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I've put together a collage of some books from last months What are you Reading? post. It's mostly random, but the more discussion something gets the more it stands out to me. Going forward I'm going to make a new post every month to talk about what people are reading.
Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (July 2023)
At any rate, what are you currently reading or plan to read in August?
Just about to start “The Three Body Problem”. It’s been on my list for a while now, so looking forward to it!
Just finished an interesting and totally original read, “The Psychology Of Time Travel” which is basically a time-travelling murder mystery.
I just finished The Psychology Of Time Travel, too! Fantastic read. I especially appreciated the consideration given to how a time traveling organization would function as an agency. That's rare.
Im on my last book of the wheel of time audiobook! Took me about two years to arrive here, maybe even more. It's superb! I hope to finish it before our child is born in August, so I can start with the next, rading it on my Kindle. Really can't wait to get to the end of it. The whole last three book reads like waiting on the next episode of a series. Constant cliffhangers. The next book will be the second and later books of the sounds of hyperion.
How did you like 3-body problem? I'm waiting on the show to see if I'll like it
I loved the writing style. It starts a bit slow and gradually picks up pace towards the end. I’m on the second book now.
Picked up 2 different series by Will Wight cause they were free on amazon for a while, and very impressed
Halfway through Cradle, on book 6 and it's actually really good; a naruto-eque world with well thought out power progression, great world building and characters, with plenty of peril and few dull moments
I just finished a book by Carlton Mellick the third called, Every time we meet at the dairy queen your whole fucking face explodes. Its probably even weirder than you are thinking, but very fun and enjoyable.
I've just finished all Daniel Suarez's books. I found his visions of a tech future interesting. Best ones for me were Daemon, then the sequel freedom™, Change Agent, Delta V and the sequel Critical Mass - all great reads imo. Only book I didn't like was kill Decision.
Not exactly a science fiction movie, but just finished Mother Night by Vonnegut, incredible book.
And I jusr started A Deepness In The Sky by Vernon Vinge, book 2 of his Zones Of Thought trilogy. I liked the first book a lot so looking forward to this.
I'm reading the Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, which is the first book of the Kane's Chronicles. I'm also reading Queen of Shadows by Sarah j. Maas.
Cryptonomicon
Edit: I just realized this was the scifi community. Whoops
I haven't had the chance to read in a hot minute. I think it's because part of my brain is still waiting for book 3 of the king killer chronicles.
Currently reading Blindsight, I'm honestly surprised how many people get interested when I tell them I'm reading about space vampires.
Needed it to take a break from all the new to me ideas in three body problem. Learned lots about chinese history. Wasnt ready for the second one.
Blindsight feels like all the scifi trope bundled together.
Snowden's book: Permanent Record has a lot of good context info for the governments shitty practices and overwhelming involvement in our personal lives
if u wanna use ur brain more efficiently read Donella Meadows: Thinking in Systems
I also wanna read steve jackson's sci-fi book that got him sued by the secret service... its gotta be good right?