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What sci-fi book did you finish this week and love?
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From Book DNA's community of what they were reading in September:
https://bookdna.com/bookshelf/science-fiction/trending?5
Good mix of books; the first book cover really threw me with that crazy Wikipedia title- hilarious, and it sounds like a good time-travel book.
Anyone read The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson?
Welcome to the Sunday Science Fiction Roundup 😄
What sci-fi book did you finish this week and love?
This thread is about celebrating great reads and helping others find their next adventure.
Welcome to the Sunday Science Fiction Roundup 😄
What sci-fi book did you finish this week and love?
This thread is about celebrating great reads and helping others find their next adventure.
Tad Williams recently shared five of his favorite science fiction books and why he loved each one with us:
https://bookdna.com/best-books/sci-fi-that-doesnt-actually-care-about-genre
Have you read any of these?
I've read 3 of the 5 (The Martian Chronicles, Dune, and The Stand).
Looking at Lord of Light as that looks pretty interesting now...
Welcome to the Sunday Science Fiction Roundup 😄
What sci-fi book did you finish this week and love?
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I loved Guy's writing, the story, the characters, everything.
But...
This felt like book #1 in what could become an amazing series, and instead, the last 30 pages did a Michael Crichton-style ending where everything is just wrapped up in a super abrubt way.
I was so excited, hoping this would turn into a sprawling historical fantasy story, but instead it felt like an introduction to this amazing world and its characters, and it skipped the entire middle.
Does anyone else feel like this?
Beautiful piece of art; just a bit surprised he didn't create a series to really get into this world.
Route and details here: https://torino-nice.weebly.com/
I started from Nice and did it in 10 days of riding (and 2 days of rest). I got injured in July, and just wasn't in good enough shape to do it any faster (plus my bones are old). My route took me over 640km, 16,943m of climbing, and 48 hours of riding.
Absolutely stunning scenery.
Notes if you are planning a trip:
Let me know if you have any questions :)
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I read the first 3 in the 5-book series last week, and they are fantastic.
The premise is that ghosts suddenly start appearing, and nobody is sure why. Eventually, you start getting hints about why and bump into other things like zombies, were-creatures (a very different take on these, though connected with the ghost bit), and demons.
The main character is Fix, essentially a PI exorcist character. He gets the living crap beat out of him in most books, and it is amazing he is still walking.
I'd say it is different than Dresden in that the action is more sporadic and the mystery part is the heavier focus. And the lead character isn't super badass, but more just trying to figure stuff out and usually getting pretty lucky.
Anyone read them?
What do you think?
P.s. Huge thanks to someone on Reddit who recommended this to me :)
Every month, we post the trending fantasy books based on what readers are reading at Book DNA. Here is the data from August for September:
https://bookdna.com/bookshelf/fantasy/trending
We show the top 100, so it goes a lot deeper :)
I'm riding in the alps and here are my last 3 days:
Komoot is ~16% off versus Garmin Edge 1050.
Why is this?
Welcome to the Sunday Science Fiction Roundup 😄
What sci-fi book did you finish this week and love?
This thread is about celebrating great reads and helping others find their next adventure.
Looking for a new read :)
Welcome to the Sunday Science Fiction Roundup 😄
What sci-fi book did you finish this week and love?
This thread is about celebrating great reads and helping others find their next adventure.
Welcome to the Sunday Fantasy Roundup :)
What fantasy book did you finish this week and love?
This thread is about celebrating great reads and helping others find their next adventure.
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I'm embarrassed to say I haven't read his books yet...
Which should I start with?
Consider Phlebas?
Does anyone know if James Gurney still has the rights, or if any media groups do?
Hi all,
As a mod, I wanted to share why we don't allow our members to use the term "rage bait" in posts.
One of our sacred rules is that we don't attack readers for what they are reading. And "rage bait" basically says someone is a liar and couldn't possibly like that book because you didn't like that book.
That is why we don't allow it.
Sometimes people are being funny, but they don't realize forum posts aren't really a great way to communicate humor. So if you want to be funny, use an animated GIF or something to show you are joking around. Or end your post with something that reinforces that.
What you don't see is all the posts we have to remove and people we have to ban for using slurs, curse words, and other personal attacks against someone who liked a book they didn't, or disliked a book they think is the best.
Or readers who think that because they didn't like book x, people who did are a lower class of readers, less intelligent, or belong to a certain demographic. It is repulsive, and we will ban you so that you can spend more time smelling your own farts.
I just wanted to share that, as we had a bunch of complaints after a tier list went viral this weekend 😂