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FPyat posted:I want to read someone's collected essays and articles, hopefully with at least a few penetrating book/movie reviews, maybe even music reviews. I really enjoyed The Wave in the Mind by Ursula Le Guin, and it's got great essays on Tolkein, Tolstoy, and Twain (among others).
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Yeah, there's not a lot of description of gore in Christie beyond thumps on the head or stabbings. I'd maybe avoid The Body in the Library since it touches on a body in the aftermath of a car accident, but even then it's not in particularly descriptive terms. edit: also body in the library is a marple book and most of those aren't as good lol
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Jun 24, 2023 14:39
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My top 5 poirots: Five Little Pigs Cards on the Table The Hollow The ABC Murders The Murder of Roger Ackroyd/Murder on the Orient Express (take your pick; two decently well written mysteries with extremely bold twists)
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Jun 25, 2023 01:52
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Honestly I think a read of Ackroyd where you know the twist is just as good but in a different way. 3D Megadoodoo posted:No Curtain? I'm kinda lukewarm on Curtain. I love the central conceit but a lot of the writing surrounding it is a little clumsy, I guess? and I'm not a huge fan of the ending. Either way, I wouldn't recommend it as babby's first Poirot anyway.
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Jun 26, 2023 00:52
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Don't get me wrong, even a bad Poirot is better than your average mystery*, and Curtain's not a bad Poirot, but if I had to pick five, Curtain wouldn't be on the list. *except Hickory Dickory Dock and Elephants Can Remember which I am much less charitable about
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Jun 26, 2023 01:04
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The Young Wizards series is pretty good if you're looking for a more sci-fi take on magic. The series started in 1983, last book was published in 2016 (+ short stories published later), but the author's gone back and updated the first few books (edit: all the books published at the time) around 2012 iirc.
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Jun 29, 2023 05:13
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Really what I want to recommend is Earthsea tbh
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Jun 29, 2023 05:40
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tuyop posted:I'd recommend the Binti novellas. They're delightful and accessible and afrofuturism is great! Afrofuturism is great, and I'm gonna hijack your comment to request some recommendations in that particular genre because I'm sadly under-read in that regard.
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Jun 29, 2023 14:26
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I feel like the Craft Sequence books by Max Gladstone might be up your alley but idk if they have audiobook versions. They pretty much have to, right?
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Jul 2, 2023 01:48
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Hastings is fun in the Poirot tv show because they give him a new dumb hobby every episode and it's usually somehow relevant
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Jul 6, 2023 02:34
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and the short story comp.basilisk.FAQ is written as a usenet post
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Oct 4, 2023 22:44
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Any of Ursula le Guin's sci-fi books (particularly Lathe of Heaven, Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, and Always Coming Home) are a great read.
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Oct 9, 2023 14:32
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Musui's Story owns
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Jan 4, 2024 01:20
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Anyone got any suggestions for afrofuturism that isn't the usual suspects (Octavia Butler and N.K. Jemisin)? I wanna get more into it but I don't know where to start looking.
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Jan 28, 2024 19:58
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I think I've read Who Fears Death but not anything else she's done. I'll take a look at her other works, too.
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Jan 28, 2024 20:09
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Upsidads posted:So any good books on Japan or Italy at the immediate era after ww2 Barefoot Gen is a classic if you're ok with manga.
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Feb 15, 2024 19:57
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Upsidads posted:I'm looking for less depressing than Grave of the Fireflies (which is everything) more of a historical overview. Like how do you move past Mussolini or MacArthur Definitely not Barefoot Gen, then.
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Feb 15, 2024 23:41
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland and/or The Dictionary of Imaginary Places e: probably the former is more suited If you want specifically mythology and are okay with specifically Greek mythology, it's hard to beat the D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. The Illustrated Book of Myths by Neil Phillip is a good one too. Leraika fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Feb 21, 2024 |
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Feb 21, 2024 15:33
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This one's a long shot, but anyone have any suggestions for english-language books about the Ainu, particularly ones about the language? Dictionaries etc are fine if they're more recent than, like, the 1900s.
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Mar 1, 2024 20:12
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Maybe the BLIT series by David Langford? a cycle of short stories revolving around the idea of images that can crash the human brain. Granted, none of them are that long, but you might find them interesting.
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Alex Horne wrote a book about getting into birdwatching with his dad that might be interesting, esp if they're a fan of British comedy as well (what a venn diagram that is)
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