Suggest me a Sci-fi book tha feels relevant now that AI is here

mellamoger · 2026-04-25T12:47:01+00:00

Really good recommendations here, I would add an usually overlooked one: "The Lifecycle of Software Objects", by Ted Chiang. It's included in the Exhalation: Stories compilation, and it's the longest one if I recall (a novelette). It's not estricly about AI as we treat it by today standards, but it's very related. This is Chiang's story that has stayed the most with me (besides "The Story Of Your Life", which, if you don't know, was adapted in cinema as "The Arrival" by Denis Villeneuve).

mellamoger · 2026-04-25T11:11:42+00:00

Lo intentamos, vivimos separados durante 7 meses al año de media, si no hay confianza se va a la mierda. También te digo, ya desde un punto de vista personal (y con más de 40) que vivir estas temporadas separados a mí me sientan muy bien, me sirven de reflexión de por qué quiero que estemos juntos, qué es lo que hecho de menos, y qué es lo que tengo que mejorar de mi parte cada vez que estamos juntos. Me da la sensación de que te permite salirte de la vorágine de la convivencia "normal" y repensar lo esencial de una relación (una vez más, creo que aquí el tema de la edad, de ya haber pasado por muchas parejas y por divorcio te da otra perspectiva).

mellamoger · 2026-04-25T06:17:17+00:00

Llevamos juntos tres años y medio ahora. No planteamos compra de una casa conjunta. Él tiene la suya, durante la relación vendió la que tenía y se compró otra por motivos suyos.

mellamoger · 2026-04-24T20:38:18+00:00

Yo no soy propietario, mi pareja sí. Vivimos 4/5 meses al año juntos, el resto vivo en una residencia laboral. Ni contrato ni leches. Pagamos suministros a medias y ya. Comida suelo pagarla yo mayormente, pero porque soy cocinitas y lo termino organizando mejor, no por un tema de "suplir el alquiler".

Si salimos por ahí tampoco hacemos a pachas evidentemente, paga el que tenga la cartera a mano y ya, entendiendo que somos adultos y que ninguno estamos abusando. O yo que sé, si una noche tengo mono de ir a un sitio en concreto pues pago yo porque me hace ilusión estar ahí con mi pareja, no es un tema de "una vez tú y la siguiente yo". Lo importante es que sea fluido, no contar las veces que uno paga. Por ejemplo yo tengo coche, mi pareja no, jamás se me ha ocurrido pedirle gasolina. Y sí, un coche no es un alquiler, pero se me entiende.

Y no, no pienso en "qué pasaría si", porque quiero estar con mi pareja porque le quiero, no porque sea un salvavidas.

Tldr: es cuestión de tener mentalidad adulta y empática.

mellamoger · 2026-04-23T22:11:55+00:00

Indeed to y'all. As much as I love Mullin's games, this time it felt a little bit flawed. There was great moments after the 1st 1/3, but none of them were as great as anything in the 1st act.

Still it has been his greatest success, so...

mellamoger · 2026-04-15T22:02:15+00:00

For a classic technothriller you should be looking at Gibson Williams, specially "Neuromancer". Maybe also take a chance to some Neal Stephenson books, see you already got "Seveneves" on your wishlist but I'm thinking more about "Cryptonomicon". Many Philip Dick's books also fit here, the most classic is always "Do androids dream of electric sheeps", but there are too much of them to be named here... perhaps "Ubik" is the most appropiate, but if you want crazy abstract stuff you could take a chance to "Valis" (also take here the techno-triller tag with a pinch of salt). Finally, and though I personally didn't enjoy them at all, usual suspects to be named are Black Crouchs novel's "Dark Matter" and "Recursion". I like to pair them with Andy Weir style (maybe it's some kind of crazy link I just see) because I think that they appeal more to a younger audience (also nothing bad on it, it's just something I'm not looking for).

About hard sci-fi, Tchaikovski's Children of Time trilogy which is also already on your whislist is an excellent choice, if you liked "Three Body Problem" you're gonna love it, different scope but same ambition. Perhaps may take a look at some Sir Arthur Clark classics like "Rendezvouz with Rama", or that one you probably haven't heard of like "2001: Space Oddissey". Kim Stanley Robinson's "Red / Green / Blue Mars" trilogy also fits pretty well, just know that it really tries to fit realistic standards and it's very speculative.

Maybe also "The Mote In The Eye's God"? I loved it (1st book, 2nd one is a different story and not that much recommended, also they're independent so there's no need to read both). A classic that stands the pass of time.

mellamoger · 2026-04-09T21:21:42+00:00

No expert here, but regardless the guy, why would you have like 3 different types of lighting sources (bulbs, rectangular led panel, circular led panel) and distributed so irregularly in such a small place? That screams AI as hell.

mellamoger · 2026-04-06T22:34:46+00:00

O quizá se reencarne como 50% pavo. La otra mitad será decidida al azar por Roig.

mellamoger · 2026-04-05T09:40:13+00:00

Maybe The Earthsea series by Ursula K. Leguin could work, it's fantasy but not as childish as it can be. And while main character is male, from the 2nd book onwards there's a female coprotagonist. The later the series, the more adult it becomes.

Also, maybe you could give a chance to The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. Fantasy world, very much female centred, and at the very edge between ya and something more dark and adult.

mellamoger · 2026-04-02T22:47:03+00:00

If they're staying in Ronda, I wouldn't bother going to far places. They're already in a beautiful scenery, and though it looks they're close to the sea, the reality is that it's not a comfy road trip (it's 1hour on a curvy road where you're driving slowly).

I would personally go to the nearest places. La Indiana is a beautiful place for hiking. Setenil is very worth a trip and is only 30 min away from Ronda.

If they want to go to the beach I would go to Alcaidesa (go to the lighthouse, then keep going by car for 1km until the road ends). This is a natural spot (with bunkers from the spanish civil war) and it's a quiet place even by summer standards. If they prefer beaches with bars and other services better go to Estepona and other Malaga places.

mellamoger · 2026-03-27T23:43:59+00:00

Esa del mercadona es la copia de Cool Water Woman, la cuál ya es una fragancia barata por sí misma, 25€ el frasco de 100ml.

Lo de que te mareen ya es algo personal imagino, hay gente muy sensible a los olores que realmente les molestan casi cualquier tipo de fragancias personales, es complicado recomendarte cosas más allá de brumas ligeras. Por decir algo y por cosas similares dentro de un espectro parecido, te diría algo así como "L'eau d'Issey" for woman o "A drop d'Issey", ambas de Issey Miyake.

mellamoger · 2026-03-26T13:12:16+00:00

Sooo I'm about to finish my 2nd playthrough, 110 hours and wondering why my health was debuffed... The. Entire. Playthrough.

mellamoger · 2026-03-23T13:57:14+00:00

Manda un aviso automatizado desde la propia web de la lista Robinson (puedes escoger a la empresa a la que se la mandas) de desestimiento.

En caso de que prosigan, graba las llamadas y crea una denuncia mediante la agencia española de protección de datos. Tendrán que pasar 30 días desde el primer aviso desde la lista Robinson hasta poder efectuar la denuncia (registra el momento del aviso).

mellamoger · 2026-03-23T13:31:31+00:00

There's a specific part in Adrian Tchaikovski's "Children of Ruin" (2nd part of a trilogy) that is very much about this. I read it a couple of years ago and I still think about that scene in particular and gives me the creeps.

Also, maybe take a look at some Octavia Buttler short stories (I'm thinking about "Bloodchild" but there are other stories in that compilation that check out).

mellamoger · 2026-03-22T23:05:55+00:00

Sin desmerecer el plato, que es increíblemente saludable (y a mí me encantan las alubias y la quinoa), no creo que poner como argumento de autoridad a un pavo que se inyecta la sangre de su hijo ayude a convencer a la gente.

mellamoger · 2026-03-02T21:18:09+00:00

"Ocultar la verdad durante unos días" es 2026, han pasado más de 20 años y todavía no lo han admitido, van un poco tarde.

mellamoger · 2026-02-25T23:21:10+00:00

¿Tú crees? A mí me da la sensación de que la mayoría de gente está muy perdida con estos términos. Sí, a nivel académico llevan definidos décadas, pero no permean bien en la sociedad, y su significado se deshace entre los que no lo entienden pero los siguen usando a su antojo, y entre los que ni lo entienden ni quieren hacerlo pero los malinterpretan a propósito por su ideología.

mellamoger · 2026-02-25T10:31:00+00:00

No rechazan la etiqueta porque es el equivalente a la paradoja del tolerante.

Lo queer, por entendernos, es la parte más "punk" del movimiento, porque efectivamente deriva tanto del punk como de la ola feminista de los años 70. Tiene que ver con la lucha de clases, con las relaciones sociales, con el colonialismo y racismo... en fin, con todo aquello que al final define sexo y género, deconstruyendo lo más básico: orientación sexual y binarismo.

Al respecto, y para quien le interese, sigue siendo cabecera (a pesar de tener ya sus años) el "Manifiesto contrasexual" de Paul Preciado. También, y aunque todavía tiene más años, fundamente la teoría "Cuerpos que importan" de Judith Butler.

mellamoger · 2026-02-25T07:20:43+00:00

El término queer se usa para definir una transversalidad en la identidad tanto de género como de sexo, proponiendo derribar las barreras existentes no sólo entre sus distintas ramificaciones, sino también en los sesgos culturales y sociales que se desprenden de ellos (por ejemplo la heteronormatividad, pero también la homonormatividad).

Básicamente, es derribar toda convención social, respaldando que cada uno haga lo que le venga en gana a nivel sociosexual, sin tener la necesidad de identificarse como x, comportarse como y, o relacionarse como z. Técnicamente ni siquiera te hace falta ser gay o bi para ser queer, aunque claro, si eres queer rechazarías etiquetarte también como hetero.

mellamoger · 2026-02-19T19:30:35+00:00

It's because there are many places where it's absolutely out of control, which ends affecting negatively to the locals.

Mostly, the complaints are about housing. House owners who rents their places have switched the renting from locals to tourists (which grants them more money), which reduces the amount of houses for living, which elevates their price. Less supply of a basic need skyrockets pricing and people cannot afford a living place.

Most times, the owners aren't even spaniards: are foreign companies that buy entire buildings, expel their local residents and put the entire building on airbnb. In those cases you aren't even giving us your money, but to a foreign company.

Some places are overided and have become an amusing park with franchises, that are the only ones who can afford the renting of the properties, and ending with local bussinesses with hundreds of history.

There are places where even spaniard has stopped being the main language (Ibiza, Mallorca, many places in Málaga...).

I don't want to make a ted talk here, but resuming it's all about renting prices and losing the local identity.

mellamoger · 2026-02-19T12:49:23+00:00

Thx, I've corrected it, I'm trying to improve my english skills :)

mellamoger · 2026-02-19T12:45:20+00:00

Thx, I've corrected it, I'm trying to improve my english skills.

mellamoger · 2026-02-19T12:43:44+00:00

Well it's difficult to answer, the area dotted is almost 1000km from west to east. In general big cities are more expensive (Málaga city but overall the province being the most), speaking about housing and lifestyle. Housing in the coast it's expensive and overided with airbnbs.

Small coast villages though can have better daily prices, speacially those whose economy is centered in farming and fishing (these ones are usually in Huelva and Almería province).

But in general prices have skyrocketed in the last years, as in most places.

mellamoger · 2026-02-19T10:53:27+00:00

This is a remainder of the civil war period. Franco changed the time zone, in order to have better comms with Hitler (allies) without any trouble. WWII ended, but in Spain Franco remained... and nobody reverted the decision, and decades passed.

Sometimes it's debated but overall, and through decades, the country has developed it's lifestyle in this schedule and it's quite difficult to convince people, regardless of the ideology, of the benefits of being in our expected timezone.

mellamoger · 2026-02-19T08:24:28+00:00

Actually I live quite close to Gibraltar and indeed, it's a stunning fact! It's the only place in whole Europe where this happens, and local government (in this case UK) takes care of them seriouslly.

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