Yet another busy week but things have started to settle down, got back to reading properly yesterday and have reached the point where we get some interesting reveals. Very excited about where it goes from here.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] atomic@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've been in the mother of all reading slumps (since I hit my very modest yearly goal of 12+ books), but I'm back and I'm currently reading Orientalism by Edward Said for non-fiction. I'm also reading two short-story collections: A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker edited by Deborah Treisman, and Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Thomas, Ekpeki and Knight.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Congratulations on hitting your goal!

How are the short-story collections?

[–] atomic@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty good so far. I'm only about 10% into The New Yorker, and the only story I did not like was "Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger

spoiler

(there's a weird pervy undertone and a constant air of child endangerment, and it ends in suicide)

The rest have a good mix of fun and suspense, and the writing feels lyrical.

I'm about 30% into Africa Risen, and the stories are a fun mix of sci-fi, magical realism and mythology. My favorite so far is "Rear Mirror" by Nuzo Onoh, which was hilarious.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the info, will check them out.