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I finished Anathem recently, was quite enjoyable. I would be extremely surprised if it wasn't at least intended as a homage to the Solar Cycle, it's the same kind of book. One heck of a slow burn though.

Dominions. Its based on historical and mythological nations, but all sorts of crazy stuff happens between the different ages. For example, in the early age, the Egyptian themed lizardmen taught death magic to Ermor, who then tried to resurrect their Jesus figure and broke reality so hard it...

I loved the Asterion story. The story about the two kings is in a different collection, it would appear, but I found it on google. That's fantastic, I love it.

I found a copy of the short story collection Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges on my shelf. I have no idea how it got there, it might have been a gift, I may have purchased and forgotten it. Kind of spooky honestly. In any case, these are outstanding short stories. Considering they were written...

I've been playing dominions 6. One of the new nations, Nidvangr, has sacred two handed swordsmen who have multiple lives. I'm trying to figure out a good bless for them.

Its a straight up period piece horror/thriller. As far as tone goes, its very similar to the priest's tale, except its even more of a proper slow burn. There's just a hint of Melville in there too. If you liked Hyperion, you probably will like it.

I've been reading Dan Simmons's The Terror. It's actually kind of incredible, I've been having demonic polar bear related dreams.

Got my ticket to see these guys tomorrow, going to be an awesome show. Bits of sludge, doom, and thrash metal.

I finished a couple Alistair Reynolds novels recently. I really do like him, great hard sci-fi. Eversion is a great little mystery story, and Elysium Fire was a police investigation with some interesting twists. I'm starting the second Apocalypse series currently. I've heard mixed things about...

What kind of struggle do you mean too? Because even if you live in a HCOL area, I cannot imagine someone making 100k being in the kind of situation where they cant afford new shoes, car repairs, or have to skip meals. That's what "struggle" brings to mind for me at least.

What a coincidence, the cyberiad is exactly what I'm listening to. Even if I'm missing most of the satire, its still really funny on a surface level. Question, were the terrible puns in the original polish? Because if so, this translation is really impressive.

I'm a delivery drone here in texas, and its both hot and humid. I wear long pants, having proper merino wool socks helps a lot. I'm super pale, at least I was, so I try to cover up as much skin as possible. The real thing is staying hydrated, and keeping on top of your electrolytes, heat cramps...

As a low income college grad, its going to be absolutely horrible paying again, but I think the supreme court made the right decision here, certainly the predictable one. Congress really should be the ones to decide on federal loan forgiveness. We don't need the executive branch taking even more...

I'm going to see Melvins in the fall, and the other band playing is Boris, so I decided to check them out. This is a lot of fun, makes me think of Kyuss and Fu Manchu a little bit.

I drive an electric vehicle for my amazon delivery job actually. We get about 140 miles per charge. They're actually pretty great, aside from the speakers being trash, lots of room to work with. That and touchscreens instead of buttons, I really would prefer something with haptic feedback. The...