Recently finished Hyperion, by Dan Simmons.
I really liked the premise of each character telling their own story. It was a lot of variety and very interesting ideas were explored in different ways in each of them.
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Just finished Ada, or Ardor.
If you want something with brilliant prose, multilingual puns on every page, occasional invasions of other styles, a distorted but familiar world, obsession-driven narrative balancing between passion and transcendence, it might be something for you - unless, like Martin Amis, you find it hysterical and yourself unable to ignore the dark reality of several characters, narrator included, having too much resources to care about morals or most laws.
Just finished Alone Together, by Sherry Turkle.
It's a book that dives into our relationship with technology, and each other. It's a decent read for these times we are living, although the author didn't get to live the massification of social media before writing it.
It dives into how we turn to machines to fullfil our connection needs, while avoiding the disappointments of connecting with other humans. It showcases a bunch of stories to illustrate its point, as usual for non-fiction books, but I felt it gave good nuances to the point, and even identified a little with some scenarios. She goes just a little overboard with how little she thinks about online communities, and I feel she doesn't state very clearly that communities o line doesn't have to ve the same as communities in real life. My opinion diverges from shat related to that assumption, but it was a great read overall!
I've been posting thoughts on the wheel of time as I go through my first read of the series. I had made a post before, but I'll see about posting my current thoughts here.
I just finished The Great Hunt! Spoilers following
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Wow, what a fantastic listen. Enjoyed it much much more than eye of the world. I didn't dislike the first book at all, but found it hard to really get into the world. This book has solved all that for me. I understand a little more about the different lands, the different factions.
The end of this book was super exciting in a way I didn't really feel in the first one. Matt blowing the horn, Rand fighting the dark one. The picture of Rand finally accepting his place among the legion of shienarans. Listening to it all got me giddy.
I was, at first, apprehensive about the idea of parallel worlds. But I think so far it has been handled well. The other worlds, at least so far, don't seem to be playing a huge part on the main world. I loved the whole sequence of all them living through a ton of their alternate lives.
Overall I must say I am much more excited about continuing than I was at the end of the first book. I'm super eager to keep listening!
I found a WoT fan! Which group were posting to during your read? I found a page but it was all about the tv show, not the books. I just read Warrior of the Altaii and was really hoping to find some Jordan fans who might be able to discuss it with me.