• jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16 days ago

    This is my favorite opening line:

    The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.

    • Neal Stephenson, Seveneves
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        15 days ago

        That book was a slog. Took forever to get to the inevitable you knew was going to happen, glossed over the worldbuilding, and ended it just as things got interesting.

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        16 days ago

        Disaster Area’s songs are on the whole very simple and mostly follow the familiar theme of boy-being meets girl-being beneath silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason.

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      16 days ago

      Thanks for the reminder to get back on the waiting list at my library. I’ve been trying on and off for years to read this

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        16 days ago

        I really do recommend it. Just know that the end is basically a separate novella, that is completely different in tone. I would suggest giving it some time at the least before you read the last of it at the least.