What book are you in the middle of reading right now?

Linux Kernel development, Operating Systems Principals & Practice, Computer Systems A Programmer's Perspective, and Forward the Foundation

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Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson! Great series so far

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I tend to binge through books. I just finished Andy Weir's Artemis and Project Hail Mary in about one night each.

Which means the things I'm in the middle of tend to be web serials since I can't just rush through. I've got dozens of tabs of royalroad open in my phone's browser. Everything by Ravensdagger is good, and I've been enjoying Return of the Runebound Professor and Let's Not Obliterate, and awaiting the scheduled return from hiatus of Ends of Magic on Monday.

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Hyperion by Dan Simmons

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The Three Body problem by Cixin Liu

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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I borrowed it from a friend so long ago I don't remember who it was. Like... More than 10 years ago. I didn't expect it to start out so strangely, especially after finishing The Three Body Problem lol. And that one started very strangely!

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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

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Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie. It’s book 2 of the First Law series. I’m mainly a Sci-fi reader, but started this fantasy series, and wow, what a ride.

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A collection of Kafka short stories

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TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1, it may be a little bit outdated, but the core concepts still stand.

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"The Count of Monte Cristo". Not in the middle, more the beginning. But it's like my third read so I take it slow this time.

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Dune Messiah

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Last book of The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.

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I'm reading Michael Crichton's The Sphere. It's an odd one - Crichton rarely spends a lot of time on character, but Sphere in particular is barely interested in the people at all. It's situations and implications, a sense of mystery and dread, that the author is interested in, and he whips from one dilemma to the next so quickly its a little disorienting. that can sound like praise, but I'm not sure it is. This is an early work, and it feels rough now and then. Without strong characters, the only voice you really hear is Crichton's, and his tech-terror-explainer 'tone' can be a little tough to swallow in large amounts. all the same, I'm desperate to see where it goes, even as I suspect it will all be over much faster than most of his later novels.

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I'm not much of a reader, but I read to my daughter (9). We just finished The Hobbit and have now started the first chapter of The Lord Of The Rings (I also read the prolog, where all peculiarities about hobbits are mentioned. She endured it, but she didn't like it much)

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Imperialism, the highest stage of Capitalism by VI Lenin

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What If? 2 by Randall Monroe.

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Adrian Newey's how to build a car

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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.

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Let me bring this thread’s intellect down a little by sharing my delight in listening to He Who Fights With Monsters. Absolutely goofy book about a guy who gets sucked into an alternate world full of magic. It’s an homage to RPG games and had me chuckling and feeling wistful.

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I've read more books in the last month than I have in 5 years. I'm really enjoying getting back into it

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Neuromancer

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The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie.

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"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.

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For those interested in sci-if, I’m reading Children of Ruin, the sequel to Children of time written by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

It is equally as great, if not better than the first book. Definitely hard science fiction, to me at least, but it’s a really immersive book. Highly recommend.

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I'm reading The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman

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Perdito station by China Meiville(hope I spelled it right) I just started a week ago and have only been able to read a bit because of time constraints but so far I'm pretty intrigued.

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Cradle by Will Wight, I think I'm at book 8 of 11/12 (I don't usually look so I don't gauge how long til the end).

It's been a fun western take on a progression fantasy and cultivation novel.

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Do audiobooks count? I'm on chapter 27 of The Stand with about 38 hours to go. It's been quite the experience in this post-Covid world.

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I'm very close to finishing The Sound and the Fury. It has lived up to it's reputation of being opaque and difficult. Really more of a checklist book for me.

I am about midway through Neurotribes. It's interesting, but has been slow going.

I'm finally picking up steam on my second read of Infinite Jest. Even better than the first time around.

I am about midway through Anathem. Neal Stephenson is a gifted writer, but for some reason I really lost traction on this one after I got through the world building and into the actual narrative.

I am also nearly done with my second read of American Gods. I have it on audiobook this time. Really enjoying the ensemble cast. It's a good story and I enjoy Gaiman's narrative style.

Idk why but ever since my youth I've never been able to focus on just one book at a time.

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Revan from the Star Wars Legends series.

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Trudi Canavan - The Ambassador's Mission

Loved the first trilogy, only recently found out there's a second.

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The Culture series by Ian Banks

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The Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

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Book 4 of the Wheel of Time (about half way through). Series has been something I've started on and off for 20 years, but picked up the first book after my Dad died a couple of months back and finding it a lot easier to stick with it this time around.

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Just started “Yumi and The Nightmare Painter”

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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

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Stephen Kings IT. Also listening to Stephen King The Outsider in preparation of Holly coming out in September.

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The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan.

The first two books flew by. Things are changing a bit. I'm still having fun but Im going to take a WoT breather after this one.

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A lot. I lost count, really. I'm a professional 'middle of the book' reader. It's a way of living.

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Catch-22. The classic itself

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The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgård. Only read the first couple of chapters yet but I'm enjoying it so far.

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I'm just started reading Wool by Hugh Howey. I finished the first season of Silo and didn't want to wait a year to get more of the story. The book has been great so far. It seems like the show followed the book pretty well with a few changes.

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Just finished Ten Days that Shook the World. I really enjoyed it. It's one thing to read history from a large-scale top down perspective, another to see how a revolution was actually conducted on a minute by minute street by street basis. Looking for the next thing to read now

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"Uncle Tom's Cabin". So far very powerful writing. Just finished reading "Tuesday's with Morrie" which is fantastic.

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I'm halfway through the first Witcher book. After being disappointed with the Netflix show, I had to read the original source. I'm enjoying it so far. My goal is to read them all and play the games afterwards.

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Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle and The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić. I always go over two books at the same time where one has heavier material (philosophy/history) and the other lighter that I can read when I'm tired.

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Blindsight by Peter Watts. it's a really unique take on first contact, but wow is it dark

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Currently reading Coda vol. 1 right now. Liking the main character particularly his pentacorn.

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Currently reading A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark on and off. It's a sequel to a story called A Dead Djinn in Cairo (and others in the same universe) by the same author. The worldbuilding is pretty good. It transports you to this fantasy steampunk version of the world where Egyptian and Arabian culture is dominant (vs just Victorian, as is usually the case with steampunk).

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Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.

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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

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Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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Book of Leaves and Tao Te Ching

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Consider Phlebas

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Blood Meridian by Cormac Mcarthy. Book is outright brutal but written in such a compelling way you can't help be want more. Fantastic writer.

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"The Dawn of Everything"

It's a thick one but it's worth it because it gives you a whole different view on history

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The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.

Seeing Like A State by James C Scott.

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Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith (project gutenberg)

It's slow going because of the archaic style, but will be a revelation to anyone who thinks Smith doesn't care about humanity.

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Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata. I'm on page 30 of 160.

Also procrastinating on these:

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus - Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
A Manual for Creating Atheists - Peter Boghossian

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Minima Moralia by Theodor Adorno and Postmodernism by Frederick Jameson. Just finished Lacan’s lectures on the 4 fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis and understood about 10%. I’m playing catch-up with the serious people from the last century.

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The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick.

It's fantasy, but feels pretty fresh to me with the focus being on the main characters trying to con a rich family and less of the more usual (but no less fun) adventuring, combat etc. (at least so far, I'm still very early in the book).

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Escape from Billings Mall, by Chuck Tingle. It's a choose your own adventure book!

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The Joy of Abstraction by Eugenia Cheng

Category theory is awesome!

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The Wastelands - Stephen King. It's kinda nearing the middle of the Dark Tower series and it's pretty damn good.

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A couple, The Institute by Stephen King and Cosmos by Carl Sagan

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Endymion by Dan Simmons. Part of the Hyperion Cantos.

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson. It’s the third of his Kickstarter books and I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ve barely started it.

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Almost done with Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World. It's enjoyable but nothing to write home about haha

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The Wheel of Time

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Everything is f*cked.

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Call to Arms, by Lu Xun

It's a short story collection. I'm actually at the beginning, I've only read two stories so far. Kong Yiji is really good!!

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brando Sando

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Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff. It plays in a alternative medivial fantasy world where the sunlight gets blocked after a loud rumbling. It tells the story of a you man who gets recruited in a organization of hunters that kill the supernatural while the world gets conquered by the vampires, that can't be hurt by the sun anymore.

One of the best dark fantasy books, I have read in a long time.

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Latest Miss Peregrine book. Recently found out there were three more since I last read it, so I've been catching up this week.

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Trunk Music by Michael Connelly

I've started a couple other books but i don't know if or when I'll finish them as I enjoy reading Connelly more.

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Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik.

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Star By Star. Reading through the old EU New Jedi Order books again. The old EU is the best part of Star Wars.

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Douglas Adams Starship Titanic: A Novel by Terry Jones

I think that is the official title. It's set inside the wider Hitchhikers universe, but so far hasn't touched on the events of that series.

Did take my a fair bit of time to get Into it, but as I approach the halfway point it's definitely got me.

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Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

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My notes for the next exam... Before that I was reading the Amaranthe series by G. S. Jennsen. I just finished the first three books which make up a trilogy of their own and don't want to start the sequel trilogy until exams are over because I have no self control

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Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan

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The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

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Advanced Marathoning

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The Bayern Agenda by Dan Moren. It’s decent. Wouldn’t say it’s my favorite yet and I’m halfway through. There’s a lot of talking in rooms for a political action sci-fi series. Pace is a bit slow for my taste.

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Engine Summer by John Crowley. I'm only about 100 pages in, but liking it so far.

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Rereading Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, so I can read the new book, The Citadel of Forgotten Myths. Been a few moments since I did a full reread.

I have Greg Egan's Scale and John Shirley's Stormland next on the tsundoku.

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I haven’t started it yet but my next book is The Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.

Within the last month or two I’ve read Song of Achilles, The Women Could Fly, The Book Eaters, and Babel. I’d recommend all of them, especially Babel.

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The classic, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Reading: Everything is Under Control by Robert Anton Wilson Listening: Galaxy Outlaws: The Complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions by J.S. Morin, Mikael Naramore (Narrator)

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The Time Hunters by Carl Ashmore, It's target audience is young but I enjoy books for any age so it's an easy read!

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Not a book, but a series. 2nd book specifically of the manga series Black Bird.

My brother and sister-in-law got me a box set of it not knowing it's a shoujo series (less action and more romance focused) and so far it's interesting enough to keep me interested.

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The latest Thrawn book

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Kazohinia by Sándor Szathmári. It's a fun double dystopia, especially fun once you recognize our own world.

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Match Game, book 14 of the series Expeditionary Force.

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I need to pick Cracker! Back up, i started reading it in 8th grade by borrowing it from my English teacher, found it years later on amazon. I just have an issue with not wanting to read books anymore after havign the fun sucked out of them due to public school book tests.

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The Fight Club, I can't get myself to finish it, knowing how it ends because of the movie does not help either.

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Dark Age by Pierce Brown, part of the Red Rising series

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

I usually don't stay engaged with non-fiction, but this book I couldn't put down.

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I am reading the first book of the series Empire of the Moghul right now.

Classified as historical fiction, it is very interesting to see how the kingdoms evolved and spread in Central Asia.

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Segans " The Demon Haunted World"

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Ministry for the Future. So good, so painful.

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I don't know if it counts as "in the middle", but I left off reading a book about heaven 8 had borrowed from my mom before I lost religion, and completely lost interest in it.

Don't think I'll ever go back, but that's the book I left unfinished. Haven't read anything in years. I was big on audiobooks for a while before I couldn't afford audible anymore.

Used to have a job that I could listen while I worked on my own and because of that I was able to go through a bunch of them.

One I get through my current medical condition (probably a few years off) and I go back to work, I hope I get another job like that.

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The enterprise of death, it's a fun read

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Pride and Prejudice, it's fine so far

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Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson. Recommend if you like historical fiction & the 20s.

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Currently listening through Worm again. I read it the first time, now I'm listening and it's just as good as I remember it.

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The Hooligans of Kandahar by Joe Kassabian.

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Count Zero by William Gibson

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Fellowship of the Ring but also Children of Hurin

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

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Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Actually I'm at 52%. The reason I stopped because of exams

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I'm reading a few actually: Capital volume 2 by Marx, The Tondrakian Movement by Vrej Nersessian, and Primavera con una esquina rota by Mario Benedetti

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Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky and for non fiction, The Friendly Orange Glow, a history of the Plato system. It's an old online community from like the 80s.

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Actual reading: Dune. listening to: [The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig](Listen to Wanderers by Chuck Wendig on Audible. https://www.audible.com/pd/198489174X?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007)

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