Inspired by the market below.

The way this will work is as follows. You, the bettors, suggest books similar to Red Mars (and Green and Blue Mars) by Kim Stanley Robinson. This is a hard science fiction series about the colonisation of Mars by humans. It is arguably my favourite book. I like its realistic setting, its focus on story over character and its large scope.

I will purchase and read the top three suggestions that I have not previously read. Each book that I read and like will receive 20% of the market resolution. The remaining (100-20n)% will be divided between all recommendations that I have already read and liked, except in the case that each of those would receive more than 10%, in which case they will be capped at 10% and the remainder will be evenly distributed back to the new recommendations that I liked.

Basically, you win if you suggest or bet on books I've read and liked, and you win more if you suggest or bet on books I haven't read yet but subsequently do and like.

For reference, I rank books thusly:

• * really bad

• ** poor

• *** quite good

• **** very good

• ***** excellent

Anything I would give three stars to qualifies as 'liking' it.

Final rules: no more books by Kim Stanley Robinson (too obvious), and

@NathanpmYoung should not bet as he knows my reading history too well.

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Which book similar to The three body problem and Children of Time will I like best.

I hereby commit to reading the at leasts the top 2 books suggested by this market. I will resolve this market to whichever of those I like best. If you suggest something I’ve already read or that I want to veto for whatever reason, I’ll add a comment to say so before you put real mana on it. The ”…