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Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Who read the best seller ? ...

... Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind

of Yuval Noah Harari.

... and give his opinion ? It seems that many people say that this is an excellent book
 

Leadfoot

Leadfoot
I work nights (drawbridge tender), not much to do (it's a high bridge so not many openings - most times none). Lots of time to read. Recently finished The Clash of Eagles Trilogy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/3CE/the-clash-of-eagles-trilogy

Also recently finished "Will Save the Galaxy for Food" which is about out-of-work space pilots on the moon, mostly out of work due to quantum tunneling technology. Written by the guy who does "zero punctuation". Would make a really funny movie.
https://www.amazon.com/Will-Save-Galaxy-Yahtzee-Croshaw/dp/1506701655

Currently reading "Adrift" http://www.thenerddaily.com/review-adrift-by-rob-boffard/
Tourists in the area of a mining / tourist hotel station, out for a 3-hour tour happen to be "away from the space station" while a mysterious ship comes in and blasts the station and local ships to shreds. Making their way to a jump gate four hours flight away, they find the jump gate has also been shredded the same way. And the mysterious ship is coming back .... for them, and this is a tourist ship not designed for battle flight. Buckle up. :)
 
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Barking_Mad

Barking_Mad
Debt - David Graber. An anthropologists view of the history of debt and what is actually is and isn't. Great read that turns what you think debt is an as not upside down.
 

BulletTrev

BulletTrev
Sassinak, Volume One of The Planet Pirates , Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon ( might even jump back into my Eagle Mk2 ' Tango 1'( decided to 'Embrace The Orange' awhile ago , even asked for and received a orange Sekonda watch last Xmax)).
And a Bill Bryson book , don't remember the title :/
 
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Zieman

Zieman
Captain Willard said:
Currently restarted the Foundation series, then I'll redo the Gap Cycle by Stephan R Donaldson
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Manticore said:
Yes; it's been decades since I read Foundation.......... I must reread them.
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Why not start wit "I, Robot" or at least "Caves of Steel" & "Naked Sun".
And, depending on one's mood, one might stop after "Foundation's Edge" or even "Second Foundation", the newer additions to the series aren't quite on the same page as the original trilogy IMO.
 
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Manticore

Manticore
Zieman said:
Why not start wit "I, Robot" or at least "Caves of Steel" & "Naked Sun".
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I have read them as well. I have read a lot of Asimov over the years.

Hari Seldon lives!

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Manticore

Manticore
Just finished reading this:

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I've read the First and Second Chronicles at least twice before but rereading this has been a total revelation. Not only a great storyteller but a great wordsmith and literary master. (Eat you heart out George R R Martin).

Just started reading this (of course!):

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Speedcuffs

Speedcuffs
Manticore said:
Just finished reading this:



I've read the First and Second Chronicles at least twice before but rereading this has been a total revelation. Not only a great storyteller but a great wordsmith and literary master. (Eat you heart out George R R Martin).

Just started reading this (of course!):
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Nice, need to read them again![up]
 

Gully Foyle

Gully Foyle
Rustnsawdust said:
Warms my heart... thought I might be the only living person still reading Laumer.
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Brilliant sardonic cynical stuff. Also forbidding, scary and brutal.

Check out Clive Barker - Weaveworld
Any Moorcock book from the last century
John Varley - Titan
Samuel R. Delany - Dhalgren
 

Gully Foyle

Gully Foyle
BulletTrev said:
Sassinak, Volume One of The Planet Pirates , Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon ( might even jump back into my Eagle Mk2 ' Tango 1'( decided to 'Embrace The Orange' awhile ago , even asked for and received a orange Sekonda watch last Xmax)).
And a Bill Bryson book , don't remember the title :/
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Dragon Riders Of Pern?
 

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
Since my previous post:
  • Sam Peters: From Distant Stars (sequel to From Darkest Skies), waiting for the third book (very much a fan)
  • Joanne M Harris, A Pocketful of Crows (it's not her strongest work, but it's so obviously a story she wanted to tell that elegantly touches on several mythological and fairytale elements; it's lovingly illustrated too)
  • Markus Heitz: Die Zwerge (The Dwarves) (wasn't terribly overwhelmed)
  • Terry Carr: Cirque (if you want an esoteric read from the '70s, go for it)
  • Gavin Smith: The <child of questionable descent, thanks censor> Legion book 1 (sometimes listed as The Hangman's Daughter but that conflicts with another title; ISBN-13: 978-1-4732-1725-6) (definitely isn't prime literature, but Gavin has a knack for writing visceral battle scenes that make up for it)
  • Gavin Deas: Elite: Wanted which was very obviously an inspiration for half the author to start with the above series

Currently: Joanne M Harris, The Testament of Loki

On the shelf:
  • Andrzej Sapkowski: Blood of Elves
  • Tom Toner: The Promise of the Child
  • Joanne M. Harris: Runelight
  • T.J. Bass: Half Past Human
 
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