Aside from Project Hail Mary which I assume every /c/sciencefiction subscriber is going to read what have you been reading or plan to read?
Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (August 2023)
Aside from Project Hail Mary which I assume every /c/sciencefiction subscriber is going to read what have you been reading or plan to read?
Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (August 2023)
I read the first 4 Murderbot Diaries a long time ago and the other day I learned there are at least 4 more. 🤖☠️
I adore the Murderbot Diaries. It’s weird how something so violent can be so, I dunno, calming.
I fucking love the Murderbot books. They got me back into reading novels.
They’re great fun.
I was disappointed with Martha Wells’ most recent book though. I won’t spoil it, but it came down to me never emotionally connecting to the main character, and too much worldbuilding having been done for one book…a lot of build-up that goes nowhere.
I haven’t read her non-Murderbot books, so at some point I imagine I’ll be curious enough to go back and see if Murderbot was just something that hit a zeitgeist, the right topic at the right time, or if Witch King simply a weaker offering even compared to the pre-Murderbot stuff she’s done.
I binged as much Murderbot as I could about two years ago. Super fun reads. Plus I think the loosely connected novella format is interesting and makes them all that much bingier.
I did the same recently and agree 100%. They’re just such charming stories. Sometimes I want my hard scifi but others I want a good story that gives me the thrill of not being able to put a book down.