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What books are you reading at the moment? (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] FatLegTed@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Was a recommendation on the R site.

Complex, eon spanning, hard sci-fi. I'm loving it!

[–] CuriousLibrarian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I finished Seveneves a few weeks ago. If I wasn't reading it with a friend I wouldn't have finished. I am glad I did, I loved the last 1/4 of the book.

[–] Pulptastic@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I love that book. Very ambitious and enjoyable.

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

How far in are you?

[–] FatLegTed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just moved on to Kath Two. After all the fun with Izzy and The Cannibals ;-)

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Izzy and the what?! 👀😵

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

Can't reply too much - spoilers!

[–] Casallas@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Amazing book! Loved it +1

[–] TooL@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you could, what other sci-fi works would you compare it to? I am wrapping up the Children of Time series and could use something else.

[–] AWizard_ATrueStar@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I sold Seveneves to a friend by saying it is like Neal Stephenson wrote The Martian. Well, at least the first 2/3 of it. It talks a lot about the science how how an event like the one described in the book might happen but with the kind if granularity and verbosity you would expect from NS.

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

Not sure. Tried a couple of Adrian Tchaikovsky and couldn't really get on. Could be because they were audiobooks.

Have been 'off' of reading for a while, but have realised a new found love for my Kindle.

Andy Wier's Hail Mary might fit your bill.

Or Iain Banks' Culture series.