-t, I liked Project Hail Mary, and I didn't like the one in-between, so there's another data point.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
JenP - May 24, 2025 5:31:55 am PDT #28320 of 28325
Laura - May 24, 2025 6:46:12 am PDT #28321 of 28325
Our wings are not tired.
Trevor Noah narrated Born a Crime in exactly the tone you would expect. I had read the book before it was chosen for book club, so I listened to it the second time. You can hear his delivery while reading, and no one else could have read it as well.
(I'm making notes of the good narrators)
Dana - May 24, 2025 7:04:03 am PDT #28322 of 28325
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Weir seems to have one character voice, so his POV characters sound exactly the same from book to book. If you can get past that, Hail Mary is fun, if a bit too long.
Laura - May 24, 2025 7:26:52 am PDT #28323 of 28325
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, I enjoyed the science fun of Hail Mary, but some sections could have been far more concise.
bennett - May 24, 2025 9:32:09 am PDT #28324 of 28325
Also excellent, is Rob Inglis reading The Hobbit and all of The Lord of the Rings. Also good for very long trips and for re-reading in troubled times.
Jessica - May 24, 2025 9:55:56 am PDT #28325 of 28325
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just recently started Axiom's End and so far I'm really enjoying it, but I'm having some difficulty dealing with the fact that this is an AU period piece set in *2007*. (My assumption that the year is significant because it puts the existance of smartphones and the 2008 financial crash in the book's near-future, but mostly there is no way 2007 was long enough ago to be a setting for a sci-fi AU.)