So I went through the "What are you reading now" thread and I think all up to date here now. GJ I have updated your target as well.
Forever War is good so far although I am enjoying much less the return to Earth midsection, I'm not sure that the social changes make much sense - although when dealing with large scale consciousness we rarely do. Anyway making good progress through this.
can i do recently read here?
- Lord of All Things: one of those scifi books that gets filed in the 'Lit' section. perhaps a bit slow, chronicle of a complicated relationship between a French woman and a Japanese/American man. includes magic, nanobots, aliens, ancient mysteries, the Devil's Island, and an ending that would make an Inchoroi smile. was a really good, tragic book
- The Bees: 1984 for bees, but that's how they like it. some interesting chivalry stuff imported into the story BUT the author really tries really hard not to over-humanizing the bees. lots of descriptions involve scent
- The Martian: MacGuyver on the Red Rock. very fun
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: pov of an autistic boy trying to solve the mystery of a dog's death. author seems to have done a ton of research for what it's like to see the world this way.
- The Dinner: fancy eating parallels increasing distressing acts of violence, can recommend
- Library at Mount Char: a really different kind of fantasy set in the present and really disconnected from other trends, i think. the most powerful person in the world is missing and his proteges are dealing with it, falls a bit slack at the end, but was well worth it