Howdy folks, hope you stayed warm and cozied up with a good book. So tell us: what have you been reading this week?

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Kim Stanley Robinson, I instantly started with the mars trilogy. I’ll likely finish Blue Mars today, which is turning out to be my favorite so far.

      I requested Ministry for the Future at my local library, so I'm waiting on that right now while catching up on school work.

    • AngusMcAnus [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The Expanse books are also pretty good (if you haven't already read them), I recently finished book 8 and I can't wait how they'll close out the series this year because let me tell you, Tiamat's Wrath has some WILD shit going down.

        • AngusMcAnus [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          They're a really enjoyable read because the chapters are usually only about 8-10 pages long and switch perspectives each time. Book 1 only has two main characters for the most part, but later books really expand (pun not intended) the roster of points of view. The show is very slow, especially in the first two seasons but it picks up the pace later, and in some aspects it's a lot better than the books because the authors are part of the screenwriting team and made changes that accommodated the earlier parts of the story for later developments.