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[x-Lundz-x]

So these were my March books
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Wow you read a lot and quickly. I've been trying to get back to reading like I did when I was younger but even then I'm not sure I went through 10 books a month.

Are you a kindle reader? I'm trying to read more on my iPad and phone as opposed to paper books. Reading at lunch at work etc...

 

[Cfh123]

Really good. My first David Gemmell book.

Any recommendations for the next book to read by him? I suppose Waylander II.

 

[Bazza]

Wow you read a lot and quickly. I've been trying to get back to reading like I did when I was younger but even then I'm not sure I went through 10 books a month.

Are you a kindle reader? I'm trying to read more on my iPad and phone as opposed to paper books. Reading at lunch at work etc...

If there is an option on the format I will always go digital, the only physical books I read are ones not available on Kindle. Because I don't have to worry about storage I probably read a lot more than I would if I just read physical books, since 2015 I have read around 500 books, If I only read physical books I imagine that number would be massively reduced.

Really good. My first David Gemmell book.

Any recommendations for the next book to read by him? I suppose Waylander II.

Awesome series, read it last year, I would go in chronological order so In the Realm of the Wolf would be next for you.

 

[Stasis]

I'd tell them about Gardner Dozois's Year's Best Science fiction anthology, which has been coming out yearly for decades. It's filled with amazing writers, many of whom are on your list, and will allow you to read their short work before diving into a novel. I think we're up to volume 33 or 34 at this point, but literally any of them is a treasure trove of both great short stories and writers. Absolutely the best way to discover new writers for people fresh to the genre.

He's also done two Best of the Best, which collect the best stories from all the anthologies.

I have discovered so many great writers here: Kim Stanley Robinson, Greg Egan, Stephen Baxter, Ted Chiang, etc.

This is the list from 2015's volume:
The Fifth Dragon, Ian McDonald (Reach for Infinity)
The Rider, Jérôme Cigut (F&SF)
The Days of the War, as Red as Blood, as Dark as Bile, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Online)
The Burial of Sir John Mawe at Cassini, Chaz Brenchley (Subterranean Online)
The Regular, Ken Liu (Upgraded)
The Woman from the Ocean, Karl Bunker (Asimov’s)
Shooting the Apocalypse, Paolo Bacigalupi (The End Is Nigh)
Weather, Susan Palwick (Clarkesworld)
The Hand Is Quicker, Elizabeth Bear (The Book of Robert Silverberg)
The Man Who Sold the Moon, Cory Doctorow (Hieroglyph)
Vladimir Chong Chooses To Die, Lavie Tidhar (Analog)
Beside the Damned River, D.J. Cockburn (Interzone)
The Colonel, Peter Watts (Tor.com)
Entanglement, Vandana Singh (Hieroglyph)
White Curtain, Pavel Amnuel (F&SF)
Slipping, Lauren Beukes (Twelve Tomorrows)
Passage of Earth, Michael Swanwick (Clarkesworld)
Amicae Aeternum, Ellen Klages (Reach for Infinity)
In Babelsberg, Alastair Reynolds (Reach for Infinity)
Sadness, Timons Esaias (Analog)
West to East, Jay Lake (Subterranean Online)
Grand Jeté (The Great Leap), Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Online)
Covenent, Elizabeth Bear (Hieroglyph)
Jubilee, Karl Schroeder (Tor.com)
Los Pirates del Mar de Plastico (Pirates of the Plastic Ocean), Paul Graham Raven (Twelve Tomorrows)
Red Light, and Rain, Gareth L. Powell (Solaris Rising 3)
Coma Kings, Jessica Barber (Lightspeed)
The Prodigal Son, Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s)
God Decay, Rich Larson (Upgraded)
Blood Wedding, Robert Reed (Asimov’s)
The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009, Ken Liu (Clarkesworld)
Shadow Flock, Greg Egan (Coming Soon Enough)
Thing and Sick, Adam Roberts (Solaris Rising 3)
Communion, Mary Anne Mohanraj (Clarkesworld)
Someday, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s)
Yesterday’s Kin, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)

I'm gonna need you to give me a few more.

Wow, this list is awesome. Thanks! Saving this for my already enormous backlog.

 

[thomaser]

Finished James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". Enjoyed the first half the most. In the latter half, Stephen had become an intellectual young know-it-all, and his discussions about the nature of art and such were not that interesting. Great book, though.

Now, about to start Carlo Rovelli's Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Very short, and supposedly very good.

 

[MilkBeard]

I'm a little over halfway through The Last Wish. Like the previous reader on the page before, it is a light read and quite fun. I would say it's definitely a series I will continue after finishing this book, and after I try some other books.

Although, I must say that I don't agree with the people who say it holds up with Tolkien and Martin. But of course, this is just a book of short stories, so it's hard to compare yet until I get to the trilogy.

 

[besada]

I'm gonna need you to give me a few more.

Wow, this list is awesome. Thanks! Saving this for my already enormous backlog.

If you love science fiction, I can't recommend the series enough. The very best of science fiction happens in the short form, and these books are a treasure trove of some of the best science fiction short stories in the last three decades. You'll not only find a lot of writers, but you'll find writers who do amazing things only in short form. For a long time, the magazines and anthologies were the only place you could find guys like Ted Chiang.

 

[aravuus]

Finally finished Guards! Guards!

Took me a while, but I'm not sure why, cause it was fantastic. The first and last third were be far the funniest with the middle bit being a bit light on the laughs for me, but otherwise it was great from beginning to end. The one in a million and "and bob's your uncle!" bits were the funniest.

Might take a bit of a break from reading cause Persona 5 is out in a few days, but next up, whenever that is, I'm thinking either Men at Arms (obviously), or finally trying to get (back) into the Malazan world with Deadhouse Gates. I feel like tackling the Malazan series the way I read Pandora's Star - taking notes of characters and what they're doing, places, events etc on a text file - could be a lot of fun. It certainly enhanced Pandora's Star for me, and I would've never gotten through it hadn't I taken millions of notes.

Gonna have to read a summary of GotM first, though, can't remember anything about it and I never actually finished it, I think.

e: another thing about the Malazan books - has anyone here read the Tor reread (http://www.tor.com/series/malazan-reread-of-the-fallen/) chapters of it while reading the books? As in, read Deadhouse Gates chapter 1 -> read the reread commentary on chp1 -> DG chp2 -> reread chp2 etc?

I know the bit in the beginning says there are spoilers in the commentary, but if it's subtle stuff, reading the reread along the book could be fun. If it's blatant stuff like "this guy dies later and this war happens and everyone else also dies" then I'll skip.

 

[Incandenza]

FYI the Kindle version of Senlin Ascends is $0.99 today.

I personally have not read it but the /r/fantasy subreddit raves about this book and I've been meaning to pick it up, so now seems as good a time as any.

 

[wild wild rice]

Reading Celine's Death on the Installment Plan at the moment, but it's not really grabbing me.

Might switch over to the recently released Enigma of Reason.

 

[oldboss]

Just finished South of the border, west of the Sun by Murakami.
Gonna lie down and think about it for a bit.

 

[Stasis]

If you love science fiction, I can't recommend the series enough. The very best of science fiction happens in the short form, and these books are a treasure trove of some of the best science fiction short stories in the last three decades. You'll not only find a lot of writers, but you'll find writers who do amazing things only in short form. For a long time, the magazines and anthologies were the only place you could find guys like Ted Chiang.

Yep, I really do. Looking forward to diving into all this. Had no idea.

 

[FlowersisBritish]

Before we get hit by a new thread, just wanted to post some reading. I've been slacking on reading and took the afternoon to catch up on a backlog of short stories. My roommate got me a subscription for the New Yorker for a few weeks because they know I like the short stories.

Solstice by Anne Enright: I started off eh on this but it got an emotional response from me at the end. It's about an unnamed father who has difficulties connecting with his family. Two things of note: couple nice bits of writing; as usual with the stories in New Yorker, but also a neat dialogue trick I am totes going to steal and use for my own writing.

Herman Melville, Volume I by Victor Lodato: 10/10 go read. This is one of my favorite short stories the New Yorker has put out in a long while. Its... really beautiful, really scary, really warming, its just a lot of really really really great stuff.

The I.O.U. by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Very funny, which should be no surprise. It's told from the perspective of a book publisher who is, he reassures us, not F. Scott Fitzgerald as he tells us about a particular book he published. Obviously hijinks ensued. Again, very funny, I laughed pretty loudly at parts and like any good funny story, it has a pretty wonderful punchline at the end.

 

[Ravensmash]

Approaching half way through Game of Thrones.

Still absolutely love it and the writing is superb...but

There is so much going on and it's getting quite hard to keep track - especially with my limited reading time during the week.

I think part of the problem is my insistence on trying to remember small details/characters down to a t - something which seems near impossible in a book such as this. That's probably a symptom of only starting to really read for pleasure again last year.

Was reading a chapter earlier and suddenly realised I'd forgotten that an earlier event had even happened. I could probably recall an overview of the plot if pressed but atm it's a bit of a whirlwind.

Does this happen to anyone else? Maybe I should just enjoy the ride rather than focusing too much on the who and the what.

Martin, to his credit, does seem to make some effort to subtly recap key things here and then.

 

[Saphirax]

I read the Penguin Classics edition on my Kindle. Did they remove it for sale?

Really? I remember looking for a kindle version and being unable to find it. Was a few years back though.

 

[Rug Monkey]

Really? I remember looking for a kindle version and being unable to find it. Was a few years back though.

I have it here. Penguin Classics ebook. Robin Buss translation, EISBN: 978–0–141–90125–1

 

[Maklershed]

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