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[The Mad Hatter]

I love sci-fi and your blurb has piqued my interest so I look forward to reading your novel.
One thing I noticed in you blurb - second line - spelling error, you've written " life abroad the HMS Britannia " should be aboard. Actually two things - your chapter listings are all listed as Chatter 1 , Chatter 2 etc instead of Chapter. Sorry.

I’ll fix up the typo. It needs a professional edit too. So it’s still rough and ready.

And yep. Chatter. Something different.

 

[RedVDave]

Just finished reading the outsider by Stephen King a really good read!

 

[Parra]

I've been smashing through the Aubrey-Maturin series. The first book is Master & Commander and this is the title of the movie from the series. Fantastic adventure read and plenty of nautical history and strange terms that you will become familiar with. Really enjoying the read - it is 20 novels that Patick O'brien completed over 30 years.

 

[Perth Tiger]

I am about to finish the last book (book 4) in the Books of Babel series by Josiah Bancroft. I get a bit of a Terry Pratchett vibe from it and it has become one of my favorite series.

 

[Eelectrica]

Pretty much all last year I was reading the Wars of Light and Shadow series by Janny Wurts. One more book to go, yet to be finished, but I believe it's well on the way to completion. Great fantasy series.
Last night I finished the final Expanse novel. Leviathan Falls. Perfect ending to a brilliant series.
Might read it again some time.

Not sure what I'm reading next, might be time to revisit the Dune series. I know I've read the first trilogy about 20 years ago, so probably need to read the whole thing.

 

[Perth Tiger]

Pretty much all last year I was reading the Wars of Light and Shadow series by Janny Wurts. One more book to go, yet to be finished, but I believe it's well on the way to completion. Great fantasy series.
Last night I finished the final Expanse novel. Leviathan Falls. Perfect ending to a brilliant series.
Might read it again some time.

Not sure what I'm reading next, might be time to revisit the Dune series. I know I've read the first trilogy about 20 years ago, so probably need to read the whole thing.

I'm starting Leviathan Falls next, glad to see it went well.

 

[Parra]

I've been smashing through the Aubrey-Maturin series. The first book is Master & Commander and this is the title of the movie from the series. Fantastic adventure read and plenty of nautical history and strange terms that you will become familiar with. Really enjoying the read - it is 20 novels that Patick O'brien completed over 30 years.

It was a very worthwhile marathon. Could start again from the beginning. I am sure this series will be something to go back to over the years.

Also read Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell. Fascinating & easy read about the different bomber and bomb strategies that shaped WW2 through to today.

Currently on Digital Silk Road - contemporary book about the growth and influence of Chinese tech across the globe. Also fascinating and related to current events.

 

[Matua]

Also read Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell. Fascinating & easy read about the different bomber and bomb strategies that shaped WW2 through to today.

Have you listened to the podcast episodes?

 

[Parra]

Have you listened to the podcast episodes?

Revisionist History? Not for a few years. Does he do one on bomber mafia? His early ones were great for long drives. 'The Lady Vanishes' and the McDonald's fries episodes come straight to mind.

 

[Matua]

Revisionist History? Not for a few years. Does he do one on bomber mafia? His early ones were great for long drives. 'The Lady Vanishes' and the McDonald's fries episodes come straight to mind.

Yeah, he did about 4 episodes based on bomber mafia.

 

[Parra]

Yeah, he did about 4 episodes based on bomber mafia.

Thanks for the heads-up. Incredible that the US caused more death and devastation in Japan with napalm than with nukes.

 

[Parra]

Finished The Overstory by Richard Powers.

Thank god it ended. I got into this, got it, and then it feels like and endless slog. Which could be the point. Talk about flogging a dead horse, in this case a dead tree.

 

[PJ]

Just finished the latest from Stuart Macbride. 3/5

Normally love his work, and Logan and Steele are two of my favourite literary characters, but this one didn't do it for me.

The twist that comes about 80% of the way through was no surprise and I felt it was clumsy while the ending was just too far fetched.

 

[ACTPanthers]

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Absolute gold! Great read and one of the most interesting stories I've ever read

 

[YoHadrian]

 

[Matua]

He has a new book coming out this year about Sam Bankman-Fried which should be interesting. He was interviewing him around the time that things were going pear shaped.

 

[YoHadrian]

Nice. Always wanted him to write about crypto. Looking forward to it.