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Maybe just purchase a large quantity of books, or better, give free access to a library and let them pick anything they wish to read.

I'm picking up some SF and fantasy in my 40s but I feel the fire is gone somehow. There are few books that I'm willing to burn candles. It would be a lot more fun to read them when I was young.




Anything by Lem and some early Wells still provide great joy at the age of 61!


Thanks for the recommendations, I'll definitely take a look.

Ah, wish I could claw back that feeling when I burnt candles to read the Dragonlance chronicles when 20.


Have you tried the murderbot diaries? Popular among most people and especially people here.


Thanks, I just put up a hold request in my local library.




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