It's part 15 or something of Alistair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe. It's about stuff which happens on and around the planet Resurgam 60 years after the events of Revelation Space. It's a bit tricky to describe without giving away the plots to the previous books and short stories, as they all build on each other. Character development is good. It can be a little tricky to follow due to Reynolds' habit of jumping around in time and space (his universe is populated by humans with only relativistic travel). There are some characters which show up from previous books, but not reading those won't leave you asking questions, you'll just be missing out on extra detail. His writing style is good for the most part, although he likes to use some rather uncommon words at times (thankfully I'm reading on a Kindle and I can just immediately look up the ones I don't know).

reading now

Takes place after Redemption Ark. Pretty good so far. After this is the final book in the universe: Galactic North. Then I have to find something else to read.

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

January 15 2013 15:03 GMT

#24

Really fun reading, and I've been looking up any words I don't know. Still includes the spelling and grammar issues by H.G. Wells. Currently reading The Invisible Man. (I love how I got this for less than $20! :3)

Meta

United States6228 Posts

January 15 2013 15:04 GMT

#25

Started this up by chance. Really liking it, I think I'll read the whole series.

Topin

Peru10125 Posts

January 15 2013 15:32 GMT

#26

Just finished "The world of Suzie Wong"... i didnt like it.. i feel ir really heavy to read, i just couldnt read it for 20min+.. sigh

Roonweld

United States144 Posts

January 15 2013 15:36 GMT

#27

Have to read game of thrones series, I received the lot for Christmas

Arcadia92

135 Posts

January 15 2013 15:39 GMT

#28

I'm reading the whole fiction collection by Haruki Murakami as recommended by a friend. Here are a couple of his novels:

His stories are pretty attractive and compelling, if but completely random at times. I can understand why some people really like them though.

Previously I tried reading the first Kushiel trilogy. It was bland and the tedious writing style really put me off by the first half of the second book, so I gave up. And for a book with BDSM as a central theme, the sex scenes were about as interesting as two bovines mating.

TimENT

United States1425 Posts

January 15 2013 15:47 GMT

#29

Vardant

Czech Republic620 Posts

January 15 2013 16:28 GMT

#30

On January 16 2013 00:04 Meta wrote:
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Started this up by chance. Really liking it, I think I'll read the whole series.

You should, it's really good. Easily in my top 10 sci-fi books/series alongside Stranger in a Strange Land, Ender's Game, Ringworld etc.

tofucake

Hyrule19250 Posts

January 15 2013 16:29 GMT

#31

On January 16 2013 00:04 Meta wrote:
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Started this up by chance. Really liking it, I think I'll read the whole series.

I finished Asimov a few months ago. Very good. I followed this order and it works well.

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

January 15 2013 16:51 GMT

#32

I'm currently reading almost everything Noam Chomsky wrote. I have no plans for what's after that, it's a long term project by itself. I'm also slowly reading through Game of Thrones.

Brainsurgeon

Sweden359 Posts

January 15 2013 17:41 GMT

#33

Zinnwaldite

Norway1567 Posts

January 15 2013 17:50 GMT

#34

Gonna read this..

STDfan

United States207 Posts

January 15 2013 17:56 GMT

#35

Loved his other books. Pretty good so far.

Tortious_Tortoise

United States944 Posts

January 15 2013 17:59 GMT

#36

Just finished!
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Currently reading:
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I'm about 3/5 through John Green, and almost half-way through the Tolkein novel (not trilogy, it's a single novel, dammit!)

Skullflower

United States3779 Posts

January 15 2013 18:00 GMT

#37

bartus88

Netherlands491 Posts

January 15 2013 18:08 GMT

#38

I love reading, but I'm fucking terrible at sitting down and actually doing it, I spend too much time glued behind my laptop...

That being said, I really want to finish The Divine Comedy sometime soon. Made it halfway through 2 years ago and just stopped reading it for no reason, even though I enjoyed it a lot. Adding a picture to follow the format:

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mprs

Canada2933 Posts

January 15 2013 18:12 GMT

#39

Currently reading: Abott's Flatland
Next: Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach

DavoS

United States4605 Posts

January 15 2013 18:19 GMT

#40

Edit: Whoops, forgot to put my book critic hat on

Last book I finished, I was surprisingly disappointed

Not that this wasn't funny, and luckily the 3D was barely in the book at all, but it was honestlyjust a rehash of I Am America (And You Can Too!). A little disappointing out of such a good comedian

Currently working on
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If you aren't familiar with GoT by now, you aren't doing a very good job of being a nerd.

Next on my list
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Purchased entirely on the recommendation of a store clerk, the premise is about a young man who is socially awkward (not that "trendy awkward"thing, but the painful sort of awkward that makes phys ed terrifying) and spends most of his time in a virtual reality game where the creator hid a fortune and left a trail of clues based on old (read:current) pop culture references within the game. Everything about that premise sounds like what my life would be if I lived 40 years in the future

Or this, I really liked book one of this series. Do other people know about this?
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Book one had an awesome narration technique, wonderfully intriguing characters, a plot where the characters motivation is never contrived, and that absorbing quality where you don't realize how much you've read until it's 3 am and you have work at 7. Hoping book 2 takes me on a similar journey.

Or maybe even this, I started it, and while I guess I technically "gave it up", I was starting to get intrigued. It's like if the Da Vinci Code had time travel and didn't explain every mystery immediately
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A team of researchers working on behalf of a corporation has been working on uncovering the ruins of an old French... Monastery? Church? Castle? I forget. Anyway, one of the lead scientists goes missing, then they find a glasses lens in a part of the ruins that was completely sealed off, and one of the sponsoring corporate spokeswoman knows exactly where the team should dig to uncover new structures and wings and artifacts, and it all snowballed into part of the team learning that the corporation agreed to sponsor the project to test their new time travel technology and that the lead scientist was the first tester. The concerned members are offered to go back in time as well to try and find the lead researcher, but as they're sent off, it becomes clear that there's a hidden danger to what they're doing.
And that's where I stopped.
I'm a terrible person.

On January 15 2013 21:05 DisaFear wrote:
Started on the 'Mortal Instruments' series, its very good!

Funny to see this, two of my friends were obsessed with this in high school, and I didn't read it because they made it sound like it was targeted towards women, but I was always curious about it :O