Lord_Griff wrote:I liked Perdido. It gets cheerier.
Stopharage wrote:I've read Lost Girl by him, which I enjoyed. Fairly unrelenting throughout. A friend has read The Ritual and he thought Lost Girl was far better. Set in a future Britain where criminal gangs operate freely in some towns and cities, there has been an explosion in number of refugees and the gulf between rich and poor is further increased. A father goes in search of his daughter.
I've just finished Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. Was another enjoyable read and had a nice vein of humour running throughout. It's a relatively short and easy read although I thought the preface was the best section of the novel.
Now onto The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, which I can safely say is the first time I've read Chinese sci-fi.
tigerswiftly wrote:Polishing off Cogheart and then about to dive into either Spinning Silver or The Arm of the Sphinx. Senlin Ascends is one of my favourite reads over the past few years so I'm really looking forward to TAotS and the sequel, out in January.
Aaroncupboard wrote:How is the Three Body Problem? Got that and the sequel on Kindle Daily Deals so was planning on reading them next.
Stopharage wrote:Aaroncupboard wrote:How is the Three Body Problem? Got that and the sequel on Kindle Daily Deals so was planning on reading them next.
Just finished the Three Body Problem. There is an awful lot of Science at certain points; a sound knowledge of physics will probably be useful. At certain points I felt some of the theoretical stuff was beyond me, in all honesty. But, worth persevering with as the actual story is excellent and it’s nice to read sci-fi in a less traditional arena (aftermath of the Chinese cultural revolution). Some really well developed characters and the fiction element tempers the science element sufficiently. It’s part of a trilogy and it’s done an excellent job of setting up the next volume. Not going to jump straight into the next book but will do so later in the hols.
I've read all three. And I'm conflicted re them.Aaroncupboard wrote:Excellent, looking forward to it. I was planning on reading it next but I then got Oathbringer in sale and leaped straight into that. 1200 pages worth of epic, brilliant fantasy. It is well worth reading the series (The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson) but they are massive books. Gonna take me ages.Stopharage wrote:Just finished the Three Body Problem. There is an awful lot of Science at certain points; a sound knowledge of physics will probably be useful. At certain points I felt some of the theoretical stuff was beyond me, in all honesty. But, worth persevering with as the actual story is excellent and it’s nice to read sci-fi in a less traditional arena (aftermath of the Chinese cultural revolution). Some really well developed characters and the fiction element tempers the science element sufficiently. It’s part of a trilogy and it’s done an excellent job of setting up the next volume. Not going to jump straight into the next book but will do so later in the hols.Aaroncupboard wrote:How is the Three Body Problem? Got that and the sequel on Kindle Daily Deals so was planning on reading them next.
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