What book are you reading...
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I've tried Wheel of Time about 3 times, as I know sometimes it can take me a couple of attempts to get through a book, but i've utterly failed to manage even the first one.
I've just finished "When the moon hits your eye" by John Scalzi, one of his very deliberately weird/funny books*.
Basically the moon turns to cheese one day and it's following what happens in the next few weeks from the viewpoint of various people, it made me chuckle more than once and had some quite pointed nods at certain types of people as well as referencing how stupid people can be.
I don't think it's up there with his "Starter Villain" but it's good fun, and i'm looking forward to his next book which by the sounds of it is likely to be more classic sci-fi.
*For those that have seen Love, Death & Robots on Netflix, Scalzi was behind the 3 robots stories, The day the Yogurt took over and Alternate Histories.
Thanks, I quite like Scalzi (I just finished The Interdependency a month back and enjoyed Starter Villain and The Kaiju Preservation Society) so I'll add this one to my list.
I finished Nation by Terry Pratchett (one of the few of his I hadn't read - pretty good, too!) and am now reading In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, by John Gribbins. It's a fairly gentle explanation of quantum mechanics, the history of its discovery, and I think is going to go up to the current state of the art by the end; I'm about halfway through. Finding it fascinating but quite mind-bending at times! 
Its good isn't it?
Currently about 50% through The Hunger Of The Gods, and if anything its better imo.
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I'm on Fury of the Gods! It's a really good series like all his series. You can tell he really loves the source material.
Here I am over 7 months later, and I am just now half way through book 11. It has been very slow going but I can see the light at the end....
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I just finished Monitor Found In Orbit by Michael G Coney. It's scifi short stories. Most were very good with one (60s/70s new wave scifi, which i dislike) unreadable.
One story was set in a world where your worth to society determines what treatment you get. A poor girl trapped in a mining disaster is deemed not worth rescuing, so they instead drill a small hole to pass her liquid food. Her social credit is due to run out in 7 months, when the food will stop...
One story was set in a world where your worth to society determines what treatment you get. A poor girl trapped in a mining disaster is deemed not worth rescuing, so they instead drill a small hole to pass her liquid food. Her social credit is due to run out in 7 months, when the food will stop...
I just can't get into John Gwynne, I picked up The Shadow of the Gods on the kindle as it was free so I thought I'd give it a go... not there yet.
I enjoyed most of it, but my brain itched whenever he mentioned ‘thought-cage’ instead of mind or head. It was so unnecessary. It’s like saying ‘poking sticks’ for arms or ‘standing stilts’ for legs.
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Isn't it from Norse terminology? I think he's overused it but nothing wrong with the term itself.
Oh, really? I didn’t realise that. I’d never heard it before reading his books, but it just seemed so weirdly out of place.
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I finished More Penguin Science Fiction, edited by Brian Adiss yesterday.
I realised I had read it before, about 3 stories in, but it's really good, so read it again.
I realised I had read it before, about 3 stories in, but it's really good, so read it again.
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I'm just about to start that series, love Lawrence but I usually wait for complete series.
Have you tried his Faithfull & Fallen series?
I am really enjoying his Bloodsworn series but imo F&F was better.
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After a brief break from anything sci-fi/fantasy and having finished the Horus heresy series and I thought I'd have a dabble in the Warhammer fantasy world. I've just started with Gotrek and Felix which so far is a very easy and little hearted read.
Will probably go for the Sigmar series next unless anyone has any other recommendations?
Will probably go for the Sigmar series next unless anyone has any other recommendations?
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I will look at it, thanks for the recommendation.
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Misery, Steven king. 8 of 10 One of kings best.
Movie definitely does it justice.
Movie definitely does it justice.