I picked up Thornhedge because it was available at my library for immediate access as an audiobook, and I wanted something to listen to while I played Terra Nil.
I haven't played video games in ages. I used to be a huge World of Warcraft nerd, back in the internet's pre-modern golden age, but that's nearly two decades ago at this point. (Oof, I'm old.) I don't even have a computer set up for games, but Terra Nil looked exactly perfect for me in every way, and I was taking a week off of serious writing, in between ending one big project and starting a brand new manuscript. So I downloaded it, and I'm forcing my computer to cope with the demands of loading a bunch of little animated things. I've played it through twice now, first on gardener/easy and then on ecologist/moderate. I'm not particularly skilled at it, and I know that it bears little resemblance to actual ecological restoration, but there's something so very calm and soothing about building up a new world on the ruins of an old one.
So, strong recommendation for Terra Nil. Thornhedge, too, is a good bit of media, I suppose. I was so focused on building toxin scrubbers and irrigators and forest seeders that I actually listened to it twice, because the first time around it barely registered on my ears. That's only because the game is so absorbing, though, not because of a fault in the book. Honestly, there aren't many books that I would listen to twice in a row, so really it's a testament to how fun this one is. I'm usually too chicken to read Kingfisher, because her horror always looks actually scary, and I'm glad I found this non-horror tidbit of a book, because it was delicious.
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