What are you reading in 2026?

[Reynard]

Well, I finally did it. I got the fist volume of Dungeon Crawler Carl on audio. I started it last night on the way home from work (about an hour and a half) and I am not sure yet whether it was a good decision.

I will say this: the voice work by the narrator is top notch.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

It makes a neat duo with John Varley’s novella “Press Enter”. There’s an entering subgenre of stories about the Singularity coming early and unobtrusively, until an eruption happens. Wil McCarthy’s Bloom seems like a probable outcome for many such worlds - grey goo has consumed th inner solar system, with humanity surviving on moons far away enough from the sun. Not as cheery as John Varley’s Eight Worlds, but with a fascinating complication.

Never heard of Press Enter before, but it sounds interesting. Looks like it's pretty easy to find copies of its original appearance in Analog.

 

[Reynard]

Dungeon Crawler Carl: This book would be MUCH better with out the LitRPG nonsense. I don't mean not having the premise. that's cool. But holy crap is the "explaining the rules" stuff absolutely boring.

 

[dragoner]

Just finished Twilight at the Well of Souls, and am going to reread All Tomorrow's Parties. Sad that the Twilight at the Well of Souls is falling apart, and could be the last time it is ever read.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Dungeon Crawler Carl: This book would be MUCH better with out the LitRPG nonsense. I don't mean not having the premise. that's cool. But holy crap is the "explaining the rules" stuff absolutely boring.

I can see this being a downside of listening to the audiobooks, when the rules stuff goes on a little too long in the books you can just skip to the next paragraph.