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thinking im gunna try reading some china mieville because everyone loves him apparently and i havent read anything hes written where should i start
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Anne Whateley posted:Good but very depressing, don't read when sad or alone late at night. Or when sick Those are the three times I want books the most. I guess it's mostly for the DMV or the hospital waiting room then?
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Jan 5, 2014 06:04
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NecroMonster posted:thinking im gunna try reading some china mieville because everyone loves him apparently and i havent read anything hes written iron councilllll
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Jan 5, 2014 06:05
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Enfys posted:Well, I haven't reread it as an adult, but I'm guessing it would be disappointing now. But then I remember seeing the movie and wondering how anyone could make a giant polar bear battle that boring. seriously that scene was pretty hardcore, that movie was more disappointing than rereading the series as an adult tbh. perhaps the christian outrage about the movie was correct though, the books made me switch from episcopalian to atheist (I'm agnostic now) although really the reason I loved that series as a kid was because of the idea of having an animal counterpart that could shapeshift e: guys I got a dress!! this is a very rare occasion and it's partially your fault, it is awesome and colour block and makes me look ridiculously curvy Portals fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Jan 5, 2014 |
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Jan 5, 2014 06:10
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goodnight
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Jan 5, 2014 06:11
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thank you pick i thought that was the one you were talking about earlier but my memory is utterly usless anymore for reasons and i dont trust it
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Jan 5, 2014 06:15
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Portals posted:
I always feel so weird in dresses. Like I'm overdressed or in a nightgown, depending on the dress.
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Jan 5, 2014 06:23
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Portals posted:e: guys I got a dress!! this is a very rare occasion and it's partially your fault, it is awesome and colour block and makes me look ridiculously curvy I am in love with colorblock ATM. Which one?? I'm on a sweaterdress kick right now.
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Jan 5, 2014 06:25
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NecroMonster posted:thinking im gunna try reading some china mieville because everyone loves him apparently and i havent read anything hes written I like Iron Council a lot but I know some people who really dislike it; The Scar has gotten pretty much universal praise so that may be a safer bet. Perdido Street Station is pretty rough but aside from some pacing issues it's a fun read IMO. The City and the City is a really trippy detective novel and Embassytown is kind of hard to get into but a cool sci-fi story about the nature of language.
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Jan 5, 2014 06:28
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Kimmalah posted:I always feel so weird in dresses. Like I'm overdressed or in a nightgown, depending on the dress. accessories and jackets and shoes can really tone down how formal a dress is
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Jan 5, 2014 06:28
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All of I know of Mievelle was this:  Which makes him sound pretentious, but then again it's the PA guys so :iamafag:
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Jan 5, 2014 06:33
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webcomics
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Jan 5, 2014 06:33
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mind the walrus posted:All of I know of Mievelle was this: yes im afraid there are words in it
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Jan 5, 2014 06:38
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i am going to destroy all the animals
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Jan 5, 2014 06:39
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penny arcade guys LIKE patric rothfuss
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Jan 5, 2014 06:48
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Bear in mind I was in no way endorsing the PA guys. They're "we're dads and it's precious" comics coupled with their lazy attitudes towards writing/drawing and occasional nerd-bro male-centrism is insufferable at best. It's just literally all I knew about Mievelle. Well that and that he wrote Perdido Street Station. Also never forget: you can read every line of a Rothfuss protagonist in Zapp Brannigan's voice and it doesn't seem out of character either way.
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Jan 5, 2014 06:50
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NecroMonster posted:thinking im gunna try reading some china mieville because everyone loves him apparently and i havent read anything hes written i really liked The City and the City but I haven't read anything else by him
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Jan 5, 2014 06:55
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his prose is in the school of "i really loving love my thesaurus man i just loving love it" and while i generally sort have a bug up my butt over overly "smart" word choice its still really clean and mostly succinct so ill forgive him that especially if the other things ive heard about his writing (that i have no reason to actually question) bear true
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Jan 5, 2014 06:56
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i went to the zoo with my dad on friday and we saw a clouded leopard  
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Jan 5, 2014 06:59
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did someone mention the Wheel of Time series by esteemed author Robert Jordan earlier because let me tell you i for one enjoy dubious quality sci-fi/fantasy where i like very choice parts of it amidst the sea of really questionable poo poo
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Jan 5, 2014 07:05
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poopkitty posted:Those are the three times I want books the most. I guess it's mostly for the DMV or the hospital waiting room then?
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Jan 5, 2014 07:08
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i like nice words
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Agent Kool-Aid posted:did someone mention the Wheel of Time series by esteemed author Robert Jordan earlier because let me tell you i for one enjoy dubious quality sci-fi/fantasy where i like very choice parts of it amidst the sea of really questionable poo poo someone did and yeah i actually sort of enjoyed parts of those books but for god loving drat dont read them anyone ever gently caress if brevity is the soul of wit than robert jordan was a loving retard
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Jan 5, 2014 07:11
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Chiba City Blues posted:i went to the zoo with my dad on friday and we saw a clouded leopard
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Jan 5, 2014 07:13
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there was a puma concolor too and i thought of you briefly
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Jan 5, 2014 07:16
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Donkay NOoo posted:accessories and jackets and shoes can really tone down how formal a dress is Yeah, I don't know it's just something about skirts.
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Jan 5, 2014 07:17
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NecroMonster posted:someone did and yeah i actually sort of enjoyed parts of those books but for god loving drat dont read them anyone ever gently caress i mean, it -almost- seems innocent until you phrase an important group in the books as 'a tower full of magic ladies who spank each other and also have to submit to their half of gender-based magic unlike guys who grab theirs by the horns forcefully yeehaw' that said, the basic idea of the magic stuff in the books was kinda neat but all the extra details were an exercise in 'what the christ, robert jordan'
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Jan 5, 2014 07:22
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Yeah, I'd never recommend those books to anyone. I did read them many years ago and actually enjoy them, though.
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Jan 5, 2014 07:39
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Watching people read those books whenever they came out and then bitch about how each one was dedicating progressively more and more pages just to recap the previous dozen books reminded me a lot of the way gamers just mindlessly consume horrible they kind of hate.
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Jan 5, 2014 07:46
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Chiba City Blues posted:i went to the zoo with my dad on friday and we saw a clouded leopard leopards own
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Jan 5, 2014 07:47
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maybe I'm weird but I don't have the normal "awww kitty kitty" reaction to housecats but I do for leopards, lions etc
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Jan 5, 2014 07:49
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:maybe I'm weird but I don't have the normal "awww kitty kitty" reaction to housecats but I do for leopards, lions etc I like cheetahs a lot
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Jan 5, 2014 07:54
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poopkitty posted:I am in love with colorblock ATM. Which one?? I'm on a sweaterdress kick right now. I can't find a picture of it online but it looks similar to this but with elbow-length sleeves and no belt (and the material is less flowy): 
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Jan 5, 2014 08:02
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Wildlife Analysis posted:Yeah, I'd never recommend those books to anyone. I did read them many years ago and actually enjoy them, though. same, i read up through 8 or 9 of them, mostly because i just enjoy reading a lot and if nothing else the series provides a lot of crap to chew through even if it's not high-class. i kind of want to read through the series entirely at some point just so i can have time-wasting material again.
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Jan 5, 2014 08:02
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Portals posted:I can't find a picture of it online but it looks similar to this but with elbow-length sleeves and no belt (and the material is less flowy): Nice! IMO belts dont belong on a dress like that. Defeats the purpose . . .
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Jan 5, 2014 08:46
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NecroMonster posted:thinking im gunna try reading some china mieville because everyone loves him apparently and i havent read anything hes written embassytown definitely embassytown or maybe the scar (i guess some people don't like embassytown but it's basically the poo poo so whatever)
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Jan 5, 2014 08:47
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I am making dash and shoyu eggs right now and dinner is going to be so totally delicious. My house smells like delicious warm soy. Turkey burgers tomorrow, anyone have a good recipe? (Not that I follow them, but ideas are good. I'm thinking Greek with Spinach, olives and feta.)
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Jan 5, 2014 08:50
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Pick posted:iron councilllll no don't. it's super anoying because iron council is by far the best and really great, but my reading experience of it was enhanced a lot by having read perdido street station before hand, which is also good but kinda aimless and could put someone off the whole deal
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Jan 5, 2014 09:12
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poo poo too late im about a third through iron council already
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Jan 5, 2014 09:13
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Chiba City Blues posted:i went to the zoo with my dad on friday and we saw a clouded leopard was it one of the animals the zoo keeps? because if so that's not very impressive.
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it's really hard to paint red over blackNecroMonster posted:poo poo too late im about a third through iron council already it might work the same way the other way around.
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