Holy shit! I am very tempted to commit large swathes, if not the entire thing, to memory to be able to recite when situations like this arise in conversation.
Grunts! was a lot of fun, especially the early parts of the book. The ending was also kind of fun. The second half of the book, aside from the ending, was a bit of a drag.
EDIT: That feeling when you realized that it's been twenty years since you first read a certain book. Oomph. I was eleven when I first read Grunts! That probably says a lot about me as a child and what my family was like.
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Holy shit! I am very tempted to commit large swathes, if not the entire thing, to memory to be able to recite when situations like this arise in conversation.
What a beautiful sentiment.
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That is indeed relevant to my situation!
Strikor and I were discussing this type of thing last night, that's why I @'d him.
Now if someone can just find me a feminist essay to help me get over my lingering fear that I'm inadequate because I'm not pretty enough, I would appreciate it!
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Ok you dorks. Based entirely on the strength of that Estelle clip I did something I never do, I bought an entire season of a show online without first having watched even one episode. Steven Universe here I come.
Grunts! was a lot of fun, especially the early parts of the book. The ending was also kind of fun. The second half of the book, aside from the ending, was a bit of a drag.
EDIT: That feeling when you realized that it's been twenty years since you first read a certain book. Oomph. I was eleven when I first read Grunts! That probably says a lot about me as a child and what my family was like.
Holy shit! I am very tempted to commit large swathes, if not the entire thing, to memory to be able to recite when situations like this arise in conversation.
What a beautiful sentiment.
Strikor
That is indeed relevant to my situation!
Strikor and I were discussing this type of thing last night, that's why I @'d him.
Now if someone can just find me a feminist essay to help me get over my lingering fear that I'm inadequate because I'm not pretty enough, I would appreciate it!
I don't have an essay, but I figure no matter what, you can always be fierce. And prettiness tends to fade with age, whereas badassery only gets better
... but yeah trying not to give a shit about that sort of thing takes a hell of a lot of effort.
Also Tanith Lee. Her Tales From The Flat Earth series is a must read. It came out back in the 70's-80's and, while focusing a little too much on pretty people, has TONS of feminism as well as trans and gay characters. Definitely not safe for the YA crown tho.
Sofi Oksanen is someone I've been interested in. I've already been reading up on Baltic history a bit, so it'll be great to see what she has to say on the matter. Buying an e-book right now.
Oh man, this is basically "Eesti mention potato in hunger ranting. Secret police send Eesti to gulag for thought crime. Such is life." the book.
Definitely Tanith Lee. Drinking Sapphire Wine is gorgeous and amazing.
The woman can literally spin words into some of the most gorgeous stuff.
And then sometimes, rarely, she just writes whiney, goth sex.
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...I'm almost curious as to what "whiney, goth sex" entails, but at the same time I've already spent enough of my lifetime around Vampire: The Masquerade LARPers, so nope nope nope.
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Alert: it seems quite a few selections from Ms. Lee's collection of works are free on Amazon if you have Kindle Unlimited!
That whole "My girlfriend is more successful, what do I do" thing reminds me of a neat couple of characters in Young Justice.
Namely, Malcolm (who becomes Guardian) and Karen (Bumblbee).
Karen is Ray Palmer's student and lab assistant, and thus gets access to his tech and is able to be a cool superhero, while her boyfriend is
Well, he's just kind of there, at first.
Eventually, because of his relationship with her, he get some combat training, and eventually proves himself qualified to go on missions with the team, but for the most part he seems to kinda feel like he's in her shadow and kinda wishes she spent more time with him.
He doesn't let it get to him, though, and he mostly just tries to be as supportive as he can because he loves her and that's what you're supposed to do.
It was a fairly small part of season 2, but it stood out to me and I liked it quite a bit.
...I'm almost curious as to what "whiney, goth sex" entails, but at the same time I've already spent enough of my lifetime around Vampire: The Masquerade LARPers, so nope nope nope.
The only tanith lee I ever read was something to do with a werewolf
...I'm almost curious as to what "whiney, goth sex" entails, but at the same time I've already spent enough of my lifetime around Vampire: The Masquerade LARPers, so nope nope nope.
The only tanith lee I ever read was something to do with a werewolf
... whiny and goth basically covered it, yeah.
Have you happened to read Kill the Dead, another book by her? I want to read it based on the title alone, because yes please
...I'm almost curious as to what "whiney, goth sex" entails, but at the same time I've already spent enough of my lifetime around Vampire: The Masquerade LARPers, so nope nope nope.
The only tanith lee I ever read was something to do with a werewolf
... whiny and goth basically covered it, yeah.
Have you happened to read Kill the Dead, another book by her? I want to read it based on the title alone, because yes please
Kill the Dead is great, worth it. It's about a professional ghost killer and his protege
Whiny goth werewolf was NOT Heartbeast which is an amazing ACTUAL gothic novel and a great read; I'm sure it was the other one about fraternal twin werewolves who are whiny jerks.
That article just made me realize that Andrew W.K. is the Mr. Rogers of rock & roll.
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@Forty two for some light fantasy, there's also Mercedes Lackey and Elizabeth Hayden. Who were some of my favourites around that age. Also, also, Non-fiction, I'd aim at Doris Kearns Goodwin. Her Lincoln Bio in specific is really good and fairly easily accessible to that age.
Don't forget your older authors/poets as well. Beatrix Potter, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Anne Bradstreet, etc.
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I would like to caution people about Mercedes Lackey, having just reread a book of hers I loved as a teen
It was the kind of misogyny that is couched in "this is just how things were back then but these characters are marginally better LOOK AT THEM BALKING CONVENTION SLIGHTLY" and it made me more frowny than I had hoped
She can also be a bit frying pan to the head when she's actively trying to be progressive about stuff, which can be more or less annoying depending on your mood and general sensitivity to such things
The specific book I'm referring to is The Fire Rose
I also loved her Bardic Voices series as a kid but it didn't hold up as well either :-\
I wish my wife would make more money than I do so I could quit my job and have her support me and I could be super lazy.
That'd be nice.
Dude if Javen made bank enough for us both to live on, I would quit my job and do my hobbies all day IN A SECOND
Also vice versa, but a lot of my hobbies could also generate money so I like the first one better
If only reading books and playing video games generated money...
That would be a pretty great excuse to really get into a new hobby or two or three though. I always wanted to try my hand at blacksmithing and art/music.
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Not that I am judging anyone for liking her stuff! It is totally fine, and probably not a bad way to get kids to think about some issues of they aren't already attuned to them
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That is indeed relevant to my situation!
Grunts! was a lot of fun, especially the early parts of the book. The ending was also kind of fun. The second half of the book, aside from the ending, was a bit of a drag.
EDIT: That feeling when you realized that it's been twenty years since you first read a certain book. Oomph. I was eleven when I first read Grunts! That probably says a lot about me as a child and what my family was like.
No joke, Homeward Bounders was the first story (that includes movies, video games and whatnot) that actually made me cry
Strikor and I were discussing this type of thing last night, that's why I @'d him.
Now if someone can just find me a feminist essay to help me get over my lingering fear that I'm inadequate because I'm not pretty enough, I would appreciate it!
post reactions in the Steven Universe thread pls
I love new viewer reactions
She wrote some other stuff as well.
I don't have an essay, but I figure no matter what, you can always be fierce. And prettiness tends to fade with age, whereas badassery only gets better
... but yeah trying not to give a shit about that sort of thing takes a hell of a lot of effort.
Also Tanith Lee. Her Tales From The Flat Earth series is a must read. It came out back in the 70's-80's and, while focusing a little too much on pretty people, has TONS of feminism as well as trans and gay characters. Definitely not safe for the YA crown tho.
Oh man, this is basically "Eesti mention potato in hunger ranting. Secret police send Eesti to gulag for thought crime. Such is life." the book.
Dogsbody is the one that got me. Bleak as fuck.
The woman can literally spin words into some of the most gorgeous stuff.
And then sometimes, rarely, she just writes whiney, goth sex.
Namely, Malcolm (who becomes Guardian) and Karen (Bumblbee).
Karen is Ray Palmer's student and lab assistant, and thus gets access to his tech and is able to be a cool superhero, while her boyfriend is
Well, he's just kind of there, at first.
Eventually, because of his relationship with her, he get some combat training, and eventually proves himself qualified to go on missions with the team, but for the most part he seems to kinda feel like he's in her shadow and kinda wishes she spent more time with him.
He doesn't let it get to him, though, and he mostly just tries to be as supportive as he can because he loves her and that's what you're supposed to do.
It was a fairly small part of season 2, but it stood out to me and I liked it quite a bit.
The only tanith lee I ever read was something to do with a werewolf
... whiny and goth basically covered it, yeah.
Have you happened to read Kill the Dead, another book by her? I want to read it based on the title alone, because yes please
Look but don't read, obviously.
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On the bright side, there will be plenty waiting for you by the time you can read it again.
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Kill the Dead is great, worth it. It's about a professional ghost killer and his protege
Whiny goth werewolf was NOT Heartbeast which is an amazing ACTUAL gothic novel and a great read; I'm sure it was the other one about fraternal twin werewolves who are whiny jerks.
edit: I think it was called Lycanthia
Don't forget your older authors/poets as well. Beatrix Potter, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Anne Bradstreet, etc.
Also Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison
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That'd be nice.
Dude if @Javen made bank enough for us both to live on, I would quit my job and do my hobbies all day IN A SECOND
Also vice versa, but a lot of my hobbies could also generate money so I like the first one better
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It was the kind of misogyny that is couched in "this is just how things were back then but these characters are marginally better LOOK AT THEM BALKING CONVENTION SLIGHTLY" and it made me more frowny than I had hoped
She can also be a bit frying pan to the head when she's actively trying to be progressive about stuff, which can be more or less annoying depending on your mood and general sensitivity to such things
The specific book I'm referring to is The Fire Rose
I also loved her Bardic Voices series as a kid but it didn't hold up as well either :-\
If only reading books and playing video games generated money...
That would be a pretty great excuse to really get into a new hobby or two or three though. I always wanted to try my hand at blacksmithing and art/music.
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