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Just opened this blast from the past. Reminds me of how much I dig EL......

I don't read but instead listen to audio books in my vehicle when i'm out and about for work. Right now i'm listening to The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
Novel by Scott Lynch.

I recently finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir, and I really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to the movie version this fall (although I'm sure the book will be better).

Just started the Martian myself! Look forward to movie as well. Matt Damon will do a good job!

I also read a lot of scifi, but I kind of hated the Martian, really disliked the writing style. I know I'm in the vast minority with that opinion though.

Finishing up Ken Liu's debut novel at the moment, "grace of kings" - its OK but I preferred his short stories, eg "mono no aware" and "the paper menagerie". The former is available free online, worth the read.

Next up is third book in The Culture series, "Use of Weapons".

For sci-fi I liked James S A Corey 's Expanse series. But love Fantasy and fav is Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (book 1 and 2 out so far)

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:I also read a lot of scifi, but I kind of hated the Martian, really disliked the writing style. I know I'm in the vast minority with that opinion though

I will admit that I didn't like the style at the beginning, but it grew on me.

I'm reading Yeast from the brewing elements series, but if we're talking fiction here I just finish Glue by Irvine Welsh.

We read this atleast once a week haha... And by read we watch.

Go The Fuck to Sleep.

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Did the wife read it to you?

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JohnnyMac wrote:Just opened this blast from the past. Reminds me of how much I dig EL......

Elmore Leonard in the summer can't be beat! Quick, fun reads and you can hang out an entire book over the weekend at the beach.

After a long hiatus from reading (anything other than technical documents) I recently started Dan Brown's 'Inferno' on a flight back from L.A. It's pretty much standard Dan Brown... apocalyptic, questionable science... but fun.

amartin wrote:I'm reading Yeast from the brewing elements series, but if we're talking fiction here I just finish Glue by Irvine Welsh.

any good? I've read a few of his books and I still don't know what to think

GAM wrote:Did the wife read it to you?

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Sometimes.

bluenose wrote:

amartin wrote:I'm reading Yeast from the brewing elements series, but if we're talking fiction here I just finish Glue by Irvine Welsh.

any good? I've read a few of his books and I still don't know what to think

I liked it, but I've read a lot of his books.

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Gibson is a genius. Neuromancer et al were written 30+ years ago now which astounds me more every time I think of it. The Bridge trilogy he wrote after that is practically prescient.

And try to find the follow-up to "Surely You're Joking…" I think it was called "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" Feynman was definitely a flawed character but also one of the brightest minds of the 20th century.

mumblecrunch wrote:Gibson is a genius. Neuromancer et al were written 30+ years ago now which astounds me more every time I think of it. The Bridge trilogy he wrote after that is practically prescient.
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Yes!

1491 and 1493. I listen to lots of books through audible.

mumblecrunch wrote:Gibson is a genius. Neuromancer et al were written 30+ years ago now which astounds me more every time I think of it. The Bridge trilogy he wrote after that is practically prescient.

And try to find the follow-up to "Surely You're Joking…" I think it was called "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" Feynman was definitely a flawed character but also one of the brightest minds of the 20th century.

Neuromancer was great. You're right, in the context of the time it was written it's even more brilliant. It would be hard for anyone who wasn't alive yet to appreciate how different the world was in the early 1980's.

I really enjoyed the Feynman autobiography. It was a great window into how he thought about things, and just what made him so brilliant. It was interesting to see his disdain for the worst aspects of academia, and his love of learning things not necessarily considered important by his peers. A true character. I'll have to check out the second one when I get a chance.

That's funny, I just started Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson last night.

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:Next up is third book in The Culture series, "Use of Weapons".

Probably my favourite Culture novel out of the 5 that I've read. Definitely a mind-fuck ending!

I'm burning through the Expanse series but I took a break mid way to read Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan and it was absolutely amazing. Very noir, gritty, and violent as hell. I love it when sci-fi explores the dark side of humanity.

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I'm mostly reading beer books lately. I went through Brown Ale and Bock of the 'Classic Beer Style' series in the last couple of weeks and I'm just about to crack open 'Malt'. Having said that, what with the Tour de France underway, I also read 'Slaying the Badger'.

evanisnor wrote:I'm burning through the Expanse series but I took a break mid way to read Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan and it was absolutely amazing. Very noir, gritty, and violent as hell. I love it when sci-fi explores the dark side of humanity.

Altered Carbon had a really interesting style to it. The other two Takeshi books were worth a read as well. Also enjoyed Market Forces as well, same undercurrent of social commentary that runs through all his work.

Just finished reading 'Ready Player One', and really enjoyed it - loved all of the 70's & 80's pop culture.



Next on my list to read is 'Year One'.