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Re: I'm a little surprised to see YOU standing up for that list

Posted by Joe (@joe) on July 19, 2024, 3:45 p.m.

74 - The Calculating Stars - I didn’t read this, but I just read Seveneves which has a pretty similar plot (terrible disaster on Earth turns Earth into a time bomb so a colony has to be established in outer space). Great, as if I needed to hold anything else against Seveneves.

I haven’t read either one, but I really doubt that they have much in common as a reading exprience. I also doubt that it, or over half of the other newish books on the list, will make the list again in 30.

https://locusmag.com/2018/07/adrienne-martini-reviews-the-calculating-stars-by-mary-robinette-kowal/

I’ve read 33.

The ones you’ve read that I haven’t, or order of how much I want to read them:

52 - A Clockwork Orange
23 - Oryx & Crake
29 - Dhalgren
31 - The Stand (tbh, I have a feeling I’d like this more than Dhalgren, but I’m still less likely to read it)