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jpaskaruk

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Neurodivergent Manitoba Interlake settler (Zone 3, Treaty One). He/Him/Goblin.
Marxist Trucker, Developer, Sysadmin, Musician.
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Weary and cringing at any given moment, probably.

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ergative , to bookstodon
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Mr Absolutive and I are reading 'A River Runs Throughout It' together, as our read-aloud book. We've only just started. Mr Absolutive remarked with enthusiasm at the quality of the prose. 'It flows,' he says. 'Some lines almost scan.'

Shop, you know what I'm getting out of it? Fish. Fly fishing. Fishing. Fishing. Womenfolk. Fishing. Drinking. Fishing.

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@ergative @bookstodon

I'm still actively discovering horrible things I uncritically read and internalized in books I read when younger. There is so much.

Even allowing the writer their privilege of inventing and occupying horrific minds in order to properly represent them on the page, so, so much.

bibliolater , to bookstodon
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Currently ….

“Galileo: Decisive Innovator (Cambridge Science Biographies)

by Michael Sharratt”

What non-fiction book are you currently reading?

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@hoare_spitall @bibliolater @bookstodon

Wonder how much of it was written on Epstein's lolita island.

ergative , to bookstodon
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Hey, friends, I wrote a review of Foundation (the book--the OG!) for Nerds of a Feather.

(Don't click through if you love this book. I didn't much care for it.)

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/05/first-contact-foundation-by-isaac-asimov.html

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@peachfront @ergative @bookstodon

I have never seen anything of a Marxist metaphor in it. Has someone written an explainer of this interpretation?

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@peachfront @ergative @bookstodon

Born when Nixon got re-elected in a landslide, and even raised in red diapers, but that doesn't always guarantee I see what others see. :>

I also have tried three times to get through the whole series and never made it. I have finished many other SF epics, so clearly I just didn't get hooked into the story fully for whatever reason.

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@emeraldzak @bookstodon @peachfront @ergative

This right here is pretty much what I did take away lol

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@karabaic @peachfront @ergative @bookstodon

Determinism is so much fun to play with, even if there is really no way to determine whether determinism has any actual merits.

The recent series Devs is almost kind of a reboot/prequel almost - sort of, "what if psychohistory was developed as a routine on a really big and fast quantum computer?"

Uair , to bookstodon
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Idea:

Bookstores should group fantasy with horror instead of scifi. Both fantasy and horror are purely creations of the author's mind; scifi is tethered to factual information.

If you need to group scifi, I'd put it with mysteries and thrillers.

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@elysegrasso @deirdrebeth @alexlubertozzi @aprilfollies @_L1vY_ @Uair @bookstodon

One need not fully understand relativity, though, to play with it as a plot device. I can't claim to understand it completely, but I do understand what it does if people travel at certain speeds.

So far I have not seen the term "Hard SF" in this thread, and that's the type of SF that concerns itself with scientific accuracy, and that strain appeared after the genre was established, in the golden age.

Jennifer , to bookstodon
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I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon

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@Jennifer @bookstodon

Recently active, I have greatly enjoyed The Expanse, @scalzi , Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter, Becky Chambers, Cixin Liu, China Mieville (sorta-kinda SFish) and I'm finally working though @pluralistic which I should have started on literal decades ago.

I binged all the problematic Golden Age dudes too, and they do seem to be aging like badly-sealed radioactive waste, don't they?

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@todwest @headfirstonly @philip_cardella @Jennifer @bookstodon

I would also trust Taika Waititi with it, if it was up to me, but he's (hopefully I think) developing the other property that I've been pining for since forever:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15843316/

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@LordWoolamaloo @Jennifer @bookstodon

Someone say Babylon 5

Gif of shaggy white dog waking up and looking at the camera with his tongue still blepping out.

toxy , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon I found an audiobook narrator I rather like called (I am listening to Gai-Jin) and checked out other stuff he narrated. He has taken on the series by . I am a huge Sci-Fi fan. Does this series cut the mustard?
Thanks.

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@toxy @bookstodon

I loved it. Probably about due to reread cause I cannot recall a single thing about it, but I recall loving it.

appassionato , to bookstodon
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.

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@anantagd @ymishory @appassionato @bookstodon @palestine

I have not always seen that when I look at Israel, but it's definitely what I see this month and last.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon What's your favorite book title, whether you've read it or not?

Mine is EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL, by Julian K. Jarboe, which I have not yet read, followed closely by THEY DON'T MAKE PLUS SIZE SPACESUITS, by Ali Thompson, which I have read.

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

It's taken on a bit of a mythic status now (deservedly so) but I first encountered I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream on my uncle's bookshelf as a wee tyke, and Harlan Ellison became a lifelong obsession, given how much was out of print for so long.

Also discovered Lovecraft and Nietzsche in the same place.

CultureDesk , to blackmastodon
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At the recent Grammy Awards, Jay-Z called out the Recording Academy for its history of overlooking Black artists, pointing out that Beyoncé has more Grammys than any other artist, but has never won Album of the Year. For Vox, Li Zhou writes about why some awards matter more than others, and what the Beyoncé snubs represent.

https://flip.it/lqpTCC

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@CultureDesk @blackmastodon

Rainbow capitalism is most cringey when people act like gold statues are going to help.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon In 2023 there's been a huge expansion in the number of graphic novels, graphic memoirs, and graphic nonfiction published. They deserve a 2023 "Best of" list of their own. Here's mine; add yours. I always want to hear about great graphic books!

Best Graphic Books published in 2023:

THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ, Salva Rubio, Antonio Iturbe

YAZIDI! Aurélien Ducoudray, Mini Ludvin

SUNSHINE, Jarrett J. Krosoczka (author of HEY, KIDDO)

DICTATORSHIP: IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK! Sarah Kendzior, Andrea Chalupa, Kasia Babis

THE INFINITY HEART, Wendy Xu

FUNNY THINGS: A COMIC BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES M. SCHULTZ, Luca Debus, Francesco Matteuzzi

EIGHT BILLION GENIES: DELUXE EDITION, BOOK ONE, Charles Soule, Ryan Browne

GENDER IS REALLY STRANGE, Teddy Goetz, Sophie Standing

MONICA, Daniel Clowes (author of GHOST WORLD)

COURAGE TO DREAM: TALES OF HOPE IN THE HOLOCAUST, Neal Shusterman, Andrés Vera Martínez

ARTIFICIAL: A LOVE STORY, Amy Kurzweil

WASHINGTON'S GAY GENERAL, Josh Trujillo, Levi Hastings

2023

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon @lakelaur

(not mentioning his wife's name is not so much an act of erasure as, she's still with us, she's easy enough to find her name in those links, and she's already on enough USGov lists. She's been calling bullshit on their friendly dictators the whole time.)

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