What are you reading?
What are you reading?
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...
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...
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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.
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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.
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.
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Hey I just checked out Oathbringer from the library. Thus far first book is still my favorite in Stormlight series.
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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That sounds very interesting. Added it to my (way too long) to-read listsomitomi wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:39 pm 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.
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.
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Now that I have my commute back I finally finished it!ratammer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:16 pm 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...
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John does not die at the end.
And now I've started reading Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
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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
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Huh, I did?
That sounds like my kind of fun.LingEarth wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:50 pm 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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This isn't even the first time I've reminded you about you doing that.

EDIT: And now I've finished it! Nice story.
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Catch-22
So I'm a Spider, so What?
Lem's The Truth and Other Stories
So I'm a Spider, so What?
Lem's The Truth and Other Stories
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I'm now reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman! Some pretty bad things happen to a rat in the first chapter.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dj0yimUXVw
Brandon Sanderson's outfit in this livestream is ridiculously amazing.
Brandon Sanderson's outfit in this livestream is ridiculously amazing.
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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Sounds like a thriller.
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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