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Miftan posted:I'm 11 (out of 14) books into Wheel of Time and it's pretty great. Pratchett is always a good shout, and thanks for reminding me to pick up Iron Council! Congrats, you're through the worse of the plot! Sanderson takes over soon and things zoom to lightning pace.
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Rarity posted:*tugs braid* Okay yeah, the men vs. women things get grating but all the little tricks are pretty good for showing character development. nothing to seehere posted:Congrats, you're through the worse of the plot! Sanderson takes over soon and things zoom to lightning pace. Awesome.
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She's not that wrong though... (Though I doubt the grain is taking into account the complexities of late 1917/early 1918 Russian politics). haakman fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Sep 1, 2017 |
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Sep 1, 2017 15:40
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khwarezm posted:Have people seen this NewStatesman's hilariously terrible front cover: First thing I thought of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnFN7KzJ5c (SFW)
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Sep 1, 2017 15:40
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I like watching Bloomberg sometimes & just staring slack-jawed at the TV, shocked that this whole rotten system didn't get replaced in 2008. Since we're doing confessional "I like trash" bits right now.
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Sep 1, 2017 15:43
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Jedit posted:What did you have against Stormrider? Brings all the Sidhe stuff to the fore. I liked the lack of emphasis through most of the series.
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Sep 1, 2017 15:46
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Stop reading trash and go and get the "Southern Reach trilogy" by Jeff Vandermeer. I think you can buy them in one collection. NO WIZARDS. Or is there!!!!!!!
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Sep 1, 2017 15:47
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Miftan posted:I liked Ready Player One. It appealed to my inner cliché nerd and inner actual nerd. I see. If I may ask one question, how do you Square your enjoyment of the novel Ready Player One with the following fact: It's bad
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Sep 1, 2017 16:07
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Well Theresa May's NHS means I can't see a doctor about my ear infection, however Theresa May's psychoactive drugs law (including all drugs that are not drugs) does not seem to prevent me buying cinnarazine over the counter so it could be worse!
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Sep 1, 2017 16:11
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Really want to like Tolkien but no LOTR is 90% dull as hell. I powered all the way through to Return of the King but then there was this huge like 100 page chapter where he's describing in minute detail the architecture of Minas Tirith down to the bricks and I lost my place, thought gently caress it I'm not starting that again, and never picked it back up.
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Sep 1, 2017 16:12
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ThomasPaine posted:Really want to like Tolkien but no LOTR is 90% dull as hell. I powered all the way through to Return of the King but then there was this huge like 100 page chapter where he's describing in minute detail the architecture of Minas Tirith down to the bricks and I lost my place, thought gently caress it I'm not starting that again, and never picked it back up. Skip the bits with the hobbits read the fight scenes.
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Igiari posted:I see. If I may ask one question, how do you Square your enjoyment of the novel Ready Player One with the following fact: OwlFancier posted:Well Theresa May's NHS means I can't see a doctor about my ear infection, however Theresa May's psychoactive drugs law (including all drugs that are not drugs) does not seem to prevent me buying cinnarazine over the counter so it could be worse!
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Sep 1, 2017 16:16
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Igiari posted:I see. If I may ask one question, how do you Square your enjoyment of the novel Ready Player One with the following fact: It is about video games and nerds beating up megacorps.
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Sep 1, 2017 16:17
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Miftan posted:I'm 11 (out of 14) books into Wheel of Time and it's pretty great. Pratchett is always a good shout, and thanks for reminding me to pick up Iron Council! If you like the last few books of Wheel of Time then you'll definitely like Brandon Sandersons other work, Stormlight Archives third book comes out soon as well, because he's an absolute writing machine.
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Spuckuk posted:If you like the last few books of Wheel of Time then you'll definitely like Brandon Sandersons other work, Stormlight Archives third book comes out soon as well, because he's an absolute writing machine. I will keep this in mind, though I really should be reading less fantasy and more political theory.
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Seaside Loafer posted:If you want some proper fantasy the Earthsea books are great. Thats a proper wizard, no expunge'anus wand poo poo going on there. Thought Ged does have a big fat white staff after he magics it from a twig, well jealous. Ursula Le Guin is both cool and good, and A Wizard of Earthsea is a better 'Harry Potter' book than anything Rowling has done.
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ThomasPaine posted:Really want to like Tolkien but no LOTR is 90% dull as hell. I powered all the way through to Return of the King but then there was this huge like 100 page chapter where he's describing in minute detail the architecture of Minas Tirith down to the bricks and I lost my place, thought gently caress it I'm not starting that again, and never picked it back up. I shamefully read LOTR once a year from the age of 17 until about 25. I tried reading it again recently and oh my god it was an even bigger slog than I remember. Yeah, the story is good but Tolkein is not a writer at all. And far too much of it is, as you say, either descriptions of architecture or else it's just Hobbits walking & descriptions of Hobbits walking. Even when I enjoyed the book enough to read it repeatedly I still lived in dread of the Frodo/Sam chapters because they were interminably dull.
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Miftan posted:I will keep this in mind, though I really should be reading less fantasy and more political theory. China Meivilles book on the Russian Revolution came out recently, it's great.
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Miftan posted:I will keep this in mind, though I really should be reading less fantasy and more political theory.
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Regarde Aduck posted:Stop reading trash and go and get the "Southern Reach trilogy" by Jeff Vandermeer. I think you can buy them in one collection. NO WIZARDS. Or is there!!!!!!! Is it as good as Finch? Because I super loved Finch.
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Sep 1, 2017 16:23
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Spuckuk posted:Ursula Le Guin is both cool and good, and A Wizard of Earthsea is a better 'Harry Potter' book than anything Rowling has done. I really hate wizard of earthsea. Which, I mean, doesn't dispute the fact that it might still be a better harry potter, but I don't recommend reading the books for entertainment.
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Sep 1, 2017 16:28
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I quite liked the Night Angel trilogy. They're probably actually terrible but I don't read much these days.
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Ursula Le Guin is the one who wrote the book about moon anarchists right?
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Archaeology Hat posted:moon anarchists Mods namechange tia
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Mr Phillby posted:the only other fantasy I've read before is Prattchet, so there's a lot to go through. Oh, well in that case you should read Stephen Donaldson's Covenant series. (Don't stop reading because of an upsetting incident early on in Book 1, it is worth sticking with.) After that there is his mirrors series (lighthearted froth) and his space opera series (don't stop reading because of Book 1).
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Sep 1, 2017 16:39
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The only thing I know about Ready Player One is the protagonist actually talks about how his hero wrote a book on why masturbation is good. I feel reading it would spoil my own mental image of what the rest of the book is about
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Archaeology Hat posted:Ursula Le Guin is the one who wrote the book about moon anarchists right? Yup
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Spuckuk posted:Yup That was a good book. It was also the book that made me realise my mum is much much further left than I had previously assumed.
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Oh dear me posted:Oh, well in that case you should read Stephen Donaldson's Covenant series. (Don't stop reading because of an upsetting incident early on in Book 1, it is worth sticking with.) After that there is his mirrors series (lighthearted froth) and his space opera series (don't stop reading because of Book 1). Counterpoint on the Gap - don't start reading because of Book 1. And I've read all the Thomas Covenant books.
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Pesky Splinter posted:Have you a link, please? Prepare your eyeballs! 
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^^^ [e]: Thank you!  The Guardian is drawing up potential candidates for May's successor from various readers. They are Ruth Davidson*, David Davis, Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Dominic Raab, their reasons being: Ruth Davidson - seen as more socially liberal. David Davis - depends on his handling of Brexit (which has been loving terrible). Miserable horse-faced Hammond - Apparently seen as a "safe-pair-of-hands" by Guardian readers. (What the christ) Amber "Put-me-out-of-my-loving-misery" Rudd - "Rudd has the capability to mount an eloquent and convincing defence of the party’s track record, the absence of which undoubtedly led to a poor general election performance this year." (another, "what the christ") Jacob Rees-Mogg - "I’ve been quite pleasantly surprised with the empathy he’s shown for ordinary people in recent months: post-Grenfell being a good example.” (Desperate attempt to find the Tory-Corbyn - the Torbyn - a literal loving walking-talking-making GBS threads caricature of an aristo Tory) Dominic Raab - Insert TypicalTory.txt. It's a loving sorry bunch, and even more so is the delusion/low loving standards they have for wanting someone to lead who isn't Theresa May. *Admittedly I know gently caress all about Ruth Davidson, other than she's an openly gay Scotswoman who is Tory, and who seems to have made as little comment as possible on Westminster Tory policy, and recently said she didn't want to be Tory leader. That's all I know regarding her politics. 
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Pesky Splinter posted:^^^ Davidson is your typical Cameron brand socially liberal-ish but hard choices must be made on the economy Tory. It's quite funny how visibly angry she has been at having to officially back various regressive legislation coming out of Westminster and she clearly hates May etc. She's dangerous in that she is genuinely charismatic, has a sense of humour and could win floating voters over. Honestly the only Tory I think could begin to counter Corbyn but from the looks of it she's staying put in Holyrood and thank god for it.
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Also we're talking fantasy, Niel Gaimans Stardust and Neverwhere are both good books, if not exactly fantasy epics.
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ruth davison is not an MP, and also the current tory government is held up precariously by a group that explicitly hates her. ruth davidson will not be the next conservative leader
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Pesky Splinter posted:^^^ So of that list, Davidson isn't even an MP, David Davis is making an arse of Brexit even by the low standards of Tories negotiating with the EU, Amber Rudd has a majority of 326 & is being targeted heavily by Momentum so would have an incredible chance of going the way of Arthur Balfour & losing her seat while leader of the Tories, Jacob Rees-Mogg is a walking parody of his own background & part of a tiny fringe wingnut wing of the party, & Dominic Raab is an unknown who hasn't even held a Cabinet post. Meanwhile Philip Hammond abstained on gay marriage 4 years ago, and claimed banks aren't to blame for the 2008 financial crisis because "they had to lend to someone" which is just so loving stupid I can't quite process it. What I'm saying is that I don't see how any of these would be a step up from Theresa May if I was a Conservative Party member. Mind you, if I was a Conservative Party member I'd shoot myself so YMMV. Anyway, Ruth Davidson is currently getting a bit of bad press up here because the new Tory MP for Moray (& part-time football referee) has made some really iffy comments about Travellers & Davidson dismissed it as a local issue rather than a treating it as a Tory MP being casually racist towards one of the most persecuted minorities in the country. forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Sep 1, 2017 |
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ThomasPaine posted:Davidson is your typical Cameron brand socially liberal-ish but hard choices must be made on the economy Tory. It's quite funny how visibly angry she has been at having to officially back various regressive legislation coming out of Westminster and she clearly hates May etc. She's dangerous in that she is genuinely charismatic, has a sense of humour and could win floating voters over. Honestly the only Tory I think could begin to counter Corbyn but from the looks of it she's staying put in Holyrood and thank god for it. I think Corbyn would probably win out, a fair whack of core Tory voters aren't going to go for a lesbian. Also he could really hold her feet to the fire over her party's history of racism and homophobia. She's charismatic but I think she lacks the media teflon of Dave which would force her to get bogged down in substantive debates, and therefore lose.
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Davidson would be tricky since she isn't an MP, and would be vulnerable to attack on her social policies thanks to the deal with the DUP. She'd probably be the biggest threat to Corbyn though. Amber Rudd is out purely because she has a majority of about 350 and could well lose her seat in the next election. Parachuting her into a safer constituency would leave the totally open to accusations of being such a terrible local MP that she needed saving from her own constituents.
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forkboy84 posted:What I'm saying is that I don't see how any of these would be a step up from Theresa May if I was a Conservative Party member.
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I'm pretty sure I said a long time ago that Cameron stepping down would gently caress the tories because they have nobody else. I'm pleased to see that it remains true. Almost like Blair inspired politics are a bad idea!
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Jedit posted:Counterpoint on the Gap - don't start reading because of Book 1. And I've read all the Thomas Covenant books. You could be right, I think I actually started the Gap series at Book 2 (which merely has an upsetting incident early on), and this may have saved it for me. But I did enjoy the last few books a lot.
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