1st on my list of BOOKS THAT SHOULD'VE GOTTEN MORE LOVE is Violette Malan's Dhulyn & Parno series; classic sword & sorcery written for this millennia. There's 4 novels - unfortunately, only available used - and an e-collection of 10 stories available on all digital platforms. #fridaybookrecs

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Definitely a book where you can read the first 20 pages and know how you're going to feel about the rest of it, should you continue. (As opposed to, say, Seveneves, which tumbled off its rickety rope bridge 2/3 of the way across.)

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Declining oil production! Soaring prices! Can you imagine? The real-world problems caused by the energy crisis of the 1970s were legion, but as @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out, it inspired quite a lot of science fiction--here are five examples

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This book is absolutely Peak Stephenson. I loved that there are a couple bits shoved in an appendix, as the author realized they were perhaps a bit much.

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Hot take: part of the issue was the weird combined mail outs of voter cards to one person at the address

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