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Clipperton posted:I'm quitting weed for a bit, and I'm looking for something breezy and fun to read to kill time while I'm restless/can't sleep. Previous books that did the job include Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes and Stephen Hunter books about snipers. SF, fantasy and military thrillers would be great but I'm wide open really. Enders Game
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Can anybody recommend good sources for Arthurian stuff? I'm particularly interested in stuff that didn't make it into the canon that most people remember today, like Galehaut and the members of the Round Table who were sorcerers or werewolves or other crazy poo poo like that.
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Rand Brittain posted:Can anybody recommend good sources for Arthurian stuff? I'm particularly interested in stuff that didn't make it into the canon that most people remember today, like Galehaut and the members of the Round Table who were sorcerers or werewolves or other crazy poo poo like that. I did a big king arthur thread years ago. You may be wanting to go deeper than I went, though, it was just a surface overview. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3617881
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I did a big king arthur thread years ago. You may be wanting to go deeper than I went, though, it was just a surface overview. The phrase "I did a big king arthur thread years ago. You may be wanting to go deeper than I went, though[...]" encapsulates the SA experience so perfectly.
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VelociBacon posted:The phrase "I did a big king arthur thread years ago. You may be wanting to go deeper than I went, though[...]" encapsulates the SA experience so perfectly. 
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Nov 15, 2023 04:44
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Yeah, that kind of merits a "thank you for your service".
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Nov 15, 2023 05:19
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Anyone have any opinions on The Poppy War trilogy by R. F. Kuang? I keep seeing it recommended on Booktok. Thinking of diving into it after I catch up on The Stormlight Archive (or maybe earlier if I need a breather).
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Nov 15, 2023 21:58
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Mordiceius posted:Anyone have any opinions on The Poppy War trilogy by R. F. Kuang? It's been discussed a few times in the sci-fi/fantasy book thread, usually the consensus is that it's relentlessly dark and not exceptionally well written, and cribs pretty liberally from real-world war atrocities in heavy-handed ways. I can't speak too much to it myself, I started it but found it pretty unbearable to read--I thought it was simultaneously very slow, overly concerned with being edgy and intense, and weirdly juvenile in the writing at times.
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MockingQuantum posted:It's been discussed a few times in the sci-fi/fantasy book thread, usually the consensus is that it's relentlessly dark and not exceptionally well written, and cribs pretty liberally from real-world war atrocities in heavy-handed ways. I can't speak too much to it myself, I started it but found it pretty unbearable to read--I thought it was simultaneously very slow, overly concerned with being edgy and intense, and weirdly juvenile in the writing at times. Ah. That's disappointing. Booktok seems to loving love it.
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Nov 15, 2023 23:57
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The impression I got was that it's a YA novel but with rape and murder and drugs
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Opopanax posted:The impression I got was that it's a YA novel but with rape and murder and drugs drat. I guess that makes sense though being that the author was like 22 when the first book was published. My wife has been going through The Green Bone Saga and loving loving it and many people recommending that trilogy also recommended The Poppy War. It was mostly described as "watch a protagonist become the villain and do reprehensible poo poo but you still wanna root for them."
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Nov 16, 2023 00:21
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Mordiceius posted:Booktok seems to loving love it. There's your problem. Booktok is the anti-recommendation engine.
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Nov 16, 2023 03:43
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I just finished White Teeth by Zadie Smith and I loved it, where should I start with her other books?
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Mordiceius posted:drat. I guess that makes sense though being that the author was like 22 when the first book was published. My wife has been going through The Green Bone Saga and loving loving it and many people recommending that trilogy also recommended The Poppy War. It was mostly described as "watch a protagonist become the villain and do reprehensible poo poo but you still wanna root for them." Yeah I loved Green Bone Saga and The Poppy War is the opposite of it in so many ways. Boring main character, shallow supporting characters, a slow plot built around shock value nonsense... I at no point wanted to root for the protag even before she became the villain, she is just too many YA protag cliches packed together to be interesting or compelling.
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What book should I read next? I have a small pile of books and they all seem good and will read them all eventually. But I want to know what, in your opinion, is a real knockout. All of these are new to me. 1) The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor 2) Vanity Fair - William Thackeray 3) Norwood - Charles Portis (This guy wrote True Grit, but this is more of a comedy) 4) Dubliners - James Joyce 5) Room to Dream - David Lynch & Kristina McKenna I’ll read the first rec. Kart Barfunkel fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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Kart Barfunkel posted:What book should I read next? Read Joyce, it’s no contest
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Read Portis, it’s no contest
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Read Joyce, it’s no contest 
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Leave me alone James Joyce!
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What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines.
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Nov 28, 2023 21:03
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Piss Stain Johnson posted:What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines. My dad swears by the Tony Hillerman novels
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Piss Stain Johnson posted:What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines. You're missing Travis McGee in that list.
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Nov 28, 2023 21:59
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Class it up with Patrick O’Brien’s Master and Commander series.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Class it up with Patrick O’Brien’s Master and Commander series. Then bring it back down with the Dirk Pitt series
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Azhais posted:Then bring it back down with the Dirk Pitt series And level it all out with the Horus Heresy
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:You're missing Travis McGee in that list. And Spenser.
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How about Frederick Forsyth?
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Oh Day of the Jackal
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anilEhilated posted:How about Frederick Forsyth? And Robert Ludlum
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Piss Stain Johnson posted:What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines. The best in quality will always be Richard Stark's Parker series
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Piss Stain Johnson posted:What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines. The Lucas Davenport series is pretty popular for that demographic. I hear they really pick up around Book 3, but the first two are fine. I personally like Hoke Moseley books. More comedic and weird detective stories set in Miami, rather than a hyper-competent badass saving the day. One of the few book series my dad and I both like.
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Piss Stain Johnson posted:What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines. Rory Clements' Tom Wilde novels. Eh kills hitlers and doesn't afraid of anything. e: haha JK serious answer: 
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Rory Clements' Tom Wilde novels. Eh kills hitlers and doesn't afraid of anything. I loved the movie when I was 12.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Rory Clements' Tom Wilde novels. Eh kills hitlers and doesn't afraid of anything. What are these alternate covers, this is destroyer erasure  There's like 154 books in that series, will keep you busy for a while
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Piss Stain Johnson posted:What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines. Call for the Dead (1961) A Murder of Quality (1962) The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1963) The Looking Glass War (1965) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) Smiley's People (1979) The Secret Pilgrim (1990) A Legacy of Spies (2017)
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Piss Stain Johnson posted:What are the best boomer book series? Thinking along the lines of Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc. Looking for Xmas gifts for my dad and I think he's got those covered, except maybe Bosch. Reddit recommends The Grey Man as a newer series along those lines. Robert Ludlum's books about Jason Bourne.
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Oldstench posted:It's not really a series as such, more a selection of books with the same character, but the Smiley books by John le Carré are all good to great. IIRC the first two of these are pretty standard murder mysteries which happen to have a spy as a protagonist, if the reader wants the full-on Le Carré spycraft experience they should probably jump straight into the third one
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Two requests: A good Pratchett audiobook that will serve as an entrypoint into his other works. I've heard mixed things about the audio versions. Also, any books that discuss LGBT treatment in modern prisons. I am wrapping up an Oral History of Riker's, but that only has a single chapter focusing on LGBT issues. MockingQuantum posted:I read Blood Meridian about a month back and I'm looking for some other books like it as a result. I don't need anything nearly as bleak or intense as Meridian (or really want anything that intense for a bit, lol), mostly looking for westerns that don't really idealize or mythologize the American west, or at least play with some of the standard themes in interesting ways. Butcher's Crossing by John Miller is a hell of a read. And it scratched my Cormac itch. If you want something a little more "fun" that is also well-written, try The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale. Rand Brittain posted:Can anybody recommend good sources for Arthurian stuff? I'm particularly interested in stuff that didn't make it into the canon that most people remember today, like Galehaut and the members of the Round Table who were sorcerers or werewolves or other crazy poo poo like that. The Once and Future King is pretty great if you haven't read it.
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Could anyone recommend good books about the design of cities, and how they develop? Been reading Great Streets and The Design of Cities, but basically looking for things that'll help me look at cities differently when I'm wandering about. In particular, going to be going to some v old European cities soon and want to have a bit more of a vocabulary/ framework for thinking about them! E: diagrams/maps/illustrations a bonus for sure!
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RIP ZEEZ