Do they refer to artificial bodies as golems in the novels? I’ve only heard that in Neal Asher’s books but it’s a very cool label

I feel like I remember Joe Scott saying in a video that vibrators were like the 5th electric consumer device to be invented, or marketed or some such. Very early on, either way

I completely agree with you with the caveat that on rare occasions it can. I am personally very excited to see what directer Denis Villeneuve will do with Rendevous With Rama. That book is almost begging for a faithful screen adaptation since so much of it is describing the scale and layout of the inside of the O’Neill cylinder. I say this as someone who is known in my friendgroup for always hating adaptations and reboots, etc.

what about the other girl tho

Okay what is this trend, I’m out of the loop

I think the Mars trilogy by KSR is probably exactly what they are looking for

Michael Kramer and Kate Reading are pretty much the gold standard in the industry. Kramer is still kind of finding his voice for the first few books though

it’s a classic shit sandwich for sure

(we like the pooe right now, I know it’s weird and morally questionable but shhhhh) /s

I decided it is time to go through Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. This will be the sixth time for me. It is the best of the best.

I recently finished Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. I have never had such a rocky reading experience. Over all I enjoyed it but it was a very mixed bag. Some of the books were just okay, one or two were excellent, and at least one was truly terrible.

Oh boy, you’re in for a ride if you choose to go down this road lol. So the SCP Foundation is a wiki style serial and collaborative writing project that has been going strong since 2008. It’s a sort of spinoff of the creepypasta genre of web serial work that has a semi-codified structure. There are tens of thousands of entries at this point and the range of topics and styles is immense. There are some authors that have done far more work than others and have a sort of established mini-lore canonization that sometimes conflicts with other authors and sometimes fits nicely within them. It’s a true grab-bag of content so it’s hard to say where to begin but memtics and anti-memetics play an ENORMOUS role in many many many of the stories and concepts. edit: when this book was published as a book, they kind of changed some things around so it isnt technically part of the foundation, hence why they say “the organization” instead

FURTHER EDIT (sorry not sorry): here is a link to an entry by qntm that serves as a basis for the beginning of what became the book, but in true SCP format meaning it is written as an entry in a government style database and follows the established format of first discussing the Special Containment Procedures of the Keter class entity. SCP-055

Excellent book! It wasn’t my favorite of the Rev Space stuff but it was still very Reynolds and I can never get enough Clavain so I really enjoyed it.

I also just read There Is No Antimemetics Divison and absolutely loved it. I get what you mean about the timelines but as an avid SCP content consumer I was pretty comfortable with it. It’s worth noting that the book is pretty much a compilation of what was originally a more serial publication so that probably contributed to the breaks.

you probably just werent blowing on the cartridge in the right way

5/7 reference, perfect score

This is very good advice. I had my “Steve” time as well, and it lasted for pretty much a decade before I got myself into just enough trouble that I was semi forced into seeking help. The help did help, but the biggest help was just getting me to stop denying the world and going day by day and to start looking at the bigger picture. I admitted to myself that I was dealing with a combination of inherited mental health issues but also that I was using a bad thing in my past as an excuse to feed the mental health issues. I kept the issues at the forefront of my identity and didnt let myself heal. Once I was able to say that I was doing that, I was able to put it behind me. It doesnt magically go away, but it enabled me to grow other aspects of myself as well.

lol is that a futurama reference as well

the xeelee would like a word

I grew up with Halo being the pinnacle of video games. It was by far the biggest influence on my friendgroup and I and was the main game we would play when we hung out for basically our entire school lives. That being said, I’d really much rather the IP was just put to rest. I dont thinj everything needs to just keep going on and in forever, and every single installment in the franchise that 343 has made has been a disappointment and worse than the previous by a large margin. I found infinite to be nearly unplayable after the simple novelty of the grappling hook wore off. Why cant it just be done now?

My personal favorite pizza topping combo is pepperoni and pineapple. Never lets me down.