Books

[sabergirl]

It’s just such a beautiful book, @mclaincausey. Becky Chambers wrote another series of books loosely related by overlapping characters called the “Wayfarer’s”, which is also wonderful. I love her writing because it imagines a universe in which the majority of beings are trying to understand one another and coexist and find love. Such a contrast to our own world!

[pechelman]

@sabergirl said in Books:

imagines a universe in which the majority of beings are trying to understand one another and coexist and find love

so it's about the iron heart forum?

[sabergirl]

Awwww well our little corner of the internet does strive for this, yes. 🥰

[mclaincausey]

@sabergirl my rebuttal to misanthropy and the presumed inevitability of humanity‘s state today is that it doesn’t have to be this way, and it became this way IMO by historical accident. Humans are not inherently flawed, we are just trapped in a civilization that is premised on some fundamentally flawed assumptions. And this flawed civilization was never an inevitability. There is some good archaeological and anthropological support for this summarized in books like “The Dawn of Everything” by Graeber/Wengrow, and philosophical support in books like “Ishmael” and “The Story of B” by Daniel Quinn, to name but a few.

So even though I am misanthropic within the context of our civilization, I believe we are more than capable of peacefully exploring and colonizing at least the solar system if not the galaxy instead of dying out in silence on a rock as our current course is headed.

As much as I enjoy things like dystopian sci-fi and cosmic horror, I’m excited to read something a bit more hopeful and positive. Thanks for the recommendation!

[mclaincausey]

This oughta be illuminating ()

[Giles]

[tody]

@Giles said in Books:

The first one sounds interesting, I'll put that on my 'to read' list!

[tody]

I read this one over the weekend. Out of all her books, that one was the best.

[Giles]

@tody said in Books:

@Giles said in Books:

The first one sounds interesting, I'll put that on my 'to read' list!

Yes it does, but my friend who recommended Simon Winchester says that he thinks I will find Pacific the most interesting.....

[ARNC]

I might add them to my list too. I enjoyed these two a while back then forgot all about Simon Winchester.

[tody]

i really enjoyed this one. written by a maniac, in the best possible meaning of the term.

[mclaincausey]

@tody glad they clarified it’s Britain’s female Stephen King, whatever that means

[mclaincausey]

Again as with 3 Body Problem prompted by an adaptation to pull it forward in my backlog, read Dark Matter. This thing reads like a script and was entertaining and got through it very fast because it was hard to put down. Highly recommended for a quick kind of dark sci fi read as a suspense thriller without a lot of depth. I have more faith in the ability for a successful adaptation here than with 3 Body Problem.

[SKT]

@mclaincausey finished reading “Outlive” on our vacation. Lots of takeaways but maybe the biggest for me was a reframing of the “why” part of exercise and nutrition. Moving forward I’m going to focus on the simple mantra of “training to be a centenarian”

[mclaincausey]

@SKT nice! I’m sure not all of it is perfect but there are at least some good key takeaways for me.

[steelworker]

Superb horror.

[SKT]

@steelworker adding this to the list

[Tago Mago]

[goosehd]

One that I started a couple of years ago and hadn’t finished. Picked it back up today and forgot how good it was.

[steelworker]

If I could upvote more than once @goosehd I would