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Still thinking about #Andor and how much I love the quietly cathartic, humiliating shots of evil Imperials cowering in closets, crawling away from fights, and kicked back (sometimes literally) by the people they oppressed.

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Still thinking about #Andor and how much I love the quietly cathartic, humiliating shots of evil Imperials cowering in closets, crawling away from fights, and kicked back (sometimes literally) by the people they oppressed.

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Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49" is clever (and maybe too clever for its own good), paranoid, and kinda creepy in some places, showing off Pynchon's extensive knowledge of obscure historical topics, Heller-like absurdism, unwillingness to commit to definite answers for the reader, stupid yet vaguely acceptable names, and obsession with gramatically correct yet difficult to parse sentences full of spliced-in digressions that leave you feeling -

#reading

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Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49" is clever (and maybe too clever for its own good), paranoid, and kinda creepy in some places, showing off Pynchon's extensive knowledge of obscure historical topics, Heller-like absurdism, unwillingness to commit to definite answers for the reader, stupid yet vaguely acceptable names, and obsession with gramatically correct yet difficult to parse sentences full of spliced-in digressions that leave you feeling -

#reading

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When asked whether I would consider being a full time author, I always feel this Manchurian Candidate-like compulsion to give a long, rambling monologue about publishing contracts, our nation's lack of antitrust enforcement, the systematic devaluation of art by Amazon and Wall Street, and the sheer amount of luck + backbreaking work it takes to get published and STAY published.

...I should just say "sure, I'd consider it".

#amwriting #writinglife

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When asked whether I would consider being a full time author, I always feel this Manchurian Candidate-like compulsion to give a long, rambling monologue about publishing contracts, our nation's lack of antitrust enforcement, the systematic devaluation of art by Amazon and Wall Street, and the sheer amount of luck + backbreaking work it takes to get published and STAY published.

...I should just say "sure, I'd consider it".

#amwriting #writinglife

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Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel is beautifully written. Among its many virtues are the way it *appears* to slip and veer randomly between characters, plots, and timelines, all while deliberately setting you up for devastating second half blows like a magician working expert misdirection while acting like she has no idea what she's doing.

#reading

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Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel is beautifully written. Among its many virtues are the way it *appears* to slip and veer randomly between characters, plots, and timelines, all while deliberately setting you up for devastating second half blows like a magician working expert misdirection while acting like she has no idea what she's doing.

#reading

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@engagedpractx @mvmelcer That's what I thought of too! But then I've always used it to mean brows...

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@engagedpractx @mvmelcer That's what I thought of too! But then I've always used it to mean brows...

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@laurence It was for a short fiction class, so I don't think essays/nonfiction were included.

On one hand, the professor did not recognize a vampire story submitted to the class workshop ("why is she suddenly allergic to sunlight after being bitten?"), so maybe I shouldn't trust his advice. On the other hand, he suggested having martinis before workshops so maybe he was on to something :D

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@laurence It was for a short fiction class, so I don't think essays/nonfiction were included.

On one hand, the professor did not recognize a vampire story submitted to the class workshop ("why is she suddenly allergic to sunlight after being bitten?"), so maybe I shouldn't trust his advice. On the other hand, he suggested having martinis before workshops so maybe he was on to something :D

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@laurence @bookstodon Fascinating data!

My creative writing professor in college said, "You get three exclamation points. Per career." I wish I had your data back then...

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@laurence @bookstodon Fascinating data!

My creative writing professor in college said, "You get three exclamation points. Per career." I wish I had your data back then...

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Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah spends most of its time making the subtext of Dune into text (and making some of the text of Dune into text again). And while I still love the world we get dropped into and the free-will-v-destiny ideas, it's hard to recommend to non-fans.

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Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah spends most of its time making the subtext of Dune into text (and making some of the text of Dune into text again). And while I still love the world we get dropped into and the free-will-v-destiny ideas, it's hard to recommend to non-fans.

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@VeryBadLlama Hilarious! Also every SF video game: you're humanity's last, brightest hope, and also your first assignment is to courier this envelope to the other side of the space station for a minor bureaucrat.

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@VeryBadLlama Hilarious! Also every SF video game: you're humanity's last, brightest hope, and also your first assignment is to courier this envelope to the other side of the space station for a minor bureaucrat.

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@KarchWrites That's probably a wise decision. A lot of Dune Messiah so far is just making the subtext of Dune text.

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@KarchWrites That's probably a wise decision. A lot of Dune Messiah so far is just making the subtext of Dune text.

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@Digitalyn hilarious! But Zorg actually knew how to run a successful business, negotiate with potential clients, and monologue effectively...

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@Digitalyn hilarious! But Zorg actually knew how to run a successful business, negotiate with potential clients, and monologue effectively...

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@KarchWrites I'm slowly working my way through Dune Messiah. I'm a huge fan of the original Dune but this one isn't quite clicking for me for some reason and I can't put my finger on why...

Hope Icefall is treating you well!

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@KarchWrites I'm slowly working my way through Dune Messiah. I'm a huge fan of the original Dune but this one isn't quite clicking for me for some reason and I can't put my finger on why...

Hope Icefall is treating you well!

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#introduction

Greetings! I'm a #sff aspiring writer and fanboy. I'll be posting a running list of SFF books I'm reading, Star Wars related silliness, and the occasional joke.

My website is shharrison.com and I am still on Twitter (probably not for much longer) @s_h_harrison.

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#introduction

Greetings! I'm a #sff aspiring writer and fanboy. I'll be posting a running list of SFF books I'm reading, Star Wars related silliness, and the occasional joke.

My website is shharrison.com and I am still on Twitter (probably not for much longer) @s_h_harrison.

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Rule #1 of being line for books at the library: your hold will only come free when you are in the middle of another novel.

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Rule #1 of being line for books at the library: your hold will only come free when you are in the middle of another novel.