This is a post about all the books I have read in 2025. Each time I publish a review on HIVE, I will add one to the counter :)
Currently Reading: A Canticle for Liebowitz.
Books Read: 16
Cixin Liu's Anthology, Hold Up the Sky surprised me with its profound beauty and parable like nature. While the science fiction stories took a technical, universal scale, there was still human emotion.
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Books Read: 15
The Difference Engine is meant to the birth place of steampunk novels. as far as I am concerned, it is the birthplace of a really unexciting book.
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Books Read: 14
An incredibly intellectual story that sticks with you for a long period of time. It isn't easy to read, but it is profound, deep, interesting, and very good.
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Books Read: 13
A story I read as a child, reread as an adult. A completely different story with the wisdom of having aged.
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Books Read: 12
One I regret reading.
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Books Read: 11
Over rated. A page turner, but so very shallow and full of silly, outdated stereotypes.
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Books Read: 10
As the title of my review suggests, a story worse than the TV adaptation.
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Books Read: 9
When "give me more of the universe" turns out to work really well.
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Books Read: 8
A fantastic conclusion to an incredible trilogy.
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Books Read: 7
Quite possibly the best of the series, The Dark Forest is the Three Body's Problem's glamorous and intellectual middle child.
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Books Read: 6
Where it all began. One of the most "life changing" books I've read, in terms of the approach it takes on the way we see the universe.
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Books Read: 5
Arthur C Clarke delivers a lengthy masterclass in storytelling and exploring an alien psyche.
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Books Read: 4
A sad book about the human condition, and the "end" of hope, everything goes wrong, and you're powerless to stop it.
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Books Read: 3
Better than the original. Lots to explore. So many memorable characters.
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Books Read: 2
A story so filled with wonder and exploration, and suspense, but where nothing really happens. A classic, and one that should be read multiple times.
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Books Read: 1
A fantastic story at the intersections of science, religion and engineering. With a dash of politics and a space elevator.
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