Miles Marsalis
The Last DJ.
I'm reading The Siberian Curse: How Communist Planners Left Russia Out in the Cold by Dr. Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy for work. I'm going to have to read companion texts as well too.
What are you reading?
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Baron Tredegar
Master of Forgotten Lore
Just started Traitors, Thieves, and Liars by Rick Griffin.
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Xitheon
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I'm re-reading the Deptford History books by Robin Jarvis.
They're just children's stories, but damn, they're dark. I don't like the way rats are portrayed as villains, but that is pretty typical of most animal related fiction.
They're just children's stories, but damn, they're dark. I don't like the way rats are portrayed as villains, but that is pretty typical of most animal related fiction.
JZLobo
Well-Known Member
I'm 2/3 of the way through Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett right now and three things stand out to me:
1) How great it is we have characters who are technically on the "opposite side" of the characters we normally have as protagonists. I genuinely have no idea what will happen when/if Polly an company encounter Vimes.
2. Jackrum clearly has a secret of his own but every new revelation about him throws off my theories.
3. The scene where Blouse in his terrible disguise is able to pass as a woman, but the women are the ones who get harassed and accused of faking it is a brilliant, hilarious way of playing with the "man's world" trope.
1) How great it is we have characters who are technically on the "opposite side" of the characters we normally have as protagonists. I genuinely have no idea what will happen when/if Polly an company encounter Vimes.
2. Jackrum clearly has a secret of his own but every new revelation about him throws off my theories.
3. The scene where Blouse in his terrible disguise is able to pass as a woman, but the women are the ones who get harassed and accused of faking it is a brilliant, hilarious way of playing with the "man's world" trope.
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vibesofeuphoria
currently fighting god
I'm an ARC reader for Barbara Kingsolver's poetry book "Another America" so I have to finish reading it and get my review published before this edition releases tomorrow haha
Miles Marsalis
The Last DJ.
I have to read This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perlroth for a discussion group at work, which isn't horrible.
On the lighter note, I'm reading the novella The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday on the side, which is a funny but thoughtful tale of a djinn and a Gurkha who have a vendetta against a futuristic Kathmandu in a post-apocalyptic world.
On the lighter note, I'm reading the novella The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday on the side, which is a funny but thoughtful tale of a djinn and a Gurkha who have a vendetta against a futuristic Kathmandu in a post-apocalyptic world.
LiminalDreams
Wormwood The Opossum
I'm not kidding yall, read the FNAF books. They're so much fun and not at all what I would consider for kids. Time travel ballpit, enough said.
Miles Marsalis
The Last DJ.
I kind of needed some light reading to balance out the newspapers, so I read a few books in that vein recently.
Of Dust and Sand by Allen Kuzara is a sci-fi short collection that was kind of like reading the Twilight Zone in novel form; there is usually a mystery or twist to figure in each story, just like the series. The stories take about 10 minutes to read through, which is good when you don't have a lot of time to yourself. Most of the stories were decent, though I felt some ended prematurely like the eponymous story.
Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons follows Constance D'Arcy, a gig singer who is murdered in a near future where it has become possible for the wealthy to cheat death by backing their minds up digitally and downloading them into clones upon death. Constance is resurrected as a clone 18 months after she allegedly died and must solve the mystery of how she died in a politically complex environment. The book had some interesting insights on the ethics and legality of mind uploading, though I felt it could gone further.
In Xanadu by Lavie Tidhar is a short story on Tor.com where a young soldier named Nila has been bound by family ties to protect the physical hardware that houses a community of artificial intelligences on Titan. Through course of one patrol she discovers uncomfortable questions about her existence and duty.
Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher is a short story collection set in the author's Polity universe. As with a lot of Asher's writing, there were interesting ideas at times, but the execution wasn't always the greatest. I found the stories set in the far future of the Polity or after its fall to be the most interesting since the Polity has always struck me a generic post-scarcity setting.
Currently, I'm reading The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone and Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang.
Of Dust and Sand by Allen Kuzara is a sci-fi short collection that was kind of like reading the Twilight Zone in novel form; there is usually a mystery or twist to figure in each story, just like the series. The stories take about 10 minutes to read through, which is good when you don't have a lot of time to yourself. Most of the stories were decent, though I felt some ended prematurely like the eponymous story.
Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons follows Constance D'Arcy, a gig singer who is murdered in a near future where it has become possible for the wealthy to cheat death by backing their minds up digitally and downloading them into clones upon death. Constance is resurrected as a clone 18 months after she allegedly died and must solve the mystery of how she died in a politically complex environment. The book had some interesting insights on the ethics and legality of mind uploading, though I felt it could gone further.
In Xanadu by Lavie Tidhar is a short story on Tor.com where a young soldier named Nila has been bound by family ties to protect the physical hardware that houses a community of artificial intelligences on Titan. Through course of one patrol she discovers uncomfortable questions about her existence and duty.
Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher is a short story collection set in the author's Polity universe. As with a lot of Asher's writing, there were interesting ideas at times, but the execution wasn't always the greatest. I found the stories set in the far future of the Polity or after its fall to be the most interesting since the Polity has always struck me a generic post-scarcity setting.
Currently, I'm reading The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone and Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang.
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TurbidCyno
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Just finished In Good Company by MCA Hogarth. Was a pretty good followup to the last book, but found one minor continuity issue.
Right now, I've started on Earthrise, by the same author. Same universe, but centers around a different group of characters.
Alysha says she can't remember the last time she saw someone in scale armor, but she and her assault team wore scale armor on Gledig during Sword of the Alliance which took place only about a year prior.
Right now, I've started on Earthrise, by the same author. Same universe, but centers around a different group of characters.
Miles Marsalis
The Last DJ.
I have a few of Hogarth's books downloaded on my Kindle, but haven't read them yet.
How is Earthrise?
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TurbidCyno
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Haven't got too far into it yet, but it's a bit different from the Stardancer series. Enjoying it so far.
Which ones did you pick up?
Miles Marsalis
The Last DJ.
Besides Earthrise, I have Mindtouch, Alysha's Fall, and Even the Wingless on my Kindle.
I might pick up Earthrise since I've been meaning to read more fandom stuff and could use the distraction.
Frank Gulotta
Send us your floppy
Re-reading the manga adaptation of Lovecraft's at the mountains of madness by Gou Tanabe that my sister gifted me for Christmas, it's great!
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TurbidCyno
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I have Mindtouch, but never finished it. The characters are really well written and likeable, with a good amount of world-building in it, but there really wasn't much to draw me in plot-wise. I think the description as an "asexual/platonic romance" was pretty accurate. I'll probably get back to it after the Earthrise sequels.
Miles Marsalis
The Last DJ.
My sister had told me about how wasteful lawns could be out in California, especially when there is drought and water rationing going on. But is it an environmental book?
Eh, I'll try them out and see how I like them.
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Xitheon
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I literally only started reading this book because it has a picture of a macaw on the front. (I love parrots.)
There is a parrot in it. That's pretty much all I have to say, lol.
Miles Marsalis
The Last DJ.
I finished The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone, which I had been reading for fun off and on. It's about tech billionaire Vivian Liao who seems to yanked in a posthuman universe ruled by a godlike empress whom she has a strange connection to and torn by strife amongst the few civilizations struggling to survive. In a lot of ways, the book kind of reminded me of The Quantum Thief series by Hannu Rajaniemi, but with less panache.
I also completed reading The Black Tides of Heaven, which is a silkpunk novella written by Neon Yang. I enjoyed this much more because of the stylistic prose, the influences drawn from various Asian mythologies, the interesting treatment of gender in the book, and the strong characterization. The novella follows two twins who sold to a monastery for Tensors, who are basically magic users, by their mother, who is a tyrant queen of massive empire. Gradually, both begin consider ways to rebel against their mother's rule while trying to remain together.
I'm currently reading Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary by Timothy D. Snyder.
I also completed reading The Black Tides of Heaven, which is a silkpunk novella written by Neon Yang. I enjoyed this much more because of the stylistic prose, the influences drawn from various Asian mythologies, the interesting treatment of gender in the book, and the strong characterization. The novella follows two twins who sold to a monastery for Tensors, who are basically magic users, by their mother, who is a tyrant queen of massive empire. Gradually, both begin consider ways to rebel against their mother's rule while trying to remain together.
I'm currently reading Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary by Timothy D. Snyder.
Schrodinger'sMeerkat
trash mammal
Just finished an audio book version of "Super Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss. I always liked the movie A.I. and this is what inspired it.
The last book I physically read was "Winnie: My Life in the Institution" by Jamie Pastor Bolnick, from writings and interviews with a woman called Winnifred Sprocket who lived in an institution for developmentally disabled women since she was six years old when her foster mother sent her there in 1938. It was also made into a TV movie.
The last book I physically read was "Winnie: My Life in the Institution" by Jamie Pastor Bolnick, from writings and interviews with a woman called Winnifred Sprocket who lived in an institution for developmentally disabled women since she was six years old when her foster mother sent her there in 1938. It was also made into a TV movie.
BrambleBabe
The sensitive/chaotic feline.
I am currently reading “Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science“ by Erika Engelhaupt. I have a bit of a morbid curiosity, so when I saw this book at B&N I had to have it.
There are different parts to the book that explain different things. Like in part 1 where it’s all “Morbid Curiosity”, and part 3 (where I’m currently reading) “Breaking Taboos”. It has a lot of humor in it, and I’ve even found some studies that I’m interested in. I think it’s a great book if you want to take a look at the creepier side of science.
There are different parts to the book that explain different things. Like in part 1 where it’s all “Morbid Curiosity”, and part 3 (where I’m currently reading) “Breaking Taboos”. It has a lot of humor in it, and I’ve even found some studies that I’m interested in. I think it’s a great book if you want to take a look at the creepier side of science.
Schrodinger'sMeerkat
trash mammal
Barns & Noble still exhists?
BrambleBabe
The sensitive/chaotic feline.
Yup! They even opened up a new location recently.