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Gene Wolfe. The whole Solar Cycle (The Book of the New Sun, Urth of The New Sun, The Book of The Long Sun, The Book of The Short Sun), Fifth Head of Cerberus, Peace, There Are Doors, The Sorcerer's House ... . Wolfe is a genius. Before that I also finished Malazan.
I won't spoil it -- Wikipedia has a synopsis if you want -- other than to say it's end-of-times dystopia. But from 1957. It's delightful.
My friend Tim:
> Just finished On the Beach. Simple and profound. Just need some Zoloft and I will be great. Thanks for the recommendation.
Reading it right now, but I already think it's the test thing: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals I was (and still am) obsessed with productivity. But I more and more my tasks had felt like something I needed to get done, to afterwards finally be able to relax and profit from them. But this time never came and I just got busier. The book does a great job at explaining how much of our daily grind is base…
Three Body Problem trilogy. Most unique sci-fi I have ever read.
Nice! I have this on my 2023 TBR. Cannot wait. I read Netflix is picking it up for an adaptation?
This year's batch included _The Fifth Elephant_ and later _Night Watch_, and they're really fantastic. The pinnacle of the series? I have about ten books left to find out.
Also _The Loom Of Life_ (in Dutch, its Dutch title translates to "Why are there so many species") and it was a nice dense introduction to biodiversity and ecology.
And others less worth mentioning.
Neville Shute's novel 'On the Beach', from 1957. I won't spoil it -- Wikipedia has a synopsis if you want -- other than to say it's end-of-times dystopia. But from 1957. It's delightful. My friend Tim: > Just finished On the Beach. Simple and profound. Just need some Zoloft and I will be great. Thanks for the recommendation.