Aside from Project Hail Mary which I assume every /c/sciencefiction subscriber is going to read what have you been reading or plan to read?

Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (August 2023)

  • Papanca@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I was a huge SF fan when i was younger, but gradually the habit to read books disappeared from my radar. But i decided to pick it up again and bought two books to start with: I am almost halfway through the Three body problem from Cixin Liu, but frankly; so far, i don’t get the appeal. The way the author writes is quite cold or distancing - if that is a word - and i find it hard to feel for any of the characters. So, i also just started reading Children of time, from Adrian Tchaikovski.

    • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Yeah I couldn’t get through the three body problem.

      Bobiverse audiobooks are the gold standard for contemporary sci-fi IMO.

      • batmaniam@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Just started Bob Legion. LOVE it so far. If you like bob and haven’t done Project Hail Marry there’s some common DNA. Also the audiobook voice actor is the same.

    • mathos@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I just finished The Dark Forest and I’ve got to say: I was not enjoying myself until halfway through. TBP was a slog and the first half of TDF was more of the same. But the second half of TDF? It was alllll worth it for me. I couldn’t put it down and I’m super excited to start book three.

      Ymmv but I’ve got no regrets sticking with it.

      • Papanca@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Fingers crossed it will work out this way with Three Body Problem. I will finish it

        • mathos@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          How’d it go? I finished the third book. No regrets

          Also finished Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky which I actually enjoyed a lot more… but maybe I’m a simpleton

          • Papanca@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            I finished it and it picked up in the final couple of chapters, but i too still preferred Children of Time; that was maybe the most eye opening ‘what if’ about a completely believable alien species. I’ve read many SF books, but this one was the only one where i found it to be a totally convincing, completely different species.