I’m currently reading the Wool omnibus by Hugh Howey. It’s pretty decent I’ve been making very rapid progress as it’s been too hot to sleep here recently now the summer has arrived.

I haven’t seen the Apple show, but maybe I’ll watch it in the future when I’ve finished all the books (I had Shift and Dust as well).

  • FatLegTed
    13•2 years ago

    Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Was a recommendation on the R site.

    Complex, eon spanning, hard sci-fi. I’m loving it!

    • @CuriousLibrarian
      3•2 years ago

      I finished Seveneves a few weeks ago. If I wasn’t reading it with a friend I wouldn’t have finished. I am glad I did, I loved the last 1/4 of the book.

    • TooL
      1•2 years ago

      If you could, what other sci-fi works would you compare it to? I am wrapping up the Children of Time series and could use something else.

      • AWizard_ATrueStar
        3•2 years ago

        I sold Seveneves to a friend by saying it is like Neal Stephenson wrote The Martian. Well, at least the first 2/3 of it. It talks a lot about the science how how an event like the one described in the book might happen but with the kind if granularity and verbosity you would expect from NS.

      • FatLegTed
        2•2 years ago

        Not sure. Tried a couple of Adrian Tchaikovsky and couldn’t really get on. Could be because they were audiobooks.

        Have been ‘off’ of reading for a while, but have realised a new found love for my Kindle.

        Andy Wier’s Hail Mary might fit your bill.

        Or Iain Banks’ Culture series.

      • FatLegTed
        2•2 years ago

        Just moved on to Kath Two. After all the fun with Izzy and The Cannibals ;-)

        • Izzy
          1•2 years ago

          Izzy and the what?! 👀😵

          • FatLegTed
            1•2 years ago

            Can’t reply too much - spoilers!