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    • flannel slutF
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      @popvulture thank you for putting him on my radar. Consider my head turned.

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      • popvultureP
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        You're welcome — I doubt you'll regret checking him out! The only thing I'll add is to avoid Kraken. Kind of an outlier in his catalog; I thought it sucked and didn't finish it.

        WTB
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        • popvultureP
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          Also thank you for mentioning Rothfuss — I need to check him out!

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          • jerkulesJ
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            An author I love but rarely get to recommend is M John Harrison. His novels exist in the Sci-Fi or fantasy genres, but are kind of on the periphery and don’t follow expected tropes ( a bit like Mieville). He’s also a bit tricksy and plays around with the form - he did an amazing piece of worldbuilding with the Viriconium series, and subsequently deconstructed the world as the story progressed. It’s hard to pigeonhole and explain, but anyone who loves a bit of sleight of hand would likely enjoy. Oh and his writing is some of the best I’ve ever come across, but it admittedly leaves you feeling very weird…

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            • jimcaseyJ
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              @jerkules said in Your Top 5:

              An author I love but rarely get to recommend is M John Harrison.…

              Yep, he's excellent. One of his first novels, "The Centauri Device" is hands down the dirtiest space opera I've ever had the pleasure of reading.

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              • jerkulesJ
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                @jimcasey awesome that’s actually one of his books I haven’t yet gotten round to. I loved the “Kefahuchi Tract” trilogy, the second book “Nova Swing” is close to straight SciFi and I thought it was astonishing. I’m currently ready the Sunken Land Begins to Rise and really enjoying it

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                • jimcaseyJ
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                  @jerkules loved Nova Swing, but haven't read that trilogy you mention. Thanks for the tip man.

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                  • popvultureP
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                    Very very noted! Thanks @jerkules and @jimcasey 🤘

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                    • T4920T
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                      @flannel-slut they're my favourite books of all time. I've bought so many copies of TNotW as gifts over the years..

                      Most recently I listed to the Audio books on Audible, the voice acting was amazing and certain parts had subtle musical backdrops which really added to the immersion.

                      Beautiful is the best way I'd describe them too. Since learning about Rothuss' distain for the Kvoth character, I've reread with a more analytical eye, trying to understand why he feels that way, but I just can't...

                      The naive yet beautifully poetic passages around his feelings for Denna are just perfect. They capture exactly how somebody of his intelligence, wit and artistic prowess would see things, but clearly lack emotional intelligence, and a wisdom that can only be acquired by life experience, because at the end of the day, he's still a child.

                      “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                      • flannel slutF
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                        @T4920 ha! I gifted TNotW one of my good friends about 10, 15 years or so ago. Back when I was young and impressionable and believed authors to be good people who would never create such enjoyable works of art, earn legions can of fans and then abandon them 😭 (that goes for you too GRR Martin cough)

                        My apologies on the early morning rant!

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                        • popvultureP
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                          @flannel-slut I just knocked out 50 pages of The Name of the Wind — really killer so far, and I know I’m just getting started. Looking forward to getting into this one.

                          WTB
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                          • flannel slutF
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                            @popvulture just put a big smile on my face. Enjoy your escape pal

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                            • weftyarnW
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                              My top 5 3 x 5 music albums in no particular order.
                              Yes, I’m a hip hop head.

                              Old School:

                              InI / Pete Rock - Center of Attention
                              Funkdoobiest - Brothas Doobie
                              Guru - Jazzmatazz Volume 1
                              A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
                              Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II

                              New school

                              Yelawolf - Love Story
                              Dr Dre - 2001
                              Dem Atlas - Bad Actress
                              Eminem - The Eminem Show
                              Cunninlynguists - Will Rap for Food

                              Dang, so many missing… Honorable mentions

                              Slick Rick - Behind Bars
                              Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
                              Poor Righteous Teachers - Black Business
                              Digable Planets - Reachin‘
                              Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives

                              Could go on for hours haha.. Any other Hip Hop heads here?

                              Use it or lose it.

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                              • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
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                                Operation Ivy - Energy (easily my top)
                                Sublime - Sublime
                                Leftöver Crack - Fuck World Trade
                                Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
                                Modest Mouse - We Were Dead….

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                                • ddtrashD
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                                  Top 5 fiction books ( this weeks choice at least ).

                                  The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
                                  The Secret History - Donna Tartt
                                  Perfume - Patrick Suskind
                                  Snow falling on Cedars - David Guterson
                                  Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

                                  There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                                  • HeavyGenesH
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                                    Top 5 Music Albums

                                    1. Outkast - Aquemini
                                    2. Killer Mike - Michael
                                    3. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
                                    4. Kanye - Graduation
                                    5. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

                                    Cheers! 

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                                    • MattM
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                                      I had a lot of time behind the wheel driving from Albuquerque to Baltimore this week so I’m pretty sure this is definitive…

                                      1. Kid A
                                      2. Ace of Spades
                                      3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
                                      4. The White Album
                                      5. Enter The 36 Chambers
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                                      • popvultureP
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                                        Man I wouldn’t even know where to start with an ever list but I can get behind that one.

                                        WTB
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                                        • MattM
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                                          I was pretty impressed with myself when I came up with it somewhere in Oklahoma.

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                                          • GraemeEG
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                                            I'm in the same camp as Pop but that is a fucking solid top 5

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