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Jesse Kona is 23% done with The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
Picking this up again after 4 years. Last time I had just finished The Martian. This time I just finished Project Hail Mary. Andy Weir must put me in the mood for hard sci-fi.
Mar 31, 2023 08:28AM Add a comment
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

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Jesse Kona is 3% done with The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O. #1)
I started this book purely on its Neal Stephenson pedigree. I am now delighted to see that it is a time travel story. I love time travel stories.
Jun 14, 2017 06:07AM Add a comment
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O. #1)

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Jesse Kona is 22% done with Vicious (Villains, #1)
I was dubious about this book, but I seem to be enjoying the Reed Richards/Victor von Doom relationship and the Flatliners premise.
May 29, 2017 11:45AM Add a comment
Vicious (Villains, #1)

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Jesse Kona is 47% done with Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 49, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction!
I enjoyed Eleanor Arnason's idea of Goxhats in the "Knapsack Poems" story. I wonder if she has any other stories about these multi-bodied beings.
May 03, 2017 03:28PM Add a comment
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 49, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction!

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Jesse Kona is 51% done with The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)
I suspect something bad is going to happen to Steris later in this book. I hope I'm wrong.
Feb 03, 2016 03:58PM Add a comment
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)

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Jesse Kona is 14% done with Master of Formalities
Who likes sport shorts? We like sport shorts!
Nov 24, 2015 05:09PM Add a comment
Master of Formalities

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Jesse Kona is 31% done with Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
The Matrix cribbed heavily from this, apparently. I know that this book is considered responsible for helping spawn the genre, but the similarities in The Matrix seem particularly egregious.
Oct 28, 2015 07:35AM Add a comment
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)

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Jesse Kona is 32% done with The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Enjoying the bliss of having a good book at the same time as having a good comic book. I love the tough decision each time I sit down to read.
Oct 20, 2015 05:59PM Add a comment
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

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Jesse Kona is 35% done with Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
Wistful Vista? Water commissioner? Now I have to love this book - he has included in jokes for fans of old-time radio. Fun trivia: The Great Gildersleeve was written by John Whedon, the grandfather of Joss Whedon.
Sep 29, 2015 02:49PM Add a comment
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English

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Jesse Kona is 34% done with Dust (Silo, #3)
I'm guessing this is a major theme of the series: "(Our actions) are immortal, every single touch we leave behind. Even if nobody sees them or remembers them, that doesn’t matter. That trail will always be what happened, what we did, every choice. The past lives on forever. There’s no changing it.”
Sep 15, 2015 11:33AM Add a comment
Dust (Silo, #3)

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Jesse Kona is 8% done with Shift (Silo, #2)
This story is good stuff.
Sep 06, 2015 05:00PM Add a comment
Shift (Silo, #2)

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Jesse Kona is 12% done with Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
I am a sucker for this book. Lots of fun so far.
Sep 02, 2015 09:01PM Add a comment
Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

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Jesse Kona is on page 73 of Minding Tomorrow
Nick finds Berlin a "pleasant city, if a bit ugly." Luke lives in Berlin. I wonder if those are his opinions.
Sep 02, 2015 02:20PM Add a comment
Minding Tomorrow

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Jesse Kona is 24% done with Foreverland is Dead (Foreverland, #2; Unreality #2)
Shoot. I just realized this book is the second in a series.
Aug 31, 2015 08:53AM Add a comment
Foreverland is Dead (Foreverland, #2; Unreality #2)

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Jesse Kona is 60% done with The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
And now the death panels we were all promised.
Aug 27, 2015 11:47AM Add a comment
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

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Jesse Kona is 55% done with The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
Oh no! The future is going to turn my mother gay!
Aug 27, 2015 10:47AM Add a comment
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

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Jesse Kona is on page 29 of 416 of Firefight (The Reckoners, #2)
All of the metaphors in the running gag are actually smilies. I know this is pedantic of me, but this is a young adult novel.
Aug 24, 2015 08:15AM Add a comment
Firefight (The Reckoners, #2)

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Jesse Kona is 45% done with Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
I love that the bad guys are from IT. I wonder if they use Remedy? ... No, these feel more like Peregrine guys to me.
Aug 18, 2015 05:29PM Add a comment
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

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Jesse Kona is 42% done with Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
This story set in this depressing world is engrossing!
Aug 18, 2015 03:32PM Add a comment
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

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Jesse Kona is 9% done with Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
It feels so good to discover I am reading a good book immediately after finishing a bad book.
Aug 15, 2015 06:52PM Add a comment
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

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Jesse Kona is 5% done with Swarm (Star Force, #1)
Eek. I don't have high hopes for this one. I found it on sale at Amazon and wanted a quick read. We'll see.
Aug 12, 2015 12:24PM Add a comment
Swarm (Star Force, #1)

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Jesse Kona is 79% done with The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
I was about to complain that story this had become Invasion of the Bodysnatchers when I realized that all Peter F Hamilton's books are Invasion of the Bodysnatchers.
Jul 30, 2015 11:50AM Add a comment
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)

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Jesse Kona is 2% done with The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
Wow. The Peter F. Hamilton prose really helps to wash the A. G. Riddle stink off.
Jul 04, 2015 08:52AM Add a comment
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)

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