This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
Seems easy enough, right? Let’s take a peek at this week’s answers:
What are you currently reading?
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| Dawn by Octavia E. Butler |
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by Karen Hao |
I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends by Jessica Tarlov |
Oh, my…Dawn is so good. I’m less than 50 pages from the end, and I have so many conflicting thoughts about the characters and events. These aliens are…freakishly alien. I’m going to be chewing on this for a long time.
Hao’s book is hard to grapple with–the amounts of money, computer power, and corporate moves are hard to take in. And the ethics behind everything? Boy howdy…
Tarlov’s book is okay. It’s what I should’ve expected, but not really what I was hoping it would be. I’ll explain more when I’m finished.
What did you recently finish reading?
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| A Divided Duty by Seanan McGuire |
Dragonfired by J. Zachary Pike, read by Doug Tisdale Jr. |
I was hoping to have a post about A Divided Duty up today, but I needed more energy before tackling it. Short version: I loved it.
Dragonfried was hilarious and moving, when it wasn’t barely interesting. I’ll try to explain more on that soon–but that’s basically how I’ve reacted to all three books in Pike’s series.
What do you think you’ll read next?
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| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon, read by Jennifer Jill Araya |
I’m trying to purge my mind of every memory of Ridley Scott’s film (which is difficult)–or at least to shove them into a corner where I can ignore them, before I jump into this book.
I know I said Dixon’s novel was going to be my next one last week–but I wanted a quick Non-Fiction hit after some longer Fantasy audiobooks. I’ll dive in tomorrow.
What books are on your nightstand/side table/desk now?
KWHR
Looking forward to your thoughts on Dawn as well as Empire of AI.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is different enough that I don’t think you’ll have trouble leaving Ridley behind by the end of the first chapter. Actually, first few pages do a good job of thrusting you into a different world. Ridley Scott’s version(s) stands on its own in so many ways apart from Dick’s novel. The novel will take you on an entirely different ride. I’m sure it will be an especially interesting read after reading Empire of AI lol.
HCNewton
Short versions–Dawn was fantastic. Creepy alien story. Empire of Ai…wow, that’s a lot to chew on.
allysonyj
It’s been awhile!
Currently reading William Morris’s epic fantasy “The Well Beyond the World” which set the tone for C.S.Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ursula le Guin, and many others. Archaic language (a lot of “goeth” “Abideth” “Thee” and “Thou) but wonderful detailed world creation, and Ralph, the protagonist, is endearingly human.
Recently finished “I, Variable” by Steve Noble. Noble gives us eight classic stories of science fiction – no laser blasters, no intergalactic warfare, no extraterrestrial monsters. Each story takes a thread of current scientific theory or knowledge and extrapolates to the utmost extreme – and there we are, dangling over an abyss of uncertainty and possibility. Reading these stories doesn’t make reading the daily headlines any easier. I’d say this collection is right up your alley.
Also finished “How to Rule the World” by Theo Baker – a distressing account of how the lust to discover the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates has led to venture capital’s invasion and corruption of the “ivory tower” of academe. Also how a gutsy, gritty, tenacious young campus newspaper reporter fought the power of academe and brought about the resignation of his university’s president.
Next – I keep putting off that TBR shelf…
By the way, my novel “The Three Lives of Mary Sutton” will be published in November. Interested in reviewing it? Or maybe it’s more the kind of book a guest reviewer (your wife?) might like (Historical fiction with a woman protagonist, based on a true story).
HCNewton
Baker’s book looks like it is in the same stream as Hao’s (which means my psyche can’t tackle it right now, I need to recover). Morris and Noble, OTOH, look like they should find there way to a list of mine.
And, sorry for the delay–yeah, I’d be game for an ARC like that.