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What in the name of fuck

So I guess plotting out the story so it's interesting isn't really a Le Guin thing.

Nailed the rituals, absolutely

Oh.
A mean, sentient sword.
Neat!

Started out so strong

I'd forgotten that the sequels are so closely linked to Neuromancer.
I, apparently, remember only vague and superficial details and the rough plot.

Russell's weird short stories are really quite addictive and I worry what shall become of me when I finish this last collection...

Still good!

I think this is a DNF.

"What if East and West Berlin, but weirder"

It just doesn't grip me, I'm just not interested 🤷

Very cute and I adore Sattouf's drawings, but Esther is a bit of a bully...

Gotta say, I really like this one too.

Hold on wait
I just realised something
Is Ashok reverse-Elric?
Is it on purpose?

Åh nej, snart er der ikke mere 😭

This went downhill real' fast

Ed Greenwood is a pretty good storyteller!

Suffers a bit from Mary Sue, but let's see... I'm enjoying this far more than I thought I would.

THIS is adventure!

I read this as a big child, in Danish.
I wonder if I still have that book.

Turns out I remember nothing but the leather jerkin - "lædervamsen".

I did not know about anamorphic stuff, Hans Holbein the Younger or the painting The Ambassadors. That skull is one wild optical illusion thing.

Very cool!

It IS strange and I don't know about Russell's minimalist style.

It also inspired me to write my own "cup noodle samurai" so I am very thankful it exists.

While I'll admit that I find it very charming to listen to Arnold read this book, unfortunately a lot of it is steeped in "Boomer advice".
Don't play video games, have fun at work, only ever work towards a goal. Rest and restitution is for pussies.

Maybe if you have an extremely specific mindset, this book can work for you. Maybe things are different in the US.

Already kind of enlightening by page 12. Well done.

"An arranged marriage is not the same thing as a forced marriage" - that makes perfect sense, but I never thought about it that way.

Ahhh, finally something truly worth listening to.
I think the Disc is waiting for another visit.

This is very good and entertaining so far!

Pretty good in a very modern Mary Sue protagonist kind of way

W-was that a reference to Miyamoto Musashi?

Sudden and unexpected insight into my own mental condition.
I am not me without ADHD.
Medicated, I become a semblance of your experience of life, but it has no relation to the life I've lived or grown up with. Not taking the medication, I float in an extreme.
Both are extremes.

Jaysus, this book is scary as fuck, in an abstract way

Damn this is some good comic

For something that claims to be hard sci-fi this sure misunderstands psychiatry something fierce

Oh no, is this a longform version of the short story?

So I'm gonna have to read Erekosë doing his whole genocide schtick again?

Damn. Its so uncomfortable.

I think 80% of the dialogue in Akira is "Kaneda!", "Tetsuo!" and "Kay!".

Maybe Japanese people just shout each other's names all the time.