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Harry Klippton said:
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I'm only a couple chapters into it. But it digs deep into the format's cultural impact in democratizing sound, the advent of the Walkman, the significance of the Tascam portastudio in opening home recording to the masses, distribution of hip-hop mixtapes in the 90s, etc.

I learned yesterday that the Walkman and the Portastudio were introduced in 1979. Fun stuff! I'm developing a new appreciation for the format I grew up with.
 
Just finished Tony Iommi's Iron Man. Not the most reflective author in print, but the stream of breezy anecdotes has enough casual insights to make it a worthwhile read. I dreaded the 90s era but found it the most engrossing after all. And the contrasts between Dio and Ozzy were pretty interesting--I'd pretty much ignored the last Heaven and Hell reunion but am really digging into it now.

Still, I'm hoping Geezer Butler's book has a little more depth and structure.
 
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Shameless plug for my friend's fantasy book, The Crown and the Caged God. I'm about a third through, and it's not a usual fantasy archetype, which I don't usually read. Almost philosophical. Well written.

Last book I read was cats cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, which I enjoyed. Funny his ideas of technology are out dated, but the human response is the same we are seeing now.
 
Just finished 2 stand alone novels and one novella by Adrian Tchaikovsky: Alien Clay, Cage of Souls, and Elder Race. All were enjoyable takes on different sci-fi sub-genres. Surprisingly, for such a prolific author I've yet to find a dud from him and I've read most of his books.
I'm now about 1/3 of the way through The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan. I'm always a bit pessimistic about Goodreads recommendations, but this one is well written and engaging so far, with believable life-like characters. There's an element of detective work mixed in with traditional modern fantasy.
 
First book from the Southern Reach trilogy completed just now. In october the 4th book (well, three novellas in one) will come out and I saved this series to read these four books sort of back to back over a somewhat limited time. This was a "quick read" over just three free afternoons. I would love a return to the focus I had in the past; getting older, there's so much hot breath burning in my neck from all the other things going on, that really sinking into a book is something I feel sentimental about. Perhaps I need to pass the threshold into true old age to experience this again?
 
tegendemuur said:
First book from the Southern Reach trilogy completed just now. In october the 4th book (well, three novellas in one) will come out and I saved this series to read these four books sort of back to back over a somewhat limited time. This was a "quick read" over just three free afternoons. I would love a return to the focus I had in the past; getting older, there's so much hot breath burning in my neck from all the other things going on, that really sinking into a book is something I feel sentimental about. Perhaps I need to pass the threshold into true old age to experience this again?
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That’s a cool series- looking forward to the new one as well. I watched the movie based on Annihilation last year, eh, they changed a lot, it’s ok.
 
Finished Use of Weapons by Ian M. Banks last night and started The State of the Art. I've just been reading his Culture series in publication order, though it doesn't really seem to matter, and have be pleasantly surprised at the ideas, plot and quality of writing.
 
KR Sound said:
That’s a cool series- looking forward to the new one as well. I watched the movie based on Annihilation last year, eh, they changed a lot, it’s ok.
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Yeah, I loved the movie. And was glad the book was so different. They're not really the same thing at all; It was more of an visual exploration of Area X, while the book goes into the personal experience of it. I didn't realy like the Biologist character, just your typical writer's idea of an introvert. For now I am happy with Control being much more of an original character (though I'm just around 15% of the second book).

I've marked the Bobiverse books! Hadn't heard of it, but skimmed through some goodreads synopsis' and reviews and this sounds like an amazing read. I came to think of it as a sort of sci-fi version of Discworld (in that it seems to twist familiar concept of the genre around in a comedic way), but I never started that series because of the amount of books it contains. Same with Dune. Same with Stephen King's Tower novels. Same, sadly, with many series. It's not fun, having to make decisive choices on what to read and what not.
 
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