That's what I usually do, and that's what I did. And I didn't even have to get off the couch. In fact, I wasn't even on the couch. It's true I should ...
I have a few cautionary tales. The latest happened today. The lights on my coffee machine turned orange, and instead of finding the manual I just aske...
I'm glad you have bounced back Javi. My New Year was good. I was in the popular and atmospheric medieval town of Suzdal. Then I went to the in-laws ou...
Conventional how? Many of your choices seem pretty far out to me, based on your descriptions. Those of them I've read, I like: Asimov, Clarke, Mievill...
The new archive site presents all discussions with less than 1000 posts in the form of a single page: https://tpfarchive.com/ The data is a couple of ...
:up: I should point out that these ones are idiosyncratic choices: Trouble on Triton, by Samuel R. Delany Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban The Doomed ...
Ubik, Philip K. Dick A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess Trouble on Triton, by Samuel R. Delany Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban The Doomed City, S...
Certainly, but expectation-calibration can only do so much to mitigate intense displeasure. (And I secretly suspect there is literature written around...
Sadly, I forgot to take photos after it was cooked. I can let you see my Christmas pyjamas and footwear if that helps. /uploads/resized/files/z7/ko1wf...
I wouldn't say I'm ever interested in validation. That doesn't seem like a good expectation when reading fiction. But I see what you're saying: yes, i...
I didn't read many novels this year, because of all the philosophy. Under the Skin by Michel Faber was interesting and memorable. Jane Eyre was bad. T...
I read this in the late nineties when I was totally unprepared for experimental literature, so I was quite confused. Even so, I think I probably read ...
Just in time for Christmas, we had the first real winter day today. It was down around minus 18 C. Mostly, I stayed indoors, but I ventured out three ...
You know all of what I'm about to say but I want to say it anyway. The only problem with War and Peace is its repeated forays into historiography, the...
I banned @"Bob Ross" for homophobia. He posted a topic claiming that... Homosexual orientation is a defective state of being, a "privation of human na...
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley. The Sot Weed Factor by John Barth. Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon. War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy Riddley ...
I'll respond openly instead of deleting the topic, because it has already been up for many hours, and it does make an explicit effort to avoid racism....
Frank flexing his programming skills on the Synclavier in 1986. I've loved this tune since it came out. https://youtu.be/8GAWk5fxZqY?si=MkvdHDoJRZ-J1_...
I thought they were shoes, but it turns out they're also small, savory, deep-fried round balls made from cornmeal-based batter, frequently served as a...
But apparently, abadejo can mean pollock, which has a very different taste and texture. However, all these fish names refer to different species in di...
I'm confused by that illustration. It mostly looks like another member of the cod family, like merluza (hake), rather than cod itself. But the dorsal ...
All I said was "salmon frittata" and you fly into a defensive rage! I happen to think it's equally praiseworthy to independently invent something that...
I didn't judge him or his work on the basis of the one book of his I read. I explicitly did the opposite. Also, you appear not to know what you're tal...
:up: Well said, and welcome to the forum. On the other hand, I never managed to find the insightful and brilliant in his books, because the first one ...
Breakfast: one Banana, one apple, one coffee, and two delicious biscuits with the enticing name of "With cereals": https://cdn.metro-cc.ru/ru/ru_pim_5...
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