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What's everyone been reading recently? (lemmy.world)

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For me in SciFi I've been trying to hit some classics so I've read 'The Iron Dream' by Norman Spinrad, 'A Time of Changes' by Robert Silverberg and also the (recent release) 'Out of the Ruins' anthology.

Of those three I enjoyed 'The Iron Dream' the most since I didn't enjoy Silverberg's potraryal of women (and it doesn't seem to have literary intent like in 'The Iron Dream'.) 'Out of the Ruins had some bangers but it was a fairly inconsistent collection for me that mostly hasn't been memorable.

So, what are you currently reading or have recently read?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Recently finished Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky, which is the third in his series that started with Children of Time.

Children of Time immediately became my second favourite scifi book of all time, and possibly my favourite ever book ending, but I didn't find the second installment really held up that well. Happy to report that Children of Memory, while not quite hitting those heady heights, was pretty good! A little repetitive in parts, but some very cool concepts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did start Children of Time but for some reason didn't go past the first couple of chapters. Will have to give it another shot sometime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Definitely worth a try! Hope you love it as much as I do.

[–] Seddera 1 points 1 year ago

Children of Memory has started a never-ending debate between me and a coworker about weather we're sentient, or just really good at repeating noticed patters. Very interesting thing to think about