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That works for me. Is there a comprehensive list of what has been read before so I can take a look? I see a list up to 2018 in the thread.
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Yeah, that's what I found odd about it.
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Oh nice. I don't envy that role!
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(Quote) Thorny indeed! The more I read and listen to things on these topics the less I feel I understand or every will understand them
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I am so clueless. I didn't pick up on the libertarian angle at all. Oops. I find it weird that it would win an award from a Libertarian organization as it wouldn't strike me as a positive view of libertarianism. But what do I know!?
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I struggle with the "what is hard SF question", but I guess if forced I would say it was not. I like my hard SF to be full of intricate explanations that I can barely understand half the time. This felt very much like the technology provid…
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Good point about her other books. I might be more tempted to try something else by her other than the Murderbot books based on these ones. If only to see how a different story structure works with her writing style.
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(Quote) This sums it up well for me I think. It felt like just a fabric of the universe that was created.
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I don't know how to answer the slavery question. In the reading of the book it seems like an obvious yes that this is slavery, but I also am hesitant to anthropomorphize and at some point there is a line between "using a really fancy computer t…
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Overall I think they were quite enjoyable. Packed a lot of punch, and were still light and readable, in so few pages. I think that what impresses me the most is that Wells is able to do all of those things at once in such a short book/s. Should it h…
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My wife reupped the Audible subscription (for $1 dollar for 3 credits - always nice to have them give you a deal to try and get you to come back!) so I grabbed the first Murderbot book for free for a reread and finished it. Also finished Eversion t…
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It's one of the many Hugo winners I have never read so for that reason alone I would be interested. I'd need some time to track down a used copy from someone for cheap as I couldn't go the library route most likely since I would need it for a while.
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Maybe a reverse Scotland Yard, where instead of a bunch of detectives trying to hunt down Mr X, Shardik is hiding on the map and appears from time to time to try and hunt down the players as they scamper their way across the map trying not to have t…
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My first Richard Adams book. I definitely need to get to Watership Down and Plague Dogs at some point. I could see how I may enjoy his books in a tighter format. I don't think I would gravitate towards an even longer book by him with Maia. I tried …
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I would have loved to have more exposure to the inner world of the Tuginda. It was unfortunate that she was relegated to the role she was for the most part. I found the willingness for so many people to not only forgive Kelderek at the end, but to …
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I didn't find myself NOT enjoying the book, but the prose style forced me to slow down, and not in the way I usually like. I have no problems with books that have long stretches of descriptions (working my way through Les Miserables right now and it…
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I'm down with a really big nasty bear (the scene from the move The Revenant was great and terrifying as well). I liked that it was always left ambiguous as to whether he was truly who they believed he was, or merely a perfectly coincidental match f…
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The descriptions of Shardik's ravaged and emaciated body, as well as the scene where he is being honoured in death, certainly felt like he was taking a bit of Aslan but rewriting him for his own story where the redemption doesn't come directly from …
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I thought the names of the places were at times okay, and at other times felt a little much, but it can be difficult to come up with creative names for everything, so not a big deal. I struggled to visualise the map in my head as the book went along…
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Hey everyone. My name is Joel. I am a Canadian who stumbled across the Book club's Discord after Apocryphal Chris invited me. Enjoyed it there and figured I'd come contribute here as well. I am no literary guru but I enjoy reading!