What are you reading at the moment?

Never Flinch by Stephen King. I just started this one. I'm excited because he brought back Holly Gibney's character again. Hopefully it's good.

I'm wondering if tackling the recent Kings will get my reading mojo back. I hear he got good again. The fact that he now has a recurring character in Holly intrigues me. He used to have characters pop up as cameos or background characters in his novels, but never a real recurring character outside the Dark Tower, but that was an actual series.

I’m reading a collection of wonderfully weird short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and it’s helping take my stories in new directions.

I recently finished reading the 'Foundation' series after watching the TV series. I liked the TV show, but I forgot how wonderful the books are.

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I recently finished reading the 'Foundation' series after watching the TV series. I liked the TV show, but I forgot how wonderful the books are.

How far did you go? There's the original trilogy, then Asimov's additional sequels and prequels from the eighties that tied Foundation to his robot novels, and then the Second Foundation trilogy written by three other sf authors commissioned by the estate after Asimov's death. I read the original trilogy around the time Foundation's Edge, Asimov's first sequel came out but didn't get through all his add-ons let alone the post-Asimov works.

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How far did you go? There's the original trilogy, then Asimov's additional sequels and prequels from the eighties that tied Foundation to his robot novels, and then the Second Foundation trilogy written by three other sf authors commissioned by the estate after Asimov's death. I read the original trilogy around the time Foundation's Edge, Asimov's first sequel came out but didn't get through all his add-ons let alone the post-Asimov works.

This time, just the original.

I am about to start "Spouse and Victim" by St. Thérèse of Liseux.

Very little, to be honest. Reading doesn't seem to engage me these days, though I am trying. Stories on here seem to be about it.

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Very little, to be honest. Reading doesn't seem to engage me these days, though I am trying. Stories on here seem to be about it.

At least you're trying, as you wrote. I think not being enthusiastic about reading is common. But you're reading stories at SS, so that's something. I've had a couple times where reading didn't appeal to me at all. It took a lot of effort.

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M Johnson

Squeeze Me - Carl Hiaasen. Really funny.

Been reading After 1177 by Eric Cline on my trip, not that I had much time for reading. It's the sequel to his book 1177: The Year Civilization Collapsed.

In the first book, Cline analysed the world of the late Bronze Age and the factors leading to the "Bronze Age Collapse" when several societies of that time unravelled in fairly short order. Familiar ones might be the Mycenean Greeks and Hittites. Even some big powers like Egypt and Assyria took a hit.

With this book, he picks up the story in the wake of the collapse, looking at which societies survived, which ones actually prospered, and at some new ones that appeared in place of those that went down (e.g. the Hebrew kingdoms of Judah and Israel in Canaan).

Good followup to a terrific book. One thing Cline is doing is drawing possible parallels to the modern worlds and looking in general at what makes a society resilient and able to resist major changes (e.g. the impacts of climate change). Apparently there's a third book in progress that will take things up to the familiar classical world of Greece and Rome.