What book are you in the middle of reading right now?

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For those interested in sci-if, I’m reading Children of Ruin, the sequel to Children of time written by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
It is equally as great, if not better than the first book. Definitely hard science fiction, to me at least, but it’s a really immersive book. Highly recommend.
- Is that the one with the spiders?
  
  Yes. The first one is the origin story of the spiders, the second one builds off of that and has them traveling the universe with some friends. Meeting a new species and so on. Trying not to spoil it but if you like science fiction you’ll probably like it.
  
  Oh, I did. I was trying to connect the memory of the books with the titles.
  BTW, it seems there's a third book. Children of Memory
  
  Yes, looking forward to the third 👌
- Sounds great. I'm a hard scifi fan, but I haven't read this one. It's going on my list.
  
  Also would recommend Three Body Problem, if you haven’t read it. You as a fan of hard sci-if would love it, probably one of my favorite trilogies.
  
  Thanks. Did you know Netflix is producing a series about Three Body Problem?
  
  Yeah, I heard about that. Will be interesting to see for sure!
- The first one was one of the most memorable books I ever read. The idea is so insane, yet works great and I found myself rooting for the spiders so badly.
  
  Yeah. It’s crazy. But he really set up their story in a way that made me root for and feel for them. Cast unwillingly into this epic drama of species survival, it’s quite interesting. Also the story of the Gilgamesh was incredible. If you haven’t read the second book I really recommend it, I’m almost finished with it now and it’s definitely a page turner.
  Everything is linked in a way that really makes sense and there are some really cool twists that builds upon the previous book as I mentioned.
  If you have any recommendations of similar books or authors I’d really like to know!
  
  I have the audiobook of the second one, can't wait to start it.
  As for similar titles I never come accross anything like this. The only one which comes to mind is "We Are Legion (We Are Bob)" by Dennis E. Taylor. Its about an IT guy, Bob, whos mind gets uploaded to a computer and a century later the company puts him in charge of a self-sufficient space probe. Bob becomes a space traveller, gathers resources and creates more instances of himself. He finds new worlds, helps civilizations raise and makes enemies along the way while more and more Bobs joins the story through space and time. Its really lighthearted and less serious but I enjoyed it a lot. It has the similar " story throughout the centuries" trope.
  
  That sounds very interesting! I’ll definitely check it out 👍

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