Fuckin, yeah man.
After watching Breaking Bad, I felt as if a part of my life had been torn away from me and I have been left with a hole.
Good thing we got an entire other show and movie to go along with it.
Piranesi 😭
Me recently with Project Hail Mary. Now just reading sub par sci-fi space books trying to chase that same feeling of exploration and wonder.
Hot damn, this has been on my reading list for a while, gonna start it today.
I highly recommend the audio book. I feel like it adds something extra over reading the text, which is unusual. No spoilers.
I would actually recommend the opposite. For something like this I really like letting my mind create the imagery. Especially with a movie coming
About to start another replay of The Last of Us both one and two. I would pay a lot of money to be able to forget the story and experience it again anew.
I had an experience with the part two and I liked/hated it but I don’t think I want to experience it again for the first time. Not the emotions I want in my life even though the game is great. Apart from the “experience” the gameplay was also top.
Same with good shows, movies, games, etc. I kinda feel hollow after.
I know I’m gonna get this with Digital Circus and part of me is really salty it’s only getting one season
I stood up, hadn’t eaten or drank enough clearly, and passed out. Beaned my head on the desk but at just the right angle to not cause a serious injury.
Don’t forget to eat and drink, and stand up carefully!
Now you can enjoy the book again for the first time!
Loooool didn’t hit my head that hard, thankfully!
Thanks mate!
The Dark Tower.
That series is just amazing. I can’t imagine having to read them as they released, waiting that long for book four would have driven me to acts of terrorism.
I saw the movie when it came out, my ticket was for seat 19, it was the only connection to the books I got from the experience.
you lucked out honestly. After book 4 (1997) when we werent sure if there was anything more coming, King got hit by a car in '99. It wasn’t until 2003 when we got the next book in the series, and I dont remember there being a bunch of hype beforehand. Just, King releasing stories again in 2001.
A 6 year wait was brutal, and then the last 3 books of the series came out as fast as most people could read them. (2000 pages of story in 2 years) It was an amazing sprint to the end of a story, that King wasnt sure he was going to be a part of. So it was really amazing to see.
I’m eternally thankful to have found the series after it was completed. Speculation would have been the death of me otherwise.
Of all the failings of that movie. Idris Elba as Roland Deschain was not one of them. Neither was McConaughey as Randall Flagg.
I KNOW! They were great casting for the characters, but they weren’t at all given the characters to portray. Idris Elba was my ideal pick to portray Roland long before the movie was announces, so I was excited until I saw the trailer, they did him so wrong. They did it all so wrong. I know King has a standard of shitty movie adaptations, but that wasn’t even the same fucking story or characters.
A million times this! I haven’t re-read it once, and I started in the 90s. This book series hada big impact on me. I named my son after a character, in fact!
Now it’s been like 20 years since the last three books came out I think I can read it almost fresh again. Obviously I know the major plot points, but I bet there’s so much I’ve forgotten.
Ive read the first three books about 4 times. The first book a dozen. Its so short that I can finish it in an evening if I want. I still havent finished wizards and glass, but the rest of the series, including wind through the keyhole are on my list for a revisit.
I’m a Stephen king fan, so by the time I finish one of his books he’s written 3 more
Stephen King is the opposite of G. R. R. Martin
they should have a child together who writes at the perfect rate
But Stephen King already writes at the perfect rate.
someone should tell him not to write anything on Twitter though
or why is he tweeted what he did regarding the Epstein list
I feel like his completion of the dark tower is on par with grim’s GOT wrap up.
He defended The List recently, so fuck him.
Idk what that is
The Epstein list. He basically said it was fake. He’s always been an asshole as far as I’m concerned, but I’ve usually agreed with his political tweets (or whatever he uses that people post). I have no loyalty to him, and find it strange that he would claim it was made up.
Does it make his books worse?
It makes it suspect that the books may have been written by a pedophile (overlooking things like the orgy in IT). Odd thing to defend the Epstein files if you aren’t one.
I’m not sure I understand how saying something doesn’t exist is defending it?
I don’t know how you believe it doesn’t exist
The first two Kingkiller books.
Where’s the god damn 3rd book, Patrick? I
Agree, but also a little toxic, but also the donation fiasco, but also bringing that to is a little toxic on my part, but also the Kvothe sex was a little bit out of character, but also it’s easy to second guess, but also the stolen ring disappointment was perfectly bittersweet so I think I’m happy with just the two books and I wish you and him the best, and it would be a nice little life bonus if we got a 3rd book, but again I’m happy with what we got, and I got my best trivia team name from one of his livestreams: dick wizard
I still haven’t recovered from reading The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed
I’m in the middle of the Dispossessed and I love The Left Hand of Darkness. I swear if these books were less sexual I’d want teenagers to have to read them. Left Hand to teach about cultural and gendered biases and the Dispossessed to teach that your ideology won’t create a utopia, but that doesn’t mean it won’t make things better. It’s an absolute shame that LeGuinn kinda requires nerdiness to be introduced to.
City of Illusions still haunts me as well and I keep bringing it up to my wife as we watch Three Body Problem. Its prequels Rocannon’s World and Planet of Exile were good as the sci fi sword and sorcery followed by sci fi pocahontas (problematicness included) that they were. But City was a book about a Taoist against lies and liars and it hit hard for that.
Personally I found Omelas highly overrated though. It’s a visceral depiction of a common thought experiment but a common thought experiment it was
Teenagers shouldn’t be reading about sex? Am I reading your intention correctly?
I’m not going to be the one to advocate for teenagers having to read about sex
Well I think it needs done. But like many things…no one asked me so here I am! Have a good day, Comrade.
Bro when I was 16 all I thought about was sex
I read those Dispossessed and LHoD in the 80s, and then reread them more recently, and I’m amazed at how well they hold up. So often stories and sensibilities feel dated when you get to many decades from when they were written, but those two books could have been written yesterday. Both masterpieces, for sure. I’m not sure who you feel they’re inappropriate for teenagers though.
I never read City of Illusions - at least I don’t think I have. I’ll add it to my list. What do you think of Three Body Problem? I read the book and didn’t really care for it (I know I’m in the minority there).
This is how I feel about playing Outer Wilds.
I need to play this. I get the same feelings with RPGs or really good open world games. Would love to add another to the list
That is outer worlds. Op said outer wilds. You are going to be disappointed (or maybe happy) if you pick up one thinking its the other lol.
Did you play with a mouse and keyboard? I started it on my PC and it said it needed a controller. So instead I switched to my Steam Deck, but I felt like the small screen wasn’t doing it justice, so I stopped.
Been meaning to pick it back up again.
Coming from someone who primarily games on Mouse/Keyboard, controller just feels better, but Mouse/Keyboard shouldn’t ruin the experience at all.
Honestly you can play it with keyboard and mouse no problem. Don’t let it prevent you from playing!
Controller all the way.
I think it’s mostly the zero-G and ship controls where it matters.
I came to the comments just to say this. I’m glad I’m not the only one
Fffffuuuuuu you both beat me to it. I try to get others to play it so I can live vicariously through their amazement! Bought it on Steam for a gaming buddy and for my brother on Switch.
I just keep reading The Neverending Story.
You mean the wandering inn webseries?
Often. That why I don’t start a series of books unless there are at least like 4-5 in the series. But even then the series ends sometimes and it feels like you’ve lost a dear friend.
That’s also why I don’t like to watch a TV show when it first comes out, since it’s so common for them to get canceled partway through a major storyline. Got left hanging a few times and it sucked.
110% agree … It’s so frustrating to get hooked on a show and Netflix/Amazon cancels it because it was only slightly popular and didn’t have Stranger Things kind of numbers.
Case in point, I’m a huge Star Trek fan but I didn’t start Strange New Worlds until now after it had three seasons under its belt.
Heck yes. “What happens now!?” Where do the characters go? What happens next in the world the author built for us? Personally there’s even a slight bit of resentment to pick up another book about another character set in the same world, perhaps somewhere else in the timeline, because I got so into the part I’d read and don’t want to have to shift gears and learn about new characters, settings, and personalities.
The Magicians book series by Lev Grossman was really a big nice circle with a complete ending in my opinion. I read it twice and so truly immersed in the entire experience.
A House For Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul was another deeply immersive experience of an entire life itself. And every person out there is living all this on their own. When I finished it I just thought “what an epic masterpiece!”
GNU Terry Pratchett
GNU STP
Or as I’ve recently come to calling it, GNU + Terry Pratchett
I’ve barely read any books since he died tbh.
Maybe try some sex instead
Try Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s a wonderful story and has an underlying sense of humor in the way that Pratchett’s books did.
You are missing out. There is so much greatness out there
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Tanith Lee. British writer of the same time and mindset. The first book listed “Night’s Master” is set in the time when the world was still flat. A mighty demon prince spends the daylight hours in his underworld kingdom, and spends his nights tormenting and/or seducing humans.
Greatest Nut Ultimately?
Giant Nosy Neighbor?
