What are you Reading (September 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)
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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.