Hey Beehaw, whatcha reading right now?
- Scevola ( @scevola44@beehaw.org ) 12•1 year ago
I’m halfway into “Guards! Guards!” by Pratchett. My first story of his, and I’m having so much fun!
- alex [they/them] ( @alex@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
ahhhh welcome to the discworld!!
You’ll love these books!
Jealous you get to read them all for the first time.
- DJDarren ( @DJDarren@beehaw.org ) 5•1 year ago
Once you’ve read that, get a copy of Nightwatch. Much the same cast of characters, but it’s widely considered to be Terry’s magnum opus. That book is a damn work of art.
#GNUTerryPratchett
- Scevola ( @scevola44@beehaw.org ) 6•1 year ago
Yeah, I already have planned to read the whole night watch saga. Then I’ll see what other side of the Discworld to move on to
- scoobford ( @scoobford@lemmy.ml ) 11•1 year ago
The Murderbot Diaries.
I’ve been enjoying it, it has a surprising amount of heart for a series about an emotionally damaged not-robot.
- IndeterminateName ( @IndeterminateName@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
I was put off by the pricing on these. Full price for novella length. I really enjoyed the first one, I’ll grab the rest if they go on sale
- IndeterminateName ( @IndeterminateName@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
Oh hell yes! Thank you!
- scoobford ( @scoobford@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
If your local library doesn’t have them, they are on humble bundle right now.
I’ve reread the series more than once, and I hardly ever reread books—I just can’t get enough of Murderbot! I’m anxiously awaiting the new release, System Collapse, due out later this year.
- fishy 2.0 (he/him) ( @fishy_2_0@beehaw.org ) 11•1 year ago
Currently reading Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy really fun reads though it got weird in some places
- schreiblehrling ( @schreiblehrling@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
It has to! lol A completely weird book, but that is what makes it so fun. Enjoy!
- fishy 2.0 (he/him) ( @fishy_2_0@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
yup the way duglas adams writes makes for some hilarious moments definitely enjoying my time with them
- b000rg ( @b000rg@midwest.social ) 2•1 year ago
This is my favorite book series. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe stands out as my favorite overall.
- !ozoned@lemmy.world ( @ozoned@beehaw.org ) 10•1 year ago
Currently reading “Brave New World”, Aldous Huxley. Next up Isaac Asimov’s Foundation.
- flea ( @flea@hive.atlanten.se ) 2•1 year ago
Foundation books are great! Go for it!
- IndeterminateName ( @IndeterminateName@beehaw.org ) 10•1 year ago
Currently working my way through the Three Body Problem series. They are very good but I’m not sure how much I’m enjoying them, they are pretty bleak in places.
- jeff ( @Yazee@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
Fantastic novels. Skip the redemption of time though. It’s terrible
- drowned Phoenician ( @drownedPhoenician@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
I’ve only read the first one and found my enjoyment varying a lot. Sometimes there were great ideas and sometimes the pacing is too slow for me. Might pick up the second book sometime
- GooseDwarf ( @GooseDwarf@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
I listened to the first two on audio book. I’m in the same boat as you, where I thought they were good, and pretty thought provoking, but very bleak, and almost propagandistic, I can’t really explain it though
- wit ( @wit@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
I didn’t enjoy the first one that much, but devoured the next two. I still think about the second book often.
- flea ( @flea@hive.atlanten.se ) 1•1 year ago
Loved that series. But very bleak view of the universe. I loved it in the end.
- GooseDwarf ( @GooseDwarf@beehaw.org ) 9•1 year ago
I’m currently reading through Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I’m a fan of SciFi, and cyberpunk especially. This book was on my reading list, and I decided to pick it up while in the bookstore the other day.
So far I’m really enjoying it. It feels a bit more pulpy than some of the other cyberpunk classics such as Neuromancer and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, but that’s not a bad thing. It certainly doesn’t take away from the entertainment in my opinion. Not every book needs to have a grand philosophy behind it.
- drowned Phoenician ( @drownedPhoenician@feddit.de ) 4•1 year ago
I guess I should finally read Snow Crash, but other books keep getting in the way. I just finished Neuromancer which surprised me with how well written it was. No idea why, but I expected the classics to be more … exhausting.
- GooseDwarf ( @GooseDwarf@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
I get what you mean. Many classics are that way, especially as we get further from when they were written. I’ve been trying to work through Moby Dick on audio book during my commute, but it feels like a slog. Same with some parts of The Count of Monte Cristo but that has a good amount of suspense that really carries the reader through some of the more stuffy aristocratic sections.
- noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year ago
working my way through Discworld again. currently at Unseen Academicals.
I will read Shepherd’s Crown this time.
- Squiddles ( @Squiddles@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year ago
Discworld is always a brilliant choice. Good luck getting through Shepherd’s Crown. I can’t do it. If I never read it, it never has to end. “People will always remember the songs he never had the chance to sing. And they will be the greatest songs of all.”
- tcit ( @tcit@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year ago
Just started Lavinia from Ursula K. Le Guin.
- Jacob ( @Jacob@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
How is bookwyrm?
- tcit ( @tcit@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
I use it to keep track of my readings, not much for its social features. But it’s pretty much GoodReads federated otherwise (well, I didn’t make much use of GoodReads anyway).
Hopefully one day there’s going to be something agregating Trakt.tv, Bookwrym and something similar for video games.
- Velonie ( @Velonie@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year ago
The Count of Monte Cristo! Liking it so far and I’ve heard good things
I just got a copy of the Count of Monte Cristo. I’ve enjoyed every Dumas novel I’ve read, but I’m surprised at how many I’ve missed.
- 2bR02b ( @2bR02b@lemmy.one ) 1•1 year ago
That story is such a beautiful tragedy! There are layers to it. You’ll enjoy each layer as you read the book multiple times.
- ArgentCorvid [Iowa] ( @argentcorvid@midwest.social ) 8•1 year ago
Just started Howl’s Moving Castle. Liking it so far!
Not exactly like the movie, but it’s pretty close.
- Infinitybiscuit ( @Infinitybiscuit@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
I legitimately did not know there is a book. It’s my favorite movie so I might pick this up.
A lot of Miyazaki’s films are based on books! Kiki’s Delivery Services is a book as well, and Secret Life of Arietty is based on The Borrowers.
- ArgentCorvid [Iowa] ( @argentcorvid@midwest.social ) 2•1 year ago
Yes the book was first, and adapted for the movie. It’s a trilogy. They did a good job on the adaptation, though there are some differences, as there always are. I’m reading it through my Library on Libby.
- d3fc0n1 ( @d3fc0n1@beehaw.org ) 7•1 year ago
I’m reading The Stranger, by Albert Camus. It’s a short read and I’m already focusing on some of The Atlantic’s recommendations in the Summer Reading Guide.
- cold_cathode ( @cold_cathode@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
I just started The Stranger too! I’ve been meaning to read it for a few years now. I wanted to find a paper copy in French, but I haven’t found one used yet so I’ve been reading it in English on paper and French online.
- Butterbee (She/Her) ( @Butterbee@beehaw.org ) 7•1 year ago
I am in the middle of reading Men at Arms, one of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchet. Very much recommend!
- StringTheory ( @StringTheory@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
I’m in the middle of Wyrd Sisters (again)! GNU Terry Pratchett.
- Butterbee (She/Her) ( @Butterbee@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
GNU Terry Pratchett
- Tatar_Nobility ( @Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml ) 7•1 year ago
Not beehaw 🤭 but I am reading Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. While it wasn’t explicitly a feminist work, you can uncover by reading it the roots of feminist thought and literature.
- GreyShuck ( @GreyShuck@beehaw.org ) 6•1 year ago
My ‘big read’ this year is Finnegans Wake - which I am (or have been) reading week by week along with the TrueLit sub on reddit. It would be a profoundly different experience to read it without the analysis and discussion going on there, so that is something…
Otherwise, I am reading The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher, which is engaging and entertaining, as was her The Hollow Places which I read immediately before. I am also dipping into a collection of the Para Handy tales by Neil Munro, which are a cosy - if stereotypical and patronising - glimpse into another time and pace of life.
I have just returned from a couple of weeks away during which I finished an anthology of Clarke Ashton Smith short fantasy tales (all about the atmosphere: story and worldbuilding are very much secondary and character scarcely features); Haldor Laxness’s The Atom Station (a sparse look at the clash of modern - written in 1948 - and traditional Icelandic values); and Blackwood’s The Willows (an extrapolation of the original idea of “panic” - as several of this other tales are).
- Tatar_Nobility ( @Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
I’m too afraid to read Finnegans Wake lol. I saw the Truelit threads too, so I might make use of them when, or if, I decide to tackle it.
- GandalfDG ( @GandalfDG@beehaw.org ) 6•1 year ago
Just finished the audiobook of Thud by Terry Pratchett while my wife and I were on a road trip