder@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

For We Are Many Bobiverse book 2

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[-] Zana@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

House of Leaves. Although I'm struggling because I haven't read a physical book in years and I can't bring it everywhere like I can my Leaf 2.

[-] jonathanwerewolf@kbin.social 1 points 3 years ago

Love that book! First read through was unsuccessful as I got stuck in an appendix reading a bunch of letters. On my 2nd attempt I avoided that dead end and really enjoyed it.

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[-] DLBPointon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

After being a sci-fi nerd for a long time, I want to read through some of the classics that inspire it. So I'm reading The Epic of Gilgamesh, with Lucian's true history next.

Sounds pretentious I know but it's pretty cool seeing where some stuff originated from.

Anyone have any I should add the the list then let me know.

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[-] DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

I'm almost done the Powder Mage trilogy, starting the third book now. It's good, the author is a little less grim than Joe Ambercrombie but similar style if you're looking for a new series.

[-] Tired8281@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I am working my way through Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick. It's not a long book but it's really slow going, it's just so friggin weird that I have to put it down every few pages and just stop to absorb whatever the heck it was I just read. It's neat, as a drug user myself, to read a passage where it seems normal and then just randomly goes off into a 3 page rant about his weird racial ideas, and I just know he took a big fat hit right there writing it, sometime before I was born.

[-] moosh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

Working on The Name of the Wind and then next up is Death’s End.

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[-] Leer10@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 years ago

I've finished Wool in the middle of Silo season 1. I was wondering what might a regular viewer think of Shift? (I think that's the second of the trilogy)

I enjoyed the more sentimental moments between our main character and Mechanical, but preferred in the show that the Mayor was given more depth.

[-] torres@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I'm currently reading The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott. It's part of the High Republic saga of Star Wars, and I'm really enjoying it so far :D

It was quite a challenge to read a book in English for the first time with Light of the Jedi (the first book of the series). But I feel like I've gotten way better and can now understand more while reading faster.

After this, I'm planning on reading The Prince of Milk by Exurb1a. Which I have wanted to read for a long time.

[-] iNeedScissors67@kbin.social 1 points 3 years ago

I'm reading Thrawn: Traitor (Thrawn Canon books #3). Not the greatest series I've ever read by any means but I need a break from the Stormlight Archives Ave my library had no wait on these.

[-] QubaXR@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

I just finished "peripheral" and "agency" by William Gibson. So much better than (already fun) tv show.

Currently I'm re-reading some of early Neal Stephenson, starting with "the diamond age, or young lady's illustrated primer". I've originally read it while still learning English, so now I can fully appreciate not just the story but Stephenson's wordcraft.

[-] skinless_corpus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

I'm reading Children of Ruin, the second book of the Children of Time series. I blasted through the first book in less than a week. First time I've read Tchaikovsky and I love it.

[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 1 points 3 years ago

I just saw that there is a third book in the series now. I'm excited to listen to it. Next on my list!

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