Aside from Project Hail Mary which I assume every /c/sciencefiction subscriber is going to read what have you been reading or plan to read?

Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (August 2023)

  • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I read the first 4 Murderbot Diaries a long time ago and the other day I learned there are at least 4 more. 🤖☠️

    • s20@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I adore the Murderbot Diaries. It’s weird how something so violent can be so, I dunno, calming.

    • IonAddis@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They’re great fun.

      I was disappointed with Martha Wells’ most recent book though. I won’t spoil it, but it came down to me never emotionally connecting to the main character, and too much worldbuilding having been done for one book…a lot of build-up that goes nowhere.

      I haven’t read her non-Murderbot books, so at some point I imagine I’ll be curious enough to go back and see if Murderbot was just something that hit a zeitgeist, the right topic at the right time, or if Witch King simply a weaker offering even compared to the pre-Murderbot stuff she’s done.