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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 05 (discuss.online)
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As for books, reading Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series). Didn't get much time, but slowly making progress.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] misericordiae@literature.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I started The Pastel City by M. John Harrison last night; it's been on my list for so long I don't remember why it's there. Kind of a Dying Earth setup, where it's thousands of years after the fall of civilization, and a medieval-style society has blossomed in a world full of rusting. ancient tech. I'm barely out of the prologue, so no real impressions yet.

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Finished Extremity by Nicholas Binge, which is about a police investigation into a billionaire's death that goes sideways in very scifi ways. It sounded really good, but it wasn't really a mystery, wasn't long enough to lean into the tension it tried to do, and swerved into a subgenre I'm not fond of. It's not bad, just not for me.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Pastel City sounds pretty cool, I'll add it to my list!

If you like that genre (post-apocalyptic future) you may want to give Davy by Edgar Pangborn a shot too.

[–] misericordiae@literature.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'll give it a look, thanks!