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posted by martyb on Wednesday October 03 2018, @03:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the hit-the-hit-books dept.

October: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
November: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
December: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

October's book is Foundation by Isaac Asimov, meaning the collection of 5 short stories first published in 1951. It is the first published entry in the Foundation series.

Please discuss last month's book, Mars, Ho! below if you haven't done so already. You can also suggest books for January 2019. I can include titles that were already suggested, such as in the comments on the poll. We may be able to increase the maximum number of poll options to accommodate more books.

Previously: SoylentNews Book Club is Alive


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 04 2018, @11:16AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday October 04 2018, @11:16AM (#743979) Homepage Journal

    Preface: I don't read fiction of any kind for its underlying societal commentary. I read it for recreation. If any unstated societal commentary exists and is so poorly done as to cause me to notice it, I won't finish reading the book. If it's an upfront part of the plot, that's fine as long as it doesn't get precedence over storytelling. Which is to say, don't expect any discussion of it from me.

    First the beefs. I almost DNF'd the book less than a dozen pages in. Pure dialog without so much as a bit now and then to remind you who is speaking is clunky as hell to read. Also, the need for a copy editor was extremely evident over the same range. I get not wanting to spend the money but having your novel professionally edited makes one hell of a difference. There are plenty of people out there who would be glad to do so for you for a relatively modest fee, so not doing so is really inexcusable unless you're a broke-ass teenager.

    Now that that's out of the way, I enjoyed the hell out of this book. It's not by any stretch a heavy read with lots of character development and an intricate plot but the story and storytelling style work quite well together to produce a light bit of humorous reading. I'd recommend it to most anyone old enough to have pubes.

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