@JoelBarr@Lsquare28@bookstodon I read the Foundation and Empire quartet when I was about 12. Loved them. Read them for what they are, not as a possible reality.
Another post about this cool book I'm currently reading: "The Sol Majestic" by Ferrett Steinmetz. Gotta love that name.
Have you ever wondered how a top-rated restaurant might function on a space station? Light years from any planet? Well, Ferrett Steinmetz thought about it and came up with:
-artificial gravity used to cook things using the heat generated by enormous planetary-scale pressures instead of direct heat
-stasis fields instead of fridges (duh) but also speeded-up time field used to sneak a week's worth of work into an hour
-an alien sourdough culture that MIGHT be sentient
All of this is an excellent backdrop for a story of a young boy finding (gay) love, seeking independence from his parents, and exploring questions of philosophy, truth, capitalism, and marketing. It's not #SolarPunk, but it has that homey vibe.
This is a series that has come up repeatedly when I read any kind of fantasy recommendation list, and been recommended to me personally by a few folks. Should probably have read this sooner, but no time like the present!
Hope it lives up to the dark Harry Potter vibes it gives off!
Finally finished The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons. This was a bit of a slog I have to say.
You know when you watch a soap opera for a while and then you stop watching it for a couple of weeks and when you get back they are still at the same plotline they were weeks ago? It's like nothing happened in between. This book was kinda like that for me. #NowReading@bookstodon
@braveamateur@bookstodon
I finished it, because I finish very nearly all books I begin: a personality flaw. But this was definitely a "no way will I read more books by this author" work for me.