Finished the Southern Reach trilogy. Most excellent all around.
Just started Neuromancer and I'm really liking it so far. For some reason I thought William Gibson's prose was supposed to be impenetrable, but so far it's pretty accessible.
Started A Canticle for Leibowitz after being stuck in the previous book for two months.
I'm between these three for my next read...
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any suggestions on which to start/any other book similar to these?
Depends on what you're in the mood for really. I've only read No Country for Old Men, which was very good, and if you like that definitely check out Blood Meridian.
And if you find you like Philip K. Dick you should definitely check out A Scanner Darkly
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Surprised how thicc the book is.
I got No Country for Old Men since it was the only one in the book store, seen the movie so I'm excited.
How is it? Its been on my list for quite some time.
I read in cold blood for school like 5 years ago but don't remember any of it, but remember liking it. Do androids dream however is fantastic if you're looking for an interesting plot with some deep thinking and social commentary.
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I'm about 2 hours and 45 minutes into this book, and it's quite good
Love that book. it gets a bit of hate here, but I think, for all it's flaws, it's a fun and entertaining book. I've read it twice and listened to the Audiobook read by Wil Wheaton maybe a dozen times
i bought roadside picnic, not started it yet
i wanted to read a couple of old books (vernor vinge, greg bear, Alastair Reynolds) but i got rid of all my paperbacks a couple of years ago and imo ebooks are overpriced as fuck, might actually go join the libarary or buy some of the cheap used books on amazon but then shipping is 3x the cost of the book
I'm doing the audiobook by Wheaton too. I mean it's not amazing or groundbreaking or anything. And the fact that they have an energy crisis but everyone from the upper to the lower classes are busy with their VR game does kinda confuse me. But it's alright for passing the time
not sure why but I just can't get myself to enjoy audiobooks, despite a lot of people I know seems to love these
I've just finished the audiobook of Catch 22
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A pretty good book, some very funny moments
Made infinitely more enjoyable by the fact that Colonel Cathcart sounds exactly like the Soldier from tf2:
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I'm looking for a book, novel or memior, about backpacking across a wilderness. I'd love to read about the CO, AZ, and UT area. Something along the lines of Into the Wild. Anybody know of a boko like this? I've scoured Goodreads and can't find anything that fits the bill with reasonable reviews.
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Overlord Volume 9, and Toll the Hounds, the Eighth book in the Malazan series.
Both series have been pretty great so far, I read Malazan when I've got time to sit down and sink into a massive story, and Overlord for when I want something lighter.
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Finished Gravity's Rainbow (really funny and incredible solemn at the same time), starting JR
Am now listening to this
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After having listened to the first one. And I have to say that they're crazy good. Like I wouldn't believe that a book series based off of a sitcom would be so good. (Even though the sitcom itself is also crazy good.)
Also holy fuck does Chris Barrie do the voices perfectly
I expected to be better. Not moved by it in the slighest (except for maybe some minor thinking about nuclear weapons and preservation of knowledge).
That is too bad. Still will probably read it just to check it off the list.
Finished Day of the Triffids and Cat's Cradle recently. Both really easy and compelling reads.
I've been working on the Nine Princes in Amber Chronicles. It's quite an in depth series of 10 books by Roger Zelazny. I was brought to it by a separate series by the same Author that was never completed due to his death. Those books were Changeling and Madwand, heavy on the sci-fi fantasy content. He's really good at making vast believable worlds filled to the brim with intriguing characters. So when I went looking for a third book in an incomplete trilogy I found the Chronicles of Amber and it's been an incredible read. It has a lot of royal politics and blood feuds that intertwine with fantastic battles, always keeping you on your toes as to who to suspect and who to trust, making you question even the lead characters motives at times. The only complaint I have is that listening to the audio books, the final 5 books are narrated by Will Wheaton and he does a terrible job at it. Though to be fair I've always found him to be a terrible actor so it's possible I'm biased against him.
The secret by Rhonda Byrne
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John Adams - David McCullough. I finished "The Glorious Cause" and want to read a bit more about the American Revolution before I move on to the next in the Oxford American History series, "Empire of Liberty".
https://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136
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I'm currently listening to this and it's pretty nice. Though I'm not sure what it is, but it does get a bit difficult to pay attention at times and I'm not sure why. It's hard to explain, but like at one point they're on a plane and they end up in a rastafarian world with barely any gravity. Though I'm not sure how they got on the plane (and weather or not it's even a plane)
I had the same when I listened to "Call of Chtulu" when the main character suddenly found himself in r'lyeh
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