What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@ndc said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
So it sounds like you are maybe looking for recs mostly in the cyberpunk field but probably not exclusively.
If you haven't read any Gibson you should do it post haste.
I think something like the Marid Audran novels starting with When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger would also be excellent for you.
For something (relatively) recent and super cool but not cyberpunk check out Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang. Not exactly SF or Fantasy, but has some great stuff going on.
Edited to add: Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder would also be an excellent addition to your list. It is more straight SF but has some really excellent takes on how augmentation might play out.
You're reminding me of how long it's been since I've ready Isaac Asimov's stuff. I need to pick up digital versions of the robot series'.
When @wirestyle22 first asked for recommendations of SF/Fantasy cross over stuff I had thought about suggesting Childhood's End due to he heavy use of psychic powers but I don't think it's really where he's headed. Good stuff though and worth a read.
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@ndc said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@ndc said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
So it sounds like you are maybe looking for recs mostly in the cyberpunk field but probably not exclusively.
If you haven't read any Gibson you should do it post haste.
I think something like the Marid Audran novels starting with When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger would also be excellent for you.
For something (relatively) recent and super cool but not cyberpunk check out Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang. Not exactly SF or Fantasy, but has some great stuff going on.
Edited to add: Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder would also be an excellent addition to your list. It is more straight SF but has some really excellent takes on how augmentation might play out.
You're reminding me of how long it's been since I've ready Isaac Asimov's stuff. I need to pick up digital versions of the robot series'.
When @wirestyle22 first asked for recommendations of SF/Fantasy cross over stuff I had thought about suggesting Childhood's End due to he heavy use of psychic powers but I don't think it's really where he's headed. Good stuff though and worth a read.
I'm open to anything really. Trying to see how other people have done it successfully
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
I'm open to anything really. Trying to see how other people have done it successfully
Out of context this could mean so many things. . .
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This is a good book series I've been reading.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/8894/everybody-loves-large-chests
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I started reading Steinbeck's East of Eden last night.
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I really need to get my Calibre library back up and running. Just finished the Fifth Season by NK Jemisin and I'm fairly certain the sequels are already in there. They definitely need to find their way onto my phone!
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I finished the first three books of Barsoom Series Complete Collection - 11 Books (13 Novels) of John Carter - Fully Illustrated by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
After watching the John Carter movie I got curious about the original source and picked it up on Kindle.
It took a bit to get used to ERB's style given the era it was written in but it was non-stop gripping.
When I have a bit more time I'll finish the series as I got distracted by Conrad Black's Donald J. Trump biography that my foster dad passed along to me.
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Just finished reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to the kids, once again.
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond with my daughter.
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Finished Chamber of Secrets last night.
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Just started reading the first three chapters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to the kids. Believe it or not, my wife has never read it!
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The Magicians Nephew
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Just started reading the first three chapters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to the kids. Believe it or not, my wife has never read it!
Making good progress on this book.
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@scottalanmiller How did she go to school and never encounter that?
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@jmoore I never read it either, but I've heard about it a number of times.
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@NerdyDad Ok I guess it isnt that unusual then. It was either read to me in early years or required reading at least twice if I remember.
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jmoore I never read it either, but I've heard about it a number of times.
It's a decent book. I always enjoyed Twain as a writer. Although that's like saying I like water. Twain is a phenomenal writer I don't think that's ever been disputed.
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@coliver Yeah I agree with that
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@jmoore said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller How did she go to school and never encounter that?
Seriously, no idea! And she went to a liberal arts college as well! She was salutatorian of her class in high school.
