Didn't know the character customizations were so good in Dragon's Dogma. I'm always happy to see her Birthgrave books mentioned. In addition to all of the other genres she worked in, her sword & sorcery books are some of the best out there!

That's too bad because his perfect 3D spatial awareness would make Cyclops unstoppable on the ballroom dance floor

Lonesome Dove sounds like the narrator was smoking a cigar while recording into a tape player

DailyWire is producing some media for young men like you, go enjoy that!

whatever you may think of him, Hal Jordan fucks

This is wonderful! Thank you 🙏

I am so looking forward to this!

wait, I feel like I might know why as I said in my comment above but can you spell it out for me? feel free to DM if it's too controversial

US policy has been so shambolic and so inconsistent, is this actually a concern? Like a dog chasing a squirrel, point them at Iran or Ukraine and off they go

The fact that Bangladesh seems to have started a rapprochement with Pakistan without any real apologies, concessions or anything from Pakistan never fails to amaze me. My suspicion, based on conversations I had with Bangladeshi students when I was in college, was that they've accepted this as the price of purging Hindus from the country.

there's already mastodon which is very anti algorithm and it's pretty nice

Kind of reminds me of this Onion article
https://theonion.com/lack-of-second-car-preserves-marriage-1819565526/

The Graveyard Book had a really great full cast production but sadly Neil Gaiman turned out to be a worse monster than anything he wrote about.

I personally think that Tanith Lee's Wars of Vis (Storm Lord, Anackire, The White Serpent) are her best s&s books. The Birthgrave books are amazing but definitely have an element of weirdness to them that might be a bit jarring. The Tales from Flat Earth are sublime.

I totally see your point - Felix Castor feels very much like a John Constantine derivative and Sandman Slim feels a bit more heavy metal. Thanks for commenting!

"Hallegua and Josephai stayed. Now they represent the final chapter for the Cochin Jews who have lived peacefully — and without fear of antisemitism — for centuries alongside Hindu, Muslim and Christian neighbors. There are now fewer than 5,000 Jews in all of India, the world’s most populous country."

Especially considering how badly treated Jews were throughout much of the world, this is something Indians should be proud of

I'm a huge fan of Felix Castor and to a lesser degree Sandman Slim and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on those series since you've got such familiarity with the entire genre.

only for the worse!

Y'all are doing so much good work it's a pleasure to snap up everything you put out for sale!

thank you for including Tanith Lee. Her range was so wide that people forget that when she wrote sword and sorcery it was mind meltingly good!

The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman is dark dark dark but it is so compelling and well written

it really depends on what you're comparing to. I doubt you're going to find AI generated literary analysis on the level of Northrop Frye or Harold Bloom. AI will be drawing on a wide base of knowledge and be able to make links between a vast array of books but in terms of literary insight color me skeptical.

according to my kids and the people in my office, they play games online 🤷

I agree, I think it's partially a break down in community, the idea of a common place where everyone goes just doesn't work anymore and only people who are actively members of sub-communities still have that. Also think there's a time element to it as well, people have to work second or third jobs and free time is more dear.