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TraceItalian wrote:So my girlfriend bought me the Southern Reach trilogy after I read great reviews of it on BoingBoing, well, lemme tell you: It's pretty boring.
D.o.S. wrote:BitchPudding wrote:Been reading Ozzy Osborne's biography "I Am Ozzy" at work. Shit is both hilarious and kind sad at parts. I have Tony Iommi's bio ready to read next.
I also impulse bought an Anton LaVey book called "Satan Speaks!", which has been a fascinating read. I've been really curious about the occult and Satanism in general. Now that I'm living on my own and am away from my religious parents, I can finally explore that shit as much as I want.
If anyone has any recommendations for interesting stuff about the occult to read, I'm all ears. Probably gonna get The Satanic Bible next.
The occult is a pretty wide ranging subject with lots of interesting history around the subject itself as well as the history of the history of the subject.
I think the last really good books I picked up on the subject were these (although I definitely didn't pay 76 pounds for the first one ffs)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Britis ... 0955523702
Or this one:
https://www.timeless-shop.com/prod/the- ... 2,101.html
Unfortunately most of the really fun stuff is either hard to find or expensive or both (bit like pedals really).
Good reading recs a little later into this thread. Maybe bump it?
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dubkitty wrote:you should be aware that LaVey is more of a performance artist than a proper Satanist.
ummohyeah wrote:Godspeed rule and no amount of tape would make their pedalboards safe from my cum.
MrNovember wrote:TraceItalian wrote:So my girlfriend bought me the Southern Reach trilogy after I read great reviews of it on BoingBoing, well, lemme tell you: It's pretty boring.
Really? I absolutely loved that book (and the movie)
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
popvulture wrote:MrNovember wrote:TraceItalian wrote:So my girlfriend bought me the Southern Reach trilogy after I read great reviews of it on BoingBoing, well, lemme tell you: It's pretty boring.
Really? I absolutely loved that book (and the movie)
I've only read the first book but thought it was pretty great, albeit definitely slow at times and more than a bit vague/esoteric. But that's what I liked about it, tbh.
I thought the movie was pretty cool, but was pretty insulted on behalf of Van Der Meer that Alex Garland roughly stole the premise of his book, discarded the rest, and totally rewrote everything. Apparently he only read it once and didn't even use it as reference when writing the script. Which, ok, fine—VDM got paid and credited obviously, so it's not like he got screwed—I just don't understand what was wrong with the book. It would've made a perfectly great movie, and really a better one if you ask me. I wanted to see the Crawler.
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
popvulture wrote:That said, I usually find that most of the heart of sci fi is much more in the whole storytelling / world-building sides of things, and in that sense I thought Annihilation stood out.
MrNovember wrote:popvulture wrote:That said, I usually find that most of the heart of sci fi is much more in the whole storytelling / world-building sides of things, and in that sense I thought Annihilation stood out.
This is definitely what I liked about the book. The world building was amazing and definitely stood out.
And I actually really liked the fact that he didn't really use the book when writing the movie. It made it feel completely different and kind of fit in with the mutations theme. That said, I would have loved to see the Crawler and the Tower in the movie.
popvulture wrote:In terms of just general literary quality, I feel like sci fi's usually pretty lacking.
D.o.S. wrote:popvulture wrote:In terms of just general literary quality, I feel like sci fi's usually pretty lacking.
Someone isn't on the China Mieville train yet.
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
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