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Not much I can say about Terry Pratchett that hasn't been said better already. A literary Wizard. (I'm re-reading the Discworld series because why the hell not #reading #fantasy #reading2020

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Picked up this omnibus edition of Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey (Wool, Sand). Apparently it was original released in serialized form, which would have been really fun to read.

What would life in a space lighthouse be like? Why would you need one? What if there were empathic alien dog/cat/lynx beasts? What if you could get a high from a gravity wave generator?

Read to find out. 😀

Yeah, I powered through this series due to #stayhomestaysafe, and happy I did. A really fun story, and enjoyed seeing many characters in the_Io_ books introduced here in some more depth.

Between the two Io books and the three Tao books, I really want to read Io 3 (write faster, Wesley).

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Book 2 of the Tao books by Wesley Chu. This series has gotten some guff due to The Lives of Tao being written as a National Novel Writing Month project, and perhaps I was more invested having read the Io books first, but dammit I really like these books.

Also, knowing that there was a third book in the queue, the ending of this one was a big WHAAaaa? (but it was worth it in book 3)

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#reading #scifi #identity

Technology-enabled shared consciousness? Fascinating. Takes some interesting twists and turns, though the world the characters inhabit is somewhat under-developed. Would like to see more from the author.

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"You are you", and it took me until the just before the end to put the pieces together. Touches on #technology and #identity #race and #racism, empathy, compassion, revenge, and a humdinger of an ending #reading #scifi #reading2020

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TL;DR: you still have mixed feelings about the protagonists. Very very good.

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Dual protagonists, bodied and unbodied, that will drive you crazy not knowing whether to love them, smack them, or hate them, with stakes both personal and global? What's not to love #reading #scifi #reading2020

Ok, and I JUST realized that this is set in the same universe as Chu's "Lives of Tao" books, which I skipped, but now have to read. I am facepalming SO HARD. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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The Outside, by Ada Hoffmann, is a mix of #scifi and Lovecraftian #horror (what with the unknowable entities that will melt your brain thing), fascinating in its techno-religious imagery. Check it out #reading #reading2020

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The Linesman books from S.K. Dunstall are so good #reading #scifi #reading2020

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I really like Tim Pratt's Axiom series #reading #scifi #reading2020

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Finished Emily Eternal by M.G. Wheaton #reading #reading2020 #scifi #artificialintelligence

Really interesting, compare/contrast "artificial intelligence" v. "artificial consciousness", also human-AI smooches

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