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Everyone is jumping in with recommendations to fill the GOT hole in your reading/binging schedule, including Hachette Books, which has put seven titles, some familiar, on sale for $2.99 each.https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/orb...
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan
The Wolf by Leo Carew
Jade City by Fonda Lee
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
The March/April Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter is free to downloadhttps://www.tor.com/2019/05/15/downlo...
Authors this month are
Christopher Rowe
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Lis Mitchell
Rich Larson
Jonathan Carroll
The illustrated edition of The Princess Bride by William Goldman is on sale for $2.99https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GQDOD80/
Not SF, but related, Time Travel: A History by James Gleick, is on sale for $4.99https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AQNYZ1U/
James Gleick delivers a mind-bending exploration of time travel—from its origins in literature and science to its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick vividly explores physics, technology, philosophy, and art as each relates to time travel and tells the story of the concept's cultural evolutions—from H.G. Wells to Doctor Who, from Proust to Woody Allen. He takes a close look at the porous boundary between science fiction and modern physics, and, finally, delves into what it all means in our own moment in time—the world of the instantaneous, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future.
Dara wrote: "Not sure what to read next. Finally Expansed out so maybe I'll just take a break."You can read the Expanse RPG Quickstart PDF which can be downloaded from a link at
https://greenronin.com/expanse/
The Quickstart is 42 pages of info about the RPG.
The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis is on sale for $2.99https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Alc...
This is the first book of a fascinating alternate history trilogy.
Dedication of Ray Bradbury statue planned for August 2019 in his hometown, Waukegan, Illinois.https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburb...
You can learn more about the statue at
http://www.raybradburystatue.org
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin wrote an op-ed piece for the Washington Post this month. He says it's time to go to Mars.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...
Are you ready?
Caitlin wrote: "We have to watch the show with all lights off or we can't see a damn thing."I have to do the same. I need some blackout curtains too ;-P
Ruth (tilltab) Ashworth wrote: "By the time I started seeing those bookmark with light things, I had already moved on to a kindle for reading while out and about, so I never bothered with one, but I always liked the idea of them. Did anyone try them? Were they any good? "I used to commute to work in a van pool. I tried at least half a dozen different reading lights, but none of them were anything more than barely adequate. If they weren't fragile, they were awkward when turning a page.
These days, I save reading print books for a well-lit room. For commuting, I read on my phone.
John (Taloni) wrote: "Mark, that's some great sourcing. Think I will favor those links when I can and squint into my paperback copy of Martian Chronicles for the others."I'll be doing the same. If you get a chance, be sure and watch the You Bet Your Life episode with Bradbury. He was a movie fan.
Dara wrote: "I need some female representation mixed in with Mars"
Bradbury has a cameo on the Simpsons around 1:43. If you blink, you'll miss it.https://youtu.be/CtgYY7dhTyE
Dara wrote: "Rachel Bloom’s “F*ck Me, Ray Bradbury” stuck in my head the entire time"If you want this song stuck in your brain while you read Bradbury, here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG38V...
Enough already. Yes, yet another one more last post. Searching here at Goodreads, it looks like there are individual catalog entries for many, if not all, of the stories in The Martian Chronicles. So, if you're in the Short Story challenge, you can add them all to your challenge.For example, Way in the Middle of the Air June 2003/2034
