Ate the Clancy co-author books worth the time? It's been a while since I've read Clancy.
What's everyone reading?
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For sci-fi project hail Mary and the martian are both excellent by weir.
I love these books. I usually read The Martian once a year, and I need to reread Project Hail Mary.
I put aside my Carson the Magnificent for a bit and have been working my way through this True War Stories graphic novel. Even if you don't like graphic novels it is a good one to pick up.
True War Stories
I'll have to see if they have it at the local library, I actually rank hail Mary over the martian. Currently starting Artemis, which is much less revered, but figure weir earned the benefit of the doubt for me to read it.
Update: now he wants two chapters a night. He is way more invested than I thought he would be though as school wound down it is harder to be consistent each night. My voice can’t handle much more.
For all the people that like dungeon crawler Carl I would also recommend “he who fights with monsters”. Similar LitRPG vibe, very easy to read, and like DCC you see the depth of the world building planning as each book progresses. It is one of my favorite series of all time.
Not the depth or high prose of a Sanderson, Jordan, rothfuss etc but a much more easy fluid read as you go.
Not the depth or high prose of a Sanderson, Jordan, rothfuss etc but a much more easy fluid read as you go.
Not to brag...
<poster commences to brag>
...but I played O'Brien in a staged version of 1984 in high school - in 1984.
That’s awesome. What a dark book. I can always picture the dark, coldness of that world through Orwell’s writing. One of the few books I’ve read multiple times.
Just read The Martian - what a quick read. I'm giving it to my son to read this summer. The way it is written with a hundred short mission logs it is great for an ADHD kid with the attention span of a gnat. Gotta keep his brain at least a little engaged this summer.
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Might have to check that out. I am tearing through DCC. I'm halfway through book 5 now. It's weird how it triggers a different part of my brain than other books. Not sure how to describe it, other than that it's a different headspace. I've never read any LitRPG before this, so I'm certain that's a large part of it.
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Agreed. I will go back and reread Jurassic Park every 4-5 years. It's a really good one. Don't get me wrong, the original movie is good. Great even. But the book is better. And the movie sequels are kind of a joke.
I should probably read some of the authors on your list since I have already taken deep dives and enjoyed L'Amour, McLean, Clancy, and King from your list. If those are on your favorites list the others will probably appeal to me as well. Wife was hot on Rice when I met her. I never read them because I was worried they were women's vampire romance novels. I guess maybe I should give Anne a chance...
Yeah it’s just the writing style that is also referred to as profession/cultivation fantasy. There are some good ones but a lot of the ones that are highly reviewed are quite trash.
If you read the Dresden files just know it’s a modern fantasy series. It’s extremely good but the first 2-3 books are the roughest of the series by far. Starting with book 4 each book gets progressively better which is really saying something. Very easy reads and extremely good mystery deliveries with a bunch of fantastic twists
Just finished it earlier today. So many differences from the book and to the Jurassic Park/World movie franchise as a whole. Also got The Lost World to read next
I know that others find these books just fine. I read two of them, if I remember correctly, and I didn't find them to be up to the standard of Clancy. My brother, who is a bigger Clancy fan than I am, independently came to the same conclusion.
Of course to each their own.
