I reread 1984, Animal Farm and Farenheight 451 recently, for no particular reason, but they are more accurate and depressing than ever about current events.
Highly recommended. But be prepared to be angry or depressed.
Just started Exordia. It’s great for a particular kind of sci-fi fan. Reminds me of Ian McDonald a little.
Driving directions to your mom’s house. 🥁
I’m on book 3 of the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson. It’s fantasy, it’s weird in a lot of ways, but it’s well written for the most part and enjoyable to read. It feels like reading an unfolding story of people in a parallel universe where things are half the same and half completely alien and different, but to them, it’s commonplace, and I like that.
Trans liberation: beyond pink and blue by leslie feinberg. Very insightful stories.
Holistic management by Allan Savory. Especially if you are interested in permaculture and regenerative practices, sustainability
I’m partway through The Have and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultra Rich by Evan Osnos. It is a collection of essays originally published in the New Yorker dissecting the culture and fads of the modern Gilded Age.
I also STRONGLY recommend the Culture series by Iain Banks. It is perhaps the most realistic and well though out sci-fi utopia.
Just finished Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 for the umpteenth time. Always a classic.
I recently started Blood Meridian. It’s too early to tell if I like it yet, but I like McCarthy’s other works I’ve read. I’m also listening to the audiobook adaption of Alien: Covenant. It’s part of the Audible subscription right now, so I thought I’d give it a try. I like it a bit better than I remember liking the movie. It’s pretty similar, but I feel like it adds a little more nuance to some character actions.
I have very mixed opinions of McCarthy. He focuses on the grim darkness of humanity a lot. If that is what you want to hear all you have to do is turn on the news. I thought The Road was well done but super depressing. In the process of reading All The Pretty Horses and it’s tone is much more upbeat. But his style is cribed almost entirely from Hemmingway.
Sapiens
The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
The Golem & The Jinni by Helene Wecker
I just started Excession!
Slowly making my way through They Though They Were Free by Milton Mayer. Haunting comparisons to today.
I’ve already finished it, but House of Leaves is amazing
Reading Anne Leckie’s latest book, Translation State. If you’re a fan of scifi, and especially space operas, I’d recommend her books, but start off with Ancillary Justice.
The Great God Pan, which is a terrifying novel by Arthur Machen.
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley.
It’s Not You by Dr Remani Durvusala, which is about how to escape from a narcissist and is the most helpful book.
Lita Ford’s autobiography Living Like A Runaway.
The Stand by Stephen King.
It’s over 1200 pages long and I have always been scared of anything above six hundred pages.
It’s so good. It’s taking me a long time, but it’s worth it. As always, Stephen King never let’s you down. I just love his writing.
It’s so epic though. Such a great book.
