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nanomonkeyonDec 31, 2020

Some favorites from this last year:

Gideon the Ninth, &
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir.

Delta V by Daniel Suarez (space mining!!!)

Battle Grounds, & Peace Talks (Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher

Bobiverse 1,2 & 3 by Dennis E. Taylor

elyoboonMay 10, 2021

Yeah, I thought Hobbs' books were well written, just not as much to my taste. I'm less interested in individual characters, or well formed prose (although both are good to have), than plot.

I don't really notice much difference in first and third person perspectives once into a book, although it's more noticeable when starting out. Second person is more jarring - I've read The Raven Tower and Harrow The Ninth recently, both being all or largely in second person.

Interesting point you make with regards to RPGs - open worlds are addictive to me (I played Skyrim for many, many years - and have played almost everything in the Elder Scrolls series).

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