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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).

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[-] LamerTex@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm rereading Asimov's complete saga in "internal story chronological order":

  1. I, Robot / The Complete Robot (except 'Mirror Image'!) [ROBOTS]

  2. The Caves of Steel [ROBOTS]

  3. The Naked Sun [ROBOTS]

  4. Mirror Image (short story) [ROBOTS]

  5. The Robots of Dawn [ROBOTS]

  6. Robots and Empire [ROBOTS]

  7. The Stars, Like Dust-- [EMPIRE]

  8. The Currents of Space [EMPIRE]

  9. Pebble in the Sky [EMPIRE]

  10. Prelude to Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  11. Forward the Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  12. Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  13. Foundation and Empire [FOUNDATION]

  14. Second Foundation [FOUNDATION]

  15. Foundation's Edge [FOUNDATION]

  16. Foundation and Earth [FOUNDATION]

I'm currently on "Forward the foundation"

[-] Narauko@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The Foundation series is absolutely amazing, and I am jealous of you if this is your first reading. One of my formative series growing up. You're inspiring me to do the whole Asimov read through like your doing, because I don't believe I ever read the Empire books and never read Robot beyond I, Robot.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised The Caves of Steel is so early as it seemed really futuristic compared to most of The Complete Robot, but I read it a long time ago so maybe I'm not remembering correctly.

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[-] FatLegTed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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

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

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[-] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Just finished The Dispossessed, by Ursula Le Guin and going to look for a library where I can buy the next book in the Hain cycle !

[-] rephlekt2718@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Not science fiction, but I’m loving Carl Sagans “The Demon-Haunted World”. He really was a brilliant dude.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I really liked that book. Pale Blue Dot is really good as well and he reads part of the audiobook himself, although unfortunately not all of it as he was already quite ill by that point. He was taken far too young.

[-] jetsetdorito@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm really trying to read Three Body Problem, but I'm having a hard time following

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[-] MagpieRhymes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m working my way through both the Murderbot Diaries (just started Network Effect) and the Rivers of London series (just finished Broken Homes, though this series is more urban fantasy). Both and very enjoyable!

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[-] allalae@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 points 1 year ago

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine.

I really loved the first book in the series, A Memory Called Empire, but I find the second one harder to get through. The writing really gets into the protagonist's head, and with all the stress she's in, it gets... claustrophobic, I guess, for me. I wish there was a bit more focus on the plot about the cool mysterious aliens.

[-] fl3tching101@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Currently reading Foundation and Earth by Asimov, I absolutely loved the original trilogy so I’ve been reading through the sequels and plan on going back to the prequels after. In my opinion the sequels have a big shift in pacing and sort of the way that the plot develops… not sure how I feel about that. On one hand it is easier to keep up with with less characters, but on the other it feels like the scale of things is much smaller. Trying to not spoil anything. The series is a fantastic read nevertheless!

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've only read the original Foundation trilogy, would you recommend the others?

[-] lawrence@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am a fan of Isaac Asimov. I definitely suggest the books The End of Eternity and Nightfall.

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[-] cetvrti_magi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"The complete robot" by Isaac Asimov.

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[-] CosmicFlowchart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just started listening to "The Galaxy, and the Ground Within" by Becky Chambers, the fourth and last novel in the Wayfarers series.

[-] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is a great one! Loved the whole series, honestly. Have you read To Be Taught, If Fortunate? Also by Becky Chambers, and also highly recommended!

[-] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Working my way through some Hugo winners past— reading A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M Miller.

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[-] ANuStart@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I'm on Tiamats Wake in the Expanse series, love it

[-] CuriousLibrarian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I listened to the 2nd and 3rd books of the Murderbot series on a car ride recently. I had read them before, but it was the first time that he did. I really enjoyed laughing with him.

[-] paper_clip@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I've been working through The Expanse books, and have just started Leviathan Falls.

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[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm currently reading Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, which is the first book of the Expanse series. I haven't watched the TV series, since I wanted to dive into the books without previous knowledge.

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[-] warriorpriest@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. Book 3 in the Words of Radiance series.

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[-] VAparicio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Currently I'm reading the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clark

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[-] Botree@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Broken Earth Trilogy. I finished reading the entire Wool series many years back and gave it a 3.5/5. Really strong start but unfortunately the pacing for the rest of it wasn't quite to my liking.

[-] Collard@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Just started "The City We Became" by N.K. Jemisen. It took a minute for me to get my bearings, but I'm really digging the concept

[-] OldFartPhil@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

N.K. Jemisen is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy writers. If you like her style and world building I'd highly recommend the Broken Earth trilogy.

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[-] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Wool was great. And the show was good too. You can basically watch the first season after finishing Wool, if you’d like.

I’m reading He Who Fights With Monsters but I’m going to dig through this thread and find a good scifi novel to read next!

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[-] Dracona@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

More fantasy, but reading the Abhorson series by Garth Nix. Excellent series.

[-] Walop@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I am reading currently Snow Crash. A great example how pioneers of a genre seem to lose their originality over time, but the book hasn't changed, everyone else has just copied it to death.

Previously I read some if the Culture series and got surprised by the genuine atrocities popping up in them. The books were interesting and the horrible things had a reason to be there, but I just became overwhelmed.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just finished up a first time read of Wheel of Time series. Solid 8 months of reading but 100% worth it. Mat Cauthon is my second favorite character ever written I think.

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[-] clucking_sliver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Reading Noor right now. Very enjoyable and it will be quick read.

[-] k0nserv@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I recently finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and Wool by Hugh Howey, currently reading Shift. We had the Silo trilogy in our bookshelf for years, but it was only after watching the Apple TV show I decided to read it.

I have a somewhat newfound low for hard sci-fi and would love any recommendations folks have.

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[-] varjen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm currently nostalgia-reading Robert Rankin's Dance Of The Voodoo Handbag but that's more far fetched fiction than sci-fi. Silly, entertaining and lots of tall tales. I'm also reading The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken. I was hoping for it to be the start of a good series of books to read over the summer but it's not very good. I will probably not bother with the rest of the series.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I bought the two Asimov sets of the Robot books and Foundation books, but still need to finish The Stranger Times (Urban fantasy) before delving into that. Read The Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky before that.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The Caves of Steel by Asimov is really good as well. I think it's a standalone novel and isn't included in the Robot books, but I read it after reading the Robot collection as I liked them so much.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thankfully, it's included in the collection I got. It has all the short story collections and novels from the "Robot-Verse" (Which means some stuff like "I, Robot" is also included twice)

[-] iNeedScissors67@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm reading Thrawn: Traitor (Thrawn Canon books #3). Not the greatest series I've ever read by any means but I need a break from the Stormlight Archives Ave my library had no wait on these.

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[-] skinless_corpus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm reading Children of Ruin, the second book of the Children of Time series. I blasted through the first book in less than a week. First time I've read Tchaikovsky and I love it.

[-] sharkfeek@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Re-reading Ready Player One. I want to forget how bad the sequel is and how they butchered all character development at the beginning of the book.

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[-] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just started The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, too early to see if I like it yet. I’ve got some pretty high hopes though, Station Eleven was absolutely fantastic!

I just finished the Watchmaker of Filigree Street series, and loved that as well! IMO, the second was better than the first, but don’t read the second without reading the first since you need the context.

[-] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Wild book. 3rd in the series. Not finished yet but the first two were incredible.

[-] Narauko@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just finished it a few days ago, one of my all time favorite series after randomly discovering it last year. I hope you enjoy Children of Memory as much as I did, wild ride indeed.

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[-] The_one_and_only@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm on the last book of the riftwat-series by Raymond E Feist. Truly a masterpiece, even some 30-odd books into it.

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[-] lemmy@lemmy.quad442.com 2 points 1 year ago

I'm Listening currently because it's convenient at work but, Finishing the Bobiverse for my 3rd go around

[-] skeswo320@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm currently reading Chibola Burn, the forth book in The Expanse series. Really enjoying it, specially since the third one was my least favorite of the first three. So it feels good to be loving a book in the series again.

I would recommend the series to fans of somewhat believable sci-fi.

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