What are you reading?

[ratammer]

I'm currently halfway through reading John Dies at the End. It's fairly Hitchhiker's-ish if that's what you're looking for.

I've not touched it in a while, but not through any fault of the book - it's just that I habitually read on my commute, which I haven't been doing lately...

[somitomi]

Ra by Sam Hughes, a science ficton take on "magic" as a branch of physics (i.e. something involving a lot of complicated equations named after people) discovered in the 1970s. I find it entirely fascinating and since I habitually read in bed before going to sleep, precious little could stop me from missing sleep because I can't put it down.

[pseudoidiot]

I've been re-reading Book 3 of Sanderson's Stormlight series. Oathbringer, I think? I don't have it by me at the moment. The fourth book came out recently, but I felt like I needed a refresher.

Previous to that I re-read all of the Earthsea books which was really nice. I bought The Complete Earthsea a few years back and finally got around to opening it. There were a couple stories I never got around to reading my first time reading through the series, so that was nice.

[heuristically_alone]

Hey I just checked out Oathbringer from the library. Thus far first book is still my favorite in Stormlight series.

[Zarq]

Ra by Sam Hughes, a science ficton take on "magic" as a branch of physics (i.e. something involving a lot of complicated equations named after people) discovered in the 1970s. I find it entirely fascinating and since I habitually read in bed before going to sleep, precious little could stop me from missing sleep because I can't put it down.

That sounds very interesting. Added it to my (way too long) to-read list

I'm currently (still reading) the first Culture book: Consider Phlebas. I don't really like it. It's too much action description for me.

I also just started Don Quixote, because I'm traveling right now and I didn't want to fill precious luggage space with a half-read book.

[ratammer]

I'm currently halfway through reading John Dies at the End. It's fairly Hitchhiker's-ish if that's what you're looking for.

I've not touched it in a while, but not through any fault of the book - it's just that I habitually read on my commute, which I haven't been doing lately...

Now that I have my commute back I finally finished it!

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John does not die at the end.

And now I've started reading Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley.

[somitomi]

Seconds is quite nice, I should read it again sometime.

[ratammer]

And thank you again for recommending it! It's good so far.

[LingEarth]

Just finished the first book of the Temeraire series. I loved it and will definitely be reading the rest of them. "The Napoleonic Wars, but with dragons" is a fun idea, and Naomi Novik definitely put some thought into what a military branch of dragon-riders might be like.

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Temeraire is a wonderfully independent-thinking dragon and I hope he never changes. <3

[somitomi]

And thank you again for recommending it! It's good so far.

Huh, I did?

Just finished the first book of the Temeraire series. I loved it and will definitely be reading the rest of them. "The Napoleonic Wars, but with dragons" is a fun idea, and Naomi Novik definitely put some thought into what a military branch of dragon-riders might be like.

That sounds like my kind of fun.

[ratammer]

And thank you again for recommending it! It's good so far.

Huh, I did?

This isn't even the first time I've reminded you about you doing that.

EDIT: And now I've finished it! Nice story.

[osieorb18]

Catch-22
So I'm a Spider, so What?
Lem's The Truth and Other Stories

[ratammer]

I'm now reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman! Some pretty bad things happen to a rat in the first chapter.

[heuristically_alone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dj0yimUXVw

Brandon Sanderson's outfit in this livestream is ridiculously amazing.

[ratammer]

Today I finished reading "The Girl Who Could Move Shit with Her Mind". I'd recommend it!

[heuristically_alone]

Sounds like a thriller.