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janbartosik

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Bookworm, gamer & startup recruiter. Cricket, rugby, baseball and floorball. 90s music & craft beer. Magic City Prague.

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THE PRINCE OF NOTHING series by R. Scott Bakker

https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/6792

No idea how this amazing trilogy have eluded me for 2 decades!

"The best epic fantasy book I have read in a while. Tons of names, tribes, nations, cities, countries, factions, individuals clash in a massive once-in-a-millennium undertaking. What more does a bookworm need? Simply top-shelf stuff, imho. "

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Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

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janbartosik ,
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@franciscawrites @adriano @gevoel @octothorpe @bookstodon While I would agree with the typical Hollywood twisting of books, I also have to say I have enjoyed the Foundation TV show. Which is a rare thing for my nerdy bookworm soul :)

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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

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A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias

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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


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@SteveClough @n0madz @SallyStrange @bookstodon

Shakespeare
Jack London
John Steinbeck
Joseph Heller
Salman Rushdie
Isaac Bashevis Singer
JRRT
Frederick Forsyth
Iain M Banks
Dan Simmons
Jon Abercrombie
Steven Erikson
Ian C. Esslemont
Alastair Reynolds
...

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THE HOUSE OF NIRE by Kita Morio

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6d973e07-ee67-4905-9fa2-aa11ba98ec14

This one took me extraordinarily long. Felt like DNF at times, but I always went on in the end. Well worth it. The first half of the 20th century in from a less frequent perspective.


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† Vernor Vinge (79)

Rest in peace. Loved the Zones of Thought series.

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A coop PvE game for two dads and three sons?
A shooter, preferably. Any recommendations, guys? The youngest lad is 10, so as little violence as possible. Thanks 😉

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ASHES OF MAN, The Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/dc5a2e96-1556-4a81-8488-236d9b66c00c

After a somewhat Passion of Christ Mel Gibson-ish book 4, this one gives us full throttle Hadrian back. The grief!


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The Darkness That Comes Before, The Prince of Nothing series by R. Scott Bakker

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/afecd95b-8d13-4932-9db1-75f90cc37f4c

The best epic fantasy book I have read in a while. Tons of names, tribes, nations, cities, countries, factions, individuals clash in a massive once-in-a-millennium undertaking. What more does a bookworm need? Simply top-shelf stuff, imho.

@bookstodon @fantasy @knihy

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Kladivo na čarodějnice (The Witches' Hammer) by Václav Kaplický.

A 1963 book about Malleus maleficarum, , 17th century trials in Margraviate of .

https://inventaire.io/entity/wd:Q6419576

I have just reread this book after exactly 30 years. Still scary. Still fascinating. Curious if it got translations.

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I have never made it to and its alternative is still underdeveloped. Esp. in terms of user interaction and books catalogue.

Any suggestions? I'm after tracking, occasional short review and recommendation from other users.

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There are exceptions, sure. But they are as rare as an honest politician.

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My first book of 2024 is...

𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚡 𝙿𝚕𝚞𝚜
by Bruce Sterling

https://bookwyrm.social/book/153537/s/schismatrix-plus

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/161296.Schismatrix_Plus

A wild mixture of "anything scifi" in the Shapers vs Mechanists struggle to further humanity. A most enjoyable read.

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alright what you got?
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@FantasyIsland @the_bookwolf @bookstodon @romancelandia
Lonesome Stove
The Dillmarillion
On the Roast
The Bread Badge of Courage

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I on evening today: I'm not spending a dime more!

Also I, about half an hour later...


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The Listeners by James E. Gunn

https://bookwyrm.social/book/464685/s/the-listeners

Listen. Interpret. Mourn.
A great and touching story narrated in a fairly civil manner without the usual "action" tropes of modern scifi.


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Die Geschwister Oppermann aka The Oppermans by Lion Feuchtwanger.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543760.The_Oppermanns

Have just finished the Czech translation. My second time with the Oppermann family, still strong reader experience after 30 years. Especially in the current climate of rising in the West.
Do grab it, you may find it surprisingly timeless.


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Noumenon, The Noumenon Series by Marina J. Lostetter

https://bookwyrm.social/book/795050/s/noumenon

There and back again. In the same vein as Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson, but with better ending.


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Who's your favourite Nobel Prize winning writer?
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@szilviavirag @bookstodon
Singer, Steinbeck, Mann from the top of my head.

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Giving my brain a break with my next . @bookstodon 📖

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@Schnuckster @bookstodon Been there and enjoyed it.
Have you watched the movies?

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Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim.

A must-read, no excuses.


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The Godfather.

What is there to say about this classic?


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Time to get Pohl'd again. The Merchants of Venus it is.

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@Enema_Cowboy @furicle @betaquarii @bookstodon Clarke's Rama or Bank's Culture series.

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Demon in White, The Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio.

https://bookwyrm.social/book/743470/s/demon-in-white

A survivalist's guide to interstellar conflicts of gigantic proportions. Lord Marlowe, you weasel!
Two more books in the series, can't wait ⏲️


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Fatherland by Robert Harris

A Goodreads link, this time only: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56842.Fatherland

Alt history fan's must-read. Or anybody who likes history. Makes you feel like reading The Man in the High Castle again...

There are 1984, 2001 and 2022 movies about a certain event in which are related and worth watching.

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Eyes of the Void, book 2 of The Final Architecture series by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Faster paced and more alien-y than book 1.
AT absolutely must elaborate on the Essiel in the sequel, I insist!

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Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang

https://bookwyrm.social/book/129233/s/vagabonds

Struggled with this one.
The corrupt free-for-all Earth vs. regulated, yet just society on Mars...
Is the author comparing western societies with the Chinese one? Can Chinese writers even question Chinese things?

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Is there a story where the Martians are not an austere, reserved, spartan, militarized, conscientious and super techy bunch of people?

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Half a King by Joe Abercrombie

https://bookwyrm.social/book/577091/s/half-a-king

Well, not that I didn't finish it in three days, it reads well. But it is half an Abercrombie compared to the First Law books 🤷‍♂️

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Diaspora by Greg Egan

https://bookwyrm.social/book/6920/s/diaspora

Mrs Kozuch is my new favourite fictional theoretical physicist!
An absolute must-read, imho.

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So, there's a based on The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen coming!

My inner bookworm tells me to stay away from it to spare myself another "book to TV show" disappointment. But, one never knows :)

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23168277

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14404618/

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