looking to expand my horizons. My last 2 books: the power of introverts and the subtle art of not giving a f*ck.

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    Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Truly magnificent, just like the movie by Tarkovsky.

    In parallel to that I went also down the rabbit hole about what cybernetics was and what happened to it.

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    I’m reading The Light of all that falls by James Islington (3rd book in The Licanius trilogy)

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    Finished Dungeon Crawler Carl book 8. Reading Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens

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      Just hopped on the dcc train! Definitely recommend. It will never go down in history as a sublime piece of literature, but it sure is good. I would also recommend giving the audio book a try, the narration is hilarious.

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        I’ll do you one better. The narrator, Jeff Hayes, he founded Soundbooth Theater. DCC in an immersion tunnel, with full cast and sound effects.

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    Been absolutely crawling through Black Reconstruction, but it’s extremely well written and informative.

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    Poject Hail Mary, The Martian
    Both by Andy Weir.

    Also M.O.N.A. and S.I.N.O.N. by Dan T. Sehlberg

    The books by Andy Weir are hard sci-fi books. Very grounded in physical/realistic expectations but with a sprinkle of “the future”.

    The books by Dan Sehlberg are IT thriller-like novels.
    Basically something like current ‘Neuralink’.
    The first books plot is about a scientist developing a brain-computer interface enabling the user to visit cyberspace in a sort of advanced VR like world but full on inside instead of just goggles you put on.
    His wife trials it, visits her job sites web page during a cyber attack on the jobs IT-infrastructure, get’s in contact with the malware there and brings the digital virus inside her to the real world.
    Now the digital malware/virus has become a biological one. The scientist now wants to find the cure for the illness.

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    I just got a kobo for Christmas so I’ve been catching up on a ton of Stephen King I hadn’t made time for, re-reading some Michael Crichton. Trying out some of Clive Barker’s horror stuff (never read it before).

    Just read Back To The Island, a companion/episode guide to Lost. Which has made me want to watch the show again.