What have you read recently?

Wasily

Ready Player One (Ernest Cline): Really regret seeing the film first as I would have loved this book and its references to the 80’s and gaming.

Amps

Wasily Second book is out in about a months time.

Jules72

Wasily loved the book, haven’t seen the film yet…. lots of old skool computer game geekery

JonQPublik

My TBR stack is out of control. Still waiting for the most recent Jasper Fforde book, Brandon Sanderson’s 4th Stormlight Archive book, and the conclusion to R.F. Huang’s Poppy War trilogy.

Wally

You’ll carve through those murderbot ones in a few days.

JonQPublik

Wally Murderbots are next. The number of books I’ve read this year is woeful compared to the previous two years.

jonattonyeah

Excellent so far.

Amps

Just about to get into the new Jasper Fford one.

JonQPublik

Amps Hopefully better than Early Riser.

Smallman1

A quick, easy and fairly illuminating read -

Amps

JonQPublik I liked Early Riser, far from his best, but a fun one all the same. He really needs to get Shades Of Grey 2 sorted, not finishing that story is basically audience abuse.

Amps

JonQPublik The Constant Rabbit, again, far from his best book, but I loved it. Think I’m just a bit of a fanboy he’s something of a natural successor to Douglas Adams imo, and I’m bang into that.

JonQPublik

Amps I loved Shades of Grey, and like you want that sequel. I’d welcome a third Nursery Crimes novel as well.

Wally

Finished ’Death’s end’ - thought it was really good tbh - best of the trilogy so it ended on a high note - I get the complaints about Liu being a pessimistic writer and the characters being a bit flat but I think the universe / time and space spanning sci fi concepts more than make up for them.

Next it’s Adrian Tchaikovsky - Dogs Of War - been told by several people to read it pronto.

slabs

Wally I loved Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Time (and sci-fi’s not always my bag)

Wally

slabs It’s a masterwork. The sequel is great too. Number 3 is in the works 🙂

Amps

JonQPublik Yeah, I think someone said that Shades of Grey didn’t sell very well, so that’s why he’s swerved it for so long, but I can’t believe it sold that badly. Guess the Dragonslayer series for TV must be a good earner though. Not to worried about the Nursery Crimes stuff, and I’ve probably had my fill of Thursday Next too, just want Shades boxed off!

Amps

JonQPublik The sequel is now available for pre order 👍️

Amps

JonQPublik I loved Shades of Grey, and like you want that sequel

Jon, have you gotten into Red Side Story yet?

JonQPublik

Amps It was funny that he threw in a reference a universal desire for SoG2 in Early Riser. Was more of a taunt, really. His Twitter feed had numerous requests for a sequel, probably wouldn’t have to scroll back to find a few!

JonQPublik

Speaking of Adrian Tchaikovsky, his Echoes of the Fall trilogy would be stunning if given a film treatment. IF done well, that is. Today’s CGI is absolutely necessary.

Amps

JonQPublik It was funny that he threw in a reference a universal desire for SoG2 in Early Riser.

Did he? It’s a while since I read it, but that might have passed me by.

JonQPublik

Amps
I can’t remember where in the book this is, but thankfully found the quote on goodreads. While it doesn’t outright mention SoG many on Twitter (…) felt seen.
“Gaps. I loathe gaps. Gaps in doors, gaps in windows, gaps in bathroom tiles, long gaps between sequels to books. But you know which gaps I hate the most?”

Amps

JonQPublik Lol, boss!

Amps

JonQPublik Just heard another recent interview with him saying Shades didn’t sell, only his 4th best book, but it will be concluded after he does the next Dragonslayer. Apparently Early Riser was difficult to write and took an age.

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