What I'm reading

[Duke John]

Somehow I'd never read much, until this week, by Elizabeth Hand.  (If my notes are correct, all I'd read of hers was a short story "Echo", and the much-awarded novella "Last Summer at Mars Hill".)  But the last few days, I've been correcting this oversight, and enjoying myself a lot -- "Illyria", "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon", "Near Zennor", "Wylding Hall".  Haunting stuff, and *very* well-written.

-- John R

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I'm reading this which is technically non-fiction with fictional elements of structure and pretty fun.

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler https://a.co/d/fFh3Xti

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

I am currently reading one of Stephen Baxter's recent books titled World Engines: Destroyer. It is set in the same universe as Reid Malenfant of the Manifold trilogy. Intriguing ideas on a post climate change world and what appears to be a democratic confederal (personal fave) development of government.

[Mic’haglh Autófil, SMC EiP]

I'm reading this which is technically non-fiction with fictional elements of structure and pretty fun.

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler https://a.co/d/fFh3Xti

Reminds me of this one, which is a good/fun read:

https://www.amazon.com/So-You-Created-Wormhole-Travelers/dp/0425245586

[Ián S.G. Txaglh]

i am currently reading three books in parallel :P

on mobile phone lawrence principe and his the secrets of alchemy as a source for my new course on alchemy, principe is a damn good historian and researcher in alchemy, smart, learnt and factual.

and two paper books, robert holdstock's lavondyss, a beautiful, dark and damn original piece of fantasy, and františek koukolík's mravenec a vesmír (an ant and the universe), quite sapid essays on science on different interesting topics across the different fields of science (his original field is in neuropathology).

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Sadly right now I am not reading anything. I was in the middle of a reread of my favorite series of books when a television show based upon the books was released and it was so far from the books that I completely lost interest in both. Thinking I may reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings if I can find my copies of them.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Sadly right now I am not reading anything. I was in the middle of a reread of my favorite series of books when a television show based upon the books was released and it was so far from the books that I completely lost interest in both. Thinking I may reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings if I can find my copies of them.

What show are you talking about? I'm curious.

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Sadly right now I am not reading anything. I was in the middle of a reread of my favorite series of books when a television show based upon the books was released and it was so far from the books that I completely lost interest in both. Thinking I may reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings if I can find my copies of them.

What show are you talking about? I'm curious.

The Wheel Of Time

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Somehow I'd never read much, until this week, by Elizabeth Hand.  (If my notes are correct, all I'd read of hers was a short story "Echo", and the much-awarded novella "Last Summer at Mars Hill".)  But the last few days, I've been correcting this oversight, and enjoying myself a lot -- "Illyria", "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon", "Near Zennor", "Wylding Hall".  Haunting stuff, and *very* well-written.

-- John R

Thanks for the heads up on Wylding Hall - that was a fun read.