Other Books you are currently reading?

or Barbara Cartland, for that matter

 

All audio books as it's easy to get hooked whilst driving or exercising;

Winter Dark series, female IT super spy, terrible, gave up after an hour.
Arisen Raiders series by Michael Stephen Fuchs, prequals to the best zombie series written (Arisen) and these are bloody good too.
Expeditionary Force Series by Craig Alanson, about to jump into book 14, brilliant humorous space romps saving and damning the human race in equal measure.

 

+1 for ExFOR, found it to be quite basic in its writing style but my god is it a gripping story non the less.


Currently going through The Rise of Endymion to finish off the Hyperion Cantos, thoroughly enjoying these ones

 

Currently reading 'The Sheep Look Up' by John Brunner of 'Stand on Zanzibar' fame. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_Look_Up

Although written as a science fiction book in 1972 it's turned out to be quite prophetic in parts, definitely recommend it if you're in despair over the current state of world affairs and the climate.

 

Oo... Shall have to check that one out!

 

I wasn't sure how to fill the void in my heart after finishing the Expanse series, but nothing overflows me with despair quite like realized dystopia. This'll be my next series.

 

Just got the eldest into the first of Douglas Hill's Colsec trilogy. Aimed more at the younger reader but it's brought back good memories of really getting stuck into them when I was little, so I think I'll revisit given how short they are.

On the basis I find it hard to concentrate on anything these days due to so much other stuff that needs doing spinning around my head, this might give my brain the warm-up it needs to get back into proper reading!

 

It's in the basket, thank you for the recommendation!

Seeing a LOT of people mentioning The Expanse in here, too. I might have to read them eventually. Just hard to imagine how space sci-fi will work in literary form, but only one way to find out I guess.

My childhood teething food was the Biggles novels, which hold up surprisingly well. I really want the next generation to rediscover them - they're the perfect balance of short length, historically educational, fun adventure and serious/disturbing themes.

 

It's an incredibly popular genre, so "just fine" would have been my guess even if I hadn't read the books

More seriously, though, the books are good, you should give the first one a go.

 

Literally finished the first Expanse book two days ago! Moved straight into the second. Definitely worth reading, and if you happen to have a rainforest e-reader it's been on offer at 99p for the past week.

 

For the longest time, Star Trek and Stargate (yes, all three of them) have been among my favourite sci-fi franchises of all time. The Expanse made a surprise sprint up the inside and is making itself a serious contender for the top spot. Even if I hadn't read the books, the TV series alone puts it in the same exalted company IMO.

 

Read in January "Venomous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman and "The Mercy of Gods" by James SA Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) of The Expanse fame.

This year I've got a goal of reading 2 books (novels) a month and considerably cut back on doom scrolling. So far so good, made it through a month.

"Rich people do this. They have the power and they see no reason not to use it. Men and women are just merchandise, like everything else. Store them, freight them, decant them. Sign at the bottom, please."
"Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs Novels Book 1)" by Richard K. Morgan.

My current read.

 

I read Dune last month and thoroughly enjoyed it,

Spoiler

except for where it skips the majority of the final battle

. It was a much easier read than the previous months' efforts of The Silmarillion which I did enjoy but found it much harder going.

I'm now reading Mythos by Stephen Fry which is great! A nice take on some very classic literature. Amusing as well as you would expect of Stephen Fry. My only gripe is that my particular copy came from America, so uses American spelling.

 

Currently reading the Wool trilogy, in book 2 somewhere at the monument. Good fun and definitely one of the better YA series.

 

"The personal, as everyone’s so ****ing fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here—it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft-. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide out from under with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them."

 

Weapons Of Math Destruction

 

I'd never heard of him but you piqued my interest, I picked up this nice 1941 print cheap enough, and I'm quite enjoying it so far.

 

Quantum Mechanics




yeah, I don’t understand any of it either.