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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I've come to really like Adrian Tchaikovsky - I haven't been disappointed by anything he's written. The trilogy that starts with Children of Time is especially good.

Lots of others great books out there. The Space Between Worlds, by Micaiah Johnson, was an interesting story read recently. Kiln People, by David Brin, was great.

I keep little spoiler-free notes on everything I read, so if there's a type of book you like, let me know and I'll scan my notes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I've never played horde, but she's at 49, 50. I been give you a straight answer since I haven't had to deal with horde barrens chat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

A couple years ago, after I sharply increased my reading, my wife (who paid the bills) came and said, "I don't want to discourage you at all from a healthy hobby, but I wanted to make sure you realized that, in the last couple of months, you've spent like $200 on books." In fact, I hadn't realized it was that much. That's when I started trying to figure out a cheaper way to read.

I read even more now. So far this year I've read 46 novels. That would be prohibitively expensive if not for Libby.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

You should get a library card and the Libby app. Lots and lots of free audiobooks.

I read kindle versions, but there are almost always audio versions of everything I read. I read a ton of SF and fantasy - if you tell me the kind of stuff you like I can suggest some titles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I read an obscene amount of science fiction and play a lot of classic wow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

If you want sometime currently in the theater, you might try The Life of Chuck. Likely to make you cry, but uplifting. Great cast.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Upcoming for Eternal Sunshine, such I think fits OP's request better than EEAAO.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I get it, it just feels very different to me. And, of course, as with all things, the line is blurry anyway. For instance, Orson Scott Card wrote an alternate history where the change is that American folk magic actually works, which seems pretty explicitly fantasy. It's similar to the way it's pretty hard to clearly differentiate between SF and fantasy. I get it, it's just annoying.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thanks for this. I read a huge amount of mostly SF, with some fantasy, and there are quite a number here (most of them) that I'm not familiar with, so I'm happy to have things to add to my reading list.

In the SF novel category, the only one I've read is Service Model, which I thought was excellent. A couple of the others are already on my to-read list.

In the fantasy novel category, the only one I've read is the winner, A Sorceress Come to Call (which I finished yesterday), and I really liked it as well.

Some of the others are ones I've looked up, but aren't my thing (for instance, I don't generally enjoy alternate histories, and it bugs me that they're considered SF).

But several of the nominees look interesting. Looks like I've got more reading to do!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Seems more like you're trying to bring Reddit here, with that kind of trolling.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

I retired in January after 40 years (not counting jobs during college). Marriage collapsed not long after (unrelated). So now I live alone and have nothing on my calendar. It's honestly so very strange not having to go to bed early on a weeknight. Also, for some reason, the hours and days go very slowly, but the weeks and months go very quickly. Time is fundamentally different than it was previously.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

Man, I probably see 20 of those every morning when I walk around the neighborhood. The babies are so cute. So tiny.

 
 

I've mostly been a .world user, but have this alt account on .ca as a backup. I logged into it to make sure I didn't have anything in my inbox, and noticed that everything loads so much faster. In both cases I'm using the browser interface from my tablet, sorting by all. On .world, there's a pause before the text comes up, then the thumbnails and graphics slowly populate. On .ca, it all pretty much loads instantly.

Is it just the number of users being a lot bigger? More community activity? Hardware differences? Running different software versions? A combination of these? I'm curious.

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