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  • George KG George K

    @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

    Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

    Started it. It's a fun read.

    It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

    If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

    Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

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    @george-k said in What are you reading now?:

    @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

    Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

    Started it. It's a fun read.

    It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

    If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

    Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

    Thanks for the recommendations - I'm on it. Haven't read sci-fi in a while (last one was Seveneves). I'll probably be done this in a few days even with work.

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      Just finished - really nicely done, nuanced biography and history of the time, one of the better and memorable books I've read this past year.

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        @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

        Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

        Started it. It's a fun read.

        It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

        If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

        Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

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        @george-k said in What are you reading now?:

        @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

        Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

        Started it. It's a fun read.

        It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

        If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

        Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

        Just finished it. Stand by the rec. Really good.

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          @george-k said in What are you reading now?:

          @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

          Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

          Started it. It's a fun read.

          It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

          If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

          Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

          Just finished it. Stand by the rec. Really good.

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          @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

          Just finished it. Stand by the rec. Really good.

          OK - Next: Scalzi's "Fuzzy Nation."

          Or "Lock-In." It's not as science-fiction-ey as Fuzzy Nation. It's the story of a detective who caught a virus during a pandemic, causing her to be "locked in" - awake, aware, and unable to move. Technology makes her life tolerable.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • George KG George K

            @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

            Just finished it. Stand by the rec. Really good.

            OK - Next: Scalzi's "Fuzzy Nation."

            Or "Lock-In." It's not as science-fiction-ey as Fuzzy Nation. It's the story of a detective who caught a virus during a pandemic, causing her to be "locked in" - awake, aware, and unable to move. Technology makes her life tolerable.

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            @george-k Ha! I started looking for some similar books. Old Man's War seems to be a frequently recommended one as well.

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              @george-k Ha! I started looking for some similar books. Old Man's War seems to be a frequently recommended one as well.

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              @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

              Old Man's War

              That was the first Scalzi I read (on @Jolly 's recommendation). There are, I think 5 books in the series and all of them are good. They are hard HARD, military SF. Not as engaging, or light as the others, but very enjoyable. The last two books are the same story from two different characters' perspectives. Made for an interesting read.

              "The President's Brain is Missing" is another fun read.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Just finishing up:

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                Elbows up!

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                  After binging Lilyhammer I went to this. Just published last week.

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                  • bachophileB bachophile

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                    After binging Lilyhammer I went to this. Just published last week.

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                    @bachophile said in What are you reading now?:

                    After binging Lilyhammer I went to this. Just published last week.

                    The title and photo makes it looks like something that ladies of a certain age would read

                    I was only joking

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                    • George KG George K

                      @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                      Old Man's War

                      That was the first Scalzi I read (on @Jolly 's recommendation). There are, I think 5 books in the series and all of them are good. They are hard HARD, military SF. Not as engaging, or light as the others, but very enjoyable. The last two books are the same story from two different characters' perspectives. Made for an interesting read.

                      "The President's Brain is Missing" is another fun read.

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                      @george-k said in What are you reading now?:

                      @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                      Old Man's War

                      That was the first Scalzi I read (on @Jolly 's recommendation). There are, I think 5 books in the series and all of them are good. They are hard HARD, military SF. Not as engaging, or light as the others, but very enjoyable. The last two books are the same story from two different characters' perspectives. Made for an interesting read.

                      "The President's Brain is Missing" is another fun read.

                      Alright - I'll pick a new one this weekend. Ever read the Bobiverse series? That's another one that seems to pop-up in the same vein...

                      (Edit: I also just realized that "in the same vein" is a mining analogy. Never actually thought about that before.)

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                        @george-k said in What are you reading now?:

                        @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                        Old Man's War

                        That was the first Scalzi I read (on @Jolly 's recommendation). There are, I think 5 books in the series and all of them are good. They are hard HARD, military SF. Not as engaging, or light as the others, but very enjoyable. The last two books are the same story from two different characters' perspectives. Made for an interesting read.

                        "The President's Brain is Missing" is another fun read.

                        Alright - I'll pick a new one this weekend. Ever read the Bobiverse series? That's another one that seems to pop-up in the same vein...

                        (Edit: I also just realized that "in the same vein" is a mining analogy. Never actually thought about that before.)

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                        @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                        Ever read the Bobiverse series? That's another one that seems to pop-up in the same vein...

                        I've all but the new one. Though a clever concept, they don't seem to have the wit or charm of Scalzi.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          @bachophile said in What are you reading now?:

                          After binging Lilyhammer I went to this. Just published last week.

                          The title and photo makes it looks like something that ladies of a certain age would read

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                          @doctor-phibes a more recent photo. Today actually. Recognize the bird next to him?!

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                            @doctor-phibes a more recent photo. Today actually. Recognize the bird next to him?!

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                            @bachophile said in What are you reading now?:

                            Recognize the bird next to him?!

                            She looks like a lady of a certain age. Then again, so does he.

                            I was only joking

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                              Just started
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                                Just started
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                                @kluurs "Our ORIENTAL Heritage?"

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                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  @george-k Ha! I started looking for some similar books. Old Man's War seems to be a frequently recommended one as well.

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                                  @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                                  @george-k Ha! I started looking for some similar books. Old Man's War seems to be a frequently recommended one as well.

                                  Check out the Honor Harrington series. Think of it as Hornblower in space. Besides, the first six or seven books are available online for free. Just do a search for Baen CD.

                                  I thought Jim Baen was a very smart man for giving away author's blacklists.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    just started this, its the story of an american british convoy to deliver matériel, to archangel in arctic russia, summer 1942. along the way, the c0mplex relationship between FDR, Churchill and Stalin.

                                    when it comes to history, im a sucker for all things maritime (yes i loved greyhound with tom hanks even though some panned it) and every time i think there cant be another angle about world war two that hasn't been covered, i discover this. Just started but I know from the first few pages it will be my kind of book.

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                                    @bachophile said in What are you reading now?:

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                                    just started this, its the story of an american british convoy to deliver matériel, to archangel in arctic russia, summer 1942. along the way, the c0mplex relationship between FDR, Churchill and Stalin.

                                    when it comes to history, im a sucker for all things maritime (yes i loved greyhound with tom hanks even though some panned it) and every time i think there cant be another angle about world war two that hasn't been covered, i discover this. Just started but I know from the first few pages it will be my kind of book.

                                    Read Forrester's The Good Shepard which is the book on which Greyhound is based. Available for free at The Faded Page.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      @bachophile said in What are you reading now?:

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                                      just started this, its the story of an american british convoy to deliver matériel, to archangel in arctic russia, summer 1942. along the way, the c0mplex relationship between FDR, Churchill and Stalin.

                                      when it comes to history, im a sucker for all things maritime (yes i loved greyhound with tom hanks even though some panned it) and every time i think there cant be another angle about world war two that hasn't been covered, i discover this. Just started but I know from the first few pages it will be my kind of book.

                                      Read Forrester's The Good Shepard which is the book on which Greyhound is based. Available for free at The Faded Page.

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                                      @jolly yea I put that on a to read list a ways back.

                                      I enjoyed the archangel convoy book a lot.

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                                        @bachophile said in What are you reading now?:

                                        Recognize the bird next to him?!

                                        She looks like a lady of a certain age. Then again, so does he.

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                                        @doctor-phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                                        Recognize the bird next to him?!

                                        Well, who is it???

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Enjoyed Project Hail Mary. Not as good as The Martian, but MUCH better than Artemis. Weir tends to let techno-talk get in the way of storytelling a bit too much, however.

                                          Up next:

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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