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I'm a big fan of his book The Wreck of the River of Stars, and think a lot of people here would like it. The River of Stars is an interplanetary craft, origina

I'm a big fan of his book The Wreck of the River of Stars, and think a lot of people here would like it. The River of Stars is an interplanetary craft, originally driven by solar sail, with snazzy new fusion drives recently added. The crew combines new fusion people and sail traditionalists, and they don't like each other. The story is part engineering, part psychology; everybody does what they think is best for the ship, but they don't communicate well and unfortunate things happen.

merlincorey 3y ago
Just purchased it in hardcover based on your quick summary. Edit: I'm not the only one -- copies are going quickly it seems, and I've already found a new paperback going for $100
- metadat 3y ago
  Once an author is deceased, does it become okay-ish to download their content from z-lib? gulp To be fair, when I find an amazing book, I typically end up buying a physical copy even when I've already read it. And even if the author has passed.
metadat 3y ago
Thanks for generously sharing your positive experience! Historically, these sorts of pleasure reading book recommendations from HN tend to be very good. Interestingly, Michael F. Flynn has one yet-to-be-published work: "In the Belly of the Whale", which isn't scheduled for release until 2024 [0]. Hope he finished it <3. [0] https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/michael-f-flynn/ https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/michael-f-flynn/
- gausswho 3y ago
  In a post on his blog in April of this year he said it was done and passed to the publisher.
I_Am_Nous 3y ago
Just picked it up digitally, this sounds like such an awesome premise :) For anyone who enjoys metal (specifically story driven funeral doom) there's a really cool album called Ark by The Slow Death. It's about humanity torching Earth so badly they pool the remaining resources to escape with The Chosen Ones on humanity's last hope, a space ark trying to find a new planet to live on. It's a great, slow story and the band does an awesome job of building the atmosphere the lyrics are portraying.

merlincorey 3y ago

Just purchased it in hardcover based on your quick summary. Edit: I'm not the only one -- copies are going quickly it seems, and I've already found a new paperback going for $100

metadat 3y ago
Once an author is deceased, does it become okay-ish to download their content from z-lib? gulp To be fair, when I find an amazing book, I typically end up buying a physical copy even when I've already read it. And even if the author has passed.

metadat 3y ago

Thanks for generously sharing your positive experience! Historically, these sorts of pleasure reading book recommendations from HN tend to be very good. Interestingly, Michael F. Flynn has one yet-to-be-published work: "In the Belly of the Whale", which isn't scheduled for release until 2024 [0]. Hope he finished it <3. [0] https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/michael-f-flynn/ https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/michael-f-flynn/

gausswho 3y ago
In a post on his blog in April of this year he said it was done and passed to the publisher.

I_Am_Nous 3y ago

Just picked it up digitally, this sounds like such an awesome premise :) For anyone who enjoys metal (specifically story driven funeral doom) there's a really cool album called Ark by The Slow Death. It's about humanity torching Earth so badly they pool the remaining resources to escape with The Chosen Ones on humanity's last hope, a space ark trying to find a new planet to live on. It's a great, slow story and the band does an awesome job of building the atmosphere the lyrics are portraying.