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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? November 03 (discuss.online)
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Didn't get time to read anything this week.

What about all of you? What have you all been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] 12 points 3 days ago (9 children)

I finished the Takeshi Kovacs novels (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, Woken Furies) from Richard K Morgan. They were good. He likes to use the word 'laconic' a lot though lol.

Now Im reading Leviathan Wakes (1st book of The Expanse series) by James S.A. Corey which I learned a bit ago is actually 2 people: Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham. It has also been good.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

    One of them is also George RR Martins understudy, or was.

    They also each wrote different perspectives, and tied them in together during meetings. How it was done was fantastic in my opinion.

    If you enjoy it, you should also check out their new trilogy, only two books are out so far. The Captives War.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Ill add them to the list!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago*

    Be warned, it’s not entirely the same type of story, where The Expanse is politics forward, this one’s more about the bueuracacy of science, or anything for that matter. But has the same type of story telling, delivery, and

    Tap for spoilerZero fucks about who you are to the plot.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    My husband and I started rewatching the show (The Expanse to be clear) after I finished the books recently. Plenty of differences but the spirit is there and the actors are awesome. But I think my favorite is listening to the books while imagining the actors as their characters.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago

    They were really committed to adapting the overall story, which helps. Small stuff gets changed and characters are shifted around some, but basically all the events are the same. It's an excellent adaptation.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    Oh and not too long ago I read the two books from the upcoming Exodus game, written by Peter F. Hamilton (Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, and Exodus: The Helium Sea), Neat setting and some good characters, but there was too much detail on seemingly unimportant things for my tastes. I felt like they could have trimmed it more. But I suppose others might like the extra details

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Both of these series are on my list, and I was thinking about Altered Carbon next.

    I watched the first season of Altered Carbon a long time ago, and liked the premise. I haven't seen the Expanse yet, so figured I might read them before watching the show.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    Altered Carbon S1 is really good, but its still different from the book. Maybe by like 30%, so some key things change, but the show is still solid. S2 of AC is entirely different from what I recall of the show though so Im not sure I can advise going beyond season 1.

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