I am about 1/4th through, and it's interesting to see how connected this is with Cosmere, unlike the first 3 books. I think this book should be read after you have read at least 1 book of The Stormlight Archive. Looking forward to seeing if we learn anything else in it.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just finished Stephen Baxter's World Engines: Destroyer and while it was OK, I have the uncomfortable feeling that I'm discovering unsavory things about Baxter. There are commonalities in his main characters that are... unattractive? One main character, fine. But when the main character is basically the same character in different settings and with different names; and when the story literally contains "and then, everyone clapped"... well, I don't know. The writing is better than I could do, and I'm interested to see where it goes, but I don't know if I can enjoy the libertarian fantasy overtones. I'm torn.

I'm a couple chapters into A. Tchaikovsky's Shroud, and have great expectations. I know I like Tchaikovsky's world building and writing, and this looks so far like another novel (innovative?) premise from a great author.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, Stephen Baxter is somewhat sus. I liked his collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke, and I really liked reading his books when I was a kid who couldn't really understand the politics. He has some really interesting concepts (Manifold: Time fucking BLEW MY MIND when I was like 12), but yeah, he has some very libertarian politics that lead to some, uh, interesting plot points.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

Whew, it's not just me. I'm always cautious about assuming things about authors.