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NoneMoreNegative posted:Power Loader vs Dump Truck
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indigi posted:almost done Children of Memory and I’m really enjoying it except that the Skipper's crew should all have super strength and speed. seems like an oversight for such a delicately planned and potentially dangerous infiltration mission, especially one they had to engineer specially-developed bodies for anyway i mean they do have that but they also dont want to gently caress up the planet. it made sense to me in the end (although, while overall i thought the first two were better, this wasnt "as good") recent books: - kazuo ishiguro, the buried giant: elevator pitch is pseudo-arturian romance about memory and guilt, and how to deal with it on both sides. has dragons and ogres if youre into that. i liked it a lot! - adrew skinner, steel frame: battle mechs getting dropped into some weird situation sounds cool even if humanoid mechs dont really feel like an effective shape but ok ill give it a shot. but theres a point early on where the main character, who pilots a death mech, gets really shook up cause another mech kills a mech pilot and im like okay maybe this one pilot is super honorable but apparently theres a code among mech pilots that you just let other pilots go and im like what, this is corporate cyberpunk lmao. so i didnt finish, it broke my suspsension of disbelief - david yoon, city of orange: dude wakes up with no memory in a desolate post-apocalyptic cityscape. memories of a wife and child start to come back as he tries to survice. very good, probably the best of this crop together with ishiguro - edward ashton, mickey7: expendable clone on a colony world meets a new life form, it was kinda trashy but i guess i dont regret reading it  - alexandra oliva, the last one: member of a survival reality show in the wilderness while a pandemic happens outside (or does there?? dun dun dun). i mostly liked it though some parts were a bit heavy-handed - adam soto, this weightless world: signals from a new planet bring new hope for humanity, but will it last? multiple protagonists, very "online" so to speak, but not bad at all - m.r. carey, infinity gate: earth scientist discoveres parallel universes, but theyre all part of an empire that stamps out newcomers. pretty solid, also worth reading other recs obvs welcome 
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indigi posted:I’m sad about Liff 
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indigi posted:I’m sad about Liff yeah she's got a rough life dont read unless you finished it but shes gonna be ok as a simulation (or rather, the simulation of her is gonna be okay. obvs shes still dead  )
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Carthag Tuek posted:i mean they do have that but they also dont want to gently caress up the planet. it made sense to me in the end (although, while overall i thought the first two were better, this wasnt "as good") they're all basically slaves and jockeys are in such high demand that they can just switch sides when captured
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time to get back on my Le Guin bullshit this book has some fantastic covers    and some.... other covers   
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is that the one where they make up all the words or something Carthag Tuek posted:yeah she's got a rough life it all came out right in the end
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indigi posted:time to get back on my Le Guin bullshit i remember this being an incredibly sad book (i had the first cover)
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rotor posted:i remember this being an incredibly sad book (i had the first cover) maybe it wouldn't have been so sad if you had the last cover
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nice victim blaming 
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indigi posted:is that the one where they make up all the words or something Its all placenames, mainly from the UK but some global. 
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rotor posted:i remember this being an incredibly sad book (i had the first cover) having read the first three pages and knowing Le Guin's tendencies I can't say I’m surprised by that
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pseudorandom name posted:they're all basically slaves and jockeys are in such high demand that they can just switch sides when captured everybody is slaves or military, and yea it did say that jockeys are in high demand, but thats all the more reason for a competing corp to kill your jockeys. also they have neural implants and poo poo, they can killswitch most anybody who gets too far in the wrong direction from the shell i guess im just too used to actual dystopias that this felt like the author didnt think it through. like maybe the narrator is honorable, or is used to fighting in some other place, alright i can work with that but a universal unwritten rule to not kill jockeys who eject is absurd, it would require humanity to become more humane in the distant corporation-run cyberpunk future than we are now, but only in this single manner. in all other ways its more inhumane. cmon
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I haven’t read the book in a while but I think it all had to do with old rules of engagement agreed on by the big corps when they went in there. it was a very cold war sort of thing where they weren’t allowed to war crime in the open because it causes escalation that no one really wants. Remember that this is somewhat of a sideshow against the backdrop of the larger universe (more in the sequel) where the corps all have to tip toe around each other and bodies lead to uncomfortable questions and lack of deniability
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Read All Systems Red, a novel which starts the murderbot diary's series. Was OK, the short format really works to its advantage and made me want to read more novella length sci fi. I don't feel any need to read the other books as this seemed a perfect dose for exploring the main ideas (which are kind of fun!)
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I was thinking about another pass through the murderbot diaries, it wouldn't be my first or even my second, tbh.
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Kaiju Preservation Society was cute, but Wesley Crusher is a little bombastic in his narration so the audiobook wasn't the best. smiling crying face at the fact I'm giving feeling good another pass, nothing says light reading like the seminal work on cognitive behavioral therapy.
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distortion park posted:Read All Systems Red, a novel which starts the murderbot diary's series. Was OK, the short format really works to its advantage and made me want to read more novella length sci fi. I don't feel any need to read the other books as this seemed a perfect dose for exploring the main ideas (which are kind of fun!) the 7th book in the series just came out recently! (all of them are really good, imo)
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Elder Postsman posted:the 7th book in the series just came out recently! i'm currently 253rd in line in libby, but looks like my library just acquired a bunch more copies so should get it soon 
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rotor posted:the appletv monster show is p deece so far go oooonnnnn...
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you know what really sucks? the 90s outer limits. but that's ok, i'll keep watching that garbage
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Achmed Jones posted:go oooonnnnn... https://m.imdb.com/title/tt17220216/ watched 2 eps so far and its a lot of plot development but i am digging the vibe
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well-read undead posted:you know what really sucks? the 90s outer limits. but that's ok, i'll keep watching that garbage yeah i remember really liking it back in the 90s and then a couple years ago i watched a couple of them and oof.
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yup i watched those monster episodes and i gotta say, i am enjoying it
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outer limits is a garbage enough show to begin with, and then they have the audacity, the sheer unmitigated gall to do a clip show? in an ANTHOLOGY SERIES?? what started out as curiosity has transformed into full on hatewatching
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well-read undead posted:outer limits is a garbage enough show to begin with, and then they have the audacity, the sheer unmitigated gall to do a clip show? in an ANTHOLOGY SERIES?? what are you watching it on? I could use some brain-dead background later while I transition my domain
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shitface posted:what are you watching it on? I could use some brain-dead background later while I transition my domain prime, but i think they're on youtube too (with ads)
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well-read undead posted:prime, but i think they're on youtube too (with ads) ty. I also have somewhat fond memories of them. will be fun checking them out. first, feet soaking. did a cross-city walk and my feet are all hosed up and my right ankle looks weirdly swollen and idk why 
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the only thing I remember of the outer limits reboot is some sort of mind prison designed by niles crane it was cool and good
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shitface posted:ty. I also have somewhat fond memories of them. will be fun checking them out. first, feet soaking. did a cross-city walk and my feet are all hosed up and my right ankle looks weirdly swollen and idk why well if you want to keep your fond memories, it might be best to not revisit. which goes for most media consumed in your teens, but doubly so if it was in the 90s hope your feet feel better!
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rotor posted:the appletv monster show is p deece so far 
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well-read undead posted:outer limits is a garbage enough show to begin with, and then they have the audacity, the sheer unmitigated gall to do a clip show? in an ANTHOLOGY SERIES?? it is amusing that they use the clip show to connect all the independent stories in the season to make them them take place together
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https://twitter.com/dailysimpsons/status/1726259322982924370 https://twitter.com/dailysimpsons/status/1726260742910021970
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wow, linda ronstadt
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Improbable Lobster posted:wow, linda ronstadt
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duz posted:it is amusing that they use the clip show to connect all the independent stories in the season to make them them take place together it is amusing, but also makes less than zero sense (perfect knowledge of the events on a spaceship where everyone died!) and just kinda goes nowhere. i'm curious if they'll ever revisit those plots again, since 2 of them are left unresolved, but uhh... i'm guessing not i will say that so far the first 2 episodes of season 2 seem markedly higher quality. still bad writing, hammy acting, absurd setups and all that, but the production is more competent and there's less highschool play-esque shout-acting going on. seems like their budget was increased
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