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Burning Rain posted:there's a TBB channel on the SA discord though, isn't there? There's a book treehouse in the SA D&D discord yeah. It's got a different population though since it's coming from the politics forums. We might merge at some point. Right now just trying out options.
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Burning Rain posted:there's a TBB channel on the SA discord though, isn't there? "the SA discord" which one, am on like 5 now
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Bilirubin posted:"the SA discord" which one, am on like 5 now why though?
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Burning Rain posted:why though? the desperate need for attention which empty-calorie online discourse can never truly satisfy
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Burning Rain posted:why though? A game related discord, CSPAM/what Hieronymous said, something for giving Lowtax cash, another one for lefty raging, and book nerds discord for folks to not post about books in another place
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:the desperate need for attention which empty-calorie online discourse can never truly satisfy what are the links for these plsae
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Krankenstyle posted:what are the links for these plsae link good for a day: https://discord.gg/eXTbjS Anyway, cool book thing: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappen...s-son-1.5093897
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I had initially given up on Great Expectations a few months ago, because I found it overwhelmingly dull, but gave it another go and actually enjoyed it, probably because I approached it differently - I initially accused it of being very dry, but then read the foreword which mentioned that Dickens actually wrote the book as a straight up comedy, thinking of certain characters as comic relief, and with that perspective it helped me notice when something was deliberately being satirical or ludicrous that I initially just missed because most of what I knew of dickens were movies that can get fairly dry. Amusingly though dickens was quoted as being all "It's no where near as dry as Tale of Two Cities, this book is actually funny!" so I may not bother with that one if even Dickens himself admitted it was dry. On reflection I've also realised that children's book Krindlekrax follows the same narrative arc as Paranorman: Child has abilities or aspirations, isn't taken seriously, learns about some garbage that adults did years ago, initially furious enough to give up on them after calling them out on how lovely they were, eventually realises they aren't so bad and finally effectively stands up to those who are and fixes the problem that they caused years before. I may do a Krindlekrax reading after Upon a Dream concludes, because the main character of that book just owns.
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Tbh Dickens' sense of humour was the only thing that made Great Expectations and David Copperfield readable to me. But they are still too goddamn long.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:link good for a day: https://discord.gg/eXTbjS thx
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are ursula k. le guin's earthsea books that came out decades after the original trilogy good?
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_jink posted:are ursula k. le guin's earthsea books that came out decades after the original trilogy good? Tehanu is the best book in the series, so yes, but beware that the later books are more mature, and unlike the previous books.
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_jink posted:are ursula k. le guin's earthsea books that came out decades after the original trilogy good? Very good but very very different.
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Apparently lots of people pay attention to that non comic book writing Ellis https://www.washingtonpost.com/ente...m=.fc6a2705b8f9
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Bilirubin posted:Apparently lots of people pay attention to that non comic book writing Ellis jesus christ
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Mel Mudkiper posted:jesus christ "Why aren't these millennial writers as famous as these genX writers became after they published their big novels" is a take so hot I want my generation to just go away
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I stand by Krang T Nelson's declaration that Gen Xers are stealth boomers
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mel post your twitter
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chernobyl kinsman posted:mel post your twitter if you have not yet found it you have exposed your utter lack of imagination
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Gene Wolfe has died We don't yet know his last words, but we can be assured they were overlong and could have used an editor
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killer crane posted:Tehanu is the best book in the series, so yes, but beware that the later books are more mature, and unlike the previous books. Hieronymous Alloy posted:Very good but very very different. neat, glad to hear that! thank ya both
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Gene Wolfe has died once you pop you can't stop
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Gene Wolfe has died That's an assholish way to respond to someone dying
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The Vosgian Beast posted:That's an assholish way to respond to someone dying I don't think he will find out about it
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Currently listening to the bible on audiobook. What thread can I discuss my many questions? Like the part where Moses makes Genghis Khan look like an underachiever. I mean Genghis Khan Didn't have god raining fire on his enemies as he claimed their virgins and then killed the rest.
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this is a good place to discuss it
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You could also, like, make a bible thread. We have the technology.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:You could also, like, make a bible thread. We have the technology. That's heavy. I'll have to work on a draft and see how it goes before I commit to making an OP.
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ulvir posted:this is a good place to discuss it just assuming that is a link to FYAD
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I'm not quite sure whether this should go here or in DIY, but does anyone have recommendations for archival tape to attach labels? I'm trying to move away from "big piles of dead tree everywhere" and toward library-style catalogging and indexing, but I've got a bunch of stuff that's severely out of print and not very durable that I'd like not to destroy with Scotch and Avery.
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Mandoric posted:I'm not quite sure whether this should go here or in DIY, but does anyone have recommendations for archival tape to attach labels? I'm trying to move away from "big piles of dead tree everywhere" and toward library-style catalogging and indexing, but I've got a bunch of stuff that's severely out of print and not very durable that I'd like not to destroy with Scotch and Avery. Pro archivist here. My first recommendation would be if you really want to preserve this stuff, don't use tape at all. Write the cataloging details on a slip of acid-free paper and tuck it into the book so it sticks up with the information visible. If you must use tape, look for an acid-free tape like Filmoplast, or document repair tape. Check Hollinger or Gaylord Archival.
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Selachian posted:Pro archivist here. My first recommendation would be if you really want to preserve this stuff, don't use tape at all. Write the cataloging details on a slip of acid-free paper and tuck it into the book so it sticks up with the information visible. Also sprinkle your library with random bear facts
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Selachian posted:Pro archivist here. My first recommendation would be if you really want to preserve this stuff, don't use tape at all. Write the cataloging details on a slip of acid-free paper and tuck it into the book so it sticks up with the information visible. Oh, that's a great idea! A lot of it is thin enough that being able to flag the insert out will help, too. Thanks!
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I'm in the mood for some epic fantasy tale, and thought about giving Otherland by Tad Williams a try. I kept seeing recommendations, but never really felt like reading another fantasy epic. So I check the first book on Audible, and it's something like 24+ hours. Lolwhat? Not sure what to expect, is it worth listening/reading?
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mike12345 posted:I'm in the mood for some epic fantasy tale, and thought about giving Otherland by Tad Williams a try. I kept seeing recommendations, but never really felt like reading another fantasy epic. So I check the first book on Audible, and it's something like 24+ hours. Lolwhat? Not sure what to expect, is it worth listening/reading? That's pretty typical for epic fantasy. I'm sure books from, say, the Stormlight Archives series are even longer. I wasn't a fan of Otherland but for some reason I've always bounced off of Tad Williams' work.
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mike12345 posted:I'm in the mood for some epic fantasy tale, and thought about giving Otherland by Tad Williams a try. I kept seeing recommendations, but never really felt like reading another fantasy epic. So I check the first book on Audible, and it's something like 24+ hours. Lolwhat? Not sure what to expect, is it worth listening/reading? Yeah, Williams's work tends to be pretty bulky. Note that Otherland isn't really fantasy -- the plot centers around a virtual reality world (why yes, it was written in the late 90s) where people are disappearing/getting lost. I'm not a huge fan of Williams either. He's a competent enough craftsman and can keep a story moving decently from A to B but he's never going to wow you. Still, there's definitely worse out there.
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Selachian posted:the plot centers around a virtual reality world (why yes, it was written in the late 90s) where people are disappearing/getting lost. So ripping off Kid Chameleon basically.
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regulargonzalez posted:I wasn't a fan of Otherland but for some reason I've always bounced off of Tad Williams' work. Like the first Otherland book is great. And it's slowly downhill from there for the next 4k or whatever pages until the end is just dumb bullshit.
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ah, just heard of a book. time to look at how long the audiobook of it is for some reason, that's a good way to evaluate it.
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