Blake Crouch - is he the most interesting current author?

Never heard of him or his books. What’s interesting about him and his writing?

Not a dig either, I’m genuinely curious.

I've read Upgrade, Recursion, Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy. I've liked them all

Dark Matter is going to be a series on Apple TV

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Any order you would recommend starting?

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I read Recursion first and had my mind completely fricked.

Then I read Dark Matter and had my mind fricked again.

Basically, I don't think it matters what order you read them, but lube your brain up because Blakey's going in raw.

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What’s interesting about him and his writing?

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Well, firstly, he is really good at riffing on "Time" as a theme. Really crafty at iterating cool ideas/scenarios based on Time.

But I would say the writing itself is truly compelling. Recursion touches on very deep themes, and I found his prose on the topic beautiful.

Personally, I think it's good to start with the Wayward Pines series. Then, read them in order after that.

He also plays around with tense. Recursion was in 1st person, present, which I always appreciate.

Just read the first Wayward Pines book. Really enjoyed it. I will check back in when I finish the series. Thanks for the hook up on this guy.

Picked up Dark Matter this weekend. I'm ~75 pages into it. I'm getting Matrix and 12 Monkeys vibes off of it so far.

Finished the Wayward Pines trilogy in about 5 days, thanks to this thread. Enjoyed it a lot. Just picked up Desert Places and Recursion from the library. Looking forward to reading some of his other work.

I too read Pines based on the recommendation in this thread. I found it derivative (what isn’t), but good. Looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy.

Draculas is hilarious.

Liked Pines series. Trying to get my brain right for Dark Matter. Have heard nothing but great reviews.