Category: 52 in 52

Looking for some Science Fiction book suggestions

This year of reading is moving at lighting speeds, fortunately, I have been hitting all my weekly goal like clockwork. This has made me come to the realization that my Science Fiction TBR pile will not be enough to read the 52 books in 52 weeks.

So I come here in search of some suggestions, given that Sci-Fi is not a genre that I’m that familiar with. My list right now has 26 total books, 6 that are on the read pile, 1 that is what I’m currently reading, and 19 that were already on my shelves or my digital library on my Kindle.

The list is as follows, the books in read letter are the one I have already read, the one with yellow is what I’m currently reading, and the rest is what is coming up next, in that particular.

  1. Saga Seven Suns Book 1: Hidden Empire (Kevin J. Anderson)
  2. Saga Seven Suns Book 2: A Forest of Stars (Kevin J. Anderson)
  3. Saga Seven Suns Book 3: Horizon Storms (Kevin J. Anderson)
  4. Saga Seven Suns Book 4: Scattered Suns (Kevin J. Anderson)
  5. Saga Seven Suns Book 5: Of Fire and Night (Kevin J. Anderson)
  6. Saga Seven Suns Book 6: Metal Swarm (Kevin J. Anderson)
  7. Saga Seven Suns Book 7: The Ashes of Worlds (Kevin J. Anderson)
  8. Exhalación (Ted Chiang)
  9. The Road to Dune (Frank Herbert)
  10. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)
  11. Dune: The Machine Crusade (Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)
  12. Dune: The Battle of Corin (Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson)
  13. The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin)
  14. The Obelisk Gate (N.K. Jemisin)
  15. The Stone Sky (N.K. Jemisin)
  16. Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
  17. El juego de Ender (Orson Scott Card)
  18. La voz de los muertos (Orson Scott Card)
  19. Ender el xenocida (Orson Scott Card)
  20. Hijos de la mente (Orson Scott Card)
  21. La sombra de Ender (Orson Scott Card)
  22. La sombra de Hegemon (Orson Scott Card)
  23. Marionetas de la sombra (Orson Scott Card)
  24. La sombra del gigante (Orson Scott Card)
  25. Sombras en fuga (Orson Scott Card)
  26. Journey to the center of the Earth (Jules Verne)

There it is, I know that my reading material can last me until December, but the anxious part of me sees that only half the required material is available, so it kicks into overdrive.

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated, you can leave it the comments.

Off to read.

azr.

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Last volume of The Saga of the Seven Suns

As I start the last book of this fantastic saga, Ashes of Worlds, one question pops immediately into my mind, on in the hell is everything going to close-out in 512 pages?

The last book finished with some twists, seriously how did I took so long to jump into this amazing universe created by the extremely talented Kevin J. Anderson. After this book comes an compilation of short stories by multi award-winning author Ted Chiang.

Then, I’ll come back to Mr. Anderson, and is collaboration with Brian Herbert, continuing the monumental legacy of probably one of the best stories created, Dune, with the trilogy Legends of Dune, the prequel stories to the science fiction classic by Frank Herbert.

To top things, I’m not only ahead of schedule with my 52 books in 52 weeks project, but my page total for the week has been achieved, right now sits at 1,266 of the 1,246, and with the weekend ahead off me, this can only get better.

I’ll jump right into the book, there’s a long night ahead of me.

Off to read.

azr.

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5 down, 47 to go

I just finish the fifth volume of the Saga of the Seven Suns, Of Fire and Night, and I was wondering, with only a few chapters left, how there’s still two more books.

It would seem that this clash between humanity and this elemental forces scattered thru the universe was coming to it’s climatic, and with the last paragraph, an old player comes swarming back to reclaim the universe.

Didn’t see that coming, well played Mr. Anderson, well played indeed.

And as any reader worth its salt, I prepared a fresh batch of coffee and started the sixth volume, Metal Swarm.

That throws my plans for an early bedtime out the window.

I’m really happy with my reading pace, it helps a lot to be devouring such amazing books, thanks to this I have 9 days to read 622 pages, with sights on finish the whole saga by Wednesday, but let us not get ahead of ourselves.

Off to read.

azr.

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Participation trophy

My grand plans to finish the fifth volume of the Saga of the Seven Suns, and start the sixth one bright and early in the morning, failed miserably.

Don’t get me wrong, I am still ahead of schedule, currently on page 508 of 645, and according to my Kindle, there are 2 hours 31 minutes left on the book, and being Sunday the deadline, I’m in good shape.

Let’s see how much I can chip away today, it would be good to finish the day with under 1 hour to go.

Not making any promises.

Off to read.

azr.

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2 down, 50 to go

After a bit of a rough patch, I am glad to announce that the second book of the year os complete, I know almost 2 days after but better late that never.

Now it’s just a matter of playing catch-up, and trying to balance out as soon as possible my reading schedule, for me at the end of the day, come June 6 of next year, my list must have 52 finished books and more than 65,000 total pages.

Now my focus is to read a good chunk of the third volume of the Saga of the Seven Suns, Horizon Storms, the last book just broaden the scope of the cultures involved in this epic among the stars, all of this entwined with some really ancient, deep and dark political secrets that threaten the very existence of the universe.

Not to spoil anything but I do hope to see more of the ancient story of the vanished Klikiss civilization, and its involvement with the new players that appear on the already tumultuous scene.

Just as a side note, my total for this week is currently at 141 pages, just 2,082 more to balance out this year, and for this upcoming Friday, I plan to do the first report of how things are shaping up on the broader picture.

Off to read

azr.

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The 100 page dilemma

Inspite my best efforts, and an intense reading session yesterday, I still have 100 page to go on last week’s book, A Forest of Stars.

Entering this way the third week of this new year of reading is not what I was hoping for, but as I always say, what is life without a little challenge.

This will be a pivotal week to keep things on track, the goal, let me tell you will not be easy, is to finish reading A Forest of Stars, hopefully by tonight, and start the third book of the Saga of the Seven Suns, Horizon Storms, this marks the switch to the digital versions of the series, and probably that’ll help me on the long run, the portability of the kindle helps to increase my reading sessions.

Finishing those two books in this week will cover only half of the weeks goals, now for the trickier part, reaching the total projected at the end of this week, around 3,700 registered pages.

That gives me little over 2,200 pages to read, with things rapidly precipitating towards that coveted summer vacation period, I am certain this will be a success.

Off to read.

azr.

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The seemingly impossible task

I have fallen so behind my reading is not even funny.

Right now I stand on a crossroad, not the one I would have like to be on a Saturday night, but I’ll make it work.

So what decision I have to make, it’s simple, aim to reach this week’s total page goal, or finish the second book of the year.

I think the answer is simple, finish the book, I think is easier to bounce back from a low page week, in the other hand if I don’t finish the book by tomorrow, the 52in52 project just goes out the window.

So the task is simple, read 297 is the next 27 hours, keep the streak alive, worry about sleeping at another time.

Let’s see how this night plays out.

Off to read.

azr.

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Rushing

As the long standing tradition at the beginning of my reading year dictates, I have fallen behind my schedule, in both my total pages and this week’s book.

Nothing completely catastrophic, but none the less I’m rushing to rectify the situation.

For the upcoming years, being the total for each one so challenging , I have decided to focus on getting the total for each week done by Sunday night, if I don’t do this it starts snow balling and what little control I have goes out the window.

To start this year my daily total must be 178 pages, that would mean that each week I should finish with 1,246 pages by the end of each Sunday, and every 10 weeks, I recalculate my total for each day and adjust accordingly, hopefully it will start to go down.

Getting back to me falling behind, right now I am 205 pages behind schedule for my weekly total, and 30 pages for this weeks book.

So the first thing is to brew some coffee, chip away those 30 pages of the book, it won’t be hard because Hidden Empire has been fucking amazing, and try to squeeze in some pages from the first volume of DC comics 52.

Off to read.

azr.

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52 in 52, the second attempt

With this new and blossoming year comes the idea to try and tackle a task that has eluded me in the past, to read a book for each of the 52 weeks of my reading year.

So, what better time than the present, although I don’t have the full list of reading for this year, and let’s remember it’s focused on Science Fiction books, I can at least put down the first 11 books in reading order.

  1. Hidden Empire ( Kevin J. Anderson)
  2. A Forest of Stars ( Kevin J. Anderson)
  3. Horizons Storms ( Kevin J. Anderson)
  4. Scattered Suns ( Kevin J. Anderson)
  5. Of Fire and Night ( Kevin J. Anderson)
  6. Metal Swarm ( Kevin J. Anderson)
  7. The Ashes of Worlds ( Kevin J. Anderson)
  8. Exhalación (Ted Chiang)
  9. The Fifth Season ( N.K. Jemisin)
  10. The Obelisk Gate   ( N.K. Jemisin)
  11. The Stone Sky   ( N.K. Jemisin)

Any recommendations will be more than welcome, for now I’ll keep on working on the 63 daily pages to finish The Hidden Empire by Sunday.

Off to read.

azr.

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