{"id":4130,"date":"2023-12-01T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2023-11-24T12:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T04:33:59","slug":"in-2023-i-has-mostly-been-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/in-2023-i-has-mostly-been-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2023 I has mostly been reading…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This year 2023, I has mostly been reading: Iain M Banks, Charles Stross, Isaac Asimov and Terry Pratchett. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sci-fi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iain M Banks:<\/strong> Inversions, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Inversions. Also, The Culture Series of Iain M Banks:A critical Introduction by Simone Caroti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Stross:<\/strong> The Apocalypse Codex, Rule 34, The Fuller Memorandum, The Atrocity Archives, The Jennifer Morgue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terry Prachett:<\/strong> (Discworld stories) Equal Rites, Sourcery, Mort, The Colour of Magic, Pyramids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaac Asimov:<\/strong> Foundations Edge, Foundation and Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Scalzi:<\/strong> Old Man’s War<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elon Musk <\/strong>by \u00a0Walter Isaacson<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Classics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meditations<\/strong> by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Putney Debates<\/strong> (The\u00a0Putney Debates<\/a>, which took place from 28 October to 8 November 1647, were a series of discussions over the political settlement that should follow\u00a0Parliament<\/a>‘s victory over\u00a0Charles I<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0First English Civil War<\/a>.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous:<\/strong> Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman<\/strong> plus various titles about homesteading and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Annihilation Score<\/em> by Charles Stross<\/strong>, a book about raising livestock and an entomological textbook about structure and function<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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