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Humanity's Fire by Michael Cobley Lightspeed Trilogy by Ken MacLeod Revenger by Alastair Reynolds (the first book started off quite well, but the other two be
by troupo 1y ago
Humanity's Fire by Michael Cobley
Lightspeed Trilogy by Ken MacLeod
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds (the first book started off quite well, but the other two became a boring slog)
Rise of the Jain by Neal Asher. This one is just so egregiously bad, I don't know how I managed to finish. If I ever have to read another "erstwhile ship" I'll barf.
etc. etc.
Since I'm reading a lot of sci fi, I've ran out of top 1% or so of books an authors pretty quickly. Now I feel like I'm running out of middle-of-the-road authors, too.
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Edit. I'll add that most sci fi is incapable of even writing characters that have more distinction than "she's a woman, he's a man". They all talk and behave the same.
- 7thaccount 1y agoI liked reading "this is how you lose the time war" recently if you want something that is essentially sci-fi themed poetry. If you haven't already read it, maybe that'll be a fun break.
- troupo 1y agoIn recent years I've also enjoyed Too Like The Lightning. It's not sci-fi, but it's complex, and twisted, and the language is used in delightful and brain-breaking ways.
- 7thaccount 1y agoI do like the sound of "language used in delightful ways". Too late in life I realized I didn't hate poetry at all ...just the Emily Dickinson kind I was exposed to in highschool. I guess I should've known as I loved Shel Silverstein as a kid.