Scifi/Fantasy Book Recs

[MrX 794]

Finished Hyperion Cantos. Phew. 

[Hellraiser97 186]

So finished Cage of Souls and yeah, it was something.  Again, excellent writing and world building, but a bit depressing.  

Not sure why I'm doing this to myself (probably because I had it in my Audible accout) but I'm reading another one of his books, Service Model.  It's interesting for sure.  Like Cage of Souls, not sure exactly where he's going with it and I'm 2/3 through.  

Next up, I'm hitting the latest Expeditionary Force book.  

I also got this recommendation from Audible - Ilium by Dan Simmons.  It's about the Trojan War more or less it seems.  Any of you recommend it?  I liked the Hyperion series as I said above.
 

[SimonBolivar 11031]

I just started my first Star Trek book. God help me.

[Sbbruin 22082]

On 9/14/2020 at 1:40 PM, THUJONE said:

It's pink. Hope you enjoy it.

Here's a page on my website where I aggregated book launch event videos as well as essays I wrote for Scalzi's blog and others. https://chrispanatier.com/interviews-etcetera/ 

 

 

I went to HS with Scalzi.  Still stay connected via FB.  

[MrX 794]

I’m onto the Expanse series. This is more sci-fi for me in the past five months than in the previous ten years

[SimonBolivar 11031]

5 hours ago, MrX said:

I’m onto the Expanse series. This is more sci-fi for me in the past five months than in the previous ten years

I really enjoyed it until they got to the book where they went forward a bunch of years. I just stopped at that point, but I want to finish it.

[High Plains Drifter 11161]

12 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

I really enjoyed it until they got to the book where they went forward a bunch of years. I just stopped at that point, but I want to finish it.

 

As usual, the last couple of books aren't as good, but the grand finale is very satisfying, a perfect ending to the series, imo. 

I also liked the epilogue. 

[Hellraiser97 186]

Finished Service Model week before last.  It was good.  Enjoyed it more than Cage of Souls for sure.  That said, I'm not reading another one of his books for a while.

Didn't realize I'd missed an Expeditionary Force novel last year, Aftermath, so fire that up and finished it yesterday.  Lots of good laughs but overall the story was meh.  Really I'm surprised they continued the series.  It was pretty wrapped up I felt at the book before that.  Not sure what I'm going to listen to next.  Don't want to just plow through the next Expeditionary Force novel.

On 12/12/2024 at 2:29 PM, High Plains Drifter said:

 

As usual, the last couple of books aren't as good, but the grand finale is very satisfying, a perfect ending to the series, imo. 

I also liked the epilogue. 

Agreed.  Finale was very satisfying and the epilogue was fantastic.