Comment on Australians, especially men, are reading less than ever before
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I didn’t read in school. I read sporadically as an adult, mostly science fiction. I completely dropped the ball during the pandemic when I got hooked on reddit. I think that, and working in tech has addled my brain. Now I just listen to audiobooks but it feels like cheating. The only books I look forward to buying.and reading is whatever Greg Egan puts out.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 4 days ago
If you’re into sci-fi, how much have you gone through the classics? Most are novel length so don’t require a huge commitment (I too struggle with long books).
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 days ago
A bit but having googled ‘sci fi classic authors’ I can see many more I haven’t picked up. I’ve been trying to catch up/keep up by listening to audiobooks but even then I find myself lacking time. At this moment It’s Revelation Space. I bet if we had a much shorter working working reads rates would skyrocket.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Loved revelation space, but yeah long read.
Arthur C Clarke and Asimov both wrote loads of good novel length SciFi so I’d start there if you haven’t gotten into them.