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I'm playing Kenshi again and its funny to me how perception of this game is this hardcore edgy game for masochists when its actually strangely forgiving. Just very counterintuitive. The hungry bandits are oddly nice for post-apocalyptic desperate stragglers. #Kenshi #gaming

And the "failure is a part of the game" means it has to be a bit more forgiving than any other rpg where losing a fight is a game over. Unless you run directly towards a beak thing nest from the start you'll probably survive most fights.

I'm playing Kenshi again and its funny to me how perception of this game is this hardcore edgy game for masochists when its actually strangely forgiving. Just very counterintuitive. The hungry bandits are oddly nice for post-apocalyptic desperate stragglers. #Kenshi #gaming

I started reading "The Turn of the Screw", by Henry James. First chapter is just some set up and establishing the framing device. But holy run-on sentences, Batman! The first page is half covered in text and its only two sentences. TWO. I had to read the first line a few times-

Been a while💀 A fun read, the first half sets up some dire stakes though the second half feels like things are being hurried a little. Namely Eleanor remembering her super death ray side project at the eleventh hour and using it to fight off the aliens.

One thing I read but I can't remember where was the idea that alien invasion stories are connected to European colonialism. In a "imagine someone treated us how we treat them" sort of way. I wonder if that was intentional here, as the aliens call humans "nignigs" and plan to-

Been a while💀 A fun read, the first half sets up some dire stakes though the second half feels like things are being hurried a little. Namely Eleanor remembering her super death ray side project at the eleventh hour and using it to fight off the aliens.

Still she does have more agency in the story than a lot of modern fiction even, so that's surprising. Also Gates runs around with a scouter and a silly electric wobbly sword to fight the aliens its funny.

Been a while💀 A fun read, the first half sets up some dire stakes though the second half feels like things are being hurried a little. Namely Eleanor remembering her super death ray side project at the eleventh hour and using it to fight off the aliens.

Eleanor is surprisingly busy, at first she seemed like the "oh no doctor", type of character who's there to faint and get kidnapped. But surprisingly she's the most active character in the story. Its still a story from the forties so you get silly lines like - #booksky

Duar the Accursed, 1937, Clifford Ball. Very pulply fantasy, though the tropes are a little tired now. If Duar was written today, I'm afraid he'd be written off as a Mary Sue. He's big, tough, and the queen is immediately crushing on him despite his disrespect. #Booksky

Still, I like the parallel of Duar throwing away the stone and his life as an Elder Being to focus on something smaller in scale. The stone was worth ten kingdoms and he gave it up for one. He could have been a god, and chose to stay a man. So it does get a little clever.

Oh yeah, uh, In the Court of the Dragon. Third story in TKIN. Short and simple and tense enough. The play isn't mentioned, instead the king in yellow just shows up after the narrator gets spooked like "It was ME, Barry!" I suppose it shows how old these stories are- #Booksky

Finished the second story of the King In Yellow, the Pallid Mask. An interesting ending considering how the last one ended. The actual play is only mentioned once in passing and once while the MC is feverish, though it does tie into the theme of the story with the play snippet we get. #booksky

Spoiler I suppose the idea is that the tragedy of Boris' death allows Alec and Genevieve to drop their masks and come together, the interesting thing is Alec doesn't want Boris dead as you'd expect in this kind of story, he loves the guy, and he's willing to flee Paris to let them be together.

The Missing Will by Agatha Christie A bit shorter than I expected but the twist was clever and I really enjoy how up his own ass Poirot is. The format of a serial character is interesting, i wondered how you reintroduce them each story. www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67173

Finished the first story in the King in Yellow. The abrupt ending right at the big swell of action is a very interesting way to wrap the story up. Highlighting the MC's faulty view of reality before the floor is pulled from under him helps set things up, but I admit i'm a little disappointed/

Started the king in yellow and the first chapters description of a then future 1920's as on the upswing after implementing whatever deranged nativism the author could cook up is very similar to today, though because this is a fantasy story the government also invested in public parks.

Started the king in yellow and the first chapters description of a then future 1920's as on the upswing after implementing whatever deranged nativism the author could cook up is very similar to today, though because this is a fantasy story the government also invested in public parks.

Just finished the Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison. Fun and quick read, was not expecting a protagonist from the 60's to sassily check his nails in the first five pages but here you go. They even illustrated it.

Just finished the Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison. Fun and quick read, was not expecting a protagonist from the 60's to sassily check his nails in the first five pages but here you go. They even illustrated it.