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Once again, many thanks. I am enjoying “The Praxis” immensely.

by mietek 2y ago

shagie 2y ago
Another space book series that I'm going to toss out there... *completely* different take on the universe and human nature... Nathan Lowell's Solar Clipper series. The author read (and is a very good reader) the first books as a free podcast. https://www.scribl.com/books/P2A75/quarter-share https://www.scribl.com/books/P2A75/quarter-share and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/traders-tales-from-the-golden-age-of-the-solar-clipper/id1739642851 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/traders-tales-from-the... depending on your devices.
- mietek 2y ago
  Thank you. When I think of completely different takes, I think of “The Golden Oecumene” trilogy by John C. Wright: “The Golden Age”, “The Phoenix Exultant”, and “The Golden Transcendence”. Also, these are not to be missed: - “The Fall Revolution” tetralogy by Ken MacLeod: “The Star Fraction”, “The Stone Canal”, “The Cassini Division”, and “The Sky Road” - “Void Star” by Zachary Mason - “Singularity Sky” by Charles Stross - “The Freeze-Frame Revolution” by Peter Watts - “Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość” by Jacek Dukaj - “A Fire Upon the Deep” and “A Deepness in the Sky” by Vernor Vinge - “Gnomon” by Nick Harkaway - the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks
  - shagie 2y ago
    I've read Singularity Sky, and Iron Sunrise. Also read http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/09/books-i-will-not-write-4-escha.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/09/books-i-... > My first two published SF novels, "Singularity Sky" and "Iron Sunrise", have a long and tangled history. And I figure it's probably worth (a) explaining why there won't be a third one in that particular series, and (b) spoilering the plot thread I had kicking around that would have been in the third Eschaton novel if I was going to write it. Freeze Frame Revolution I've enjoyed - I need to read the rest of that universe. https://www.goodreads.com/series/168556-sunflower-cycle https://www.goodreads.com/series/168556-sunflower-cycle I've read Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky - The Children of the Sky is also on my reading list. In high school I read Consider Phlebas and I need to do a read of the entirety of the series in one go. I'll put the others on my to read list.
    - mietek 2y ago
      Having just finished “Conventions of War”, I must say I am highly impressed with Walter Jon Williams. I wonder what he did before becoming a writer.

Once again, many thanks. I am enjoying “The Praxis” immensely.

by mietek 2y ago

Once again, many thanks. I am enjoying “The Praxis” immensely.

Another space book series that I'm going to toss out there... *completely* different take on the universe and human nature... Nathan Lowell's Solar Clipper series. The author read (and is a very good reader) the first books as a free podcast. https://www.scribl.com/books/P2A75/quarter-share https://www.scribl.com/books/P2A75/quarter-share and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/traders-tales-from-the-golden-age-of-the-solar-clipper/id1739642851 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/traders-tales-from-the... depending on your devices.

mietek 2y ago
Thank you. When I think of completely different takes, I think of “The Golden Oecumene” trilogy by John C. Wright: “The Golden Age”, “The Phoenix Exultant”, and “The Golden Transcendence”. Also, these are not to be missed: - “The Fall Revolution” tetralogy by Ken MacLeod: “The Star Fraction”, “The Stone Canal”, “The Cassini Division”, and “The Sky Road” - “Void Star” by Zachary Mason - “Singularity Sky” by Charles Stross - “The Freeze-Frame Revolution” by Peter Watts - “Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość” by Jacek Dukaj - “A Fire Upon the Deep” and “A Deepness in the Sky” by Vernor Vinge - “Gnomon” by Nick Harkaway - the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks
- shagie 2y ago
  I've read Singularity Sky, and Iron Sunrise. Also read http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/09/books-i-will-not-write-4-escha.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/09/books-i-... > My first two published SF novels, "Singularity Sky" and "Iron Sunrise", have a long and tangled history. And I figure it's probably worth (a) explaining why there won't be a third one in that particular series, and (b) spoilering the plot thread I had kicking around that would have been in the third Eschaton novel if I was going to write it. Freeze Frame Revolution I've enjoyed - I need to read the rest of that universe. https://www.goodreads.com/series/168556-sunflower-cycle https://www.goodreads.com/series/168556-sunflower-cycle I've read Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky - The Children of the Sky is also on my reading list. In high school I read Consider Phlebas and I need to do a read of the entirety of the series in one go. I'll put the others on my to read list.
  - mietek 2y ago
    Having just finished “Conventions of War”, I must say I am highly impressed with Walter Jon Williams. I wonder what he did before becoming a writer.