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I'd like to read Elizabeth Hand's novels. Any recs on where to start?
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I saw Waking the Moon at a secondhand book store once but did not buy it but thought about buying it. Wikipedia says that the American edition is missing a hundred pages, though, so be sure to steer clear of that. Edit: Wikipedia also has a note saying that the author prefers that one, so maybe get it specifically? My work computer won't let me see the Usenet thread cited.
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Sep 24, 2020 16:42
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Sham bam bamina! posted:I saw Waking the Moon at a secondhand book store once but did not buy it but thought about buying it. Wikipedia says that the American edition is missing a hundred pages, though, so be sure to steer clear of that. I'll check that out, thanks! I'm working from ebooks - I went from "eh I'll get a kindle I guess" to "KINDLES ONLY THEY RULE" instantly e: quote:It was Liz's choice to cut the novel and it is about 120 page shorter. StrixNebulosa fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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Sep 24, 2020 16:48
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xcheopis posted:For non-fiction, The Earth Moved by Amy Stewart is quite good. Thank you for this. It led me to another Amy Stewart book that I ended up getting for her - Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
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Sep 25, 2020 18:14
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Bilirubin posted:this is such a wonderful book It's been a long time since I've read Kosinski, and I never got around to reading The Painted Bird, but I found a lot of his books -- Steps, Cockpit, Passion Play, Pinball -- fascinating when I was younger. That was before I learned about the weirdness in his personal life, which puts his constant obsession with disguise, deception, and control in a different light.
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Sep 25, 2020 20:52
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I'm looking for books for someone currently in a psych ward. She'd like: - Sci fi or fantasy preferred - Something engrossing and long that she can really dive into - No strong themes of suicide or abuse - Prefers female protagonists and possibly themes of feminism - even better if the author is female - YA is fine, but not if it's sappy romance - Recent books preferred, but not so new I can't get a paperback copy within a day or two Her most recent favorite series is the Winternight trilogy (The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, Winter of the Witch). Graphic novels are good too - she really likes Saga and Bone. Thanks!
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Sep 27, 2020 20:12
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I just read T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon)'s A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, which was fun if not particularly deep -- might be suitable.
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Sep 27, 2020 20:48
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I just finished Six of Crows and its sequel, Crooked Kingdom, and enjoyed the hell out of both. The mixture of magic and solid heist stuff was fantastic. Can anybody suggest anything similar? It doesn't necessarily have to have a fantasy component since I'd imagine that "magical heist book" might be a narrow category. I just really love heist poo poo. Those two books were a lot like a long episode of Leverage.
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Sep 27, 2020 20:48
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Farten Barfen posted:I just finished Six of Crows and its sequel, Crooked Kingdom, and enjoyed the hell out of both. The mixture of magic and solid heist stuff was fantastic.
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Sep 27, 2020 20:51
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Rotten Red Rod posted:I'm looking for books for someone currently in a psych ward. She'd like: Le Guin all the way. Whatever you can get your hands on is fine.
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Sep 28, 2020 06:40
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Stringent posted:Le Guin all the way. Whatever you can get your hands on is fine. Tehanu may not be, given the request...
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Sep 28, 2020 14:07
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Sarern posted:Tehanu may not be, given the request... Funny, I had it in the back of my mind that might be the best one.
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Sep 28, 2020 14:31
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Rotten Red Rod posted:I'm looking for books for someone currently in a psych ward. She'd like: Wheel of Time might be a good option as it's just an incredibly long dive with lots of female characters and themes of feminism, but there are some dark themes (PTSD, abuse, some sexual violence). Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion is about a female paladin (basically her 1st edition paladin character). Again, female author, female protag, but some definite themes of abuse. For something *light*, I'd recommend the Murderbot series by Martha Wells -- female writer, gender nonspecific protagonist, themes of social anxiety. Anything by Leguin is gonna be an obvious pick, you can go with her SF stuff as well as Earthsea. Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Sep 28, 2020 |
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Sep 28, 2020 14:35
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Starsight by Brandon Sanderson
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Sep 30, 2020 14:56
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Looking for a non-fiction rec, and it’s really specific. Is there a book that explores or argues for/against making art as religious expression? Not the history of art in religion, but about the philosophy behind it. For example, maybe something about how painting or music is an act of piety, or if art is/isn’t something intrinsically spiritual. Really anything around these sorts of ideas. Thanks.
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Oct 4, 2020 05:22
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Any ideas for books like Pattern Recognition / the Blue Ant trilogy by William Gibson? I’ve read his other books but I’m after something less sci fi. Genre agnostic (eg could be thriller, detective, action whatever) - more interested in something focusing on trends, micro cultures, information and the internet, etc - a similar vibe. Any ideas? I know Gibson is kind of his own thing.
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Oct 6, 2020 08:24
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Any suggestions for non-fiction books on the prison-industrial complex? I’m feeling woefully underinformed.
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Oct 7, 2020 12:31
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Blamestorm posted:Any ideas for books like Pattern Recognition / the Blue Ant trilogy by William Gibson? I’ve read his other books but I’m after something less sci fi. Genre agnostic (eg could be thriller, detective, action whatever) - more interested in something focusing on trends, micro cultures, information and the internet, etc - a similar vibe. Any ideas? I know Gibson is kind of his own thing. The closest author to William Gibson is probably Charles Stross, but he's also his own thing and not precisely the same. Try his Accelerando which you should be able to find as a free download here: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-intro.html Idaholy Roller posted:Any suggestions for non-fiction books on the prison-industrial complex? I’m feeling woefully underinformed. https://newjimcrow.com/ might be a good place to start.
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Oct 7, 2020 12:43
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Blamestorm posted:Any ideas for books like Pattern Recognition / the Blue Ant trilogy by William Gibson? I’ve read his other books but I’m after something less sci fi. Genre agnostic (eg could be thriller, detective, action whatever) - more interested in something focusing on trends, micro cultures, information and the internet, etc - a similar vibe. Any ideas? I know Gibson is kind of his own thing. It's near-future SF, but Malka Older's Infomocracy might be up your alley. The main characters are poll-watchers and consultants working on the eve of a global election, with a lot of microcosmic politicking, information brokering and believable tech stuff.
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Oct 7, 2020 12:45
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Idaholy Roller posted:Any suggestions for non-fiction books on the prison-industrial complex? I’m feeling woefully underinformed. I haven't read Shane Bauer's American Prison, but I did read the article that he later expanded into the book, and it was good stuff.
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Oct 7, 2020 14:21
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Blamestorm posted:Any ideas for books like Pattern Recognition / the Blue Ant trilogy by William Gibson? I’ve read his other books but I’m after something less sci fi. Genre agnostic (eg could be thriller, detective, action whatever) - more interested in something focusing on trends, micro cultures, information and the internet, etc - a similar vibe. Any ideas? I know Gibson is kind of his own thing. Greg Egan’s Quarantine is a detective novel about a corporation doing suspicious human tests of a hard sf nature. One of the more disturbing accounts of like, forced labour I’ve read as well. Recommend. I thought Blackfish City by Sam Miller was kind of like a Gibson novel. Was hoping for Inuit futurism but it’s not that. It’s otherwise ok though. Autonomous by Annalee Newitz is like, biotech hacker running from corporations all over North America while doing activism. It’s also just fine.
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Oct 7, 2020 14:48
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Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check em out!
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Oct 9, 2020 21:48
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Is there anything like King's On Writing for the art of songwriting? I know very little musical theory so something appropriate for laymen preferably. Alternatively a good autobiography of a musician that delves into their songwriting process.
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Oct 14, 2020 18:30
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bowser posted:Is there anything like King's On Writing for the art of songwriting? I know very little musical theory so something appropriate for laymen preferably. Alternatively a good autobiography of a musician that delves into their songwriting process. Not exactly a 1:1 equivalent, but Paul Zollo's Songwriters On Songwriting has a variety of voices and personalities he interviews, from Bob Dylan to Frank Zappa to David Byrne. It's good for linear reading, or opening up to specific interview, and highlighting/making notes about specific ideas within the conversation.
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Oct 14, 2020 19:03
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Looking for something like Jane Austen, i.e something centered on women in the 19th c. anglophone world, with a focus on the working class rather than the landed gentry.
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Oct 15, 2020 01:46
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Carly Gay Dead Son posted:Looking for something like Jane Austen, i.e something centered on women in the 19th c. anglophone world, with a focus on the working class rather than the landed gentry. Summer by Edith Wharton might be a little of what you're looking for, though it's a) sort of a deep cut and b) also an odd one, given that a lot of her other work is about navigating upper class NYC. I might be off base, though; I haven't read any Wharton since grad school back in 2011, and the class was so existentially painful due to length and professor that I spent my evenings afterwards getting drunk out of my knickers to forget.
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Oct 15, 2020 02:11
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Eason the Fifth posted:Summer by Edith Wharton might be a little of what you're looking for, though it's a) sort of a deep cut and b) also an odd one, given that a lot of her other work is about navigating upper class NYC. Sounds like just the thing! Thanks pal.
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Oct 15, 2020 02:45
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I read a lot of everything and I just came off a big non-fiction binge so I need to unwind a bit with a little crazy. Are there any logical expansion points from Kafka? I re-visit his writings every few years and I'd like something similar. Also, does anyone have good jumping off points for getting into the weirdness that was paladin press books? Looking for recommendations of the most bananas books they've published. Thanks!
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Oct 15, 2020 23:38
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knuthgrush posted:I read a lot of everything and I just came off a big non-fiction binge so I need to unwind a bit with a little crazy. Are there any logical expansion points from Kafka? I re-visit his writings every few years and I'd like something similar. knuthgrush posted:Also, does anyone have good jumping off points for getting into the weirdness that was paladin press books? Looking for recommendations of the most bananas books they've published. Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Oct 16, 2020 |
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Oct 16, 2020 00:52
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knuthgrush posted:Also, does anyone have good jumping off points for getting into the weirdness that was paladin press books? Looking for recommendations of the most bananas books they've published. I used to enjoy George Hayduke's various books on revenge. And Bradley Steiner's The Death Dealer's Manual is a classic for wannabe John Wicks everywhere.
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Oct 16, 2020 00:52
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knuthgrush posted:I read a lot of everything and I just came off a big non-fiction binge so I need to unwind a bit with a little crazy. Are there any logical expansion points from Kafka? I re-visit his writings every few years and I'd like something similar. passion according to GH by Lispector, the class by Hermann Ungar
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Oct 16, 2020 07:28
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Thanks, fair goons! I've got these added to my short list.
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Oct 16, 2020 15:14
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I’d like an easy, thrilling page turner, set in modern times to get me back into reading. Something light, like Michael Crichton (which I’ve never read) or Stephen King (but just the thriller part, not paranormal and please not in New England). Edit: looked at Neal Stephenson’s latest novel but it seems the last one is a sort of sequel to Reamde? and reamde was a bit of a mess and aged sort of badly Later edit: didn’t Stephenson had a book centered on linguistics or intepreting an old language? I’d like something like that but I can’t find it cosmin fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Oct 18, 2020 |
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Oct 18, 2020 15:21
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It's not quite modern any more by a couple decades but Pictures at 11 by Norman Spinrad is a fun and easy read.
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Oct 18, 2020 16:56
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cosmin posted:
Related: Max Barry's Lexicon is a lot of fun. Not language-related: Josh Bazell's Beat the Reaper.
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Oct 18, 2020 17:07
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Just actually read Jurassic Park? It's set in late 80s/early 90s but it's pretty good.
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Oct 18, 2020 17:10
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cosmin posted:I’d like an easy, thrilling page turner, set in modern times to get me back into reading. I recently blew through the Andromeda Strain in most of a day and a night. It's a great page-turner.
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Oct 18, 2020 18:41
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Thanks for all your recommendations! Lexicon sounds right up my alley! And I know at some point in time I will binge through Crichton, waiting for flights to start again as they seem like perfect airplane lecture
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Oct 18, 2020 19:29
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Today's WaPo has a review of a book that sounds up your alley as well: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ente...bf08_story.html
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cosmin posted:
Anathem and the time isolated monks who preserved knowledge across ages?
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