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Looking to learn more about chinese mythology, but I'd like to stick to fiction, ie telling a story in that world vs a dry breakdown of it if that makes sense.
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Saul Kain posted:I’m looking for either a fantasy or sci-fi series with a good audiobook narrator. I’m coming off of the latest Joe Abercrombie novel and think that Steven Pacey is one of the best narrators in the business. The guy who does the Witcher books is good
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Oct 28, 2021 18:55
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Prose only or are you open to graphic novels? Because there are a lot of good Godzilla comics, and Giant Monster was pretty cool
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Nov 21, 2021 18:08
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Kvlt! posted:I've never really read comics or graphic novels but I suppose I'd be open to giving them a try. What are your favorite Godzilla ones? I'm a massive fan of the movies 50 years war is probably the big one, Godzilla in Hell and Rage Across Time are both very cool as well
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Nov 21, 2021 18:24
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IBroughttheFunk posted:I'm currently looking for some historical mysteries for the winter months ahead. Also, as much as I have been enjoying the Brother Cadfael series from Ellis Peters, I'm actually particularly interested right now in historical mysteries that take place outside of Europe - for example, My Name is Red, Elsa Hart's Li Du trilogy, etc. However, if anyone has a title that they think is just too good to not recommended, then of course I'll be happy to disregard geographical setting (and a quick note in advance - The Name of the Rose is Already on my eventual to-read list). No idea if they're any good or not but the Medicus series is on sale right now and sounds pretty good
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Nov 26, 2021 22:30
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I upgraded my kobo because the new ones had integrated library access, but so far every single book I’ve looked for hasn’t been in the catalogue and the rare ones that have been there I’ve had on hold for the last 6 months because we seem to have about 2 licences. It’s a nice idea, at least
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Jan 6, 2022 17:17
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There's got to be a lot of free Agatha Christie out there, too
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Jan 24, 2022 21:07
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dexter6 posted:I’m a 37/M and I’ve never been a big reader. I somehow got through highschool and college by just paying attention in class and reading the cliff’s notes. I'm going to prescribe you some Stephen King and Michael Crichton
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Feb 17, 2022 06:30
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ScienceSeagull posted:What are some entertaining nonfiction books about controversies in science and academia? Such as The Linguistics Wars by Randy Allen Harris (the new edition of which is on my to-read list). I'm primarily interested in stuff related to linguistics, cognition/neuroscience, and biology, but other fields are welcome too if the more technical aspects are explained in a way accessible to the general reader. Jesus christ, my degree is in linguistics so that sounds interesting and I took a look, and the EBOOK version is $55!?
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Mar 3, 2022 02:40
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PantsBandit posted:I'm interested in finding a sci-fi horror book, something in the vein of Alien. It's a surprisingly sparse niche as far as I've been able to tell! Frozen Hell is what The Thing is based on, not exactly what you're looking for but close
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Mar 21, 2022 06:01
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roomtone posted:does anyone have any suggestions for contemporary novels? i mean written and set within the last 20 years but preferably even just the last 10. I just finished Before the Fall and it was great, I didn't even know Hawley wrote any novels. Definitely has some cynicism but it's pretty balanced too
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Apr 6, 2022 15:30
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Senjuro posted:Any hard sci-fi books that heavily focus on the technical details as much as The Martian and Project Hail Mary? Preferably from this century. Closest I've read are Aurora and Blindsight. Seveneves was pretty good until the focus started to shift towards politics past the half way mark. I haven't read either but Buzz Aldrin cowrote one called Encounter with Tiber and Chris Hadfield wrote The Apollo Murders. Both came out recently and have been compared to Weir's stuff
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Apr 26, 2022 19:06
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Somewhat related, I was thinking about Embassytown the other day and how well Mieville is able to create a portrait of a future that's truly removed from ours, to the point that it was unsettling and made me nauseous in a kind of temporal-vertigo way. I really liked that but I'm not sure where to look for similar sci fi stuff. Maybe Niven? I loved Ringworld and World Out of Time (the first part, at least) as a kid specifically because of those queasy far-flung elements. Some of Ted Chiang's stuff is also really good about forcing the reader to occupy an alien mindset (the one where angels and hell are real comes to mind). Would love any recommendations. Dune, kinda. It's supposed to be our future but it's sometime in the 10000s
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Apr 26, 2022 20:21
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Senjuro posted:Found some review complaining about too many technical details in The Apollo Murders so it sounds perfect actually. Thanks! If you want some dry science inexplicably showing up in the middle of the action you can't go wrong with Crichton
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Apr 26, 2022 20:29
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Looking for non-traditional post apocalyptic fiction, stuff like post apocalypse but in an alien or fantasy setting. Anything like that out there?
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May 29, 2022 03:40
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Yep! Good suggestion though
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May 29, 2022 06:41
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Those both sound good but not sure they're quite what I'm looking for. I'm thinking like post apocalypse stuff, Mad Max/Walking Dead etc, but on a world with wizards or something. I'm reading Last Exit right now and that's probably what put it in my head, stuff like that
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May 29, 2022 21:16
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Handful of Goosebumps
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Dysthymia posted:Thanks! I’ll put Capitalist Realism on my shortlist and keep the other two in mind for later. If you're looking for more core stuff Here is an online collection
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Jun 18, 2022 03:43
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Azran posted:Any good horror books recs? I really liked the movie/tv adaptations of Annihilation and The Terror, especially the "people out of their element and something is hunting them" bit. Same with stuff like The Thing or Alien. We have such sights to show you
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Aug 20, 2022 15:14
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I remember Big Trouble being good if she wants something more comedy based
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Sep 8, 2022 21:15
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Chris Miller's The Damned Place is supposed to be that. I haven't read it but I liked the book of his I did read
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Sep 21, 2022 00:00
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ScienceSeagull posted:What are some good collections of microfiction, flash fiction or short-short stories? I'm not totally clear on the cutoff points for those terms, but I mean like a page maximum in length, maybe only a few sentences. I'm especially interested in fantasy, horror, and weird fiction in this format. Maybe try some back issues of sci fi magazines. There were a few that were all stories, and since it’s magazine format they have to be pretty short
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Oct 19, 2022 19:46
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Has anyone read any Chet and Bernie books and are they ok for a 10 year old? My kid picked one out at a book sale here, I took a flip through and it seemed ok but be nice to get an informed opinion
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Oct 22, 2022 01:34
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Looking for a book on Oliver Cromwell and all the history around him, preferably something fiction. That is, still true, but told as more of a story, not a fan of dry history.
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Nov 19, 2022 20:06
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White Noise is my favourite book and it’s 330 pages, maybe you could find a small print version that cuts it down. Otherwise off the top of my head, Gunslinger
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Dec 9, 2022 20:37
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You’re going to be stuck trying to find them at used book stores or paying too much online, but Give Yourself Goosebumps is good for that age. Ryan North also wrote a Hamlet Cyoa that’s good for an older crowd, but it might not be as funny if you aren’t familiar with the play. If attention is the issue strips might be good, Calvin and Hobbes worked wonders for my kid. When in doubt, buy Bone. Opopanax fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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Dec 15, 2022 21:39
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The horror book thread has several good ones in the OP
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He writes a lot of character stuff too but I absolutely love Nathan Ballingrud's world building
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Jan 31, 2023 07:27
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Howls From the Dark Ages has some good stuff in it. But seriously, read 2 Fires
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Feb 28, 2023 19:09
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Dune does as well, though not really in ways where you feel the expanse of time
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Mar 31, 2023 21:53
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It's not exactly that but if you haven't read Fantasticland you might enjoy that one
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Apr 6, 2023 23:53
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7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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If you're ok with comics, Miracleman gets into some interesting ideas about that when Gaiman takes over
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Apr 29, 2023 20:37
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Try talking to the library, they're usually pretty good and filling gaps. There's been a few times where I'll make a request and they track down a copy pretty quick. Beyond that I just check the sales page on kobo's website every once in a while, but at this point I have around 250 books in my reader so I try not to add more unless it's something really good
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Jun 19, 2023 15:20
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There's also always  but they tend to have formatting issues, I find I'd usually rather pay the $2 when they go on sale so I can have proper chapter breaks
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Jun 19, 2023 18:43
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tuyop posted:purchasing direct from the author or publisher if I can. You'd be surprised how often this works too. I couldn't find a copy of Carrier Wave that wasn't locked to kindle, so I emailed the author to ask about buying it directly and he just gave me an epub
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Jun 20, 2023 00:12
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My kid is very into Percy Jackson right now and Riordan seems like an ok dude
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Jun 29, 2023 05:45
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One of the only textbooks I kept from university was my grammar book, I believe it was Essential English Grammar except now I can't find it. Was definitely a yellow textbook
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I want to fill in some of my Shakespeare gaps, wondering if there are any good novel adaptations. I don't mind reading them as plays, and it's fine if they're using the original lines and everything, I'd just prefer more of a prose story to a script. Specifically Othello but I'm open to others
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