like twice a year i wonder- hm i need more military/spy fiction, better written than lee child but less densely written than say john le carre.
locke lamora that jacob recommended was quite good i think. brandon sanderson's mistborn was ok i think. but both of those are at least a little fantastical/other worldly.
it ain't easy being well read enough to find pulpy, episodic badass thrillers boring but too stupid to enjoy most brainy stuff
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I enjoyed reading the Hobbit, but the LotR books were too heavy on worldbuilding for my tastes. Which I suppose is missing the point, but reading LotR after having literally dozens of other shows, games, etc. imitate his worldbuilding, I didn't really need to have it described in vivid detail.
I guess I define worldbuilding differently
the books are very big on like atmosphere and northern european folkways but I think compared to almost any other fantasy novel they're very light on HERE ARE THE ECONOMICS OF THE KINGDOM OF GONDELFARB and HERE IS HOW THE MAGICAL ART OF FARTOMANCY WORKS
What book is this from, this series seems quite up my alley
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like twice a year i wonder- hm i need more military/spy fiction, better written than lee child but less densely written than say john le carre.
locke lamora that jacob recommended was quite good i think. brandon sanderson's mistborn was ok i think. but both of those are at least a little fantastical/other worldly.
it ain't easy being well read enough to find pulpy, episodic badass thrillers boring but too stupid to enjoy most brainy stuff
weep
I suggest the Bolo Series of short stories and novels.
But it wasn't my introduction to dense writing. I had read Dune before that. And a few other rather dense books. My mom is why. She also got me into sci-fi before I ever touched any Fantasy. I read Ender's Game, Stranger in a Strange Land, Childhood's End, Rama, and so many others well before I got to Tolkein. Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein were my childhood literature. Well and Crichton because his books though dumb were really fun.
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You should write that missing niche of spy fiction
Start every sentence with When you're a spy,
i actually really loved the first bourne book
then it very, very quickly gets insane a.f.
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I was thirteen or fourteen I think when I first read LOTR. Something like that.
There's lots of jokes out there regarding how the book is about just walking and some such and, haha, funny jokes, but even so the book is probably the single most influential work of fiction in the 20th century. And it deserves it.
I haven't read the books since shortly after the first film came out, though.
Maybe I should pick them up again.
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I really enjoyed the books when I was a young
But in retrospect I don't know why
Also the movies are bad and are like chalk on a nailbed to me so I wonder whether they are influencing my view of the books.
it goes on sale for 140 like once a year i think but is usually 180
i lurv it
how does that even cook things
it's like a metal stick
so it heats and also circulates the water- you put the food in a bag (either vacuum sealed or a ziploc you squeezed free of air) or else just drop eggs or something in there. then you put the food in the water and set the sous vide cooker to your desired final temperature.
because the water bath never exceeds the temperature of optimal doneness, it's impossible for the food to overcook. on the far outside margins, texture can start to break down (ie you wouldn't want to sous vide a steak as long as ribs, maybe, because falling-apart tenderness is desired in ribs but you want some chew to steak). but yeah, for the most part you can just throw it in there, come back whenever and pull it out, then throw it in a pan or on the grill or something for a minute on each side for a crust. easy peezy and perfectly consistent results.
I can sleep yet I'm tired enough that I feel nauseous
sunday is the worst day by far of this kind of weekend
you strung out? you feenin? my god, what have they got you on, crack, smack, dope?
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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I read them when I was somewhere between 5 and 8 with the help of my mother, the first time. And then repeatedly until the age of 13 when I put them down for more satisfying fare: Discworld and the Magic of Xanth
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it goes on sale for 140 like once a year i think but is usually 180
i lurv it
how does that even cook things
it's like a metal stick
so it heats and also circulates the water- you put the food in a bag (either vacuum sealed or a ziploc you squeezed free of air) or else just drop eggs or something in there. then you put the food in the water and set the sous vide cooker to your desired final temperature.
because the water bath never exceeds the temperature of optimal doneness, it's impossible for the food to overcook. on the far outside margins, texture can start to break down (ie you wouldn't want to sous vide a steak as long as ribs, maybe, because falling-apart tenderness is desired in ribs but you want some chew to steak). but yeah, for the most part you can just throw it in there, come back whenever and pull it out, then throw it in a pan or on the grill or something for a minute on each side for a crust. easy peezy and perfectly consistent results.
That.....actually sounds amazing.
Note: You can also use water to help get the air out of ziplock bag. Just leave it a bit open and submerge everything but the open bit in water. It'll push all the air out.
You should write that missing niche of spy fiction
Start every sentence with When you're a spy,
i actually really loved the first bourne book
then it very, very quickly gets insane a.f.
I want someone to make a faithful adaptation where Carlos the Jackal (or if they want to update to modern day, Osama) is behind EVERYTHING and is also secretly the president
other things I am on that has propelled me through this weekend:
an almost sufficient intake of fast food eaten fast in-between tasks
a love of and ease of connection with people with a dollop of misanthropic spite
momentum
a deep understanding of the fact that time can pass swiftly and enjoyably, or it can go slowly and be agonizing, but it passes all the same and my suffering has no significance
like twice a year i wonder- hm i need more military/spy fiction, better written than lee child but less densely written than say john le carre.
locke lamora that jacob recommended was quite good i think. brandon sanderson's mistborn was ok i think. but both of those are at least a little fantastical/other worldly.
it ain't easy being well read enough to find pulpy, episodic badass thrillers boring but too stupid to enjoy most brainy stuff
weep
@Organichu there are some good sci fi and fantastical novels in this vein
did you ever read the Miles Vorkosigan books? they are fun and as they go on they keep switching genres between military action mercenaries stuff, to spy stuff, to murder mystery, etc, which is nice as it keeps things fresh, and the characters are great
Charlie Stross's "Laundry" novels are about Mi-6 spies in a Cthulhu horror version of the real world, infiltrating secret cults, using spy gadgets made of magic, etc. they have a kind of black comedy vibe but also have surprisingly well-researched tradecraft
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Waiter at Drafthouse just made big trouble in little China joke I didn't get
Life over. Who will finish me after the seppuku????
I am wearing the shirt too
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The GOP thread reminded me - in the 2012 election, wasn't there a Fox news anchor or commenter or something that had a meltdown when the Fox analysts declared the election for Obama? Like, he took a camera team to wherever the analysts were working and demanded they explain themselves or something?
Like, he was so convinced Obama couldn't possibly win that he thought he was exposing some kind of subterfuge?
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like twice a year i wonder- hm i need more military/spy fiction, better written than lee child but less densely written than say john le carre.
locke lamora that jacob recommended was quite good i think. brandon sanderson's mistborn was ok i think. but both of those are at least a little fantastical/other worldly.
it ain't easy being well read enough to find pulpy, episodic badass thrillers boring but too stupid to enjoy most brainy stuff
like twice a year i wonder- hm i need more military/spy fiction, better written than lee child but less densely written than say john le carre.
locke lamora that jacob recommended was quite good i think. brandon sanderson's mistborn was ok i think. but both of those are at least a little fantastical/other worldly.
it ain't easy being well read enough to find pulpy, episodic badass thrillers boring but too stupid to enjoy most brainy stuff
weep
@Organichu there are some good sci fi and fantastical novels in this vein
did you ever read the Miles Vorkosigan books? they are fun and as they go on they keep switching genres between military action mercenaries stuff, to spy stuff, to murder mystery, etc, which is nice as it keeps things fresh, and the characters are great
Charlie Stross's "Laundry" novels are about Mi-6 spies in a Cthulhu horror version of the real world, infiltrating secret cults, using spy gadgets made of magic, etc. they have a kind of black comedy vibe but also have surprisingly well-researched tradecraft
I just finished both of sandersons way of kings books and they're so good btw
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like twice a year i wonder- hm i need more military/spy fiction, better written than lee child but less densely written than say john le carre.
locke lamora that jacob recommended was quite good i think. brandon sanderson's mistborn was ok i think. but both of those are at least a little fantastical/other worldly.
it ain't easy being well read enough to find pulpy, episodic badass thrillers boring but too stupid to enjoy most brainy stuff
weep
Organichu there are some good sci fi and fantastical novels in this vein
did you ever read the Miles Vorkosigan books? they are fun and as they go on they keep switching genres between military action mercenaries stuff, to spy stuff, to murder mystery, etc, which is nice as it keeps things fresh, and the characters are great
Charlie Stross's "Laundry" novels are about Mi-6 spies in a Cthulhu horror version of the real world, infiltrating secret cults, using spy gadgets made of magic, etc. they have a kind of black comedy vibe but also have surprisingly well-researched tradecraft
The GOP thread reminded me - in the 2012 election, wasn't there a Fox news anchor or commenter or something that had a meltdown when the Fox analysts declared the election for Obama? Like, he took a camera team to wherever the analysts were working and demanded they explain themselves or something?
Like, he was so convinced Obama couldn't possibly win that he thought he was exposing some kind of subterfuge?
That was Karl Rove, the GOP political strategist/racism kingpin
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locke lamora that jacob recommended was quite good i think. brandon sanderson's mistborn was ok i think. but both of those are at least a little fantastical/other worldly.
it ain't easy being well read enough to find pulpy, episodic badass thrillers boring but too stupid to enjoy most brainy stuff
weep
What book is this from, this series seems quite up my alley
I suggest the Bolo Series of short stories and novels.
http://www.amazon.com/Anova-Culinary-Bluetooth-Precision-Cooker/dp/B00UKPBXM4
it goes on sale for 140 like once a year i think but is usually 180
i lurv it
Bored, tired and a bit horny
Start every sentence with When you're a spy,
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Itchy
Tasty
But it wasn't my introduction to dense writing. I had read Dune before that. And a few other rather dense books. My mom is why. She also got me into sci-fi before I ever touched any Fantasy. I read Ender's Game, Stranger in a Strange Land, Childhood's End, Rama, and so many others well before I got to Tolkein. Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein were my childhood literature. Well and Crichton because his books though dumb were really fun.
how does that even cook things
it's like a metal stick
i actually really loved the first bourne book
then it very, very quickly gets insane a.f.
There's lots of jokes out there regarding how the book is about just walking and some such and, haha, funny jokes, but even so the book is probably the single most influential work of fiction in the 20th century. And it deserves it.
I haven't read the books since shortly after the first film came out, though.
Maybe I should pick them up again.
But in retrospect I don't know why
Also the movies are bad and are like chalk on a nailbed to me so I wonder whether they are influencing my view of the books.
sunday is the worst day by far of this kind of weekend
Huh this came up on my youtube watch it again list.
Think it was part of a discussion on how Tia Carrere was very formative for a young Mazzyx.
I had no interest in the remaining books after reading the first one.
My mom bought me The Apocalypse Watch, another Ludlum book, so I felt obligated to read it.
It was horrible. Like, the dialogue was about the quality that gets made fun of in the Twilight books.
so it heats and also circulates the water- you put the food in a bag (either vacuum sealed or a ziploc you squeezed free of air) or else just drop eggs or something in there. then you put the food in the water and set the sous vide cooker to your desired final temperature.
because the water bath never exceeds the temperature of optimal doneness, it's impossible for the food to overcook. on the far outside margins, texture can start to break down (ie you wouldn't want to sous vide a steak as long as ribs, maybe, because falling-apart tenderness is desired in ribs but you want some chew to steak). but yeah, for the most part you can just throw it in there, come back whenever and pull it out, then throw it in a pan or on the grill or something for a minute on each side for a crust. easy peezy and perfectly consistent results.
you strung out? you feenin? my god, what have they got you on, crack, smack, dope?
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
That.....actually sounds amazing.
Note: You can also use water to help get the air out of ziplock bag. Just leave it a bit open and submerge everything but the open bit in water. It'll push all the air out.
a work ethic my employers don't deserve and massive amounts of shitty coffee
u4ea, the fake drug from 90210
I want someone to make a faithful adaptation where Carlos the Jackal (or if they want to update to modern day, Osama) is behind EVERYTHING and is also secretly the president
Youtube holes are fun.
Damn gorgeous lady.
True, but I didn't like other things
an almost sufficient intake of fast food eaten fast in-between tasks
a love of and ease of connection with people with a dollop of misanthropic spite
momentum
a deep understanding of the fact that time can pass swiftly and enjoyably, or it can go slowly and be agonizing, but it passes all the same and my suffering has no significance
painkillers
-looks at most recent skype message from boss-
'oh you know it's
good'
@Organichu there are some good sci fi and fantastical novels in this vein
did you ever read the Miles Vorkosigan books? they are fun and as they go on they keep switching genres between military action mercenaries stuff, to spy stuff, to murder mystery, etc, which is nice as it keeps things fresh, and the characters are great
Charlie Stross's "Laundry" novels are about Mi-6 spies in a Cthulhu horror version of the real world, infiltrating secret cults, using spy gadgets made of magic, etc. they have a kind of black comedy vibe but also have surprisingly well-researched tradecraft
Life over. Who will finish me after the seppuku????
I am wearing the shirt too
Like, he was so convinced Obama couldn't possibly win that he thought he was exposing some kind of subterfuge?
@organichu have you read Daemon
you have shamed this dojo
I just finished both of sandersons way of kings books and they're so good btw
This.......intrigues me.
What is this explain yourself
That was Karl Rove, the GOP political strategist/racism kingpin