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Linux Kernel development, Operating Systems Principals & Practice, Computer Systems A Programmer’s Perspective, and Forward the Foundation
An interesting time to be reading Forward…. Was that because of the TV series? Are you reading them in sequence?
I read all of the main sequence of Dune through to the Brian Herbert ending books. Quinns Ideas got me motivated enough to start reading those a few years ago. That got me to start Foundation next. I saw the various Asimov books referenced by the publishers and read most of the series. I still have Foundation’s Edge, and one other I’m not able to recall ATM, to fill in my entire collection from Robots through Foundation.
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson! Great series so far
Brandon Sanderson is definitely one of the greats of this era of fantasy writers.
I’m finishing it too. Great writer and great saga
Me too! Although the audiobook version. Hoping to finish this one before the audiobook version of Red Rising #7 comes out!
People are divided on Oathbringer, but I genuinely think it’s my favorite book.
I’m currently reading Secret Project 3, it’s good so far but I’m only a few pages in.
Has anybody read The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook yet? I just finished it, great concept I just wish it was longer.
Brandon Sanderson is always a good recommendation
I’m reading Hero of Ages right now, Mistborn being my first Sanderson series. I’ve already purchased all of Stormlight and can’t wait to start!
I’m in the middle of The Lost Metal right now. Mistborn is my first Sanderson series as well and it’s great!
I tend to binge through books. I just finished Andy Weir’s Artemis and Project Hail Mary in about one night each.
Which means the things I’m in the middle of tend to be web serials since I can’t just rush through. I’ve got dozens of tabs of royalroad open in my phone’s browser. Everything by Ravensdagger is good, and I’ve been enjoying Return of the Runebound Professor and Let’s Not Obliterate, and awaiting the scheduled return from hiatus of Ends of Magic on Monday.
Project Hail Mary is an excellent read. I’m recommending it constantly.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Great book. I remember where I was and what I was doing when I read sections of that book for the first time. It really leaves a mark on you and no im not being clever
My favorite book of all time. Hope you’re having fun with it!
I’m really enjoying it.
Great series. My personal favorite from Simmons is the Ilium/Olympos duology, although Olympos was a bit of a letdown at the end. Simmons is brilliant but he does have a way of setting a lot of things up and occasionally failing to deliver a satisfying climax. Hyperion and Endymion, read as two complete works, do a better job of concluding things.
I distinctly remember reading Ilium when I was like 12 and just being absolutely dumbfounded by the erotic scenes with Helen of Troy. I had never encountered adult content like that in a book and it just blew my horny teenage mind.
Simmons’ fusion of historical literature with robust far future science fiction is chef’s kiss.
Some people will say the rest of the series isn’t worth reading, but I enjoyed them all.
Just finished the Fall of Hyperion and it’s pretty good still. It can definitely be hard to follow along sometimes though.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I borrowed it from a friend so long ago I don’t remember who it was. Like… More than 10 years ago. I didn’t expect it to start out so strangely, especially after finishing The Three Body Problem lol. And that one started very strangely!
Snow Crash is on my “to read” list. I keep running into references to it.
It’s a little dated but I’m enjoying it, knowing it was written during a time I’m familiar with
The Three Body problem by Cixin Liu
Wage Labor and Capital - Karl Marx. It’s very small but I’m taking my time with it
I’m in kind of a rotation of Sci-Fi (last: Children of Dune), classic novels (Dune kinda counts but my last from this category was Lord of the Flies), and nonfiction/leftism
A collection of Kafka short stories
Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie. It’s book 2 of the First Law series. I’m mainly a Sci-fi reader, but started this fantasy series, and wow, what a ride.
Aww man, if I go could go back into this series fresh again. I love this series.
If you enjoy the first trilogy the three standalone books are also great and the follow up trilogy is also fantastic.
But man, The Bloody Nine is an all time character.
Enjoy!
I’m not much of a reader, but I read to my daughter (9). We just finished The Hobbit and have now started the first chapter of The Lord Of The Rings (I also read the prolog, where all peculiarities about hobbits are mentioned. She endured it, but she didn’t like it much)
I’m reading Michael Crichton’s The Sphere. It’s an odd one - Crichton rarely spends a lot of time on character, but Sphere in particular is barely interested in the people at all. It’s situations and implications, a sense of mystery and dread, that the author is interested in, and he whips from one dilemma to the next so quickly its a little disorienting. that can sound like praise, but I’m not sure it is. This is an early work, and it feels rough now and then. Without strong characters, the only voice you really hear is Crichton’s, and his tech-terror-explainer ‘tone’ can be a little tough to swallow in large amounts. all the same, I’m desperate to see where it goes, even as I suspect it will all be over much faster than most of his later novels.
I just finished Jurassic Park, and similarly the plot was fun but the characters were fine. The only character that’s somewhat fleshed out is basically a stand-in for Crichton himself and actually has multiple almost chapter long monologues talking about the “arrogance of science.”
Which is confusing as hell as the character is supposedly a world-renown and respected mathematician and basically all of the criticisms Malcolm throws at “science” and “scientists” (as if all science and scientists are some unified bloc) would apply directly to other areas of academia…like mathematics.
I didn’t even touch on the thematic confusion of pro-corporation messages while the villain is corporation-personified.
I say all of that to say Crichton in my experience is great at finding interesting scenarios and plot lines to explore, and not much else.
Last book of The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.
Aww man, if I go could go back into this series fresh again. I love this series.
If you enjoy the first trilogy the three standalone books are also great and the follow up trilogy is also fantastic.
But man, The Bloody Nine is an all time character.
I second the opinion of the audio book versions.
Enjoy!
Let me bring this thread’s intellect down a little by sharing my delight in listening to He Who Fights With Monsters. Absolutely goofy book about a guy who gets sucked into an alternate world full of magic. It’s an homage to RPG games and had me chuckling and feeling wistful.
I’m in the middle of the Wax and Wayne series by Brandon Sanderson, just finished Shadows of Self.
Sanderson’s books are a really fun read, highly recommend them to anyone interested in fantasy.
TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1, it may be a little bit outdated, but the core concepts still stand.
