I finished Empire of AI by Karen Hao. It was a really eye-opening (and very deeply researched) look at OpenAI, Sam Altman, and the entire AI industry and I was impressed by the fact that she interviewed AI workers in Kenya and Chile.

I'm currently reading James by Percival Everett and so far I like the author's voice and sense of humor.

you keep responding but i'm taking it seriously😂😂

you mean like they ignored the part of me asking what a "star trek purist" is? maybe you can shed some light on that.

I love that your response to what a "star trek purist" is is a defense of bs opinions on the internet

wtf is a Star Trek "purist" and why should anyone care about your arbitrary opinion?

I have an old Bitbucket that still works, but I've migrated to Codeberg. I'm also running a self-hosted Forgejo for personal stuff.

still on Empire of AI by Karen Hao. these tech bros are insufferable🙄

I really liked Broken Earth too, and I have Becky Chambers on the TBR.

You could try sci-fi magazines or short-story collections (like The New Yorker's Century Of Fiction which is over 1000 pages!) to find new authors you like and check out their work. Or you could double-down on Jemisin's other books.

this will be my next fiction read, but I don't know if I'll enjoy it because I never read Huck Finn.

I finished two short novels and I did not like both: Everyday Is For The Thief by Teju Cole and You Dreamed Of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue.

So it's back to non-fiction and my next book will be Empire of A.I. by Karen Hao.

finished Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. currently reading Everyday Is For The Thief by Teju Cole.

The escalation of story/plot stakes from Three-Body to Dark Forest is huge, but if you don't like the writing style or the author's voice, it's more of the same.