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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?
I'm not a big book reader, but a friend got me "The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla and Other Works". It's sitting on my nightstand when I can motivate to crack a boot. The book I finished before it was "Brief Answers to the Big Questions" by Stephen Hawking.
I like reading works from Scientists. I can't understand their research papers because of the math, but I enjoy the works they do for the layman.
I'm reading the Silo series after watching the show, it is pretty good so far.
Love to see Leviathan Wakes in the graphic as well
My recent reads:
Just finished Translation State by Ann Leckie. Loved it for a while, got tired of it by the end. Felt it descended into whimsy
Just beginning The Mountain of Mars, book 8 of Glynn Stewart’s Starship’s Mage series.
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 finished Brute Force by Scott Meyers. It's scifi with a hilarious tone. Highly recommend for an easy and entertaining read.
Just finished reading an older series: Nine Princes in Amber. Doesn't age as well as I'd like.
Yeah, I enjoyed them when I was a college student but on later re-reading Corwin just comes across as a two-dimensional good-hearted wise guy who can take care of himself. Kind of a fantasy version of early-generation science fiction a la Asimov or Heinlein.
I´m reading select texts about what is grassroots-community action. It has been quite nice. The book is in Portuguese though.
I've been reading a thrift store find as of late, "The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 11", a short story collection first published in 1998, ed. Gardner Dozois by Robinson Publishing.
In general I've been reading different sci fi short story collections of as of late, while waiting for the next Final Architecture -book to drop.
a world without visa by ean Malaquais
https://libcom.org/article/world-without-visa
tough to get into but worth every page, but far from accessible if you are not known to french and russian names en masse
I just finished Season of Skulls by Charles Stross. 3rd book of the New Management series... a sort of sequel series to the Laundry Files.
I'm re-reading the red rising series right now to be up to date for the new book that just released. Very excited to get to it
Pride and Prejudice. Finishing soon.. another classic down.
Currently working through Stephen King's dark tower series, on book 4 so getting through them quick. First time I've read any of his stuff but I'm hooked.