Posted by seinvak 12/21/2025
But, there's really good stuff that I've loved just a bit down the list: Foundation, The Left Hand Of Darkness, The Dispossessed, Stories of Your Life and Others, Exhalation, Children Of Time, Dune.
Was surprised the Mars trilogy was pretty low (might be the keyword indexing?) - highly recommend, as long as you don't get too bored by descriptions of rock.
Edit:the French edition of the Vorkosigan Saga has denfitively the wrong author https://hackernews-readings-613604506318.us-west1.run.app/
It was kind of disappointing to see the highest mentioned books, since I've read most of them already (nothing new really popped out.)
I think some books might have a boost if we add their informal names, namely:
- Dragon book
- Wizard book
- ummm, I'm sure there's more
Pleasantly surprised to see much of the discourse was along the lines of, "Oh yeah, read her stuff, found it fascinating [in the same vein as a train wreck can be], recommended just to understand how those folks think." Not going to pick up her stuff any time soon, but I was happy to have a bias prove unfounded.
For a cult, this is some remarkably low-effort proselytizing though :/
I think we take for granted having dang as a member and it makes us apathetic.