What are YOU currently reading? (8)

Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer. The book is the fourth in a series called The Southern Reach or Area X. (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance are the first three). The books fall into a genre called Cosmic Horror. Some kind of event has taken place on the Southern Coast of the US, and it may be of extraterrestrial origin, however, there are no aliens. The fourth book explores the events prior to the appearance of Area X as well as the disastrous First Expedition into Area X.

Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan Peterson

Learning always said:

This sounds interesting.

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Yes, but dense and cant be in a hurry. It will take me a year

The Turkey Who Wanted to Read by Stephanie Catlett

I am reading "Mother's golden guineas".

Summary:
It's about a boy’s moral and spiritual journey, sparked by his misuse of his mother’s treasured savings.
Tom’s journey is a classic tale of youthful rebellion followed by repentance and maturity.
The novel reflects the Victorian emphasis on conscience, duty, and forgiveness.

Rating: 7/10 (it might change later)

Just about finished with Absolution by Jeff Vander Meer. I plan on reading several sci fi books by Stanislaw Lem. The books are Fiasco, Solaris, and The Invincible. Lem was Polish but he was born in Lviv, Ukraine (USSR) in 1921. He passed away in 2006. The books I plan to read take a philosophical look at potential "first contact" of Humans and aliens and how we likely won't even be able to relate to an alien intelligence and they likely will find us as incomprehensible. Lem's story, His Master's Voice, tells how scientists try to comprehend what they think is a message from an intelligent alien civilization and they fail to do so. I find I tend agree with Stanislaw Lem on the concepts of Humans dealing intelligent aliens (if they even exist). Although I enjoyed Cixin Liu's trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past (AKA Three Body Problem) I am not completely convinced of the Dark Forest answer to the Fermi Paradox. I also do not agree with the more positive views of first contact Carl Sagan wrote about in his book Contact or Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life (film title Arrival).