I couldn’t be available for the first half of out local one (SoCal), and had to stay phone accessible for the second half, but I drive through it. Honestly, the turnout was insane. I saw the huge crowd at the intersection where it was supposed to be, and thought it was really impressive. Then I drove through it and the crowd was just thicker and thicker as I went - it went for blocks. My friend went and he said it was a great experience - everyone was peaceful. Lots of cops, but just being present they way they should be when there are thousands of people on the street.

Hopefully this time there’s more news coverage. This AP story is a good start.

Made before Trump took office, right?

Why is this getting downvotes?

Fuck you, Joe. We all told you that he is a monster, and you helped elect him. Don’t pretend you have any morals now.

I don’t think that changes anything.

I’m not at all arachnophobic - I’ll often pick spiders up with my hand to put them outside - but I don’t think I could let this one crawl on me without crying.

Awesome, thank you.

I started on the culture series at the suggestion of a number of people here, and some suggested I skip the first book as it’s the weakest, but I decided to read it anyway. I didn’t dislike it or the second, but it seems odd how insular the characters are. I’ll probably keep reading the series, I liked them will enough.

Let me know if you really like anything this list points you at. I appreciate your reply

Perfect! That’s exactly what I hoped for when posting this. I hope I help steer you to things you enjoy but might not otherwise have read.

If nothing else, it will bog down their implementing of their agenda, and there’s some chance they can win. Lawsuits like this are for sure something that needs to happen.

Oh, certainly. In case it’s helpful, here’s a post I made last spring with notes from a year of reading - it’s pretty much all SF and fantasy. Many of the books mentioned in this thread are there. I’ve been reading about the same amount since, and will probably do another post on the anniversary of that one.

I was surprised at how little I liked it given the hype.

I’d love to hear what you think, I enjoyed both quite a lot.

If you end up searching online for that kind of things, “hard science fiction” is the phrase that’s usually used for it.

A lot of good recommendations here. Some endorsements and other recommendations:

• Project Hail Mary by Weir is a no brainer choice if you liked The Marian. He gets the science right.
• Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky is amazing, and the first of a trilogy, so more to read.
• The whole Expanse series, by James Corey is good and he does a good job with the science, especially the celestial mechanics.
• The Uplift series (starting with Sundiver) by David Brin is great, and Brin is will known for hard SF. It’s from the 80s.
• Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie, is great and the first of a series as well.
• Beggars in Spain, by Nancy Kress, is great, with a good science background, though it’s more genetics than engineering. Really cool story though.
• I also agree with the recommendation on Saturn’s Children, by Charles Stross. Also the first of a loose series.

On the flip side, I really didn’t care for Three Body Problem, and though the Bobiverse books seem fun, I’m not sure I’d call them firmly hard SF.

From your recommendation and others, I’m reading it now. Ten percent in and, yes, it sure has fast pacing.

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Okay, I finished We Are Legion (Bobiverse book one). It was fun, and I’ll probably read the next. Nothing especially deep, but amusing. A few things bugged me a little:

I’ve read both of those and agree they’re both excellent. Really good books. Very different from each other.

That last bit is interesting and funny. It was really popular in China, too, right?

So many recommendations that I’ve started reading it already. 20% in. Seems entertaining.