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Are there any tropes in some books you just can’t get enough of? (literature.cafe)

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[–] nkiruanaya@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like time travel, if that's a trope. I'm always looking for a new take on it as many different stories using it have already been told.

[–] tlariv@mastodon.cloud 3 points 1 year ago

@nkiruanaya
You might enjoy The Anomaly by Hervé le Tellier. Not time travel exactly, but some of the same issues crop up.
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[–] Peafield@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Have you read Recursion by Blake Crouch? That was the most interesting to take on time travel I've read in a while.

[–] nkiruanaya@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

No I haven't, but it looks good. I have read The Wayward Pines Trilogy and Dark Matter, both by Crouch. I liked the Pines. Dark Matter was okay.

Thanks for the tip.

[–] TimTheEnchanter 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, it’s such a good book!

[–] nkiruanaya@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently finished Station Eleven and honestly thought it was a bit boring. After that read I was put off of that author. Is Sea of Tranquility on par with Station Eleven? Should I reconsider?

[–] TimTheEnchanter 1 points 1 year ago

Ooh yeah, if you didn’t enjoy Station Eleven, then you probably wouldn’t enjoy Sea of Tranquility. It’s not exactly the same, but it’s close in terms of style and structure.