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14 votes
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
12 votes -
Old jokes
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What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book?
12 votes -
What will survive of Philip Larkin
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Is alternate history science fiction?
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Looking for some long book series recommendations
I currently have a hankering for diving into a really long book series, so was hoping to get some recommendations from fellow Tildes users. The genres I enjoy most are scifi and fantasy,...
I currently have a hankering for diving into a really long book series, so was hoping to get some recommendations from fellow Tildes users.
The genres I enjoy most are scifi and fantasy, especially darkly themed ones with deep lore, but I'm open to trying anything. The only caveat is that I have absolutely no interest in starting to read a series that hasn't actually finished yet, since at this point I am honestly quite sick of waiting for the next ASOIAF and Kingkiller.
I was considering listing all the longest series I have already read in order to avoid them getting recommended to me again, but I decided against doing that so other people can use this as a resource in case they're also looking for similar recommendations.
p.s. Malazan Book of the Fallen would be my biggest recommendation, BTW. It's by far my favorite dark fantasy series, is a whopping ~3M words, ~11k pages, with hundreds of unique/memorable characters, and an insanely deep lore spanning thousands of years.
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
11 votes -
Sanderson’s First Law for magic systems
17 votes -
Interlinear Books: Learn between the lines (Subtitled books)
11 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
7 votes -
Where do you acquire books?
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of...
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of NYC bookstores but I'm curious about online portals folks here use to buy books. I've switched to bookshop.org for new books but what's the go to for used books?
Thanks!
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Twilight of the libraries: What gets lost when books go off-site and online
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Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why?
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What are some good examples of retro sci-fi literature (retrofuturism)?
So I'm reading Asimov's short-story anthology The Complete Robot, which contains stories written between 1939 and 1977, and I'm fascinated by several instances in which Asimov tries to predict the...
So I'm reading Asimov's short-story anthology The Complete Robot, which contains stories written between 1939 and 1977, and I'm fascinated by several instances in which Asimov tries to predict the future of robotics.
When he gets it right is just as interesting as when he gets it wrong, as even when he's wrong, he's wrong in very interesting ways.
For example, it's very interesting how Asimov seems to think that everything must have a positronic brain (which often produces something either identical or very close consciousness), when in reality we now have numerous useful robots that have nothing of the sort.
So this made me thinking, I think I'd like to write a story that was just like that, an exploration of universal themes that is facilitated by simplified technology. A form of retrofuturism. And since I had the idea, obviously someone else had it before. I wanna read it! More recent stories, especially those with old-school robots and artificial intelligence. Any suggestions?
Also open to other medias, but books would be particularly helpful.
15 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
17 votes -
Reading The Wheel of Time
8 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
6 votes -
Book review: The Dawn Of Everything
2 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
7 votes -
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla
6 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
9 votes -
Dracula Daily
10 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
7 votes -
The book that sank on the Titanic and burned in the Blitz
7 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
8 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
10 votes -
Book review of A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
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Two "stolen" notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University, twenty-two years after they were last seen
11 votes -
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world's interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers
13 votes -
Idol words
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
6 votes -
The Billionaire’s Bard: On the rationalist fictions of Neal Stephenson
9 votes -
Harry Potter (a literary analysis)
9 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
13 votes -
It's time to come clean
22 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
9 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
5 votes -
The Talented Mr. Bernardini - A young Italian is accused of pulling off the book world’s most perplexing crime. Who is he?
7 votes -
Furries are leading the war against a book-banning Mississippi Mayor
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Textual healing: The novel world of bibliotherapy
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
16 votes -
Tennessee school board bans Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’ – author Art Spiegelman condemns the move as ‘Orwellian’
28 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
5 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
10 votes -
What were the best books you read this year?
Any book you read this year counts — not just 2021 releases. What were the best books you read this year, and what made them so good?
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Joan Didion, ‘new journalist’ who explored culture and chaos, dies at 87
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Foreboding discovery of a main character’s past - in-depth book discussion and recommendations request
Hoping to generate discussion and have a few books recommended that have some of the following characteristics: foreboding discovery of a main character’s past a plot conflict that with a focus...
Hoping to generate discussion and have a few books recommended that have some of the following characteristics:
- foreboding discovery of a main character’s past
- a plot conflict that with a focus other than war or physical/political fighting
- preferable plot conflict examples: exploration, escape, grand heist, obtaining wisdom, treasure hunt
- undercurrent of a great unused power or magic that has been long lost
btw, I’m borrowing this format from r/Fantasy
Books I have liked:
Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law series
Samantha Shannon The Priory of the Orange Tree
Michael Crichton The Eaters of the Dead
Lara Prior-Palmer (non-fiction) Rough Magic
Arthur C. Clarke (sci-fi) Rendezvous with Rama
Neal Stephenson (sci-fi) Anathem
Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive seriesTraits like prose, characters, or settings you most enjoy:
Settings within the wilderness, crypts, large buildings/structures, caverns are all great.Series vs. standalone preference:
No real preference, but longer is better I suppose.Tone preference (lighthearted, grimdark, etc):
No strong preference, but mystical, ancient, and dark comes to mind.Complexity/depth level:
Preferably on the more intricate side.Thank you, let’s chat!
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
13 votes -
Coming soon to the public domain in 2022
13 votes