The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard. Solar flares cause the ice caps to melt and the world is flooded and reverts to Triassic-era climate and reptile supremacy. People go out to study and salvage what's left of the previous cities. This book has so many good building blocks and yet unfortunately I found it quite boring. I would almost never say this about a book but I think I'd have liked it better as a movie. There's a lot of psychological aspects happening which is cool, but could benefit from the visuals and soundtrack a movie provides. (Just looked up on Google and apparently WB was was working on a adaptation in 2013 but then radio silence so guess it never got made.)

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. Re-read this because The Drowned World made me crave the action-adventure of it. One of my favorite books but there is a lot of 'oof, product of its time' bits.

In TV, I finished:

Wheel of Time (season 3): This was a great season. The Rhuidean episode was extremely cool and all the Aes Sedai politics and upheaval was intense.

Slow Horses (seasons 1 - 4): NEW SPY SHOW! I mean, it has been on since 2022 but new to me. I love spy media and typically the appeal for me is extreme competence but these are like the reject fuck-up spies and I find them so endearing oh my God. I might just rewatch this series again while I wait for season 5 in September. Anyone getting Apple TV short term for Murderbot reasons, I recommend watching this show too!

And I did just go see The Accountant 2 and it had a lot of extremely funny sibling behavior between Chris and Braxton which is exactly what I wanted. Obsessed with Jon Bernthal in this. I'll probably go see it again.