Fiction
In reply to the discussion: What Fiction are you reading this week, February 10, 2019? [View all]matt819
(10,749 posts)I can't remember (and am too lazy to check) whether these were on last week's book post.
I'm about half way through the audiobook of Pillars of the Earth. I know this sounds crazy, but if I could time travel, I'd love to go back to the Medieval period. Well, at least for a short time.
Finished Robin Cook's Pandemic. Meh! Annoying characters.
Reading Gregory Benford's Rewrite. Benford is a physicist, and the novel is a take on the concept of the multiverse. Very entertaining. It would be thought provoking if there were at least some evidence of multiverses. At the very least, Benford has tossed the idea of Star Trek's prime directive and the central stricture on time travel. Don't fuck (too much) with changing history. Only about 100 pages in. Enjoying it.
Victoria Helen Stone's Jane Doe. Narrator is a sociopath on a mission to rain down wrath on a man who caused the sociopath's best friend to commit suicide. And, yes, she does address the issue of a sociopath having friends. A bit grim, but having fun so far.
I have about 300 books on my mp3 player (yes, you read that right - mp3 player - from the days before devices enforced digital rights management). Sadly, I am unlikely to live long enough to listen to all of them. No, I'm not ill or dying. It's just a lot of books, and I only listen on my errands and short commutes to/from work. So many books, so little time.