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Jennifer , 2 months ago to bookstodon

I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon #Bookstodon #Scifi #ScienceFiction

fskornia , 2 months ago

@Jennifer @bookstodon Have you read Arkady Martine's 'A Memory Called Empire' yet?
I also recommend 'A Darkling Sea' by James Cambias.
'Generation Ship' by Michael Mammay
'The Deep Sky' by Yume Kitasei

SallyStrange , 2 months ago to bookstodon

10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Ursula Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson
Octavia Butler
N. K. Jemisin
Becky Chambers
Iain M. Banks
Martha Wells
M. R. Carey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vonda McIntyre

#scifi #ScienceFiction #SFF #books

#10Authors5BooksEach
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fskornia , 2 months ago

@bookstodon

There are a lot, because I like series, but here is a list off the top of my head (which means probably some of my favorites)

Claire North
NK Jemisin
Robert Jordan
Stephen King
James SA Corey
Guy Gavriel Kay
Janny Wurts
Peter F. Hamilton
Robin Hobb
Ann Leckie

#SFF #10Authors5BooksEach

CindySue , 2 months ago to bookstodon

What is everyone reading? I feel like I haven't picked a book up in ages.

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#books #reading #read #bookstodon

fskornia , 2 months ago

@CindySue @bookstodon Light From Other Stars by Erika Swyler. Beautiful SF novel about love, grief, connections and time.

KaraLG84 , 4 months ago to bookstodon

What I love about rick Riordan's novels is the thing of setting ancient myths in modern times. what I don't like about them is the sheer amount of teenaged angst and people not communicating with each other.
So, I'd love to read something like that, but for adults. Any recommendations welcome.
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fskornia , 4 months ago

@KaraLG84 @bookstodon A few suggestions:
'American Gods' & 'Anansi Boys' by Neil Gaiman
The 'Olympus Bound' trilogy by Jordanna Max Brodsky sounds like almost exactly what you are looking for
'Summerlong' by Peter S. Beagle is a beautiful modern spin on Persephone
'Gods Behaving Badly' by Marie Phillips
The 'Paternus' trilogy by Dyrk Ashton if you're looking for something more action-packed
Ben Aaronovitch's 'Rivers of London' series is more fae/supernatural than myth, but still very good

Likewise , 4 months ago to bookstodon

Short Stories.

Love ‘em, hate ‘em, somewhere in the middle?

Years ago one of my dear friends (who is a huge bookworm) and I were talking. She told me she hated short stories. I can’t remember why or if she even told me a reason. This conversation has stuck with me, because I struggle with them- why? I have no idea. I have tried different tactics to overcome this. I am s l o w l y reading one now, but I don’t gravitate toward it (not the one pictured, but it’s one I really want to read if I can ever get there).

I’d love to hear your thoughts.
#books #photography #fediverse #shortstories @bookstodon

fskornia , 4 months ago

@Likewise I adore short fiction, especially SF/Fantasy and horror. I've been a long time subscriber to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and it's a treat each month when the new issue arrives. Short fiction is also exceptionally ideal for horror.
Short stories allow for greater creativity and experimentation that may not hold up in longer forms.
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fskornia , 5 months ago to bookstodon

What are the books that have /stuck/ with you?
I mean the books that you find yourself thinking about at random moments long after you have read them.

One for me is 'Great Circle' by Maggie Shipstead. I find it hard to define exactly what gripped me so much about this book, but it still rattles around my brain.

Another is Virginia Woolf's 'To the Lighthouse'. I read the last 2/3 of this book in a 4 hour sprint and when I was done it was like waking from a dream.

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fskornia OP , 5 months ago

@CindySue @bookstodon I haven't read it, but checking the synopsis, I absolutely must now.

fskornia OP , 5 months ago

@lunalein @bookstodon Yeah, I was completely dazed when I finished that book.

fskornia OP , 5 months ago

@bookstodon Thinking some more, another book that has stuck with me for years was Erin Morgenstern's 'The Night Circus'. I reread it a couple of years ago and was instantly enchanted by the book again.
I actually think her 'The Starless Sea' is a better book overall, but it did not have the melancholic impact on me that 'Night Circus' does

kimlockhartga , 5 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon What's your favorite book title, whether you've read it or not?

Mine is EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL, by Julian K. Jarboe, which I have not yet read, followed closely by THEY DON'T MAKE PLUS SIZE SPACESUITS, by Ali Thompson, which I have read.

fskornia , 5 months ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I don't read them so I don't have a favorite, but I adore the titles of cozy mysteries. Reading a good punny title will make my day everytime.

CultureDesk , 5 months ago to bookstodon

Peter Benchley's bestselling novel, "Jaws," came out 50 years ago; the Steven Spielberg movie followed just a year later. Both were phenomenally successful and spawned the idea that sharks were malevolent creatures that preyed on unsuspecting swimmers. According to Gavin Naylor, Director of Florida Program for Shark Research at the University of Florida, the book and film also inspired a generation of scientists. Here's his story for @TheConversationUS.

https://flip.it/LM.GUa

#Movies #Books #Science #Sharks #Jaws @bookstodon

fskornia , 5 months ago

@mikej @CultureDesk @TheConversationUS @bookstodon Yup. Also 'The Shawshank Redemption'. Darabont elevated a solid but mediocre King novella into a film that is still the number 1 rated film on IMDB

KitMuse , 5 months ago to bookstodon

I need your help #bookstodon. One of the classes I'm taking at the graduate level this semester is Religion & Science Fiction. I read more fantasy, and would like to do my research paper on something that's not obvious (like ST/BS5/Matrix/etc.) & I'd love to use more modern sf rather than the golden age classics.

Anyone have any interesting ideas for my research paper on regarding the intersection of religion and science fiction?

@bookstodon #sciencefiction #scifi #ReligiousStudies #academia

fskornia , 5 months ago

@KitMuse @bookstodon Highly recommend checking out "The Sparrow" and "Children of God" by Mary Doria Russell
I haven't read them, but Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos have religious aspects to them
Frank Herbert's 'Destination Void' and 'The Jesus Incident' are probably too old for what you're looking for, but they might help provide a foundation. Same with Le Guin's 'Left Hand of Darkness'
Neal Stephenson's 'Anathem' is based around a quasi-religious order of mathematician-philosophers

AndyPaciorekArt , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Now #reading ...
2024 looks like it'll be a continuation of morbid, dark and gallows humour #books for me. 💀📚

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fskornia , 6 months ago

@AndyPaciorekArt This is a good book. I hope you enjoy! @bookstodon

weirdwriter , 6 months ago to bookstodon

I cannot believe that this is already a proposal, advertisements in e-books! I was making an offhand prediction from a college essay I did years ago, but then, someone actually replied with this. This is a literal nightmare come true! US20120084150A1 - Ebook advertising and related techniques - Google Patents https://patents.google.com/patent/US20120084150A1/en #Publishing #EBooks #Books @bookstodon

fskornia , 6 months ago

@weirdwriter @bookstodon I remember discussions about ads inserted into ebooks way back when Amazon launched the first Kindle in 2007 (there were previous ereaders and ebooks, but that was really the first mass interest in the format). Concern grew when Amazon introduced Kindles that were subsidized by ads on the home screen and the screensaver.
Considering Amazon's move with ads in Prime Video starting next month, I think there is a reasonably good chance we'll be hearing about ebook ads soon

kimlockhartga , 7 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon This book release week in the U.S. is too abbreviated for a list.

So, I will turn things around and ask you all to tell us about a great book released in 2023 that you loved. ❤📚❤

(Or if you didn't read any 2023 releases, any one book you keep recommending to everyone!)

#books #bookstodon #BooksWorthReading #NewReleases

fskornia , 7 months ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon
Favorite 2023 Releases:
HOUSE OF ODYSSEUS by Claire North
THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES by Malka Older
SILVER NITRATE by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
TRANSLATION STATE by Ann Leckie

It was a very good year for reading.
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kimlockhartga , 7 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon As we approach the end of 2023, I would love to know about the very best books you read this year. (They don't have to have been published in 2023 for your "best of" list.)

fskornia , 7 months ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
The World We Make by NK Jemisin