What book are you reading, ιf' - Iff you read books

[JollyRoger]

 

[Ajidica]

Surely there is better smut out there!

Science fiction/fantasy author Michael Moorcock has suggested that the Gor novels should be placed on the top shelves of bookstores, saying, "I’m not for censorship but I am for strategies which marginalize stuff that works to objectify women and suggests women enjoy being beaten."

 

[warpus]

I'm still reading Voyage by Stephen Baxter. It's been a disappointing read overall, I've got to say.. and that's not because it's necessarily a badly written book, but..

I thought I was going to be reading about the VOYAGE to Mars. That's not what the book is about. It's about politics in Washington, NASA, and everything leading up to the voyage.. and then.. magically they are there. What a letdown

I kept reading and reading, a bit here and there, hoping I'd finally get to the voyage part. But nope, it wasn't there.

Not a bad book at all, but if it hadn't bee so misrepresented to me, admittedly by the title alone, I would have probably enjoyed it more.

I can't decide if I should read Titan and Moonfall, the rest of the trilogy. Is Titan going to be about Titan at all? Or is it going to be about boring Washington politics again and engineers arguing about how to design an engine? I don't like reading spoilers, so I have no idea, but I have peeked ahead with one eye closed and saw two reviews. One said it's worse than Voyage.. One said it's a really solid book. So I have no idea if I'm going to pick it up or not. Has anyone here read it?

 

[Smellincoffee]

The author seems to have a vein for prophecies!

Only in the sense that Russia goes to war and NATO is involved. It was a good read, though. Can't say the same for Rawlings' solo piece, Assault by Fire. It was nonsensical, plot-wise.


Currently reading Provoked, a huge history of NATO & Russian interactions since Gorby.

 

[Birdjaguar]

@warpus Have you read any Roger Zelazny or John Brunner?

 

[RalofTyr]

I liked her book about Catherine the Great, because it talked about the common-person during her reign(peasants, nobles, church, etc. (besides she'd break the cost of living down to Rubles, back then, which I kinda skimmed-over). This book, just talks about the leadership, thus far, and little else.

 

[JollyRoger]

 

[Smellincoffee]

Just finished Original Sin on the Biden cognitive coverup. It's largely based on unnamed interviews and blames Biden, his wife, and a small cluster of advisors called the Politburo for concealing the depth of his decline and abetting Biden's decision to run again on the premise that only he could beat Trump. Interesting reading, but I don't think it's all of the story.

 

[Arakhor]

At least one of the people mentioned in the book has said that their supposed part in it was fiction, so it's almost certainly not all the story.

 

[Josu]

Ended Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Wow. TOP. 5/5. Sci-Fy master piece.

Started A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

 

[Birdjaguar]

Ended Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Wow. TOP. 5/5. Sci-Fy master piece.

Started A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Is Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky first of a series?

 

[Josu]

Is Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky first of a series?

Yes, second part is Children of ruin

 

[JollyRoger]

 

[Estebonrober]

rereading the prince...

seemed pertinent

 

[RalofTyr]

Ended Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Wow. TOP. 5/5. Sci-Fy master piece.

Started A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

I haven't read the book, but, I've seen a recap on Youtube about it; while, I do understand the story, the skeptic, that's studied a lot of astronomy, thinks such a scenario, is unlikely with just the vastness of space and the problem with super-Earths/greenhouse effects etc.

Oh, and I told my co-volunteer about the story and when I told him about the intelligent-spiders, he said, "No thank you".

 

[Smellincoffee]

Still reading Provoked, but started another baseball book for relief. (Provoked is over 2000 pages on Kindle.)

From The Presidents and the Pastime:

Hoover and Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru were once introduced at a Series game at Yankee stadium. The ovation given catcher Yogi Berra, No. 8, dwarfed both. A day later Yogi's childhood friend and broadcaster Joe Garagiola said, "You amaze me, Yog. You've now become such a world figure that you draw more applause than either a prime minister or former prez. Can you explain it?" Berra could: "Certainly! I'm a bitter hitter."

 

[EnglishEdward]

Yesterday I finish reading

alt.human

by

Keith Brooke

copyright 2012

a Sci-Fi novel where humans exist and are controlled and barely tolerated or
massacred by an assortment of strange ancient alien species occupying Earth.

It is a significant improvement on his previous book 'The Accord' I am struggling with.

 

[JollyRoger]

 

[Josu]

Ended Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

It’s a good book, interesting and well-researched. It discusses the possible causes that could lead the world into a nuclear war. These causes are presented in a plausible and not at all far-fetched way. If I had to point out a flaw, it would be that the book focuses on how we end up in an apocalyptic scenario, but it barely touches on the post-apocalyptic situation, which was what interested me the most. There is a reason for this, though: the author believes there won’t be a post-apocalyptic scenario, as humanity will be completely doomed.

Started Life as told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan José Millas & Juan Luis Arsuaga

 

[Josu]

Ended A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
I both love and hate how Khaled Hosseini can totally hook me with his books while breaking my heart page after page.

Started Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey