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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?
I'm on book 5 of the Wheel of Time on Audible. I hope the TV series keeps going but it sounds like a lot of people think it's meh.
Just started the Vorkosigan Saga. It's okay. It's growing on me, but I don't think it's anything to write home about. I'll stick it out through the first book and see how it goes.
Which book are you starting with? You'll get a very different vibe depending on whether you're starting with Dreamweaver's Dilemma, Shards of Honor, or The Warrior's Apprentice.
It's a long series with a super wide range. If you like Warrior's Apprentice, you'll probably like most of the series.
Started with shards of honor. Any recommendations on which one I should read next?
I was about to pick up Seveneves next. And then come back to the Vorkosigan Saga.
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?
Is this just for sci-fi or books in general? In July I didn't read any sci fi, just fantasy stuff.
I'm currently on the Liveship series, after just finishing the Farseer Trilogy. Prior to that was Mistborn 1-3, and I only mention the chronology because it all started May 2022 with the WoT series, and that's on the picture up there so I'm lumping the rest of these into science fiction I suppose, despite Mistborn potentially being the only one that you could really call science fiction.
Does Silo counts as Sci-fi, I read the novels after binge watching the series with my wife. After the cliffhanger ending I just need to know the story and proceeded to binge read the whole series under a week.
Right now I'm listening to Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny. It's probably an interesting story, but the narrator is awful. Sometimes he reads without any pauses so it feels like you are listening to a wall of text. There is also very little inflection in his voice as he reads so it is hard to stay engaged. I'm going to stick with it if I can, but I'm not holding much hope.
tower by bae myung-hoon, early days yet.
Last few I've read recently:
Just started Infinity Gate today, actually - not too far in yet, but it'll go quick.
I’m coming up to the crescendo (hopefully) of Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. I can’t say that I’ve loved it as much as some of his previous work but it’s got 150 pages left to change that.
Just started Bloom by Wil Mccarthy.
Oh crap! Potty training by Jamie Glowacki
I’m currently reading Sword and Citadel, second half of The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe.