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Sam Parr discussed Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Shaan Puri recommended Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and discussed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
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Mistborn
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson is a popular epic fantasy novel that launches an expansive magical saga involving political intrigue, rebellion, and unique metal-based magic systems.
Discussed“I've been watching uh Yeah, I've read I'm reading the Misborn series. Do you like this stuff? like fantasy, like kind of like the good like Game of Thrones, Harry Potter type”
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a science fiction novel set in a dystopian future where people escape their harsh reality by logging into an expansive, 1980s pop-culture-infused virtual reality world called the OASIS.
Recommended“Like have you read like Enders Game or Ready Player One or anything? No. That's a movie. I've seen that movie, right? Yeah. No, but I would. They're really good.”
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Ender's Game
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a renowned science fiction novel about a gifted child recruited into a military academy to prepare for an impending alien invasion through increasingly complex battle simulations.
Recommended“Like have you read like Enders Game or Ready Player One or anything? No. That's a movie. I've seen that movie, right? Yeah. No, but I would. They're really good.”
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Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is a gripping science fiction novel about a lone astronaut who wakes up with amnesia on a desperate interstellar mission to save Earth from an extinction-level extinction event caused by a sun-dimming microorganism.
Discussed“The audio books for those things are really good though. Like Project Hill Mary audiobook was was one of the best audio books I've ever heard. Puts me right to sleep. If that's what you mean by good.”
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