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[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Rereading Milk Run by Nathan Lowell.

[Kirsten]

I'm trying to finish up Sleeping Giants today.

[Monika]

I just finished The Dark Forest. Wow. I was so invested and absorbed that I'm a little reluctant to finish the series. I have a feeling it won't end well for humanity....
Currently reading
Shada (a Doctor Who novel based on the story by Douglas Adams)
The Forge of God (Greg Bear)
Blue Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)

[Trike]

Just read The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi, which I really liked. My review.

I really need to get around to more of the Space Opera on my TBR pile. Mostly I've just been watching The Expanse on Syfy.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Rereading the Maxwell Saga series, currently on the third. First is Take the Star Road , author is Peter Grant. They aren't great books, but they are readable and it's been long enough since I first read them that I had forgotten almost all the details. No aliens. Bad guys are mostly pirates and crooks. In second book the main character joins the military; the chapters on boot camp and later OCS remind me of some of the chapters in Heinlein's . You can definitely see the influence.

[Lizzie]

I promised another ARC review so am about 25% through it. Then I will get to Rim War. For my free prime member kindle borrow this month I got , since I had read the first two on library lends.

I had set many things aside due to some unexpected life events. As a result I read a bunch of short stories and Sean Fletcher's In the Depth of Darkness,, which I enjoyed a lot. (It wouldn't come up when I did the search even though it's in my goodreads list - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...).

[Kirsten]

I recently started A Door Into Ocean... I've never heard of this author... but she is good at world building.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Finished reading the Maxwell Saga books mentioned above a few days ago. The three I had read before are okay, but the two new ones are much better. I really liked number 4 in the series, Stand Against The Storm. You should be able to skip the first three if you want to.

Currently reading another by the same author from a different series: War To The Knife and so far it's pretty good.

[Monika]

I just started Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds. I'm still working on Shada and Blue Mars alongside it.

[Conal]

Reading Fields of Fire by Marko Kloos and listening to A Choice of Treasons. Both are making the grade and I will continue on with both of these series as they are released.

[Leonie]

Reading The Enemy Within by Patty Jansen. Enjoying it.

[MadProfessah]

I'm reading SATURN RUN by John Sandford and Ctein. Sorta wanted to try some sci fi and check out Sandford's style before I read any of his mystery thrillers.

[Ronnie]

Just finished "The HAVOC Files 3" edited by Andy Frankham-Allen.

An anthology of short stories featuring Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in his pre-UNIT days.

[Conal]

MadProfessah wrote: "I'm reading SATURN RUN by John Sandford and Ctein. Sorta wanted to try some sci fi and check out Sandford's style before I read any of his mystery thrillers."

I just picked this up on a B & N closeout sale over the weekend so am interested in hearing your comments on whether this is decent or not...

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Reading Dark Companion by Andre Norton which is two books : Dark Piper and Dread Companion. Dark Piper was one of my favorites as an adolescent, but it has been decades since I last reread it. I don't recall reading the other at all, but perhaps when I read it I will. Dark Piper is planetary SF not space opera.

[MadProfessah]

Just finished SATURN RUN, it's right about where its current average rating says it should be (between 3.5 to 4 stars).

FWIW, it kept me up 2 hours past my bedtime on a weekend night not wanting to put the book down.

It's a bit slow in parts but also extremely riveting in parts. I'd say the last 1/3 or so is extremely good.

If you like hard sci- fi but you don't think it has to be done in an extremely serious way (think John Scalzi) then you will like SATURN RUN. I did.

[Leonie]

I'm currently reading The Handmaid's Tale - definitely holding my attention in the early stages :)

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Rereading The Price of the Stars by Debra Doyle

[Jason]

Teresa wrote: "Rereading The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold. It's been enough years that I'd forgotten almost all the details. I..."

Teresa wrote: "Rereading The Price of the Stars by Debra Doyle"

Ronnie wrote: "Just finished "The HAVOC Files 3" edited by Andy Frankham-Allen.

An anthology of short stories featuring Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in his pre-UNIT days."

Bujold in her great days. I need to reread the Vor series. I will go back to Falling Free but I really enjoy Shards of Honor and Barrayar the most. I've been disappointed in her work during the last decade or so. She seems to have lost something in her writing.

[Jason]

Teresa wrote: "Rereading The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold. It's been enough years that I'd forgotten almost all the details. I..."

Teresa wrote: "Rereading The Price of the Stars by Debra Doyle"

Ronnie wrote: "Just finished "The HAVOC Files 3" edited by Andy Frankham-Allen.

An anthology of short stories featuring Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in his pre-UNIT days."

Bujold in her great days. I need to reread the Vor series. I will go back to Falling Free but I really enjoy Shards of Honor and Barrayar the most. I've been disappointed in her work during the last decade or so. She seems to have lost something in her writing.

[Jason]

I'm currently reading Jerry Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye. It is certainly a classic but I don't remember it as one of his best. So far it is a 3 out 5 star book. There is so much drek out there that I want to inflate the rating of a good but not great story.

The story is part of his CoDominium series some of his work that shows the of H. Beam Piper his literary mentor. He definitely learned something of the craft there but so far part of the story is muddied by techno-babble and it distracts from just telling a good tale.

[Conal]

I am starting May with our monthly Reader pick Thrawn in audio and so far it is off to a great start. I am also currently reading Saturn Run and Apex and this is one that all fans of near future Sci-Fi should put on their reading list.

[Heather]

Jason wrote: "I'm currently reading Jerry Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye. It is certainly a classic but I don't remember it as one of his best. So far it is a 3 out 5 star book. There is so much drek out ther..."

That's what this book club read last month. You can check out our discussion!

I have to disagree with you for the need to inflate the ratings. There's plenty of - I don't remember this book at all but in the 70s I loved it - reviews.

[Audrey]

The Gathering Edge

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Audrey wrote: "The Gathering Edge"
I loved the eARC. Excellent space opera, and no need to have any other books first. I'll be rereading it soon methinks, but plan on reading Nathan Lowell's newest first: To Fire Called .

[MadProfessah]

Agree that all sci-fi fans should read APEX and SATURN RUN (although I think the former is better this the latter).

[Caitlin]

I am reading the May/June issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Not exactly a novel, though there is a complete short novel in this issue--The Runabout, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

Side note: Anyone know if there's a way to add periodicals to your shelves in GR? I haven't seen one but I'd like to add fiction mags if possible.

[Paul]

Re-reading all Iain M Bainks SF novels.

Just finished Consider Phelbas.

I'm still upset there will be no more Culture novels.

RIP Mr Bainks.

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I'm currently half-way through "Leviathan Wakes" and am so happy I started this book, finally. I have not been this invested in a story since the Endymion series.

[Leonie]

And am now reading the 'Vatta's War' series.

[Heather]

Red Sister here. Surprisingly slow.

[Trike]

Just started Lightless, which is about a tiny crew on a ship in deep space who are dealing with some thieves who might have connections to a terrorist who have boarded surreptitiously. I'm only about 70 pages in but so far it's really good.

[AndrewP]

I'm finishing off Scalzi's Old Mans War series with The End of All Things. Interesting how this series started out as action packed military SF and evolved into political and diplomatic intrigue.

[Victoria]

I think it is a natural development given that wars are the result of political and diplomatic failures. Additionally, Scalzi can only describe battle scenes so often before repeating himself. That's the biggest problem I have with military sci-fi, too much battle and not enough down time.

[Victoria]

Just finished the War Dogs trilogy by Greg Bear. Interesting premise, but personally I think humans would be a lot more suspicious of the Gurus given human nature. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the books, even the weird bits at the end of the third book. Greg seemed to run out of steam towards the end and left a lot of questions in my mind.

[Lizzie]

Leonie wrote: "And am now reading the 'Vatta's War' series."

A new series centered on Ky Vatta. The first book was released recently. It's on my bookshelf in hardcover, but I haven't had the time to read much lately. (We buried my mom at the end of last month.)

I am not sure what I am reading on my Kindle as I lost my place on some things and had to break a few promised reviews on others. I did finish Lindsay Buroker's Fallen Empire series and read her first two books in her young adult Sky Full of Stars series. and .

[C. John]

Not space opera per se but I just started .

[Leonie]

Lizzie wrote: "Leonie wrote: "And am now reading the 'Vatta's War' series."

A new series centered on Ky Vatta. The first book was released recently. It's on my bookshelf in hard..."

So sad to hear about your Mum, Lizzie.

I'm enjoying the Vatta's War series, so I'll have a look at the next one - thank you!

[Brad]

been reading Shadow of Empire by Jay Allan. Very good batch of characters. Character development. I'm about 3/4 done. I'm getting ready to order the next two in the Far Stars series.

[A. D. Perales]

I'm currently reading . So far I like parts of it and don't like parts of it. I'm almost finished so I'll feel more comfortable giving a complete run-down once I'm done.

[Monika]

I just finished Blue Mars, and while a lot of it was captivating, I could have done without most of the detailed descriptions.
I've just started The Long Earth, Cibola Burn in the Expanse series, and Binti - Home. The last one is really more of a novella, but after reading all of the Red Mars trilogy this year, I can use a brief read :)

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Started Steel Walls and Dirt Drops by Alan Black last night. Military SF of the fight on a planet type. Not far enough yet in to tell how good it will be.

[Jonathan]

The Collapsing Empire It's better than The Human Division (that one was a mess that should never have been written). But I can't help but wonder if my issue with no longer really enjoying Scalzi's stories is because of Tor's editor or my taste in humor no longer aligns with Scalzi. I'm leaning towards the fault being Patrick Nielsen Hayden.

[MadProfessah]

The only one of Scalzi's books I have liked recently was REDSHIRTS. I couldn't get past the second chapter of LOCK IN and I didn't even try to read THE END OF ALL THINGS. I'm psyched that THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE is supposed to be real space opera so I'm looking forward to atleast trying it.

[C.T.]

I just finished Thrawn by Timothy Zahn.

I also read Excalibur by Tim Marquitz.

[A. D. Perales]

Finished Empress of a Thousand Skies.

In the end, I loved the worldbuilding and how she Incorporated modern social struggles into the novel.

But I hated both of the lead characters. Both were very immature, which is okay for the beginning of a story, but by the end they were arguably worse, which is no bueno for me.

I'm sad; I really loved the world she created for this novel.

[Heather]

A. D. Perales wrote: "Finished Empress of a Thousand Skies.

In the end, I loved the worldbuilding and how she Incorporated modern social struggles into the novel.

But I hated both of the lead characters. Both were v..."

I am planning to read this next month. Sounds worrying about the leads!

[Jonathan]

MadProfessah wrote: "The only one of Scalzi's books I have liked recently was REDSHIRTS. I couldn't get past the second chapter of LOCK IN and I didn't even try to read THE END OF ALL THINGS. I'm psyched that THE COLLA..."

It's more dialogue than anything else and I'm not exaggerating. There is literally more pages of dialogue than world building or story building.

And if you didn't like Lock In you won't like The Collapsing Empire. The writing style, pacing, etc. are identical.

[MadProfessah]

Hmmmmm yes this is why I'm waiting for THR COLLAPSING EMPIRE to become available at one of the two library systems I have access to instead of buying it.

I have higher hopes that since it is clearly space opera (my favorite genre) I will have a better chance of finishing it. (Although my second favorite is police procedurals and my reaction to LOCK IN was not good!)

[Leonie]

MadProfessah wrote: "Hmmmmm yes this is why I'm waiting for THR COLLAPSING EMPIRE to become available at one of the two library systems I have access to instead of buying it.

I have higher hopes that since it is clear..."

I enjoyed it, and am looking forward to reading the sequel :)