**The Embodiment of RED** @beefasil · Jan 03, 2018, 04:38

**The Embodiment of RED** @beefasil · Jan 03, 2018, 04:38

The Embodiment of RED @beefasil

Andy Weir's "Artemis" is not the best anything of the year, aside from the best Andy Weir novel of the year (1 nominee). I don't care what the Goodreads community thinks; it is just okay. Okay sci-fi, okay mystery.

**The Embodiment of RED** @beefasil · Jan 03, 2018, 04:40

**The Embodiment of RED** @beefasil · Jan 03, 2018, 04:40

Read Nick Harkaway's "Gnomon". It is an astounding novel, mystery, thought piece - everything.

**clew** @clew@octodon.social · Jan 03, 2018, 05:49

**clew** @clew@octodon.social · Jan 03, 2018, 05:49

@beefasil like the rest of his novels, then

So looking forward to it

**The Embodiment of RED** @beefasil · Jan 03, 2018, 08:57

**The Embodiment of RED** @beefasil · Jan 03, 2018, 08:57

@clew
It is denser than his other novels - beautifully so. It's a masterwork.

**clew** @clew@octodon.social · Jan 03, 2018, 18:22

**clew** @clew@octodon.social · Jan 03, 2018, 18:22

@beefasil He’s speaking in my city pretty soon, yay. Interviewed by Namez Raam, interesting choice.

**The Embodiment of RED** @beefasil · 2018-01-03T20:38:28Z

The Embodiment of RED @beefasil

@clew
Two really great novelists! The "Nexus" trilogy is also excellent.

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**clew** @clew@octodon.social · Jan 03, 2018, 20:40

**clew** @clew@octodon.social · Jan 03, 2018, 20:40

@beefasil I find _Nexus_ only a patchy success, but the parts I like I really like. (The fiction is clunky for me, the science fiction great. And IIRC it isn't mean-tempered, which I count for a lot.)