Trying to find my place in an alienating world.
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I recently got back into Terry Pratchett’s discworld series. I just finished “Reaper Man” and I am now on “Witches Abroad”.
The series is really great. The comedy is well written and it’s constantly subverting expectations. The characters are all so different and feel alive in ways that many authors fail to manage.
I recently read through the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, new book in the series just came out so I plan on reading that one next. It’s a comedy/adventure sci-fi and fantasy. It has elements of class oppression and intergalactic revolution. It’s not strictly Marxist, but it’s not horribly lib either. It’s a fun story and it’s not just a power fantasy as most stories in the “Dungeon” genre tend to be (e.g. solo leveling).
I also read through the Convergence series, which is a fantasy story about the only wizard in modern society who is trying to stop a fantasy world from colliding with the modern world. It’s pretty good, the comedy is quite good, and has hilarious references to marxism throughout. However, there is one section where they completely misrepresent communism which was unfortunate, but it is not really relevant to the overall story, so if you ignore that section it is an overall fun story.
next on my list is probably left hand of darkness or something from the discworld series.
I noticed that youtube hasn’t let me change the speed at all recently on my computer. They show the typical speed control, but it doesn’t work and shows 4x speed premium.
That being said, I have a browser extension that just lets me speed up the video with a keyboard shortcut to whatever speed I want, so it really doesn’t matter.
It really is like this. I have a friend who’s family grew up in the Soviet Union, and left during the collapse (he was born after). He is vehemently against Communism, but he’s also strongly against capitalism. It’s a bit frustrating to talk with him because he’ll agree with me right up until I start to talk strategy or historical context around the Soviet Union.
Goodbye Petrodollar, history will not miss you.
It’s a ways to go still, but this is a promising sign.
I currently use a Boox tablet. They are more on the expensive side since they are full android tablets. I had a black and white one last me about 5-6 years, and could have lasted longer if I glued the screen back to the body of the device. I upgraded to a new model colour one and I really appreciate it for what I use it for. If you are just looking for a reader and you don’t want to take notes on it then I would recommend getting something cheaper. I just don’t have experience with anything else.