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I've only ever read 1 other Vance book (City of the Chasch) which had some of the same weird (not bad) world building elements and his preference to use words that I have to look up since I don't know what they mean but definitely had more of light-…
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100% agree and not much more to add. The Emphyrio tale just felt like book ends that we were supposed to read more into but the rest of the story mostly felt like it barely touched on it,
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I also finished it this month.
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(Quote) Good tips! Seems like The Saint of Bright Doors is a better fit then.
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Most of the characters felt like background noise for the most part for Silas, but I was ok with that. This is surprising for me as generally I prefer books that give me rich characters and this one didn't have a lot of that. However, I found myself…
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Like @BarnerCobblewood I struggled to really work out the connection between the maths and the story he was telling. I even watched a few videos on it and by the end I could kind of understand the "idea" of it, but couldn't really grasp th…
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Maybe a touch slow at the start but I thought the pacing was great by the end. Certainly he wanted to get er done faster but kept getting dragged back out of it until it was a do or die situation and I enjoyed it.
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Sounds like Saint of Bright Doors would be a good choice - I'll track down a copy.
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I thought it did an ok job of winding its way between giving away too much of the twist so that it became too easy to guess, and still dripfeeding me enough to keep me interested. The first one can be boring and the second one can be extremely frust…
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It worked well for me. Never read one of his books and I embraced the fast-paced plot. I read the entire thing is two sittings and really enjoyed it. I also loved the Tom Cruise film Live, Die, Repeat, so it's very possible that this style of storyt…
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A couple ideas for April. Will be my first kick at this so not sure what are considered good choices for the group in general. If we want something a bit lighter I can do that too! Let me know. I don't think either of these have been read by the gro…
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Grabbed a copy of this from the used bookstore today in case we decide to go ahead with it.
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I'll come up with some ideas this weekend for a book for April.
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I'm good to go.
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Depends why you don't like it. I felt like it had a solid payoff by the end.
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I am unsure if I was able to fully grasp the intricacies of the argument they were making. Does the Bible as an ancient text fall into the good vs evil structure? It seems to for me, but then I have a feeling they would find a way to make an excepti…
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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 …