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The Winter of Our Discontent: exceptional. I've only read of mice and men and grapes of wrath, so I'm not a major Steinbeck head, but this is probably my breakaway favorite. There may have been no other writer as dialed in on the American experience than him and it's a pretty good failson narrative to boot. The Genesis Machine: Bad. I got really interested in reading about cloning and genetic science so I got this with another I haven't read yet. Amy Webb (the primary author) sells the future of genetic science with the same zeal as a person trying to get their friends into a mlm scheme. Spends a lot of time explaining the origins of mass-produced insulin to launch how exciting it'll be to only eat synthetic meat or rewrite genetic abnormalities. without anything written on the 'progress' actually happening. Feels like reading something from a website called DailyScienceNerd but 200 pages long.
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herculon posted:Finished Feet of Clay and started Jingo. Discworld books make for perfect vacation reading Lol I think I read those specific ones on vacation years ago as well. Discworld ftw
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herculon posted:Finished Feet of Clay and started Jingo. Discworld books make for perfect vacation reading hell yeah. i just finished going postal and i'm starting thud!
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Uncle Frank posted:The Winter of Our Discontent: exceptional. I've only read of mice and men and grapes of wrath, so I'm not a major Steinbeck head, but this is probably my breakaway favorite. There may have been no other writer as dialed in on the American experience than him and it's a pretty good failson narrative to boot. East of Eden is epic, haven’t read it for a long time but it had me completely hooked. Tortilla Flat + Cannery Row are both short, hilarious and very underrated imo
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Jul 6, 2023 15:40
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I got the tude now posted:hell yeah. i just finished going postal and i'm starting thud! going postals really good, thuds good too but it's really dark nd not as funny. you can tell thats the one he was diagnosed while he was writing it
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Jul 6, 2023 15:42
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Never read East of Eden but the film is pretty win from what I remember.
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east of eden is incredible, steinbeck ftw. i should read grapes of wrath again now that i'm not in high school lol
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Jul 6, 2023 16:06
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Fungah! posted:east of eden is incredible, steinbeck ftw. i should read grapes of wrath again now that i'm not in high school lol I read it for the first time last year and it owns.
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especially all the interstitial chapters where perspectives shift to roadside turtles or a tractor or the dry wind.
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Jul 6, 2023 16:19
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I got the tude now posted:hell yeah. i just finished going postal and i'm starting thud! Going Postal is a great one. I’m reading the city watch books in order so I’ll get to Thud! eventually
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Jul 6, 2023 16:41
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begging all steinbeck imps to read tortilla flat and cannery row if they haven't already
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In Training posted:especially all the interstitial chapters where perspectives shift to roadside turtles or a tractor or the dry wind. Chill.
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I"m finally on vacay and my first order of business is to find a bookstore and get some new books, and hell, they'll probably be discworld.
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Jul 6, 2023 17:17
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:East of Eden is epic, haven’t read it for a long time but it had me completely hooked. Tortilla Flat + Cannery Row are both short, hilarious and very underrated imo yeah I'm definitely going to start working through the rest of his novels now. thank you for the recommends
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Jul 6, 2023 17:23
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Enies Lobby is so loving sick, soypointing like hell at Gear 2
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Jul 6, 2023 17:29
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gear 2 is so insanely fuckin epic!!
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Jul 6, 2023 17:38
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symbolic posted:Enies Lobby is so loving sick, soypointing like hell at Gear 2 Countdown to this motherfucker crying lol
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Jul 6, 2023 17:47
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Fungah! posted:going postals really good, thuds good too but it's really dark nd not as funny. you can tell thats the one he was diagnosed while he was writing it it’s darker but thud introduces Sally and the Sally and Angua storyline is the best
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I got the tude now posted:Countdown to this motherfucker crying lol this flashback is slowly making a pit form in my stomach
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Jul 6, 2023 18:08
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symbolic posted:this flashback is slowly making a pit form in my stomach  jesus christ
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tyhats right
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I got the tude now posted:Countdown to this motherfucker crying lol you were right and gently caress you but also holy poo poo Declaration of War might be one of the most powerful manga chapters of all time
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Jul 6, 2023 19:06
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symbolic posted:you were right and gently caress you but also holy poo poo Declaration of War might be one of the most powerful manga chapters of all time its loving amazing. it just keeps going dude one piece loving rules so much. im getting second hand hype just knowing somebody is reading it for the first time lol
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also the thing about "timshel" in east of eden just strikes me out of nowhere like once or twice a year ever since i read it. great loving book
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Jul 6, 2023 19:25
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symbolic posted:you were right and gently caress you but also holy poo poo Declaration of War might be one of the most powerful manga chapters of all time bother you're not even close to done yet lol. the spread from that chap is one of the best of all time + luffy showing his godlike instinct for helping his friends. him handling nami and robin completely differently but still doing exactly what they need to get the help they deserve is what puts him in goat status in the list of shonen protagonists.
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declaration of war rules so hard
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Jul 6, 2023 20:00
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feel sick from spending $200 on a giant frank frazetta artbook lol but it HAD to be done. would be an idiot to not have it 
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Jul 6, 2023 23:24
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HolePisser1982 posted:feel sick from spending $200 on a giant frank frazetta artbook lol but it HAD to be done. would be an idiot to not have it how giant is it
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Jul 6, 2023 23:57
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scary ghost dog posted:how giant is it 470 pages, 12x16. if his art doesnt put some hair on my chest, lifting the book itself will
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HolePisser1982 posted:feel sick from spending $200 on a giant frank frazetta artbook lol but it HAD to be done. would be an idiot to not have it Hell yeah
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My wife had never seen/read Romeo and Juliet so I showed her the baz Luhrmann one with subtitles and it was a loving trip seeing someone on the edge of their seat like Romeo might not drink the poison.
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Jul 7, 2023 13:25
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Knuc U Kinte posted:My wife had never seen/read Romeo and Juliet so I showed her the baz Luhrmann one with subtitles and it was a loving trip seeing someone on the edge of their seat like Romeo might not drink the poison. lol. reminds me of this post which i still think about from time to time Knuc U Kinte posted:Watching Seinfeld with my wife recently. She's never seen an American sitcom in her life and she claps and busts her gut laughing at things like George dropping the eponymous statue as if the bounds of comedy she knows have been torn down and destroyed.
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Seinfeld ftw.
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mycophobia posted:lol. reminds me of this post which i still think about from time to time Lmao
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mycophobia posted:lol. reminds me of this post which i still think about from time to time Lmao
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mycophobia posted:lol. reminds me of this post which i still think about from time to time lmao
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mycophobia posted:lol. reminds me of this post which i still think about from time to time lol
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mycophobia posted:lol. reminds me of this post which i still think about from time to time lol
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