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lizh, that's a good recommendation for War & Peace!
Pam, that sounds like a cool contest! I've actually been thinking about reading more science fiction, or at least returning to some of the classics. I used to read sci fi when I was younger. A couple by Robert Heinlein that I liked included The Door Into Summer and Podkayne of Mars. What sci fi have you read in the past?
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06-20-21, 05:48 PM | |
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Griffin. Laura Griffin. I remember people with the first name of Laura and I tried one of her books at some point.
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06-20-21, 07:56 PM | |
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Sci-fi? Try something by Becky Chambers. The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet is very good, but she's written a number of others. They're set in the same universe, but you don't have to read them in the order written. IIRC To Be Taught, if Fortunate is the shortest, but kinda bleak, IMO.
Her Monk and Robot series has not yet been published. https://www.goodreads.com/author/sho...Becky_Chambers Or, try the first Murderbot novella by Martha Wells, All Systems Red.
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06-21-21, 10:26 AM | |
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I don't read much science-y sci fi, but really enjoyed Martha Wells' Muderbot Diaries series, which is 4 novellas and 2 full length novels. It's about an artificially constructed human/robot serving as a kind of bodyguard/security system who is super uncomfortable dealing with humans and just wants to be left alone to watch tv. There's a lot of action but the technical bits are not hard to follow, and Murderbot's internal dialogue is very dry and funny.
This weekend I started The Count of Monte Cristo and it's riveting. Never really considered it before but keep hearing people with a wide range of reading tastes say it's one of their favorite books.
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06-21-21, 10:31 AM | |
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Thanks alisoncooks and Becky Chambers for your sci-fic suggestions! I may end up satisfying some of the Bingo Card wildcard squares with sci-fic.
I recently finished reading The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict. A biography of Hedy Lamarr. I don't frequently watch movies, so I had never heard of her. A remarkable woman! Besides a great actress, an inventor. An invention of her's is used in, among other places, in our cell phones! Plan to watch a couple of her movies this week. Also recently finished The Dressmaker's Gift, by Fiona Valpy. A great story of 3 women in the WWII French Resistance.
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