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A human heart: Oct 10, 2012

Franchescanado posted:

What are some good book/literature podcasts?

michael silverblatt sometimes has interesting authors on his radio show, which is basically a podcast since you can get it online nowadays

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BravestOfTheLamps: Oct 12, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Lipstick Apathy

Franchescanado posted:

What are some good book/literature podcasts?

Podcasts are bad and sinful.

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# ? Mar 12, 2019 10:05

avshalemon: Jun 28, 2018

i am ridiculous. pathetic. a joke!

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# ? Mar 12, 2019 11:47

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

Cyrano4747 posted:

Hey everyone, apologies in advance if you see this a few times because I'm going to be spamming it a bit.

Lowtax, our Glorious Leader and the person who keep these forums creeking along, is having more medical problems. He's got a thread elsewhere dealing with that, but the money issues of keeping the forums going are a big part of it. to be a poster here forever was kind of a broken financial model from the get go.

The dude has a Patreon up. Originally it was just for some video bullshit but it seems to be SA in general now. If you enjoy this place and like posting I would really recommend considering throwing a few bucks a month his way. Right now he's drawing ~$3.5k per month via it. That's peanuts in the grand scheme of internet things but topping it up a bit would mean the world for a dude who SA is still his primary revenue stream. If we could collectively bump it to even double that it would go a long loving way to making this place keep ticking.

https://www.patreon.com/GamingGarbage

So throw a few bucks at it if you think SA in general and TFR in particular is a thing that you value and want to keep around. This isn't to say the forums are looking at getting shut down tomorrow, but its always better to head bullshit off at the pass than deal with it as a crisis.

# ? Mar 12, 2019 23:05

avshalemon: Jun 28, 2018

avshalemon posted:

i am ridiculous. pathetic. a joke!

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i meant it in a good way

# ? Mar 13, 2019 00:53

Bilirubin: Feb 16, 2014; The sanctioned action is to CHUG

chernobyl kinsman posted:

yay another discord to idle in and never post

# ? Mar 13, 2019 01:14

evilmiera: Dec 14, 2009; Status: Ravenously Rambunctious

Thank you, FactsAreUseless, for making these places a lot better in one fell swoop.

Going over to donate right now.

# ? Mar 13, 2019 15:30

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

evilmiera posted:

Thank you, FactsAreUseless, for making these places a lot better in one fell swoop.

Going over to donate right now.

I too think the forums are better when no one makes me uncomfortable or forces me to be critical about things

Chew your cud and consume products

# ? Mar 13, 2019 16:32

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

im glad thhe bad man is gone, as he often hurt my feelings by saying things such as; "action figures are toys for children"

# ? Mar 13, 2019 16:47

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

I realize this is a stressful time and there's a need to vent, but for now let's keep BotLChat in the Bonfire thread, thanks.

# ? Mar 13, 2019 16:50

avshalemon: Jun 28, 2018

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

I realize this is a stressful time and there's a need to vent, but for now let's keep BotLChat in the Bonfire thread, thanks.

wretched corn man

# ? Mar 14, 2019 05:27

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

https://twitter.com/LRBbookshop/status/1106919280921247744

# ? Mar 16, 2019 15:53

Bilirubin: Feb 16, 2014; The sanctioned action is to CHUG

oh hey look at our mod getting all famous in the AV club https://news.avclub.com/something-awful-was-saved-from-the-brink-of-collapse-by-1833420483#ib0tra2hlbzej7d9ln0zbjz.1w2bio2ktaxgm

# ? Mar 23, 2019 16:51

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

Bilirubin posted:

oh hey look at our mod getting all famous in the AV club https://news.avclub.com/something-awful-was-saved-from-the-brink-of-collapse-by-1833420483#ib0tra2hlbzej7d9ln0zbjz.1w2bio2ktaxgm

? not sure what you mean

# ? Mar 23, 2019 18:49

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

Just finished the Makioka Sisters. O-haru is hilariously goony, not only does she refuse to bathe or wash her clothes, she also collects scabs.

# ? Mar 24, 2019 21:49

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

Is it good? I got a copy off the free book shelf at the psych ward lol

# ? Mar 25, 2019 05:51

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

Krankenstyle posted:

Is it good?

Yeah. Also the only book I've read that ends with diarrhea

# ? Mar 25, 2019 06:05

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

Cool, thx

# ? Mar 25, 2019 08:32

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

It's 500 pages with akward dates, a surprisingly amount of feces, O-haru being disgusting and Taeko being rad.
I also think it's adorable that In my edition of the book the translator explains what "sushi" is.

Alhazred fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Mar 25, 2019

# ? Mar 25, 2019 11:27

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

This copy is the 28th printing of the 1st edition from 1958, apparently. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo, 1997. Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker. No foot- or endnotes, but a dramatis personae. We'll see what happens when I get to the sushi!

# ? Mar 26, 2019 11:38

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

The dramatis personae seems to be a constant (and honestly kinda helpful to keep track of who is currently trying to gently caress Taeko).

Alhazred fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Mar 26, 2019

# ? Mar 26, 2019 17:44

Rolo: Nov 16, 2005; Hmm, what have we here?

So like said, I decided to drop Doctor Sleep and still wanted to read something creepy and dark, so I finally decided to start reading The Road the other day. Holy crap.

I do most of my reading in bed and I had to get up last night, make a sandwich and grab an extra blanket. The book made me actually feel uncomfortable and hungry.

Also speaking of hungry, the storage cellar for people, Jesus loving Christ.

# ? Mar 29, 2019 22:16

Teriyaki Hairpiece: Dec 29, 2006; I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.

I'm reading Breakfast of Champions, and is nobody feeding Kilgore Trout's bird while he's on his adventure?? I'm up to the part where he's with the trucker going through Philadelphia. I remember the scene where he offers to let the bird go out the window and the bird chooses its cage instead but that's it. hosed up to let your bird starve.

# ? Mar 30, 2019 23:56

Rolo: Nov 16, 2005; Hmm, what have we here?

Never realized that, but that�s such a good and weird book.

# ? Mar 31, 2019 00:01

regulargonzalez: Aug 18, 2006; UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER

Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:

I'm reading Breakfast of Champions, and is nobody feeding Kilgore Trout's bird while he's on his adventure?? I'm up to the part where he's with the trucker going through Philadelphia. I remember the scene where he offers to let the bird go out the window and the bird chooses its cage instead but that's it. hosed up to let your bird starve.

Maybe he left like a bigass pile of birdseed and one of those 5 gallon jugs of water

# ? Mar 31, 2019 00:11

MockingQuantum: Jan 20, 2012

I assume Hieronymous is busy since I don't see a thread, but does anyone know if the BotM for April has been decided yet?

# ? Apr 1, 2019 16:19

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

# ? Apr 1, 2019 16:23

MockingQuantum: Jan 20, 2012

Mel Mudkiper posted:

uh

hah, my bad. I was looking in the unstickied threads like a dumbass.

# ? Apr 1, 2019 16:48

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

MockingQuantum posted:

hah, my bad. I was looking in the unstickied threads like a dumbass.

Ok whew I was trying to figure out if there was some weird April Fools thing going on

# ? Apr 1, 2019 16:50

MockingQuantum: Jan 20, 2012

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Ok whew I was trying to figure out if there was some weird April Fools thing going on

Nope, I'm just shockingly unobservant.

# ? Apr 1, 2019 16:52

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

MockingQuantum posted:

Nope, I'm just shockingly unobservant.

for future reference, I've also started announcing the Book(s) of the month via twitter:
https://twitter.com/alloy_dr/status/1112567653523251202

# ? Apr 1, 2019 17:10

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

for future reference, I've also started announcing the Book(s) of the month via twitter:
https://twitter.com/alloy_dr/status/1112567653523251202

awesome now I have better resources with which to spam you with hateful e-bullying

# ? Apr 1, 2019 17:14

sephiRoth IRA: Jun 13, 2007; "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan

I�m really disappointed by Black Leopard, Red Wolf. I keep picking it up and putting it down like 10 pages later and I can�t figure out why. I want to like it, it�s weird and compelling in spots but I think I�m just to clueless to pick up what�s happening page-to-page.

# ? Apr 3, 2019 08:10

Hieronymous Alloy: Jan 30, 2009; Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!; Morbid Hound

I've been asked to try another experiment and set up a Book Barn discord. Link is, provisionally, here:

https://discord.gg/jgBDB25

We'll see how it goes

# ? Apr 5, 2019 01:37

chernobyl kinsman: Mar 18, 2007; a friend of the friendly atom; Soiled Meat

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

I've been asked to try another experiment and set up a Book Barn discord. Link is, provisionally, here:

https://discord.gg/jgBDB25

We'll see how it goes

botl's on discord you know

# ? Apr 5, 2019 05:22

A human heart: Oct 10, 2012

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

I've been asked to try another experiment and set up a Book Barn discord. Link is, provisionally, here:

https://discord.gg/jgBDB25

We'll see how it goes

i'll make the website

# ? Apr 5, 2019 05:31