For me in SciFi I’ve been trying to hit some classics so I’ve read ‘The Iron Dream’ by Norman Spinrad, ‘A Time of Changes’ by Robert Silverberg and also the (recent release) ‘Out of the Ruins’ anthology.

Of those three I enjoyed ‘The Iron Dream’ the most since I didn’t enjoy Silverberg’s potraryal of women (and it doesn’t seem to have literary intent like in ‘The Iron Dream’.) 'Out of the Ruins had some bangers but it was a fairly inconsistent collection for me that mostly hasn’t been memorable.

So, what are you currently reading or have recently read?

    • @Knoll0114@lemmy.worldOP
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      21 year ago

      I’m super interested in both of these but I’m always a little scared to go for chonkers like ‘The Three-Body Problem’.

    • @Bricriu
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      21 year ago

      I got through the first book in Three Body, but while I liked some of the philosophical and crazy-tech explorations, I really struggled with the writing/translation style. It was so stilted and awkward to read that it put me off trying to read the following volumes.

      • raVen
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        11 year ago

        really? was it all the jumping around? anyway, 50% through the 3rd and I quite love it

        • @Bricriu
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          11 year ago

          Nope, it was really just the language and writing style. Actual plot was OK.