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I read Left Hand of Darkness, it was emotionally exhausting but I really enjoyed it. The exploration of a hermaphroditic human subspecies and the impact that hermaphroditism has on societal roles was food for thought. Also read the first three Earthsea books. It was a nice change of pace from other fantasy books. Her writing is captivating and so beautiful. I appreciate how the conflict in the books is often internal to a character or externalized in a metaphor/representation of some intangible concept. Instead of good guys and bad guys with weapons and the need to overpower the other to “win”. My first encounters with LeGuin and I am very impressed.
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Thanks to both of you for the Dispossessed recommendation - I put it on hold at the library the day after I finished Left Hand. Looking very much forward to reading it. I’m also going to find the short story about the kemmer houses because why not life is short. Phoneposting so I can’t quote your posts but feel free to imagine that sweet purple dopamine hit now.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Listening to Discworld audiobooks. Just finished The Truth and it was excellent, now on Monstrous Regiment and it is fun. Ahhh, Discworld. My old friend.
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Narzack posted:I'm reading this book called Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson, who is apparently the ghost writer of Lone Survivor. I've had it in my library since I was a teenager, so I know I must have read it, but I don't remember a thing about it. I'm halfway through it, and it SUUUUUUCKS. A lot of, and I mean a LOT, of ARE TROOPS worship, a lot of THOSE DUMB LIBERAL MEDIA FUCKFACES and Manly Men Midwestern Cowboy Rancher Republican poo poo. Like, you know this dude knows exactly what Bush dick tastes like. Plus all the western civilization is the right one and the middle east is a lawless toilet. It's just dumb. I read a few Tom Clancy books when I was a kid, now I'm reluctant to revisit them, even though I've been wanting to reread Red October for a while. Is Bush dick what you get when two or more bros go a-campin’ in the woods for a few nights?
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redshirt posted:In Blue Mars updates, the book actually got vaguely interesting as it goes into further colonization of the solar system. And specifically some of the funky cultures and environments out there. A train city. A basically 3d habitat. Etc. I’m sold, putting a library hold on it now. E: ah, the first book is Red Mars. madmatt112 fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Mar 29, 2024 |
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Narzack posted:And one of the dicks 'accidentally' shoots someone. 
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Well now I’m doubly excited to read it 
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Baxter wrote The Long Earth with Terry Pratchett. I really enjoyed it back in my 20s. An imaginative romp through alternate worlds, and IIRC a bitchin’ eco-climax that really made me want to read the next one to find out how they wrote the aftermath. It’s fun when the two authors are so different, almost every chapter is quite clearly written by one or the other.
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lol that is a batshit concept, I love it
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mst4k posted:My SO and I read before bed like literally from sit coms and lately I've been reading the Drizzt Forgotten Realms series and I'm on book 8 and I'm like well over 45 years old lol That’s some hearty comfort food. RA Salvatore is fun.
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DicktheCat posted:I've seen the names of Butler and Leguin tossed around these here forums a lot, and always glowingly. Leguin: Like fantasy? Read “A Earthsea is six books to be read in sequence. I’ve only read the first three, which were her original trilogy. She wrote the other three some years later. The other two books I mentioned are part of the Hainish Cycle, all of which can be read in any order. They nominally share a universe but no characters, plot, nor settings. Subjectively, Earthsea felt more upbeat even though the themes are no less heavy than the Hainish two. Felt lighter than Left Hand, which I read immediately after Earthsea - that book was emotionally draining but also was more interesting because it explored sexuality in a way that felt more… relevant? Impactful? To the human experience than Earthsea’s themes. But this paragraph is just my own thoughts. madmatt112 fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Apr 28, 2024 |
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Following up to say that I’m 90% through The Dispossessed and I think it’s the stronger book of the two Hainish I listed above. I think it hit me harder because the society the Annaresti built could feasibly happen in our own future, but the physical differences of the Gethen people make that more difficult to imagine for us H. sapiens
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AARD VARKMAN posted:whoa you think the dispossessed is stronger? I read Left Hand of Darkness last year and it was legit one of my favorite sf novels ever, I dont hear about The Dispossessed nearly as much but Yeah, I completed the Dispossessed and I stand by my assessment. The plot, the intrigue, the intensity, the action of LHOD is cranked up higher than dispossessed - but I still felt moved more by the latter even so. V interesting.
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Samovar posted:Did Jesus Exist? by Bart Ehrman which, while the historical evidence FOR Christ is well-argued enough, there is a gigantic textual error in it which I sincerely hope was addressed in later editions. “I am Not sure how we missed it till just now
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