I definitely know what you mean. I started The Dark Forest way too long after reading The Three Body Problem and it was a rough first few chapters.
I read it close to ten years ago and remember very little of it apart from just going with it. Looking forward to revisiting it at some point.
Not a book but your description made me think of this NPR story I heard today…I saw that Mariana Enriquez's Our Share of Night is finally out in translation. I read this one about two years ago, and I highly recommend it for fans of literary or gothic horror, or of Stephen King. It starts in the 1980s in Argentina, while the dictatorship is still in charge, and as it moves forward, the real horrors of the time mix with fantastical ones. Some of the images haunted my dreams for a bit, especially since I lived in northeastern Argentina where a lot of the plot happens, and could absolutely visualize the places the characters visited.
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez: 9780451495150 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post “An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)...www.penguinrandomhouse.com
tiktok is like concentrated versions of whatever. so if it's "this is a shitty take on a book done by someone that doesn't know shit about literature or the subject" then it's going to be a really, really dumb and shitty take. same if it's conservative politics or history or whatever.
You gotta feed the algorithm. Block the things you don't like, engage with what you do. Almost all my videos are cute cats, LGBTQ rights, cooking (actual cooking, not the weird gross wtf stuff) and Socialist think pieces.
Yeah, I can see the algorithm slowly getting me, but it’s taking time as I open the app like once a week. So do you straight-up block users if one TikTok by them doesn’t appeal? I thought just swiping up sufficed.
I do tell it to not show me stuff by a user if their stuff doesn't appeal to me. I get a lot of fantasy and sci-fi book rec's, which is right up my alley.
I haven't read or watched Station Eleven, but I can't imagine anything putting me in the right headspace for Sea of Tranquility. That said, It was really good and well worth the read. One of the most lyrical things I've read in a long time and very of the moment.
What -- THE Bill Watterson?Not sure if this belongs here since it's not out yet, but there's new Bill Watterson coming!
The Mysteries by Bill Watterson, John Kascht
Holy shit, it's THE Bill Watterson.
