The Literature Thread

[Rex Kramer]

Currently reading Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill. It's a pretty decent post apocalypse, robots rule the world kind of thing. Nicely written, moves along at a good pace and has some interesting ideas. I'd recommend it.

[Tafdolphin]

Got a Kobo Libra H20 for Xmas and it's a strawberry floating marvel. It's my first eReader and it's so light and the screen is so sharp it's like the first time I held an iPad all over again

Currently reading Ted Chiang's Exhalation collection of short stories and it is excellent

[poshrule_uk]

Can anyone recommend a decent app to track authors so you get notified when they release new books.

I use good reads but find it's not really suitable for that it it's OK for what I have read/want to read

[Dowbocop]

Can anyone recommend a decent app to track authors so you get notified when they release new books.

I use good reads but find it's not really suitable for that it it's OK for what I have read/want to read

Not sure about an app, but maybe follow the authors you like on Twitter and set them up in a specific list (Tweetcaster lets you do that but I'm not sure if it's a standard feature of Twitter, I rarely use Twitter to be honest). Maybe there are accounts that solely list new releases as well, not sure.

[Jenuall]

This thread being bumped just reminded me that Taf is still AWOL.

[kazanova_Frankenstein]

Reading The Last Smile In Sunder City by Luke Arnold (yes, Long John Silver). Its an absolutely fantastic fantasy novel set in a grimy world where magic abruptly ceased to exist, and the fallout encountered by the mythical beings when it happened. There is a pretty clear allegory re fearing the unknown and sense of identity, but there is also lots of nuance to it and i'm really really enjoying his writing style.