FantasticFox

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What books are you reading at the moment? in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised The Caves of Steel is so early as it seemed really futuristic compared to most of The Complete Robot, but I read it a long time ago so maybe I'm not remembering correctly.

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What books are you reading at the moment? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm currently reading the Wool omnibus by Hugh Howey. It's pretty decent I've been making very rapid progress as it's been too hot to sleep here recently now the summer has arrived.

I haven't seen the Apple show, but maybe I'll watch it in the future when I've finished all the books (I had Shift and Dust as well).

"A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam." - which books do you think best manage to do this? in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!

"A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam." - which books do you think best manage to do this? in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow, the Merchant Princes sounds really interesting. I saw Charles Stross once in Edinburgh when I used to live there. I still haven't read any of his books though.

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"A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam." - which books do you think best manage to do this? (lemmy.world)
 

I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.

I really like The Expanse - as it doesn't just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also

spoilerthe way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.

So yeah, what are your best examples?

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Can I block entire instances? (lemmy.world)
 

Is it possible to block entire instances? I see I can block by user or community, but not by instance.

This would be useful as there are some instances based around politics etc. that I don't care about.