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ToxicFrog posted:Which definitely ruffles more feathers than just going "yeah, there's no gay characters, didn't think of it at the time lol just lol if you think this is even a little bit true also there's definitely gay subtext between dumbledore and his friend wumblekind or whatever. the evil wizard. and a guy named anthony goldstein is very definitely jewish without authorial intervention. it does not need to be spelled out or made central to their characters
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The Grey posted:What are people's opinions about reading books of a series in order? I can’t do it, I can’t read books out of order and I will wait and read a different book if I don’t have the next one yet. I will hold a grudge for the rest of my days because when I was a teenager my dad gave me the Campion book the tiger in the smoke, because it was his favourite book, only to discover as an adult that the absolute fucker had spoilerd the 13 books that came before it in the series. It only takes a little thing, two people referring to a dead friend, or a wife character that wasn’t there before, and that’s it, you’re buggered.
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chernobyl kinsman posted:lol just lol if you think this is even a little bit true Aren't all the goblins basically Jewish as well?
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Goodkind is no worse than other genre authors.
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sunken fleet posted:Is there any good free software for reading ePubs on PC? Calibre is more a full-power ebook organization/conversion program and e-reader manager, but it comes with an epub reader built in, as well as the ability to convert to other formats.
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ToxicFrog posted:Calibre is more a full-power ebook organization/conversion program and e-reader manager, but it comes with an epub reader built in, as well as the ability to convert to other formats. I tried that out, it works pretty well, thanks. It's really not very user friendly though, feels like there's a million features which I don't understand and the actual reading window is really tiny for some reason. Still at least I have something to read these epubs with now, that's a win in my book.
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sunken fleet posted:Is there any good free software for reading ePubs on PC? There's a few addons that let you just read them in your web browser like this for example https://www.epubread.com/en/
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Postmodern thread is set to be archived so posting this here: I’ve finally picked up White Noise and it’s excellent but the consumerism stuff is so adorably of its time and seems very old hat now
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I've been reading a collection of horror short stories. Now that I got that out of the way I just wanted to add that this evening I listened to a "This American Life" podcast called "show me the way" and one of the acts was about a 15-year-old kid who ran away to Piers Anthony's house hoping to live with him and his family. It was a strange piece of journalism.
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So you're reading horror short stories and listening to horror podcasts.
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Franchescanado posted:So is July's BotM thread being posted in August? No, I've just had a lot of poo poo going on and haven't gotten the thread up yet -- my bad. It's gonna be Warlock by Oakley Hall. thread will go up later tonight.
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It just occured to me that if you read a choose your own adventure book cover to cover it would basically be a post-modernist masterpiece
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Mel Mudkiper posted:It just occured to me that if you read a choose your own adventure book cover to cover it would basically be a post-modernist masterpiece The Magic of the Unicorn, maybe. I'm not sure about all of them though.
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it can also be argued Julio Cortazar's hopscotch is the world's greatest choose your own adventure book
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sunken fleet posted:Is there any good free software for reading ePubs on PC? You can read Epubs with Internet Explorer now. Assuming you're using Windows it's prbably the easiest option, if you don't care for any library or bookmarking/notes features.
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How do you think Stephen King will be regarded in 100 years? Say what you will about him but he's usually entertaining, he's rarely schlocky in a Dan Brown type of way, he's probably sold more books than any author ever (except God, I guess). I feel like there are a lot of similarities to Dickens, who pet my understanding was regarded in much the same way during his life but whose reputation has grown over time.
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regulargonzalez posted:How do you think Stephen King will be regarded in 100 years? Say what you will about him but he's usually entertaining, he's rarely schlocky in a Dan Brown type of way, he's probably sold more books than any author ever (except God, I guess). I feel like there are a lot of similarities to Dickens, who pet my understanding was regarded in much the same way during his life but whose reputation has grown over time. People will consider him the Great American Author and everyone except a few mels will be satisfied with that
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What are some good options for soothing books about nothing? I really enjoy the parts at the beginning of murder mysteries when they aren’t murdering yet and just spend ten pages on how they run a hotel. I could use some books that do that for the whole run.
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Rand Brittain posted:What are some good options for soothing books about nothing? I really enjoy the parts at the beginning of murder mysteries when they aren’t murdering yet and just spend ten pages on how they run a hotel. I could use some books that do that for the whole run. I feel like John Updike's Rabbit series might fit. They're not-quite stream-of-consciousness novels that are about a mundane guy's life. They're probably the first books that really turned me on to how the beauty of a book could be in the writing itself and not necessarily the plot. The first in the series is Rabbit, Run and the plot could be described as basically Al Bundy's life with all the jokes stripped out.
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The Guns of August is 1.99 on Kindle today. Go get it, it's pretty good
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Rand Brittain posted:What are some good options for soothing books about nothing? I really enjoy the parts at the beginning of murder mysteries when they aren’t murdering yet and just spend ten pages on how they run a hotel. I could use some books that do that for the whole run. I responded in the recommendation thread Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Jul 30, 2018 |
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Rand Brittain posted:What are some good options for soothing books about nothing? I really enjoy the parts at the beginning of murder mysteries when they aren’t murdering yet and just spend ten pages on how they run a hotel. I could use some books that do that for the whole run. my man have you tried manga
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Rand Brittain posted:What are some good options for soothing books about nothing? I really enjoy the parts at the beginning of murder mysteries when they aren’t murdering yet and just spend ten pages on how they run a hotel. I could use some books that do that for the whole run. This might apply to some of Chekhov's short stories. Try The Beauties, for instance.
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a supercut of the chapters in the Redwall books that are just about eating
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Does anybody else feel rudderless after finishing a good book? I go through phases where I'll mainline 7 or 8 books in a few weeks, and then I'm stuck wheeling around, reading 50 pages of this or that, with nothing really grabbing me. Then I get discouraged and don't pick up another book for a month or two. This is a pattern I've experienced since college, and I'm trying to become a more consistent but less manic reader. Maybe I should get some short story collections or novellas to bridge the gap more easily. I tried the Dresden books because there's a zillion of them, but I got bored after 3 or 4.
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And this is going to sound mean, but read less lovely books. Read something difficult or experimental or out of your comfort zone.
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Lester Shy posted:Does anybody else feel rudderless after finishing a good book? I go through phases where I'll mainline 7 or 8 books in a few weeks, and then I'm stuck wheeling around, reading 50 pages of this or that, with nothing really grabbing me. Then I get discouraged What are the last three to five books you read that you liked
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KSR's Aurora, David Mitchell's Slade House and The Bone Clocks, and Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. I also read LOTR for the first time, and it was great, but I want to take a break from fantasy epics for a while.
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Lester Shy posted:KSR's Aurora, David Mitchell's Slade House and The Bone Clocks, and Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. I also read LOTR for the first time, and it was great, but I want to take a break from fantasy epics for a while. Ok, my first suggestion is to branch out a bit. I'd suggest trying the Aubrey / Maturin books (historical fiction and a nice long series to hold interest, decently challenging, high quality prose). Your root issue though is systemic, you need a system for repeatedly finding books that will pique your interest. Fortunately there's an answer for that too: keep reading this forum! The suggestion for short stories is good too. If you don't mind sci fi, try The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, edited Robert Silverberg. Alternatively, a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories is always a solid pick if you haven't read them yet. End of the day don't feel guilty if you don't feel like reading. Reading should be fun. If it's not fun, no harm in doing something else then coming back to it. Past that check out the Book of Month thread for a lot of suggestions. This month we're doing a collection of animal vet stories! Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Aug 1, 2018 |
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Lester Shy posted:KSR's Aurora, David Mitchell's Slade House and The Bone Clocks, and Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. I also read LOTR for the first time, and it was great, but I want to take a break from fantasy epics for a while.
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Thirding short stories. I have a stack of collections I've bought used over the years next to my bed so I can just pick one and leaf through it till something catches my interest.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Your root issue though is systemic, you need a system for repeatedly finding books that will pique your interest. Fortunately there's an answer for that too: keep reading this forum! Seconding this - I keep the TBB Book rec thread bookmarked, and keep an eye on what people recommend to others. Sometimes they're duds, sometimes I wind up reading something really outrageously cool like the Ghost Map. And you can always go "hey thread I'm looking for books about [x]" and you'll get suggestions!
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I want to read something by Kafka. I've never read him before but I don't mind philosophical books where not a lot happens. Where should I start?
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Grevling posted:I want to read something by Kafka. I've never read him before but I don't mind philosophical books where not a lot happens. Where should I start? A collection of his short stories. The complete short story collection is worth every penny and easy to find. (Edit) Like this one. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Aug 2, 2018 |
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