Way back at the start of the pandemic, I got a ton of good reading suggestions on here, mostly sci-fi orientated. Can't remember who recommended what, but in particular I ended up reading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, and then went on to the whole of The Baroque Cycle. As that clocks In around 3,500 pages it did mean I didn't get around to checking out various other authors that are still on the list, but one thing I'm about to finish and has blown my socks off is Alisdair Reynold's Revelation Space. As with Stephenson, I'm in awe of how a single mind can come up with such imaginative and complex material (and make it fun).
Something I stumbled across during last year's lockdowns and that really got me through was Pierce Brown's Red Rising series. It starts off a bit YA, self-consciously a mish-mash of many tropes and narratives you've read before. (It's Space Romans doing hunger games, OK?!) But my word, does it become so, so much more than that as the series progresses. Utterly compulsive, utterly immersive, and progressively smarter and more nuanced whilst remaining a rip-roaring thrill ride. Strongly recommend - and not just to sci fi nerds. Everyone I've recommended it to has loved it. HAIL REAPER! HAIL LIBERTAS!
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