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i just started reading "the gardens of the moon" by steven erikson.
im not usually a fantasy book reader, i quite like sci fi, but im 3 chapters into this thing and weve already had a sorceress summoning fire magic from the void of chaos to combat some kind of demonic necromancer in a flying castle mid siege war. its pretty far out there, im loving what little of it ive read so far.
and by read i mean listening to an audio book while listening to dark ambient music while tidying my house and going for walks and tinkering with artistic hobbies because who has the time to just sit in a silent room for 5 hours and look at words on pages in 2024?
certainly not me with my goldfish adhd partydrug battered husk of a brain.
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Posted bySnorkle_ukon Jun 9, 2024, 9:45:42 AM
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This is now a book club thread.
I am currently reading The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté. Can recommend it to anyone interested in broadening their perspeective on modern-day living. "We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world?"
ive watched a few interviews with him on youtube in the past and he had some agreeable takes on things, i could certainly relate to some of it.
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Posted bySnorkle_ukon Jun 9, 2024, 9:54:54 AM
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Posted byGopstop22on Jun 9, 2024, 10:21:49 AM
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This is now a book club thread.
I am currently reading The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté. Can recommend it to anyone interested in broadening their perspeective on modern-day living. "We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world?"
ive watched a few interviews with him on youtube in the past and he had some agreeable takes on things, i could certainly relate to some of it.
I find it very enlightening. He has a sober, factual view on things and manages to zoom out of the day-to-day to look at the broader picture. As someone who considers himself very caught up in the day-to-day, it's eye-opening!
Also helps me brush up on some of my English vocab. I'm German, and words such as corollary are not taught in school. :P
I read some of Steven Erikson's books from his The Malazan Book of the Fallen series which are fantastically written high fantasy novels spanning across 10 books. I'll have to earmark that name, I am quite fond of his writing!
The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge. Last edited by ArtCrusade on Jun 9, 2024, 10:28:20 AM
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Posted byArtCrusadeon Jun 9, 2024, 10:27:53 AMOn Probation
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It can't be. PoE is dead like you said.
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Posted byFapmobileon Jun 10, 2024, 4:47:52 AM
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It can't be. PoE is dead like you said.
Are you saying he's fired?
The opposite of knowledge is not illiteracy, but the illusion of knowledge.
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Posted byArtCrusadeon Jun 10, 2024, 4:49:21 AMOn Probation
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Do they teach reading anymore? Oh wait, there's a Kardashian-hosted AI reading bot available now...so yeah read on
There are audiobboks also. Its great way to listen and do things like house chores, shopping or burning in wood.
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This is now a book club thread.
I am currently reading The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté. Can recommend it to anyone interested in broadening their perspeective on modern-day living. "We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world?"
Ive just finished Master of Mankind and now im starting Garro.
Yes those are from WH40K Horus Heresy.
Also reading "Seven types of atheism" by John Gray.
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Posted byde99ialon Jun 10, 2024, 1:51:11 PM
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It can't be. PoE is dead like you said.
exactly so now i dont have a job anymore and im bored
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Posted byGopstop22on Jun 10, 2024, 3:28:48 PM
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i just started reading "the gardens of the moon" by steven erikson.
im not usually a fantasy book reader, i quite like sci fi, but im 3 chapters into this thing and weve already had a sorceress summoning fire magic from the void of chaos to combat some kind of demonic necromancer in a flying castle mid siege war. its pretty far out there, im loving what little of it ive read so far.
and by read i mean listening to an audio book while listening to dark ambient music while tidying my house and going for walks and tinkering with artistic hobbies because who has the time to just sit in a silent room for 5 hours and look at words on pages in 2024?
certainly not me with my goldfish adhd partydrug battered husk of a brain.
Actually, Im sold.
But isnt an audiobook soooo slow.
I know you can do other stuff but its like 3 times longer than just reading.
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Posted bytrixxaron Jun 11, 2024, 9:11:49 PM
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Actually, Im sold.
But isnt an audiobook soooo slow.
I know you can do other stuff but its like 3 times longer than just reading.
Try reading during shopping. Or cleaning. Or walking in the wood. Or walking to job.
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Posted byde99ialon Jun 12, 2024, 2:45:22 AM
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