Deaths End (by Lui Cixin) Does it ever end? Death's End is the third instalment of 'The Three Body Problem' trilogy. The trilogy is not an easy read, its at times an oppressive slog. It's not cheerful. Its not bright and its not optimistic. But it is wonderfully well written. Obviously the credit for this goes to the writer, Liu Cixin but we have to have to send quite a lot of thanks to Ken Liu who translated this work from its original Chinese into English.
Benvari Mountains (By Michael Chatfield) For Emerilia! I accept that at this point, I'm hooked on this crap. Honestly. Its like the author is manipulating me some how. I know its easy reading LitRPG crap. But... God, I love these characters. I read this one, the second volume of the Emerilia series in basically two sittings. Its shorter than the first one but the right amount of words for the story that is told.
The Trapped Mind Project (By Michael Chatfield) LitRPGS are my Jam! There is a category of book called the Literature Role Play Game (LitRPG) the basic premise is that a character is either stuck in a video game or reality is a video game and our hero figures it out. Some times its neither, its just a video game like setting, but we have character sheets and "skills" for no real reason.
The City and the Stars (by Arthur C Clarke) Proof that big ideas can be boring. I don't read much Arthur C Clarke because I read Rama and it was boring. I'll call him ACC because I consistently forget how to spell Arthur. About a week ago, I decided that given how much I have recently been enjoying older science fiction writers perhaps my tastes have refined or changed somewhat.
Thou Art God. I have just finished it and I have things to say. Grok. The word "Grok" is the reason I read this book. The word Grok is taken to mean either "understand" or "know." You may have encountered this word if you spend any time with "high end" ass hats. You see, casually dropping a foreign word into conversation is the behaviour of the sorts of people who like the smell of their own farts.