• What book is currently on your nightstand?
  • Who is the author?
  • What genre?
  • How do you like it?
  • Would you recommend it to others?

Probably lots of bleed-over from the last week since it was posted so late, but…

  • HisBane@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    Currently reading “The Kaiju Preservation Society” by John Scalzi. Lightweight, humorous sci-fi. Just recently finished “The Gentleman of Moscow” by Amor Towles, which is lovely storytelling if you enjoy character building. KPS is definitely a much different feel.
    Depending on what you like to read, I would recommend both - but for different reasons.

    • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      I really enjoyed Scalzi’s Interdependency series. Definitely light compared to some (and there were arcs/characters I would have liked to see develop a bit more), but it’s a decent enough ride.

      • tjhart85@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah The Interdependency felt like it really needs a few short stories in the same universe to cover a few of the characters and another novel at least for what happens after the ending!

    • mack123@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      I loved Scalzi’s Old man war series. Good entertaining sci fi, with some interesting questions to ponder under the stories.

    • readbeanicecream@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Currently reading “The Kaiju Preservation Society” by John Scalzi.

      This was a fun read. I enjoyed it enough to put Red Shirts on my reading list, just have not gotten around to it yet. If you want to stick with the Kaiju genre, Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson had a similar vibe.

    • tjhart85@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I just finished KPS and loved it! It was fun in a “this entire thing is fucking ridiculous” sort of way that Scalzi (and the book itself) fully acknowledges.

      “I lift things” started infiltrating my spoken phrases without me realizing it and I was like “wtf‽” when I realized.

      • HisBane@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Have you checked out “Fuzzy Nation”, “Red Shirts”, or the “Lock In” series? All fun stories by Scalzi in similar veins (Lock In is a bit more serious, but not like The Interdependency).

        • tjhart85@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          I have!

          I’ve yet to find anything Scalzi has written that I’m not a fan of.

          Another less known gem is Agent To The Stars … Had me laughing in a way usually reserved for re-reads of The HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy!