Aside from Project Hail Mary which I assume every /c/sciencefiction subscriber is going to read what have you been reading or plan to read?

Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (August 2023)

  • @[email protected]
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    111 year ago
    • Zoe Punches the Future in the Dick and If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin
    • The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
    • IzzyOP
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      91 year ago

      I read the first 4 Murderbot Diaries a long time ago and the other day I learned there are at least 4 more. 🤖☠️

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        I adore the Murderbot Diaries. It’s weird how something so violent can be so, I dunno, calming.

        • DrChickenbeer
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          41 year ago

          I fucking love the Murderbot books. They got me back into reading novels.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        They’re great fun.

        I was disappointed with Martha Wells’ most recent book though. I won’t spoil it, but it came down to me never emotionally connecting to the main character, and too much worldbuilding having been done for one book…a lot of build-up that goes nowhere.

        I haven’t read her non-Murderbot books, so at some point I imagine I’ll be curious enough to go back and see if Murderbot was just something that hit a zeitgeist, the right topic at the right time, or if Witch King simply a weaker offering even compared to the pre-Murderbot stuff she’s done.

    • wrath-sedan
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      51 year ago

      I binged as much Murderbot as I could about two years ago. Super fun reads. Plus I think the loosely connected novella format is interesting and makes them all that much bingier.

      • hash
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        41 year ago

        I did the same recently and agree 100%. They’re just such charming stories. Sometimes I want my hard scifi but others I want a good story that gives me the thrill of not being able to put a book down.