Поговорим о книгах. Крайне редко в наше время...

Talk about books.

It is extremely rare in our time to find a diamond among a ton of shit. Somehow you have to put up with it and often be content with the average "so-so." If earlier I read a lot of books and mainly from what I managed to buy myself according to my old preferences. It was mainly science fiction and mainly science fiction, of such famous meters of this genre as еляelazny Strugatsky, Prattchet, Saymak, Harrison, and others. And now I got to the point that after reading all the collected works, I ran into the problem that there was practically nothing to read, and nowadays spend 300-500 r on a dubious book, which for the most part will not bring pleasure.
The bookstores are littered with all kinds of literature, and, worst of all, far from the best genre - ladies' detectives Marinina Ustinova and similar “scribblers”. Once the most excellent genre of Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle, such prospectors were reduced to low-grade second-rate reading. Other genres were also affected, even my favorite science fiction has now mutated, and peculiar deviations appeared in it in the form of a "fantastic action movie" where authors write, often so dumb in physics, that it becomes sad. The most striking example here is Tarmashev - he writes, although exciting, but very childish, but rather because of his youth as a writer. But in physics he is poorly educated, writers should not allow themselves like that. It is very likely that now the book has turned into a commodity for making money, and the word consumer goods at its worst is most suitable here. Low-intellectual books for the undemanding poorly educated population, unfortunately, this has already become the everyday norm, and not only in the framework of literature, films and art have also suffered - but this can be ranted endlessly.
Let's get back to the problem that arose in front of me. It was necessary for myself to decide what to read, so that I would not be mistaken in my choice. Therefore, I did two things: firstly I bought a book reader - this solved the problem of buying books, since e-books are much cheaper, even if you buy them, and not give in to the temptation and download for free. That choice was much more difficult, since everyone has different tastes and it’s quite difficult to find something for themselves. After spending some time on the “Internet”, he shoveled up quite a lot of book ratings and, oddly enough, my opinion about the modern reader has grown quite significantly, if you can see modern lobbying and promotion technologies for authors in action on specialized sites. But there are exceptions - there is a good rating on the flibust, however, it is not without its flaws, and modern books are rarely found there, as regular users of the flibust have a rather biased attitude towards new products.
But my efforts were not in vain; I managed to find some amazing books for myself, which I recommend reading:
1. "Bury me behind the baseboard" Pavel Sanaev
2. "The house in which" Miriam Petrosyan
3. "Anatham" Neil Stevenson
4. "Crypotonomicon" Neil Stevenson.
Each of these books is worthy of a separate review and all of them, without exception, are recommended for reading. Moreover, of these four books, only "Anathem" can be fully attributed to the fiction genre.
Read and have fun.