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I've put together a collage of some books from last months What are you Reading? post. It's mostly random, but the more discussion something gets the more it stands out to me. Going forward I'm going to make a new post every month to talk about what people are reading.
Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (July 2023)
At any rate, what are you currently reading or plan to read in August?
Empire of Man.
Not sure if Riot Baby counts, but I just finished that and The Dreaming Void.
I’m tracking my progress through the Hugo award winners, so I’m now reading Rendezvous with Rama and have the Broken Earth trilogy on hand for when I’m done that.
Last book of the Expanse
Reading through Book of the New Sun. Definitely an underrated sci fi series.
Just fulinished A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge. Didn't enjoy as much as A Fire Upon the Deep, but it was still a good space opera. Some uncomfortable sex scenes though.
I’m not reading par se but I’m an audiobook fan and also a fan of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (Legends). I’m enjoying listening to the new recordings of the first Thrawn trilogy.
These re-recordings will probably be the last of its kind, given Disney’s declaration of non-canon.
Not enough Heinlein!
Not enough underaged incest orgies? Or not enough Ayn Rand shit-takes?
Just finished Brute Force by Scott Meyers. It's scifi with a hilarious tone. Highly recommend for an easy and entertaining read.
Martha Wells Murder Bot series (All Systems Red is the title in the post picture) is fun as well as quick and easy to read.
I will say it's not my favorite type of scifi but her writing style paired with the fun stories sucked me in.
Currently listening to the audiobook of The City and the City by China Meiville (Maybe should have read this one instead of the audiobook)
Currently reading the current F&SF magazine issue
I bought both Asimov collections, and after reading the I, Robot edition pictured above, I started Prelude to Foundation.
Picked up 2 different series by Will Wight cause they were free on amazon for a while, and very impressed
Halfway through Cradle, on book 6 and it's actually really good; a naruto-eque world with well thought out power progression, great world building and characters, with plenty of peril and few dull moments
Just beginning The Mountain of Mars, book 8 of Glynn Stewart’s Starship’s Mage series.
Just finished Translation State by Ann Leckie. Loved it for a while, got tired of it by the end. Felt it descended into whimsy
I'm reading the Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, which is the first book of the Kane's Chronicles. I'm also reading Queen of Shadows by Sarah j. Maas.
My recent reads: