What have you read recently?

Homegrove

JonQPublik Final Girl Support Group has been on my list for awhile now. Should really just buy it already.

JonQPublik

Homegrove Looking forward to his new one, How to Sell a Haunted House.

rhouses

New Cormac McCarthy has released, since The Road. Called The Passenger. Looks like it’s about scuba diving or something, will give it a go.

Homegrove

For a thread about reading, people here have some real issues with writing English.

JonQPublik

Homegrove I have no idea how that autocorrect got by me

Wally

Klara and the sun - Kazuo Ishiguro - decent, although not the balls to the wall masterpiece people are saying it is. I get the feeling those people don’t read much sci fi because most of the themes have been done already. Still, thought provoking and worth a read. 8 / 10

Mad_Cyril

Wally
Ishiguro’s books aren’t balls to the wall though are they.

Agree about the theme, even with the same author, though does provide a different twist.

That said I prefer his slow burn style. And like quite a lot of Japanese fiction for similar reasons

Unbroken1

Wally …enjoyed it, although currently reading McEwan’s ‘Machines Like Me’ which I think I prefer. Explores similar themes but set in an alternate history 1980’s when the UK has lost the Falklands war and Turing has cracked AI, really good.

Jules72

Reading Papercuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press by Ted Kessler… an indie/electronic music journalist… very entertaining and recommended

Unbroken1

…btw, speaking of Ishiguro, would recommend ‘The Buried Giant’, trippy medieval fantasy about the memory’s ability to bury trauma and guilt. Hard to describe but thought it was mega imaginative, loved it.

Mad_Cyril

Unbroken1
Nice one, haven’t read.

Which is nice

Wally

If I was looking for a top tier fantasy swords and sourcery style book for a change, what would people recommmend?

That ‘The Wolf’ certainly looks tempting 👍🏻

Amps

Wally

Joe Abercrombie - The First Law Trilogy is worth a look.

JonQPublik

Wally
Kevin Hearne’s The Seven Kennings trilogy, beginning with A Plague of Giants. Book 3 is written, currently in edits iirc, estimated release June 2023. Instead of sorcery though, it’s more ‘magic with consequences’.

Although he’s more known for sci-fi, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Echoes of the Fall series is wonderful. Book 1 is The Tiger and The Wolf.

Wally

Cheers guys. Will check them out.

Bit sick of AT at the moment. Love his stuff but he’s a book printing machine. By the time you get through one, he’s released two more. Lol. I try and space them out and am saving myself for ‘Children of ruin’ next month which I’m very much looking forward to.

Mad_Cyril

Wally

Wally saving myself for ‘Children of ruin’

Interested to hear what you think

Mad_Cyril

Wally

Wally saving myself for ‘Children of ruin’

Interested to hear what you think

Wally

Oh yeah, forgot

The Sandman : book 1 - decided to read it before watching the tv show. Very enjoyable. Been watching the show in tandem after learning how far it covered and it’s also a great adaption. 9 bags of sand / 10

Wally

Ah bollox, I meant ‘Children of memory’ which comes out next month. CoR was really enjoyable. Not as good as CoT but that’s one of my fave books. Got a personalised signed copy of it from the man himself. 🙂

Mad_Cyril

Wally
Thought CoR was shite if I’m honest.

Not as dedicated to the sci-fi as you are though, so alls fair

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