Holy cow, Connie Willis' "Doomsday Book" was amazing. A slow burn for the first half, and then everything lets loose. This was obviously a well researched novel. The way the characters (especially the Americans) acted during the epidemic was strikingly accurate to my own covid experience.
#LarryNiven #Ringworld
#KeithLaumer #DinochromeBrigade
#BarryHughart #StoryOfTheStone
#ElizabethBear #Machine
#AnnLeckie #AncillaryJustice
#JeffVanderMeer #annihilation
#ConnieWillis #Doomsdaybook
#iainmbanks #CultureSeries
#AlanLightman #Einstein'sDreams
#WilliamGibson #Neuromancer
#GeneWolf #BookOfTheNewSun
#MervynPeake #Gormanghast
and many more...
If I count series together, I only read ten different things, so I’ll just say a little about each over the next few days. In no particular order:
- #TheExpanse by #JamesSACorey
- #DoomsdayBook by #ConnieWillis
- #Dracula by #BramStoker
- #Vorkosigan by #LoisMcMasterBujold
- #Matter by #IainMBanks
- #Summertide by #CharlesSheffield
- #ElricOfMelnibone by #MichaelMoorcock
- #Animorphs by #KAApplegate
- #Recursion by #BlakeCrouch
- #FirstLaw by #JoeAbercrombie