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patteeu 09-19-2019 03:37 PM
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Cryptonomicon ?
My favorites are The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon.

Bowser 09-19-2019 05:56 PM
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Cryptonomicon ?
Loved Cryptonomicon. Definitely my favorite from Stephenson.

Miles 09-22-2019 08:07 AM
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So for years I've heard about how good this book series by Pierce Brown is, that starts with the novel Red Rising. I've had it on Audible for I don't know how long, and for whatever reason I've never started to listen to it. Until last night, when I finally started listening to the book, and....holy shit. I don't even know how to describe it. It almost evokes Dune, which I think most of you probably know is my favorite book of all time. And i'm only maybe 5 hours into Red Rising, and I'm already thinking it's this good. I can't wait to get into the whole series, which is I think up to 7 volumes now.
I was reluctant to start that series thinking it was YA for some reason. Barely slept as I ripped through the first trilogy once I started.

keg in kc 09-22-2019 03:54 PM
Yeah, the YA thing may have been it for me, too. You hear Hunger Games as a comparison in some of the blurbs for Red Rising.

vailpass 09-22-2019 04:34 PM
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Yeah, the YA thing may have been it for me, too. You hear Hunger Games as a comparison in some of the blurbs for Red Rising.
YA= young adult?

keg in kc 09-22-2019 05:24 PM
Yeah.

Mennonite 09-28-2019 02:36 PM
I finally, finally made my way through that massive compilation of Hugo award winning short stories. I think it's time that I admit to myself that I may not actually like sci-fi. 99.9 percent of it is just crap.

ShiftyEyedWaterboy 09-28-2019 03:22 PM
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I finally, finally made my way through that massive compilation of Hugo award winning short stories. I think it's time that I admit to myself that I may not actually like sci-fi. 99.9 percent of it is just crap.
This is true of everything. Short stories aren't really my thing but I've heard there are some really great collections out there. Gene Wolfe, Lafferty, Zelazny. That newish Chinese guy is supposed to be pretty good.

keg in kc 09-28-2019 03:31 PM
I'm squarely in the 'who gives a **** about the Hugo's' camp. It's a popularity contest with winners decided by fan vote, and it's basically turned into conservatives versus liberals (international groups, this isn't a US thing.. ). So if it ever was about quality, it certainly doesn't seem to be any more. People seem to vote more for political reasons, or to advance social causes, and I've found that, particularly for the last 10ish years, the nominees rarely reflect my personal tastes, much less the winners. So it may not be that you don't like science fiction or fantasy, you may just not like sci-fi and fantasy as it's presented by the Hugo's.

ShiftyEyedWaterboy 09-28-2019 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 14484031)
I'm squarely in the 'who gives a **** about the Hugo's' camp. It's a popularity contest with winners decided by fan vote, and it's basically turned into conservatives versus liberals (international groups, this isn't a US thing.. ). So if it ever was about quality, it certainly doesn't seem to be any more. People seem to vote more for political reasons, or to advance social causes, and I've found that, particularly for the last 10ish years, the nominees rarely reflect my personal tastes, much less the winners. So it may not be that you don't like science fiction or fantasy, you may just not like sci-fi and fantasy as it's presented by the Hugo's.
Its been a huge mess for awhile now.

stumppy 09-29-2019 08:11 AM
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I'm squarely in the 'who gives a **** about the Hugo's' camp. It's a popularity contest with winners decided by fan vote, and it's basically turned into conservatives versus liberals (international groups, this isn't a US thing.. ). So if it ever was about quality, it certainly doesn't seem to be any more. People seem to vote more for political reasons, or to advance social causes, and I've found that, particularly for the last 10ish years, the nominees rarely reflect my personal tastes, much less the winners. So it may not be that you don't like science fiction or fantasy, you may just not like sci-fi and fantasy as it's presented by the Hugo's.
Yea, I read ?/ can't even remember the title/ that had won the Hugo. Turned out to be a pretty crappy read. I was thinking WTF? Your post is a pretty good explanation why.

Ubeja Vontell 09-29-2019 08:16 AM
Lord Dunsany
Ambrose Bierce
H.P.Lovecraft
Robert E. Howard
Otis Kline

must reads

lawrenceRaider 09-29-2019 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Mennonite (Post 14483976)
I finally, finally made my way through that massive compilation of Hugo award winning short stories. I think it's time that I admit to myself that I may not actually like sci-fi. 99.9 percent of it is just crap.
Hugo doesn't mean squat any longer. The Hugo's are now about how woke you are, not the quality of your work.

vailpass 10-07-2019 01:29 PM
Finished the Malazan series. The second half of book 10 really picked up in pace and was an enjoyable read. I appreciate how he used the epilogue to wrap up as much as was possible.

Thanks to whoever recommended this one, I'm glad to have read it. I know I liked it because when it was over I realized I'll be doing a second read at some point in the future.

lawrenceRaider 10-07-2019 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 14507984)
Finished the Malazan series. The second half of book 10 really picked up in pace and was an enjoyable read. I appreciate how he used the epilogue to wrap up as much as was possible.

Thanks to whoever recommended this one, I'm glad to have read it. I know I liked it because when it was over I realized I'll be doing a second read at some point in the future.
I've read the series twice, and am now listening to it on Audible for my work commute.


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