What I'm reading

Started by King John, August 22, 2022, 03:07:58 PM

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King 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

xpb

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.


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Quote from: xpb on September 30, 2022, 04:05:17 PMI'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

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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.
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Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on October 05, 2022, 02:15:08 PMSadly 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.
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Tric'hard Lenxheir

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 05, 2022, 04:41:01 PM
Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on October 05, 2022, 02:15:08 PMSadly 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.

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xpb

Quote from: King John on August 22, 2022, 03:07:58 PMSomehow 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.