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What's Lemmy reading? (sopuli.xyz)
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There's a thread about how people find new books, and one of my favorite ways to find things to read was browsing comments from the weekly 'What are you reading' threads in r/truelit and r/books. So what is Lemmy reading?

I'm finishing The Passenger, and about to jump into John Williams' Stoner. Excited to see what is next!

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[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'd highly recommend We are legion we are Bob and off to be the wizard to any fellow tech nerds

We are legion we are bob is about a guy whose brain is uploaded as an AI into a Von Neumann probe and sent into space to explore the universe.

Off to be the wizard is about a guy who finds out the world is some kind of simulation, and there's essentially one big file detailing absolutely everything that can be edited, uses it to go back in time and live as a wizard and make spells with his programming skills

Both of them have plenty of nerdy references and humour

[–] DeltaRoope@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I made the mistake of picking up these books on a busy work week. Needless to say, I did not get much sleep between working and finishing four books in as many days.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Haha I'm sorry my friend but I'm glad you enjoyed them, those books are something special

[–] BlueDiamond@rammy.site 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Adding to my tbr - not usually into that kind of genre but that piqued my interest! Thanks for the rec!

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Both of them are fairly sci-fi/tech themed. Not for everyone but for those who are into that stuff it's great

[–] ptman@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's the one. Fantastic book, listened to it with my family on long car trips, good memories