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“Necropolis” (Gaunt’s Ghosts 3) by Dan Abnett. Whole lot of Warhammer 40k goodness.
The enterprise of death, it’s a fun read
Dune Messiah
Me too! Can’t wait to see how weird the series gets.
Trudi Canavan - The Ambassador’s Mission
Loved the first trilogy, only recently found out there’s a second.
Wage Labor and Capital - Karl Marx. It’s very small but I’m taking my time with it
I’m in kind of a rotation of Sci-Fi (last: Children of Dune), classic novels (Dune kinda counts but my last from this category was Lord of the Flies), and nonfiction/leftism
Based. What did you think about Dune? I read books 1 and 2, and then started reading Orientalism by Edward Said, and I’ve found that Dune is smacking of orientalism and sexism. It makes it hard to go back and read the 3rd book.
It’s absolutely orientalist, similar to Zelazny’s Lord of Light but for Islam instead of Hinduism. For these, I was able to view them as a product of their time and enjoy the story even while recognizing some problematic elements.
I found the 2nd book to be a bit of a slog, and I enjoyed the 3rd a lot more again. Since it was about new characters once again coming of age (… kind of), it has that same sense of exploration and discovery as the 1st. The 1st is definitely my fave so far though.
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson! Great series so far
I’m finishing it too. Great writer and great saga
People are divided on Oathbringer, but I genuinely think it’s my favorite book.
I’m currently reading Secret Project 3, it’s good so far but I’m only a few pages in.
Me too! Although the audiobook version. Hoping to finish this one before the audiobook version of Red Rising #7 comes out!
Brandon Sanderson is definitely one of the greats of this era of fantasy writers.
Has anybody read The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook yet? I just finished it, great concept I just wish it was longer.
Brandon Sanderson is always a good recommendation
I’m reading Hero of Ages right now, Mistborn being my first Sanderson series. I’ve already purchased all of Stormlight and can’t wait to start!
I’m in the middle of The Lost Metal right now. Mistborn is my first Sanderson series as well and it’s great!
Fellowship of the Ring but also Children of Hurin
Engine Summer by John Crowley. I’m only about 100 pages in, but liking it so far.
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
The Culture series by Ian Banks
Do you find it hard to “visualize” Banks’ writing? I read Consider Phlebas and I’m part way through Player of Games right now, but it takes me forever* to get through these books because I feel lost and can’t make a mental picture of wtf is going on. The Culture series reminds me a lot of Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space series, but I had no trouble wrapping my mind around Reynolds’ far-future setting. Is there a book somewhere in the middle of the Culture series that I should start with to get a better description of his universe?
I’m doing the audio books, but that doesn’t make it any easier to follow. I thought player of games was absolutely fantastic and brilliantly written, but I’ve found some of the books very complex.
With player of games he never actually describes the nature of the game board itself. I think that was intentional, he left it up to the reader. I found that fascinating.
I’m a bit of an aspiring author and this series is quite frankly inspiring. Not in it’s confounding complexity but all the good bits.
Some of it is hard to visualize but for me sometimes it’s hard to follow. I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds him challenging.
The one I’m on now seems to have elephant people in it and I definitely didn’t quite put that together for quite a while lol.
As far as the nature of the culture, I don’t know if any one book does a better job of describing the universe. Each book illustrates one facet of it, in my opinion. It’s a big universe he’s made, you get snapshots.
It’s like he has this universe in his head and with each book he is exploring one specific topic of discussion, in the culture universe, and with each book it sheds a little more light onto what the culture really is.
It reminds me of the stainless steel rat series. Deep and meaningful ideas tempered by humor and whimsy.
“City of Dragons” by Robin Hobb. Her whole “Realm of the Elderlings” series is great, I don’t know any other fantasy author who can write characters as well as she does.
I’m in the middle of the Wax and Wayne series by Brandon Sanderson, just finished Shadows of Self.
Sanderson’s books are a really fun read, highly recommend them to anyone interested in fantasy.
The Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
I’m reading The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman
The Wastelands - Stephen King. It’s kinda nearing the middle of the Dark Tower series and it’s pretty damn good.
