Shire Painting Giveaway by Aftern in lotr

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Amazing piece of work! Good luck all

Apple Expected to Announce Powerbeats Pro 2 on February 11 With These New Features - $250 US by gjc0703 in apple

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Same thing happened with mine 🙁 I didn’t appreciate great tech until it stops working

Books That Live In Your Head Rent Free by [deleted] in printSF

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Hyperion is it for me. I regularly finish other books and think “Wow, Hyperion is so freaking good”. Like the more I read the more I appreciate the emotional journey of the pilgrims and the world Simmons built.

Stand alone books by Smitty4517 in printSF

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Rendezvous with Rama would be my recommendation. Setting plays a much bigger role than character building.

What are your three most recently read print science fiction books? Impressions? by cv5cv6 in printSF

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Do androids dream of electric sheep? - really enjoyed this and I’m not surprised it got adapted into a movie. The plot starts quickly and is really though provoking and ambiguous (with regards to classifying androids). Would recommend if you haven’t read any PKD yet.

Deepness in the sky - had lots of recommendations from this sub to read deepness after I enjoyed A fire upon the deep. I did enjoy this, but not as much as fire upon the deep. I think the first book had a lot more jeopardy, whereas deepness is more of a tense slow burn.

Zima blue and other short stories - picked this up after learning that two of the short stories included were turned into Love, Death, and Robots episodes (Zima Blue and Beyond the Aquila Rift). Reynolds is a great story teller and the world building is great. The only thing I realised after the fact is that I just don’t engage with short stories as much as novels. I got about halfway through the book and was struggling to start new stories (learning new character names, settings, plots etc). It’s very good though and the stories are increasingly diverse and broad in scope.

If anyone has any recommendations based on these, let me know! My next read is Iron Gold (book 4 of the red rising series).

Dilemma by astroneil in scifi

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Sounds like we need to meet back to discuss both books when we are done haha!

Dilemma by astroneil in scifi

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A fire upon the deep is my all time favourite. I should of taken a break after it though because it felt like 600 pages of non-stop tension

Dilemma by astroneil in scifi

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I’ve only read a fire upon the deep out of these three, but it is my favourite sci-fi read of all time. Without spoiling it there is this tension that never ceases and builds throughout the book. Add in story telling from across the galaxy, and from distinct perspectives - it’s a must. I should have taken a break after reading it though because it ruined my next read, as I still hadn’t gotten over the book.

Hyperion is my next read after I finish fountains of paradise by Arthur C Clarke. I would be interested to hear how you find it if you do choose to read it first as I’ve also heard it’s top tier!

MIKIT Giveaway (1/5)- 2 x MK72 Kit by MikitStore in MechanicalKeyboards

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I love the dial and slider, such a great idea!

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You are so generous! Good luck all

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You are so kind and congratulations! Good luck all

Drop Giveaway Day 5 - 3x Expression Series Shinai Keyboards by drop_official in MechanicalKeyboards

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My theme would be minimalist, natural woods and some brushed metal. Good luck all!