shtangley01
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- Apr 28, 2024
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What are some of ya'll's favorite books? doesn't have to be site-related, just anything you've thoroughly enjoyed! I'll start:
My three favorite books of all time are, at the moment
"The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" By Claire North - My first favorite book! I read this baby back in highschool, its about a guy who's life is a groundhog's day-style time loop, every time he dies he wakes up as a baby again around the cold war-era. I was big into time loop fiction at the time, its still a major escapist fantasy for me. The plot revolves around this entire society of similar individuals who live in time loops just like our titular protagonist, who are reporting that the end of the world is coming sooner and sooner with each loop. A fun, low-fi sci-fi romp that touches on some heavier themes!
"House of Leaves" By Mark Z. Danielewski - My current favorite book! I read it just a few months ago and I cannot understate how good it is! It's a postmodern psychological horror chronicle, which takes the form of a manuscript written by a dead, blind italian man named Zampanò, which is compiled by and anotated with the life stories of the drug-doing, sex-having, gradually unravelling tattoo artist Johnny Truant, about a documentary that doesn't exist by Will Navidson, another character, about a house that's 3 quarters of an inch bigger on the inside than the outside. I cannot recommend this enough, but I fear spoiling anything should I rave further!
"Small Gods" By Terry Pratchett - This slot really belongs to all the Discworld novels, but Small Gods is as good an entry as any to start your journeys on the Disc! The series itself is 41 entries strong, so its sure to keep even the most avid reader busy for a hot second, and all of it's pure gold, or at least most of it. Small Gods in particular works as a nice jumping on point as it is completely standalone, taking place in a different time period from most of the series, which saw the Discworld advancing in more-or-less realtime alongside our world. It's a hilarious and surprisingly genuine romp through the deserts and seas surrounding the odd monotheistic society of Omnia in a world where their own god openly curses and bargains with other deities, as Brutha, the society's last true believer in their own god, Om, armed with perfect recall and a direct line to the now deeply disempowered Om- who is stuck in the form of a one-eyed turtle- learns about gods, religion, society, and philosophy, growing into a prophet in his own right.
As for the rest of the series, there are a number of individual storylines to follow. You can find lists of these online if you google for it, or just read the series in order of publication. I've heard the first two books ("The Color of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic", which are a direct two-parter) are among the worst in the series, but I liked them just fine.
My three favorite books of all time are, at the moment
"The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" By Claire North - My first favorite book! I read this baby back in highschool, its about a guy who's life is a groundhog's day-style time loop, every time he dies he wakes up as a baby again around the cold war-era. I was big into time loop fiction at the time, its still a major escapist fantasy for me. The plot revolves around this entire society of similar individuals who live in time loops just like our titular protagonist, who are reporting that the end of the world is coming sooner and sooner with each loop. A fun, low-fi sci-fi romp that touches on some heavier themes!
"House of Leaves" By Mark Z. Danielewski - My current favorite book! I read it just a few months ago and I cannot understate how good it is! It's a postmodern psychological horror chronicle, which takes the form of a manuscript written by a dead, blind italian man named Zampanò, which is compiled by and anotated with the life stories of the drug-doing, sex-having, gradually unravelling tattoo artist Johnny Truant, about a documentary that doesn't exist by Will Navidson, another character, about a house that's 3 quarters of an inch bigger on the inside than the outside. I cannot recommend this enough, but I fear spoiling anything should I rave further!
"Small Gods" By Terry Pratchett - This slot really belongs to all the Discworld novels, but Small Gods is as good an entry as any to start your journeys on the Disc! The series itself is 41 entries strong, so its sure to keep even the most avid reader busy for a hot second, and all of it's pure gold, or at least most of it. Small Gods in particular works as a nice jumping on point as it is completely standalone, taking place in a different time period from most of the series, which saw the Discworld advancing in more-or-less realtime alongside our world. It's a hilarious and surprisingly genuine romp through the deserts and seas surrounding the odd monotheistic society of Omnia in a world where their own god openly curses and bargains with other deities, as Brutha, the society's last true believer in their own god, Om, armed with perfect recall and a direct line to the now deeply disempowered Om- who is stuck in the form of a one-eyed turtle- learns about gods, religion, society, and philosophy, growing into a prophet in his own right.
As for the rest of the series, there are a number of individual storylines to follow. You can find lists of these online if you google for it, or just read the series in order of publication. I've heard the first two books ("The Color of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic", which are a direct two-parter) are among the worst in the series, but I liked them just fine.
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