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Dead Astonauts has me doing this a lot  but its very interesting. Not sure why I went into this thinking it might be like Dhalgren but I'm still enjoying it
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:
Nevermind the cover art, that summary text is hellacious. quote:"Factions with fell intent move to undermine or destroy that which has stood for centuries, while armies muster promising slaughter....In this time of desperation, old enemies find common ground. Ancient truths emerge to shatter long held beliefs. Monsters from myth and legend emerge onto the world stage, while blood drowns the ceremonies of the faithful." This is like every fantasy novel ever written. If this is supposed to entice me to check out the series, it's a truly fantastic failure. Does it feel better for people who know the books, maybe? Is that possible?
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Gaius Marius posted:I'm getting mixed messages. You say not to read it than use the phrase 9/11 with blimps?! Me too.. sticking on the 'to read' list.
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Sep 30, 2022 21:32
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A second blimp has nuzzled the tower.
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Sep 30, 2022 21:47
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if the guy is a nazi he ought to know how to make a blimp blow up
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Sep 30, 2022 21:53
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General Battuta posted:A second blimp has
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Shards of Earth (Final Architecture #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLPZY6X/ Kings of the Wyld (The Band #1) by Nicholas Eames - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KT7YTXW/
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a lovely alt history where after 9/11 the world chooses to outlaw airplanes and all air travel is now carried out by blimp
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Sep 30, 2022 22:24
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neongrey posted:a lovely alt history where after 9/11 the world chooses to outlaw airplanes and all air travel is now carried out by blimp You mean objectively superior right?
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Sep 30, 2022 22:26
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Clark Nova posted:if the guy is a nazi he ought to know how to make a blimp blow up Oh please please do and give us a trip report. It’s been a long time since I’ve read the “Oh John Ringo No” threads and Kratzman is way worse
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Sep 30, 2022 22:37
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neongrey posted:a lovely alt history where after 9/11 the world chooses to outlaw airplanes and all air travel is now carried out by blimp Wasn't that basically the Other Side on Fringe?
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Sep 30, 2022 23:04
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Nae posted:Nevermind the cover art, that summary text is hellacious. Look, sometimes you have to write a cover text without having time to skim the text. What can you do?
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Sep 30, 2022 23:07
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Nae posted:Nevermind the cover art, that summary text is hellacious. It’s like marketing said, “It’s book 4, who gives a poo poo. Anyone’s who’s gonna read it is gonna read it whatever”
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navyjack posted:Oh please please do and give us a trip report. It’s been a long time since I’ve read the “Oh John Ringo No” threads and Kratzman is way worse oh hell no, I'm not gonna read it, just wanna make hindenburg jokes
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genericnick posted:Look, sometimes you have to write a cover text without having time to skim the text. What can you do? In a world...
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Every book summary longer than “a stranger comes to town” is honestly excessive.
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The greatest summary I've ever seen was the series finale of Mad Men "Don Draper has a problem". Accurately describes that episode and also every other episode in the show.
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tildes posted:Every book summary longer than “a stranger comes to town” is honestly excessive. "Someone goes on a trip" is also acceptable.
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Oct 1, 2022 00:48
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Lesbian Necromancers in... spaaaaaaaaaaaacccceeee
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Everyone posted:Lesbian Necromancers in... spaaaaaaaaaaaacccceeee it's like if the emperor from wh40k was the Mayor from Buffy
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Oct 1, 2022 01:31
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Wait I really love the spoilered character, do I need to read this now
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Oct 1, 2022 01:38
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Everyone posted:Lesbian Necromancers in... spaaaaaaaaaaaacccceeee You laugh but a bunch of people bought the book based on that pitch. Might have oversold the lesbian aspect of the book though.
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Oct 1, 2022 01:42
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HopperUK posted:Wait I really love the spoilered character, do I need to read this now Yes. You absolutely do.
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TOOT BOOT posted:Might have oversold the lesbian aspect of the book though. Also the space aspect.
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HopperUK posted:Wait I really love the spoilered character, do I need to read this now gideon owns so yes
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Oct 1, 2022 01:52
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Fivemarks posted:I've powered through a lot of Drake and Flint lately, and I need a recommendation for some non chuddy military science fiction to read. I honestly cannot go back to Weber and Ringo after reading them. I'll reiterate my rec for Passage at Arms plus Starfishers, and add The Dragon Never Sleeps. Dragon meanders a bit, especially compared to PaA which is laser focused and intense throughout, but it has some of what Cook is the best at: large scale warfare on a span of years. In this case, in space. There are huge space battles, tense skirmishes, alien conspiracies, multiple viewpoints, and a fascinating future history. It's also one of the best "Roman Legions in Space" books. Highly recommended. There's a passage in one of the Dread Empire books where he takes us through two years worth of warfare in three pages, describing a dozen pitched battles and giving good updates on all the characters. If GRRM could do that, GoT would have had the ten year timejump he had planned on.
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VostokProgram posted:What book is this? Gideon the Ninth
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Clark Nova posted:oh hell no, I'm not gonna read it, just wanna make hindenburg jokes God hates a coward
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Harold Fjord posted:Maybe Nine Fox Gambit or The Quantum Thief. RDM posted:On the hard scifi side, the Revelation Space series and the Xeelee series. habeasdorkus posted:I'd second Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. I'd actually start with Chasm City by Alistair Reynolds before deciding to dive into the full Revelation Space series, I think it's his best work and it's self contained. ToxicFrog posted:Off the top of my head, stuff I'd rec in this vein: Thanks everyone! I have a 30 min commute and cook/clean with a 1 year old at home so I've been burning through audiobooks and I think I have enough recommendations here to last until my kid's 2nd or 3rd birthday now.
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TOOT BOOT posted:You laugh but a bunch of people bought the book based on that pitch. Might have oversold the lesbian aspect of the book though. It didn't oversell the lesbian aspect at all. There's, what, one straight romantic couple in the entire book? Maybe two?
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silvergoose posted:It didn't oversell the lesbian aspect at all. There's, what, one straight romantic couple in the entire book? Maybe two? There's no sex and very little romance unless you count the unresolved tension between the leads.
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Someone's still a lesbian even when they aren't actively having sex with another woman, hth
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i think even tamsyn muir herself has mentioned how that quote about lesbian necromancers in space is really not accurate to the novel which would've been nice to know before i bought it but hey whatever
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Another victim of the 'Psychic eels! Insane archaeologists! Time traveling velicoraptors!' school of blurb wrtiting
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Horizon Burning posted:i think even tamsyn muir herself has mentioned how that quote about lesbian necromancers in space is really not accurate to the novel They weren’t even Greek
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Everyone posted:Wasn't that basically the Other Side on Fringe? you know i havent actually watched that, i was just riffing
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