Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

What Are You Reading?

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 39
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 29 36 37 38 39 template Next
  • #571
    Finished "The Cross and the Ensign", the book about Malta. Now I'm onto "Mal Goes to War". It's an SF tale about an AI that winds up involved in a war between the Feds and the Humanists. The Humanists are anti-augmentation and anti-AI, but all is not as it seems... I'm about 2/3 of the way through it.

    In many ways, it seems to be a not-quite-as-good rendition of Martha Wells' "Murderbot" books. Though those are favorites of mine, so I'm a weeeeeeee bit prejudiced on that front.
    “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
    One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
    The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

    Comment

    • #572
      Finished "The Cross and the Ensign", the book about Malta. Now I'm onto "Mal Goes to War". It's an SF tale about an AI that winds up involved in a war between the Feds and the Humanists. The Humanists are anti-augmentation and anti-AI, but all is not as it seems... I'm about 2/3 of the way through it.

      In many ways, it seems to be a not-quite-as-good rendition of Martha Wells' "Murderbot" books. Though those are favorites of mine, so I'm a weeeeeeee bit prejudiced on that front.
      “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
      One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
      The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

      Comment

      • #573
        I have finished reading "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by Matt Dinniman, and book2: "Carl's Doomsday Scenario." I am starting on book 3: "The Dungeons Anarchist's Cookbook."
        "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

        Comment

        • #574
          I have finished reading "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by Matt Dinniman, and book2: "Carl's Doomsday Scenario." I am starting on book 3: "The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook."
          "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

          Comment

          • #575
            I am reading 1984, because apparently the dystopian non-fiction we are living in isn't terrifying enough.
            I don't go in for ancient wisdom
            I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
            It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

            Comment

            • #576
              I have finished reading "Dungeon Crawler Carl" book 3 by Matt Dinniman, and am starting on book 4: "The Gate of the Feral Gods."
              "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

              Comment

              • #577
                Haven't tucked into them yet, but I recently picked up Journey to the West (the Chinese mythology one); and in vast contrast, High Kahl's Oath (the WH40K Space Dwarf novel).
                Cheap, fast, good. Pick two.
                They want us to read minds, I want read/write.

                Comment

                • #578
                  I have been re-reading The Murderbot Diaries. Already back through 1-4, and then 6, and have just started on 5. (The numbers refer to the publication order, but the story in #6 takes place between #4 and #5.)

                  "Murderbot is my Sanctuary Moon."
                  “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
                  One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
                  The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

                  Comment

                  • #579
                    I 'm still reading the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series by Matt Dinniman. I finished books 4, 5 and 6, and am reading book 7: "This Inevitable Ruin." Book 8 is estimated to be available in June 2026.
                    "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

                    Comment

                    • #580
                      I just finished "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by T J Klune, a sequel to "The House in the Cerulean Sea."
                      "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

                      Comment

                      • #581
                        I am now reading Katabasis by R. F. Kuang.
                        "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

                        Comment

                        Previous 1 29 36 37 38 39 template Next
                        Working...
                        X