Wicked Freckled Trull

I love to read and am not shy about telling people about books I'm reading.

Have you read the novella Junk Rat by R.A. Williamson? See link to get a free copy

[Wicked Freckled Trull @WickedFreckledT]

@ian_snow @MrQuestX @NoahRayWrites @NotSoSmolBirb @CollingsMaccrae @wanderingscottw @ThaTrevyTrev @LuciousAmoris @laxmere @DanNEO_SS @glassofbrycet @TiltAtGiants @NerdMother67 @ChaceRandolph Next #SpiceRage reading: evening 7 June (UTC-6)

Dune book 2 Chapter 5: at the age of 15, he had already learned silence.

[Kyle Owens @KyleOwe02309720]

I think geology jokes rock!

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@laxmere https://t.co/6FrZmMUENw

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I could be writing instead of having the same boring argument.

Music up.

Social media off.

Editor up.

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@laxmere Not well.

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@DouglasLumsden1 Go ahead and perform your "I'm deeper than thou because I've got the same book list as every man of a certain caste for the past 70 years".

It's amusing because it's such a strong socioeconomic signal, not something personally unique or interesting.

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They fail as popcorn entertainment.

They are often foisted on the young who haven't the relevant experiences to appreciate the messages.

None of the three have aged nearly as well as other books from the prior hundred years; they aren't sufficiently universal human themes.

[Douglas Lumsden, Left Coast Boomer @DouglasLumsden1]

I haven't even had breakfast this morning, and I've already read in three different unrelated posts on another site that Catcher on the Rye, Moby Dick, and The Great Gatsby were terrible books. Damn, I thought those books might have a chance of succeeding, but I guess not.

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@DouglasLumsden1 @KennethMGRAY2 Yes, I'm aware of sales. Popularity alone is no indication of quality.

Danielle Steel sells a lot of books. Morning Glory Milking Farm sells a lot of copies.

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@DouglasLumsden1 In contrast, I spent months over the winter live tweeting #Tolkirage because LOTR is so poorly executed.

I read classics for my own edification as an adult.

I was assigned most of these books in school decades ago and they were not nearly as good as weighty books I chose myself

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@her_eloquence Just you. I enjoy a good thriller yet I read many other types of novels as well.

[✨Court✨ @CourtSunnyYay]

Still rings true, I've met some keepers for sure. 🫶

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@goodreads Nope. I check GoodReads reviews while reading books for confirmation that it's not just me seeing certain aspects of the book.

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@AdrianLSanders @MarkBski Don't. They are fine for youngsters who don't know any better.

Competent adults will see how poorly written they are and how heavily reliant they are on themes and tropes instead of delivering on substance.

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Why do formative lists always look bland like teacher written?

Pratchett: Disc World
Anthony: Apprentice Adept
Watterson: Calvin and Hobbes
Butler: Xenogenesis
Auel: Mammoth Hunters
King: The Stand
Heinlein: Number of the Beast
Diehl: Primal Fear
Mitchell: Gone with the Wind

[Mark Bski🇺🇸Ruggedly Individualistic 🐶 olllllllo @MarkBski]

Do you have a list 'formative' reads? that is, books you read when you were young but went on to shape your personality, your worldview, your philosophy, and who you are?

Here are mine:
Iliad & Odyssey ~ I read in junior high, several iterations of each and they began my lifelong love of reading. Without these I would not have read the following.

Hobbit & LotR ~ Began my love of prose and the beauty of the English language. I read LotR 25+ times. JRR Tolkien is my fav author.

Animal Farm & 1984 ~ Politics & honesty

Connections ~ James Burke wrote on the history of technology, & how innovations changed civilizations.

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ~ read at 21 and reread at 62. I realized how I thought about life, work, technology and problem solving as a technologist had it's foundations here.

Honorable mentions ~ On The Road is the ultimate American Road trip. I, Pencil is a peek into economics like no other.

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@penguinusa Junk Rat by R.A. Williamson #freebook #YASciFi

Wulan is 14, alone, and running out of time.

https://t.co/ELZUruXZiI

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@R_S_Russo Agreed.

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@Chronodendron I would have agreed more when I was younger.

For example, I loved Heinlein's Deety and Friday when I was a teen and I was angry about the "realistic" women being foisted on me by teachers.

In my middle age, all of are laughably wrong.

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@NoahRayWrites @justcastellon I'm reminded of the medic in Doomsday Recon who keeps riffing on that saying.

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@NoahRayWrites @justcastellon Oh, she is told at the time by the people doing things to her in the book about the character-building aspects.

Like most teens, she is skeptical.

Sometimes, she is right to be skeptical.

[Noah Ray @NoahRayWrites]

Cat pic for this meme courtesy of @justcastellon

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@DouglasLumsden1 @KennethMGRAY2 Those books are popular with teachers. They are not popular with the mainstream.