Re: What are you reading?
I am nearly done with Ancients of Days, the 2nd book in the Confluence trilogy by Paul McAuley. It must be pretty good because I have the new Terry Pratchett waiting for me since I was reading the first part. So yeah, I like it a lot, even though the protagonist gets captured a lot and then escapes in a deus ex machina kinda way (not really fair because the way he does it is a major part of the plot, but it does get a bit annoying after 4 or 5 times...)
The series is set on an artificial planet (not really a spoiler as you figure that out soon enough) where there are all kinds of different creature or bloodlines as they call them. It has a bit of a fantasy feel to it, with swords and other low-tech weaponry and technology, but the magical element is provided by machines in all sizes. In the second book you get more background on how that world was built and cetera, so it's a bit more science-fictiony.
Also reading The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity, by Richard Fletcher, about how Europe became christianised.
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