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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > SF & F Mega-thread: I had to google 'spock pirate depilatory'
 
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Hyphen-ated
Apr 24, 2006
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I couldn't get through the first chapter of the first book but you all are making me think about trying again

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Hyphen-ated
Apr 24, 2006
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algebra testes posted:

That and I found the 17 characters indistinguishable but that's a ME thing and I knew who the important ones were so it was fine.
nah that's definitely a "the book" thing

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Apr 24, 2006
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or instead of voiceover murderbot could constantly speak in asides to the viewer like Richard III

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I quit Authority in disgust when a computer under a desk was described as a "hard drive" pretty early on. I just couldn't take it

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i would have had no problem at all if a character said it, or if it was a narrator with a character voice

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Mustang posted:

Are there authors out there that are similar to Gene Wolfe?

Too Like the Lightning and its sequels by Ada Palmer were heavily inspired by Wolfe in a lot of ways. She also wrote the introduction to one of the newer editions of Book of the New Sun.

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Mikojan posted:

I got recommended Ender's Game by a friend. I checked it out and apparently it's a series as well so unsure where to start.

Or if it's even worth it.

you would start with the book "Ender's Game".
i think you might even like it if you're older than 13. the first sequel, Speaker For The Dead, is also not like, AWFUL. many of the other sequels are awful though

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NmareBfly posted:

Suggestions for good book club fare, on the lighter (or shorter) side? In terms of the genre we've read How to Lose a Time War and the Ted Chiang short stories in addition to Dune but I think the last one only flew because of the movie.

Pondering Piranesi or Circe but I've read both already so I feel more on the hook if people hate 'em. Piranesi I adored but might be a little too slight in terms of narrative, too. Next on my personal list is Spear Cuts Through Water, which looks pretty intimidating sell. Especially given we just barely got through Yiddish Policeman's Union with a record number of DNFs, I'm trying to find something way less dense.

Oh, Raven Tower feels like a good option...

if you want light, how about pratchett? people were just posting about Small Gods, which i think is the best discworld

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