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I'm currently reading the Wool omnibus by Hugh Howey. It's pretty decent I've been making very rapid progress as it's been too hot to sleep here recently now the summer has arrived.

I haven't seen the Apple show, but maybe I'll watch it in the future when I've finished all the books (I had Shift and Dust as well).

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[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Wool was great. And the show was good too. You can basically watch the first season after finishing Wool, if you’d like.

I’m reading He Who Fights With Monsters but I’m going to dig through this thread and find a good scifi novel to read next!

[–] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm currently reading Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, which is the first book of the Expanse series. I haven't watched the TV series, since I wanted to dive into the books without previous knowledge.

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Working my way through some Hugo winners past— reading A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M Miller.

[–] rephlekt2718@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not science fiction, but I’m loving Carl Sagans “The Demon-Haunted World”. He really was a brilliant dude.

[–] lemmy@lemmy.quad442.com 1 points 1 year ago

I'm Listening currently because it's convenient at work but, Finishing the Bobiverse for my 3rd go around

[–] warriorpriest@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. Book 3 in the Words of Radiance series.

[–] TheBiscuitLout@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I’m reading The Best Of World SF Vol 2 compilation, edited by Lavie Tidhar. There are some phenomenal short stories in this and the first one, and I really enjoy hearing voices from outside the English-speaking bubble that I usually read

[–] CuriousLibrarian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I listened to the 2nd and 3rd books of the Murderbot series on a car ride recently. I had read them before, but it was the first time that he did. I really enjoyed laughing with him.

[–] paper_clip@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I've been working through The Expanse books, and have just started Leviathan Falls.

[–] rizo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just ended with 'Children of Time' by Adrian Tchaikovsky and will now start 'Children of Ruin' (the second in the series). I liked it a lot,... the gist of it:

  • Humans terraform planets
  • Humans want 'crispr' intelligent apes
  • Humans kill each other
  • Crispr can't find apes,.. uses spiders instead
  • Other Humans come eons later and find intelligent spiders

The story is told through the eyes of the spiders and the surviving humans and how they try to communicate, think in different terms, fight for the last habitable planet,....

[–] Kajibits@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We're going on an adventure!

[–] rizo@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

The second one was also "funny"... My wife just finished the third...

[–] Zana@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

House of Leaves. Although I'm struggling because I haven't read a physical book in years and I can't bring it everywhere like I can my Leaf 2.

[–] hydro033@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Man, I read that and all the crazy notes in all different directions. Quite a trip. I personally think it could have been a bit shorter and deliver the same effect, but it really is pretty neat and original. I hope they make it into a film or show someday - it deserves the treatment and the author deserves the $$.

[–] LamerTex@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm rereading Asimov's complete saga in "internal story chronological order":

  1. I, Robot / The Complete Robot (except 'Mirror Image'!) [ROBOTS]

  2. The Caves of Steel [ROBOTS]

  3. The Naked Sun [ROBOTS]

  4. Mirror Image (short story) [ROBOTS]

  5. The Robots of Dawn [ROBOTS]

  6. Robots and Empire [ROBOTS]

  7. The Stars, Like Dust-- [EMPIRE]

  8. The Currents of Space [EMPIRE]

  9. Pebble in the Sky [EMPIRE]

  10. Prelude to Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  11. Forward the Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  12. Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  13. Foundation and Empire [FOUNDATION]

  14. Second Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  15. Foundation's Edge [FOUNDATION]

  16. Foundation and Earth [FOUNDATION]

I'm currently on "Forward the foundation"

[–] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised The Caves of Steel is so early as it seemed really futuristic compared to most of The Complete Robot, but I read it a long time ago so maybe I'm not remembering correctly.

[–] Narauko@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The Foundation series is absolutely amazing, and I am jealous of you if this is your first reading. One of my formative series growing up. You're inspiring me to do the whole Asimov read through like your doing, because I don't believe I ever read the Empire books and never read Robot beyond I, Robot.