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Our reads in February 2026
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-01-31 1:55 PM (#34517)
Subject: Our reads in February 2026



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Location: UK		What are we raeding this month. The horrible weather is surely an incentive for us to semihibernate and read some comforting excellent books to keep us sane in this crazy world

Dusty's TBR for February:

Jim Butcher - Twelve Months
Poul Anderson - Tau Zero
Alexei Panshin - Rites of Passage
Robert J Sawyer - Starplex
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daxxh
Posted 2026-01-31 7:45 PM (#34518 - in reply to #34517)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Last library book sale had a lot of Jack Campbell books! (It is rare for them to get science fiction so I consider myself very lucky.) The library also delivered some holds, so I have a lot to read here in the frigid north. Temps are below zero fahrenheit at night and sometimes during the day. I haven't lived in such cold as an adult and am not enjoying this, although I am getting more reading done since I can't do much outside.

My list for February

In Ascension - Martin Macinnes
The Mimicking of Known Successes - Malka Older
And Put Away Childish Things -Adrian Tchaikovsky
Star Trek Strange New Worlds Toward the Night - James Swallow
The Lost Fleet Dauntless - Jack Campbell
Dragonsblood - Todd McCaffrey
Halcyon Years - Alastair Reynolds (just got this one. Love Alastair Reynolds!)


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dustydigger
Posted 2026-02-08 6:24 AM (#34539 - in reply to #34518)
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Location: UK		I think its about time I reread some Reynolds,so I just acquired Revelation Space..Hard to believe its 25 years old! Its about 14 years since I read it so it will probably feel like a completely new book the state of my memory lol. I also got his House of Suns and Pushing Ice which seem to be popular hope I enjoy them
At one point all people talked about was Revelation Space,and also Iain M Banks Culture series. And Hyperion of course. All still popular with perhaps Hyperion the most popular these days
This is my Year of the Rereads,maybe I'll find time to fit them in
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dustydigger
Posted 2026-02-28 4:42 PM (#34584 - in reply to #34539)
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Location: UK		Oops didnt do well on reading plans in February. Mr Dusty is needing more and more care,my health isnt good,and also it was the Winter Olympics.fatastically entertaining and breathtaking. Oh dear 6 hours a day watching sport doesnt leave much time for reading
I did read Jim Butcher's Twelve Months,.I thought the first half spent too much time on Dresden's depression and obsessing on the loss of his beloved but the sedond half had more action. It was good to see old friends AND enemies,especially the magnificently terrifying Queen of Air and Darkness Queen Ma
b. Everything is electrified when she is on the scene!

I have no scientific background at all so could not assess the future science etc of Robert JSawyer's Starplex as to credibility or importance and indeed skipped some of the info dumps but there was plenty of adventure in the Uplift/Star Trek type of milieu to keep my interest piqued. As ever I dont feel Sawyers prose up to the standard of the big ideas fizzing around,its a bit clunky IMO. but I much preferred it to Hominids

Enjoyed my reread of Flowers of Vashnoi a Vorkosigan novella. Always a delight to return to Barrayar and in this one we return to Miles home district with its terrible devastation from the nuclear strikes of 80 years ago. Nice too to meet up again with the glorious butterbugs,and great to find they have a new role in removing the radiation damage,so the district will have prosperity some day.

I also read the first two novellas in Nnedi Okorafor's Binti series,The first one as just rather standard but I found the second book Home much more engrossing,lots of plot complications and intricate world setting. Had hoped to finish the third part today today but things have been a bit fraught today I will finish it tomorrow. Maybe it was because of RL stresses that I couldnt come to grips with it. Will think about more when I finish it tomorrow.



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