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    • SeulS
      Seul
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      @goosehd said in Books:

      As to the reposting of pictures, I call on @Seul to adjudicate the situation and to make a ruling.

      This is unmistakenly a case of Old People Fumbling On Their Phones Whilst Operating A Boat (And Probably On A Third Beer).

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      • goosehdG
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        @Giles I am not sure if I ever got a hard-on…

        I didn’t think old guys could still do that…

        @Seul Thank you for your help and interpretation! It is greatly appreciated 🙂

        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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        • GilesG
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          @Tago-Mago Finished the Honjin Murders and loved it - thx....

          2 more arrived today.....

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          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • Tago MagoT
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            @Giles glad you liked. Total shot in the dark from me, but enjoying the book, too. Many happy returns by the way, I see you got yourself some gifts after all

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            • todyT
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              @SKT I'm finally through the Stephen King novel. I really enjoyed that, and I'm already eyeing at his next, Holly. I strayed away from King for 20 years or so, but his last three novels, Later, Billy Summers, and Fairy Tale brought me back.

              Also, I finished two biographies during the last week:

              'A life with footnotes', the Terry Pratchett biography. Although I read just about anything by Pratchett, the biography gave some interesting insights.

              The other one was DOOM GUY, the autobiography by John Romero. As much as I like to play the DOOM series, his book was rather dull and superficial at times.

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              • InorganicI
                Inorganic
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                Just wrapped these two up. Would eagerly recommend them to anyone Powell’s bookstore here in Portland puts small blurbs about staff pick books, they nailed Stoner. ‘Reading this book is like watching your emotionally repressed dad cry. A moving portrait of a quiet American life spent in the fallible pursuit of joy’

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                • popvultureP
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                  Lord. As someone who definitely has an emotionally repressed dad, not sure I could handle that 😅

                  WTB
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                  • InorganicI
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                    @popvulture preach!! Same daddy issues over here 🤣 but when I finished the book, I have to say that I was more empathetic and wanting to engage with a new understanding. Aside from that John Williams's writing is beautiful.

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                    • SKTS
                      SKT
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                      @tody I enjoyed it too. I read everything of his as a kid and young adult but have only read Fairytale and 22/11/63 (which I recommend) of his more recent stuff. I’ll check out the ones you mentioned.

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                      • SKTS
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                        @Inorganic I’m envious of you having Powell’s close. My wife has family in Portland and a trip to Powell’s is a priority every time we visit. The Dispossessed looks interesting as well.

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                        • InorganicI
                          Inorganic
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                          @SKT Powell's is a real gem - when I can get a night away from the family I have a selfcare trifecta of activities around that single city block: Powell's, Self Edge & Living Room Theatre for a fun movie....it is bliss.

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                          • popvultureP
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                            Man that sounds wonderful 🥹

                            WTB
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                            • SKTS
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                              What he said ^

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                              • jerkulesJ
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                                @Inorganic love both of those books! Le Guin is one of my favourites, Left Hand of Darkness is a great read.

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                                • InorganicI
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                                  @jerkules She is a bit of a local hero here in Portland so I had to get to her books sometime or later. Left Hand of Darkness is definitely on my list of books soon to read...

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                                  • popvultureP
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                                    It's definitely a cool book. A really heady read.

                                    WTB
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                                    Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                    • SKTS
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                                      Reading Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” for the first time and enjoying it. Coppola’s film version seems to stay pretty close to the book.

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                                      • mclaincauseyM
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                                        Reading “The Dawn of Everything “ by Davids Graeber and Wengrow and can’t put it down. Makes you question a lot of our conventional wisdom around how humans can and have organize societies and calls into question the inevitability of our style of civilization.

                                        This is a task that Ishmael by Daniel Quinn also excels at, though the former is much more evidence-based.

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                        • iammortalcombatI
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                                          Currently reading Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
                                          This has slid under my radar though I had read other works from him. The writing style is a bit boring after a few books...
                                          Grim and dark. Have to take it in small doses because the writing does convey the doom and misery of the plot very well.

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                                          • steelworkerS
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                                            I liked the westerns, didn't read The Road because it was doomy and miserable

                                            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                            Well, I have others.

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