pickAgent to the Stars is a ridiculous book, and it was tons of fun. Apparently, Scalzi wrote it to see if he could actually write a novel. Wil Wheaton does a great job narrating it. 1979 is my #audiowalk book. I‘m not invested so far. I like McDermid, the time period interests me, but so far it seems to be about financial crime and tax evasion, and that bores me. I hope I‘m wrong.
I forgot to post yesterday so two for today....
I am posting one book per day from my extensive, and ever growing, TBR shelves. Some are old and some are new, some are gifts and some I don't know why I bought them.
Day 14 & 15
#ABookADay2024
Another tie for August. #12booksof2023
This year I read books set all over the place. A significant part of this book took place on another planet, making it the farthest setting from my home. The closest was probably Yellowface, with much of the story taking place in Washington DC.
Www.humblebundle.com has a John Scalzi bundle going.
Unfortunately, Starter Villain is not among the books, but Kaiju Preservation Society is.
#LitsySciFiBookClub #ClassicLSFBC
#SeriesLove2023
@TheSpineView @RamsFan1963
I probably post this kindle deal every time it comes up. One of my very favorite books of all time. If you‘re a US ebook reader, and you like complex speculative fiction/ scifi/ difficult to pin to a genre books, I can‘t recommend this enough!
pickExcellent first contact story with aliens that are truly alien, and a future humanity that is barely recognisable. Science heavy to the point where I at times had no idea what I was reading, but still compelling. Utterly mechanist and behaviourist in its outlook, which only proves that you can disagree with a book's central premise and still find it great reading.
So I‘m on chapter 6 and although it‘s a little futuristic I love the chapter quotes and it‘s really interesting how it‘s set, characters are well written… will post a review when done reading 🙌🏽
#BookMail 2 - because why send it all with the same carrier when you can send two ??
Stroke of the Pen - new release of "lost" short stories by #SirTerryPratchett for #OokBOokClub (obvs) ?
XX - definitely @Robotswithpersonality's fault. Might read it before ? and give it to my son. It might be his sort of book
so-soI can look at this book more favourably If I view it as an experiment. If you ripped a few pages out of Contact, a good chunk out of a couple astronomy text books, some coffee table graphic/history of fonts books, some history of language/communication books and a philosophy text book to top it off and buzzed them in a blender, you'd get the general vibe. A discussion about the virality of ideas is paramount in this SCIENCE fiction work. 1/?
