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I have been reading Girl Online - its a bit mealy mouthed but I like it as a commentary less on even women online but more how insane modern social media is pretty good read to idle on with morning coffee does anyone have nice thinking books about online cultures for thinkin' on |
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it has been years since I read it, but there was our own Zach Parson's Your Nextdoor Neighbor is a Dragon
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Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:Took some time off from reading but catching back up with "Silver Nitrate" a book about a Mexican filmmaker whose unfinished movie might also be a spell and the audio engineer and disgraced telenovela star who help him. Update: Delillo is either a genius or terrible and it changes every other sentence. Underworld had the luxury of being 800+ pages but the relatively slim White Noise is causing me secondhand cringe. The main character, a professor of Hitler studies who doesn't know German, is being very aloof and unhelpful during a disaster and I'm actively rooting for the disaster
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DoomCroissant posted:i listen to a lot of warhammer 40k audiobooks i started reading horus rising by dan abnett. well actually i'm almost done. i heard around somewhere he was supposed to be the Good 40k writer. its cool but the evil race they fight here are mainly evil alien spiders that ive never heard of. Indicating there are countless horrors beyond comprehension in space But i really wanna read more about eldar and orks, that's why i'm reading 40k. not for the spiders. Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:the relatively slim White Noise is causing me secondhand cringe. The main character, a professor of Hitler studies who doesn't know German, is being very aloof and unhelpful during a disaster and I'm actively rooting for the disaster i went ahead & saw the movie for this knowing i'd prolly never bother with the book. nothing to note other than it was both kind of boring and kind of funny
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baka fwocka fwame posted:i started reading horus rising by dan abnett. well actually i'm almost done. i heard around somewhere he was supposed to be the Good 40k writer. its cool but the evil race they fight here are mainly evil alien spiders that ive never heard of. Indicating there are countless horrors beyond comprehension in space But i really wanna read more about eldar and orks, that's why i'm reading 40k. not for the spiders. the horus heresy is a prequel series that takes place 10,000 years before the current timeline, and is really focused on the imperium and how it turned into the religiously fanatical dying civilization it is today. the focus is almost exclusively on humanity/space marines/primarchs, so it’s not the series i would recommend for xenos shenanigans brutal kunnin’ is a very entertaining book about the orks, and also kicks off a fun trilogy. i also like the infinite and the divine because, while the focus is on necrons, they touch base with a lot of different factions, and it’s also ‘grumpy old men’ in space
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DoomCroissant posted:the horus heresy is a prequel series that takes place 10,000 years before the current timeline, and is really focused on the imperium and how it turned into the religiously fanatical dying civilization it is today. the focus is almost exclusively on humanity/space marines/primarchs, so it’s not the series i would recommend for xenos shenanigans infinite and the divine is also very funny too iirc |
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Oct 5, 2024 04:59
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Been meaning to read that stuff, Gaunts Ghosts etc. Abnett is great with all his 2000AD comics too. Speaking of licensed fiction, I've been enjoying the Star Wars expanded universe lately. Shadows of the Empire is cool, also the Han Solo book Paradise Snare. Doing the Thrawn trilogy soon too. |
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Rags to Liches posted:infinite and the divine is also very funny too iirc yes, this is fact the ciaphas cain series is also very good for those looking for more humor with their grimdark Heavy Metal posted:Been meaning to read that stuff, Gaunts Ghosts etc. Abnett is great with all his 2000AD comics too. abnett does a lot of good work and gets a lot of attention, since he's worked on a bunch of big properties outside of warhammer, but don't sleep on aaron dembski-bowden the night lords trilogy, the first heretic, and betrayer are absolute bangers
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Oct 5, 2024 12:14
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been reading rimbaud & baudelaire 
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well I just started with "City of Bones" from the "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare, and I am slowly getting hooked into this... 
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baka fwocka fwame posted:been reading rimbaud & baudelaire Raisins in Hell is OK but may I suggest Comte de Lautreamont (Rambo's letters are more interesting than his poetry, to me.) Baudelaire really didn't care much for Belgium. His letters tell the story of a complete pissbaby. Land of contrasts, in other words.s
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Finished up Kingdoms of the Wall, which was very good! Now I’m starting Tau Zero by Poul Anderson |
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Oct 13, 2024 23:54
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White Noise was pretty good. Kinda bummed by the ending. Keanu Reeves and China Meiville "The Book of Elsewhere" is a sick sci-fi fantasy, heavy on the fantasy, lots of interesting ideas. No idea where it's going and I haven't read their BRZRKR comics, but the idea of an immortal soldier who makes a deal with US black ops : they'll find a way for him to die if he helps them, that's a solid hook
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i read valedor which was a black library book about eldar and it was good when it didnt portray the eldar as idiots. can't tell why Guardian gets capitalized but dire avengers does not. i'm reading the flame of asuryan atm. i also have basically reread neuromancer for the 6th time or so. Up to the part where peter riviera does his weird play. Better get that done before the run peter. very important to draw all kinds of attention to yourself and your abilities before a run. even more important than case wearing black jeans the entire book
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baka fwocka fwame posted:i read valedor which was a black library book about eldar and it was good when it didnt portray the eldar as idiots. can't tell why Guardian gets capitalized but dire avengers does not. i'm reading the flame of asuryan atm. In fairness, Neuromancer came out when the only pants I wore were black jeans. Ten guys jump one, what a man |
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I'm pretty sure I know people who've worn black jeans every day for 30+ years. |
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Finger Prince posted:I'm pretty sure I know people who've worn black jeans every day for 30+ years. They are no longer jean and it's been 40 years and yeah. Ten guys jump one, what a man |
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I did read a WH40K novel recently, which had some serious quality writing that I would say works even for people unfamiliar with the setting (or who may even dislike it). It's called Spear of the Emperor by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. It's a story told from the viewpoint of a servant to a Space Marine, who are all in the middle of a reckoning mission to a part of the galaxy which has had no contact with the Empire in centuries. It's grim (as per the usual for this setting), but with a strong message of prevailing even in the direst circumstances with found-family giving you strength to carry on.
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I'm still reading the Silmarillion, which is mostly very boring (it's my go-to-bed book) but every once in a while BOOM VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES AND SPIDERS AND poo poo, and then back to boring. |
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took a break from rereading gene wolfe and started the latest stormlight archive book and it seems really childish and it’s causing me to question what I ever saw in this series after the first book
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ZemblaRex posted:I'm still reading the Silmarillion, which is mostly very boring (it's my go-to-bed book) but every once in a while BOOM VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES AND SPIDERS AND poo poo, and then back to boring. It took me plenty of re-reads to really get into the Silmarillion. I was in my 20s when I decided to approach it as what it is - the mythology of a people and the cultural ramifications of rebellion and pride. Ten guys jump one, what a man |
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The Eyes Are The Best Part is a sick and twisted family drama / horror tale about a Korean American woman coming to terms with her parents' divorce, college and creepy men, all while fighting the urge to do cannibalism . Solid gold
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Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:The Eyes Are The Best Part is a sick and twisted family drama / horror tale about a Korean American woman coming to terms with her parents' divorce, college and creepy men, all while fighting the urge to do cannibalism . Solid gold Yeah! Read this in one day. It's terrific. |
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I read Neon Soul: A Collection of Poetry & Prose by Alexandra Elle. uplifting stuff i guess but there wasn't much prose. anyway i read it cuz of the name but it's about the author's experience as a 'young, single mother' i'm only 1 of those things. i read the soft machine by william burroughs again. well ahem you see smell of burning insect wings is all i'll say about that. having a hard time deciding whether to finish my reread of ice by anna kavan or my reread of beautiful losers by leonard cohen but i've only read losers 1ce so i'll probably stick with that. since i got an e-reader ive been reading a zillion things at the same time
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Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A cautionary tale of an all too possible future, but he keeps a lightness and humour about it throughout. I really enjoyed it. |
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Fever House by Keith Rossen. It has no ending and is book one of a series, so beware of that going in. Other than that, a fine, pulpy horror novel that has a metric ton of interesting characters.
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finished first expanse novel by james corey can’t wait to read the next 11 or so
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