The Final Empire
For a thousand years ashes have fallen from the sky. For a thousand years nothing has flourished. For a thousand years the skaa have been enslaved and live in misery, mired in inevitable fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler has reigned with absolute power, ruling thanks to terror, his powers and his immortality, aided by "benders" and "inquisitors", along with the powerful magic of Allomancy.
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- I started reading sci-fi(mostly hard-sf) after I read the commonwealth saga, 'Pandora's star' and 'Judas unchained'. It was just really entertaining and unlike anything I've read. Also really recommend 'Snow crash'. Also adding a couple fantasy recommendations: Lies of Locke lamora, and any basically any novel by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn: the final empire, Warbreaker, The way of kings etc.)
- I have an awfully long commute each day (around 3 hours) and spend most of the time reading fiction (scifi and fantasy).
I do this for two reasons:
1. It's fun.
2. In fiction authors have the liberty to go dip shit crazy with their possibilities. They can even change the inertia of the universe they are in.
I also think reading this kind of books helps to think outside the box and often helps to get a fresh view on problems I'm working on.
It also helps me relax my mind while reading, which I feel is a prerequisite for it to work properly.
PS: here are some of the works I particularly enjoyed lately:
Howey, Hugh.: Wool (and the entire Silo saga, very good read); Sanderson, Brandon: Mistborn: The Final Empire and the sequels (Sanderson is a genius when it comes to creating consistent universes); Phillips, Richard: The second ship (trilogy, contemporary argumented with alien technology); Corey, James S. A.: Leviathan Awakes (expanse series)
