Oasx posted:I know that many people don’t like YA, but I still give a big recommendation to Railsea. Why Railsea is great: 1. There's an entire chapter just about the concept of ampersand. 2. It's a YA book about the evils of capitalism. 3. The Thomas the Tank Engine bit is really funny.
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# ? Jun 4, 2023 15:20 |
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Alhazred posted:Why Railsea is great: The ending is just magic, the concept of a fake prosthesis, great monsters, some pretty subtle representation, good sense of humor… Railsea owns.
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# ? Jun 4, 2023 15:48 |
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Xiahou Dun posted:The ending is just magic, the concept of a fake prosthesis, great monsters, some pretty subtle representation, good sense of humor…
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# ? Jun 4, 2023 15:50 |
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Xiahou Dun posted:The ending is just magic, the concept of a fake prosthesis, great monsters, some pretty subtle representation, good sense of humor… I actually don’t like the end, but I usually don’t like the endings of any of his books, so Railsea is no better or worse in that regard.
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# ? Jun 4, 2023 16:11 |
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Oasx posted:I actually don’t like the end, but I usually don’t like the endings of any of his books, so Railsea is no better or worse in that regard. I mean specifically that the capitalists are now ape people in top hats. The rest of the ending could've been a personal attack against my mom and I'd still love it for just that.
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# ? Jun 4, 2023 16:39 |
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Just finished a re-read of Embassytown. It's so good. I love how the whole planet is a Geiger-ish biomech nightmare, but the narrator doesn't seem remotely upset by any of it. "They're free and they're ours." Great line.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 14:37 |
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I love the pure narrative balls to never, ever give a good description of the Hosts. wtf the is a "gift wing"
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 14:43 |
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I've been trying to draw a Host for the last hour or so and it's not going well.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 15:26 |
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In my head they look like the Starship Troopers bugs plus a moth. I have aphantasia though so that ain’t worth much
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 16:45 |
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i picture them looking like smaller versions of ebrietas, daughter of the cosmos from bloodborne
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 16:46 |
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My go-to idea of what they look like is https://outtherebooks.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/what-do-the-hosts-ariekei-from-embassytown-look-like/ Oasx fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jun 7, 2023 |
# ? Jun 7, 2023 17:24 |
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Oasx posted:My go-to idea of what they look like is thats pretty much what i saw in my head
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 17:46 |
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Yeah, that looks about right. Only a tiny bit... friendlier?
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# ? Jun 9, 2023 12:25 |
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I picture them like... my mother in law!!
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# ? Jun 9, 2023 12:42 |
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/10/keanu-reeves-and-china-mieville-to-release-collaborative-novel-the-book-of-elsewhere
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# ? Jan 10, 2024 21:18 |
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Well that's unexpected. Can't wait!
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# ? Jan 10, 2024 21:24 |
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I am so confused and so excited for this
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# ? Jan 10, 2024 21:54 |
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Oasx posted:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/10/keanu-reeves-and-china-mieville-to-release-collaborative-novel-the-book-of-elsewhere Figured we were getting something like this.
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# ? Jan 10, 2024 22:22 |
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Ok, I wasn't expecting that when I checked on this thread.
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# ? Jan 10, 2024 22:48 |
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"China Mieville has announced an upcoming anthology of stories with great vibes that kind of don't end properly, where the real monster is capitalism and also a monster"
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# ? Jan 10, 2024 23:28 |
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# ? Apr 19, 2024 03:37 |
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Premise reminds me of Alan Moore’s interpretation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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# ? Jan 11, 2024 01:36 |