I mostly read Science Fiction books and books about Programming. My main fediverse account is @ryuslash@fosstodon.org
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46% complete! Tom has read 6 of 13 books.
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I find it very funny that the hunter-killer following the ship can't make up its mind whether the captain at the helm is an idiot or genius, because every time Sierka makes a dumb move Ballin saves the day with brilliant strategies and tactics. So they just don't know what to expect.
Content warning rant, blatant story spoilers, just don't read this post...
I can't talk to my wife about this anymore, she feels like I'm telling her too much in case she wants to read it. This book... I'm really enjoying reading it, but some of it so frustrating.
I don't know if this is a common trope, but I feel like I've seen it before. The main character is always right, but his superiors never listen to him, in most of the book I've read so far, even outright dislike him. Seems very "the common man is right, rich aristocrats with honorary titles don't know what they're doing"
The main character (York) keeps following orders, even though on several occasions now his superiors have let him down. He's lost a leg, an eye, and an arm following orders. He's been abandoned on an enemy planet. He's been denied cover fire. His commanding officer has preferred to let him and about 60-odd marines die over saving him out of spite.
It's nice that he's building such a loyal following. The marines he was put in charge of have become really loyal after their first drop. But it's still strange that he and his marines are the only ones who are maintaining any kind of discipline and order on the ship.
People keep asking him to mutiny (his fellow officers, rich civilians (we'll make sure you don't get executed, we'll have a high-paying job waiting for you after), even the empress) and he just won't do it. At least now the empress has committed and officially made York captain.
I'd like him more if he wasn't so willing to drink too much every single chance he gets. Not that he's not likeable.
Got it with one of the Humble Book Bundles some time ago and it was randomly picked as my next book to read.
Is a longer book than the last few I've finished, but I'm going through it pretty fast so far.
This book has come up a bunch of times since I've started becoming interested in #pkm, so when I saw it and was buying some other books anyway I decided I might as well get it and read it for myself.
A zany bunch of futuristic actors--Victor, the eternal student; Ginger, the milkmaid; Dibbler, the sausage …
Started reading it because I wanted to read some paper books and not just digital books, but now I can't find where I put it... Don't really have that issue with my ebooks.
Started a mini bookclub with my sister-in-law. Already we have missed our first meeting :)
A New York Times Bestseller!
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
A New York Times Bestseller!
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful …
After just having read the Patternist series the random book that was picked out from my library to read next is this one.
@radio_appears@books.theunseen.city Yeah I had very much the same experience with the series (read the whole series in ~2 months) and reaction to this book. I did still enjoy it a lot, but it just didn't go where I hoped it to go.
Unfortunately I didn't know anything about this series before I started Wild Seed, I got it in a humble bundle at some point and it said that Wild Seed was the first book, so I started with that.
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The combined mind-force of a telepathic race, Patternist thoughts can destroy, heal, rule. For the …
So, I burned through the whole patternmaster series in a matter of months, which is pretty unusual for me. I like to leave big gaps in between installments, so I don't get burned out on a story.
While the series is overall great, I really regret reading the books in chronological order, starting with Wild Seed, and ending with this one, because in publishing order, this is her first book and her first published novel ever. As is to be expected, as Butler's skills as a writer increase, the quality of these earlier and earlier published novels decreases. Patternmaster isn't necessarily bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to Wild Seed, or even Mind of my Mind and Clay's Ark. Not to mention that the stories become gradually less ambitious. So, the overall effect is that a series that starts as an epic world-spanning, century-spanning tale of conflict between two …
So, I burned through the whole patternmaster series in a matter of months, which is pretty unusual for me. I like to leave big gaps in between installments, so I don't get burned out on a story.
While the series is overall great, I really regret reading the books in chronological order, starting with Wild Seed, and ending with this one, because in publishing order, this is her first book and her first published novel ever. As is to be expected, as Butler's skills as a writer increase, the quality of these earlier and earlier published novels decreases. Patternmaster isn't necessarily bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to Wild Seed, or even Mind of my Mind and Clay's Ark. Not to mention that the stories become gradually less ambitious. So, the overall effect is that a series that starts as an epic world-spanning, century-spanning tale of conflict between two primal forces of nature peters out as a story about a brotherly feud. It's a bit of a let-down.
So, if you read this series (and you should), do yourself a favor and read it in publishing order.
The combined mind-force of a telepathic race, Patternist thoughts can destroy, heal, rule. For the strongest mind commands the entire …
The combined mind-force of a telepathic race, Patternist thoughts can destroy, heal, rule. For the …
Content warning opinion on conclusion
That was an enjoyable book to read, but after having read the other 3 first I was really hoping for this to go somewhere, but it seems like it didn't really.
