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[Helgoland]

How close to reality is it? How much artistic freedom did the authors take?

[NJW2000]

By Light Alone, by Adam Roberts, who is a completely fantastic High-concept sci-fi author, almost as great as George Saunders.

[Arx]

How close to reality is it? How much artistic freedom did the authors take?

It's super close. Basically none. It's more a memoir than anything else.

[Helgoland]

Well, I just finished Savinkov's Moemoirs of a Terrorist - this might make for a nice counterpoint. Thanks for the tip!

[Flying Dice]

Finally got back to The Wise Man's Fear, went through the last 800-odd pages in an afternoon. I was not displeased, the author's still moving the narrative in interesting ways.

As a bonus a good chunk of it was directly related to one of my major topics of study this semester.

[Yoink]

I'm reading Dopeland by John Birmingham.
Maybe not quite as good as He Died With A Felafel In His Hand (which I heartily recommend to everyone ever), but it's still quite funny and relatable.
I feel like the nature of the research the author did for the book means a lot of said research was forgotten, leaving us with a lot of filler to wade through in order to bulk out the book. Oh well, it's an amusing enough read regardless. Even if the illustrations are rubbish.

[Emma]

I've recently gotten The Martian by Andy Weir and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I also started reading Worm by the mysteriously named wildbow and I've got to say that it's the best of the three I just mentioned. The Name of the Wind is good but I found the first 25 pages incredibly weak and some parts of it are still annoying me and The Martian is excellent but very few books or stories have ever made me feel the way that Worm does. Seriously, go read Worm if you haven't already.

[Arcvasti]

Yeah, the Name of the Wind starts off with a framing story for the first bit. And then goes through the main characters childhood. Then it picks up substantially. I personally really like the "Silence of three parts" as a beginning.

[TheBiggerFish]

This.  This is awesome.

It's not a book (yet) (as far as I know), but it really should be.

[Amperzand]

It's pretty great, yes. I'm glad you agree. :V

[TheBiggerFish]

Hang on, you read it before me?  How is this happening?! 
EVERYTHING IS BACKWARDSSDRAWKCAB SI GNIHTYREVE

[Amperzand]

HaHA! VICTORY IS MINE!

[TheBiggerFish]

Curses!  Foiled for once!

[Amperzand]

MuhahahAHAHAHA!


[Though in fairness, I was both here and SV first. :V]

[Yoink]

Right now, I'm reading shitposts.