Post 9wfBaMxutnMIILfCy0 by nergal@linuxrocks.online
(DIR) More posts by nergal@linuxrocks.online
(DIR) Post #9wf9ufzjeroXCG4NjU by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:27:40Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
I am out of reading material again, recommend me somethingMy favorite author is terry pratchett and I like scifi
(DIR) Post #9wfA7lkvY8RepTO1Nw by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
2020-07-02T03:30:55.782328Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir A Fire Upon the Deep or A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
(DIR) Post #9wfAGXWBr1tNHIfvwO by ky0ko@cybre.space
2020-07-02T03:31:21Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir have you read any of sam hughes works
(DIR) Post #9wfAPPSJCTaUsX5bFY by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:31:46Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@izaya have read the former and liked it, I should pick up the latter too. Thanks :)
(DIR) Post #9wfAVbttqJp9DIx3ZI by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
2020-07-02T03:35:14.043467Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir Children of the Sky is good in a different way, though you might have read it too.
(DIR) Post #9wfAWJWLfF84V0Gry4 by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:32:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ky0ko nope
(DIR) Post #9wfAeBsXxcqZ7APUJs by ky0ko@cybre.space
2020-07-02T03:33:14Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir "Ra" is a great read imo
(DIR) Post #9wfAkOBH8Pzh0S7rpA by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:34:47Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ky0ko oh wait yes I have read this
(DIR) Post #9wfAocKuRnNO4CeGDQ by shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
2020-07-02T03:38:43.246579Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir it's not really in the vein of Terry Pratchet, but I dearly love Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee and the rest of the trilogy
(DIR) Post #9wfAqVyJ57PSuGysMq by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:35:08Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ky0ko I had not related qntm.org to sam hughes before
(DIR) Post #9wfAyM2Lu1Q0PYby9A by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:35:58Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@izaya thanks, I'll keep working my way through Vinge
(DIR) Post #9wfB4lAZNCsk60VdZY by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:38:04Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
My favorite book of all time is His Dark Materials (okay, it's a trilogy, bite me)
(DIR) Post #9wfB8ALAFFjH1y5Zse by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:39:24Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@shadowfacts thanks! I'll pick it up
(DIR) Post #9wfBR7Izkl9t7V6w88 by charims@mastodon.technology
2020-07-02T03:41:11Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space series if you like space opera.
(DIR) Post #9wfBZRfVvXlmalcCrw by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:43:27Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@charims I liked House of Suns but not Shadow Captain
(DIR) Post #9wfBaMxutnMIILfCy0 by nergal@linuxrocks.online
2020-07-02T03:47:20Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/30/terry-pratchett-predicted-rise-of-fake-news-in-1995-says-biographer how fast do you read?
(DIR) Post #9wfBjtmgFUX4gdx50K by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:48:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@nergal it takes me 4-8 days to get through a typical novel
(DIR) Post #9wfBqXgYoGRMAyG0fI by nergal@linuxrocks.online
2020-07-02T03:50:16Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir typical mean 350 pages?
(DIR) Post #9wfC9RoCsowFS4qfIW by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T03:53:01Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@nergal as much as 500-600 on the upper end of that estimate
(DIR) Post #9wfDqwKxM75YXWTAK8 by MonKaiju@todon.nl
2020-07-02T04:08:16Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin
(DIR) Post #9wfDysNnwNhkapaO4O by alcinnz@floss.social
2020-07-02T04:08:44Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir I'm currently reading "The Long Earth" by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter, and one of my favourite audio dramas is Magus Elgar. They might be up your alley?
(DIR) Post #9wfECPAhLQjw38uGci by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T04:09:43Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@alcinnz read the first one, but couldn't stick with it. Too much Baxter and not enough Pratchett
(DIR) Post #9wfEWP5FNhALZJtQHY by hannibal_ad_portas@linuxrocks.online
2020-07-02T04:20:13Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir Jerry Pournell. "The Mote in God's Eye" is some of the best classic hard scifi, and "Inferno" is one of the books I keep rereading because it's so good.
(DIR) Post #9wfErpexlcoG4eohKC by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T04:21:39Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@hannibal_ad_portas have read both! The former is one of my all time favorite books
(DIR) Post #9wfEz9RWbzorSS1NPU by alcinnz@floss.social
2020-07-02T04:19:08Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir Fair enough. I'm planning to read Disc World next, then see if I can get through Lord of the Rings as an audio book.Otherwise I'm only just getting back into a book reading habit, so I've more got audio adventures to recommend.Do try Magus Elgar! It's a nice depiction of scientific discovery in terms of Pratchett-esque magic.
(DIR) Post #9wfFDzaXX7g7EpJZBo by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T04:20:13Z
2 likes, 0 repeats
@alcinnz discworld is the single best series of books of all time, they're SO GOOD. Start with Night Watch.I will check out Magus Elgar in my next round of book buying 😄
(DIR) Post #9wfFjtvA8jT2vaAxwu by alcinnz@floss.social
2020-07-02T04:29:02Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir To be clear, Magus Elgar is an audio (comedy) series. Here's the link: https://www.maguselgar.com/store
(DIR) Post #9wfFpn0QlLYfDcRpKq by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-07-02T04:30:19Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@alcinnz oh :< I don't do audiobooks
(DIR) Post #9wfGAuj1G40fEyNQ4O by alcinnz@floss.social
2020-07-02T04:35:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir O.K.They've pretty much replaced movies (rather than books) for me. I prefer the writing.
(DIR) Post #9wfGJdBNqlYbRJnhFg by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2020-07-02T04:40:20.882664Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@MonKaiju @sir Haha, I would have recommended the Earthsea ones.I have yet to read this one anyway.
(DIR) Post #9wfNXTCUSYVuDJrdrc by vegai@mastodon.social
2020-07-02T05:58:18Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. Starting from All Systems Red.
(DIR) Post #9wfO2DORHSaEAK766i by Horizon_Innovations@linuxrocks.online
2020-07-02T06:05:13Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sirDune (double trilogy) by Frank Herbert (SciFi)
(DIR) Post #9wfPVLhxXrKSJ0hSwy by vegai@mastodon.social
2020-07-02T06:22:06Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir Or if you need something more serious, Stanislaw Lem's Fiasco
(DIR) Post #9wfPhn6PWG0Ck74NbU by nicoe@mamot.fr
2020-07-02T06:23:51Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@sir Liu Cixin's Three Body Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_%28novel%29It's not at all Pratchetian but as a european I found it refreshing to have another cultural look on SciFi. Moreover his depiction of the Cultural Revolution was not something I expected from an author having to deal with censorship. I'd like to point also that a phycist friend of mine told me that he liked that the real heroes the books are the laws of physics which is kind of true (and that's what decided me to try the books :P).
(DIR) Post #9wfSsihmVZGm9XS7O4 by mc@mastodon.sdf.org
2020-07-02T06:59:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir Erin Morgenstern's "The Starless Sea". Not quite our world, or maybe a mix of our world and a world made up of tales. A sort of literature conspiracy or a meta story about books, reading, and storytelling that comes to life.
(DIR) Post #9wfVLuhrAOsJgEXI9o by lilo@mastodonten.de
2020-07-02T07:26:40Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir If you like Pratchett, the humor in Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones might be something for you.
(DIR) Post #9wfi5ofj8KfJjgC78K by govynnus@social.linux.pizza
2020-07-02T09:51:24Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@sirIn terms of scifi I recommend Iain M. Banks' Culture series and Ted Chiang's "Stories of Your Life and Others".
(DIR) Post #9wfrhIlz54t9OV4QfQ by cryptoxic@toot.site
2020-07-02T11:37:58Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sirGlasshouse by Charles Stross?
(DIR) Post #9wfsWlCBANHgJVrONc by stick@infosec.exchange
2020-07-02T11:46:53Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir @alcinnz No, don't start with Night Watch! You'll have nowhere to go as it's the best book of the 43! At least read the Guards sub-series in order!
(DIR) Post #9wgCgS9KpbrbDtQfVQ by grimfrenzy@mstdn.social
2020-07-02T15:31:13Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@govynnusChiang should be required reading in my opinion. Short, character focused explorations of philosophical themes. Bit of a mathematical taste like a modern day Borges. The recent collection 'Exhalation' is dope; particularly 'Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom'.@sir
(DIR) Post #9wgCsJMtJ2QnSmQNBA by govynnus@social.linux.pizza
2020-07-02T15:36:27Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@grimfrenzyAgreed. I've been wanting to get hold of 'Exhalation' for a while but haven't got round to it yet
(DIR) Post #9wjYGk6SEsEtqF6hM0 by x@toot.icyphox.sh
2020-07-02T04:11:01Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sir Perhaps Brandon Sanderson's works? Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, etc.?Also, what's your preferred method of reading?