Finished The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) by @AstroKatie@mastodon.social
Enjoyed it as someone who took some QFT and GR lectures at uni (but no cosmology) and learned some new things. It is very grounded for a pop science physics book: There are no dubious metaphors to make the physics "easy" nor celebrations of total unproven theories, as it is commonplace in the genre.
I also quite enjoy the current podcast of the author with John Green on cosmology.
Finished A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
Finished Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit (orig: Cien años de soledad) by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
Finished The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
Finished A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
Finished The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Great book that handled the concept of small gods better than even the so-named book. First time second person narration worked for me. Have to get to some of the short stories based on this in Leckie's recently released collection.
Finished How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Finished Starter Villain by @scalzi@mastodon.social
Well written, funny and enjoyable book. The cats and dolphins I liked most, but is was full of creative ideas in handling its subject matter. Also, it is one of the very few novels, I have read, that is exactly as long as it should be. Great editing.
Finished A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Finished A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Clever premise and fun novel.
Finished Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
After some reflection I quite enjoy the linking vaultwarden taking 5 minutes. One has time to make a cup of tea, tidy up ones desk a little and contemplate how helpless one would be if the linker crashed.
Finished Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Very well constructed and well written story about fascist indoctrination, that at some points feels somewhat like (a very good) Star Trek episode.
Finished The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
To me, this books is very much about respectfulness for the main character and the handling of the theme.
Finished Chronik eines angekündigten Todes (orig: Crónica de una muerte anunciada) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Finished Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Incredible novel. Extremely ambitious and it delivers on that. I think it is in some way, strangely enough for a 900-page book, very focused. Great characters, world building and ideas.
I skipped the glossary and note in the beginning and that worked out well for me.
I really enjoyed The Robot by @lavietidhar@mastodon.social published in @UncannyMagazine@mastodon.social (March/April 2023, as far as I can tell, released outside Patreon tomorrow)
It is quite clever in telling what happened spanning centuries while still being character-focused and telling a story about all the big things: war, death, space, love, friendship, religion, adventure and hope.
Exactly what I wanted. The favorite short story I read in some time.
Finished Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Somewhat more action-oriented than the first volume of the series, but still an easily readable and enjoyable novel.
Finished Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Finished Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Surprisingly engaging, despite knowing most of the story from the great TV adaptation. Enjoyed the writing and story (which is, as usual, more subtle than the adaptation).