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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Reminder, we have a TBB book chat discord: Apparently the link is broken/expired!
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Why didn't the alt-right get into Dune? That thing where people issue mind-control commands by the right combination of gestures and pronunciation seems really MRA-friendly. The first instance of the word "jihad" causes irrevocable pant-making GBS threads in chuds..
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Flaggy posted:How come The Book Bran wasn't renamed to The Book Brain in keeping with the halloween theme for the rest of the forums? Good digestive health is scary enough for the average goon?
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Can I request a link for the TBB discord please? The last one posted in the thread doesn't seem to work.
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Nov 17, 2021 12:57
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Since it's fresh out of copyright, every publisher and their mum is putting out editions of The Sun Also Rises. This is a cute video exploring the highs and lows of cover design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UndnK4_isys
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That's pretty great - reminds me of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook Series that were big 20-ish years ago. Which taught me how to defend myself against shark attacks and how to fall safely from a tall building, skills I use daily.
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I'm excited, I got some lovely stuff last time and am looking forward to doing it again!
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RoastBeef posted:Could I get a discord invite? The last link I could find was expired. https://discord.gg/CAT4vBMu
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Nov 8, 2022 22:01
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I have encountered a cow orker who to date has recommended I read Paolo Coelho about forty times. I have osmosed mostly bad-to-bland things about his work from people whose tastes align with mine - should I just bite the bullet and read the Alchemist or something?
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GWBBQ posted:I could swear there was a line in The Illuminatus! Trilogy like "They say John Dillinger didn't break out of prison, when the time was right, he simply walked through the wall," but I can't find it or my copy of the book. Does anyone know what I'm talking about or have the exact quote and context? Page 129. 
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Dec 14, 2022 18:10
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ulvir posted:i've read a good amount of books, but i think i'm only ashamed at not having read don quixote and in the name of the rose yet Having read both of those this year, I can confirm that they're both pretty great times!
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Jan 2, 2023 21:36
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Psssssssst hey, don't look behind you.......but there's a POLL for the October book club book!
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Turbinosamente posted:Kinda like how Excel Saga took place in the town of F, prefecture F then? It's meant to be Fukoka, Fukoka Japan. Yeah, this happens in Japanese media all the time, even today. Cultural references getting bleep-censored out, books being set in City G or whatever. Not sure on whether it's legally required - some writers do it and some don't - or just a common convention/courtesy thing.
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Alhazred posted:Reading Naked Lunch and I don't think I've ever read a book that so intensively hate the reader. It's good, but it's a testimony to Cronenberg's skills as a director that he managed to make a coherent movie out of it. I've seen more than a few people say that Naked Lunch isn't meant to be read end-to-end so much as opened at a random page and read aloud to a baffled/disgusted audience.
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Oct 29, 2023 15:10
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Aha, a chance to mention one of my favourite Victoria Coren Mitchell facts: she and a friend wrote, cast and directed a porn film 20 years ago! She wrote a book all about it. Unfortunately the film itself seems nigh-impossible to track down.
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Oct 30, 2023 21:10
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The book's great fun, and I enjoyed it a great deal! There's a VERY long review on the GR page by someone who read her and collaborator Charles Skelton's work writing for The Erotic Review in the late 90s, which gives some extra background context. It's also a good time capsule of where parts of the porn industry were at the turn of the millennium, in some ways totally alien to nowadays.
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CommonShore posted:I read Bear this weekend. How was it for you? Did you need a cigarette?
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Merry bookmas to all, and to all a good read!
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cptn_dr posted:I saw the world's most miserable Sci-Fi/Fantasy section at a bookshop the other week. I think we've reached a Critical Maas.
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