The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers is a cute episodic novel heavily influenced by Firefly. Except with more aliens. And more sex. And alien sex. It wasn't the best thing since sliced bread, but it's a nice lightweight novel, and it's pretty cheap.
Sherwood Smith's Rondo Allegro is a fun drama/romance set during the Napoleonic wars in France, Spain and England. There is a marriage of convenience, and lots of opera, and battles at sea, and evil in-laws, and so forth. I really enjoyed it.
The Martian by Andy Weir is basically Apollo 13 set now, on Mars: an American astronaut gets stranded on Mars and has to figure out how to survive while folks on Earth slowly realize he's not dead. It's hella fun, although a bit heavy on the science.
All of those sound great!
I think alien sex may be the winner though
I'm currently reading London Under by Peter Ackroyd and it's a pretty interesting read so far. [link]
I quite enjoyed The Martian!!
I quite enjoyed The Martian
You know they're making a movie? Which surprises me not at all, since it really is so very cinematic. I just hope they cast someone who can do comedy as the guy (I forget his name), because you really need some humor for a lot of that.
Oooh, oscilloscope. #missingthepoint
I'm taking a vacation day because I have a rare day without meetings, the ice isn't melting fast enough and I have to burn days before the end of the month (obligatory fuck you CSC.) Going to attempt to make it productive, but I'm already thwarted by a Loki on my lap preventing a second cup of coffee.
I think obligatory days off should not have to be productive. Like that should be the point.
Lee did you read Ice Shear?
