| 31 Mar 2024 |
 .borts | Literally ‘what if a future southern sympathizers time-traveled back to the civil war to give the south AKs’ IIRC from reading it ages ago | 00:24:16 |
| .borts | (It isn’t racist/separatist/propaganda that I recall, just the crazy premise for a story that it then tells both sides of) | 00:25:43 |
| .borts | I liked his ‘Case of the Toxic Spelldump’ | 00:27:55 |
| .borts | I loved that book as a kid, Nick Offerman did a passable recent recording | 00:29:59 |
| .borts | Very early wish fulfillment story - ‘sufficiently advanced technology (1890s) is magic (800s)’ is basically the plot line | 00:31:09 |
| .borts | * Very early wish fulfillment story - ‘sufficiently advanced technology (1890s) is indistinguishable from magic (800s)’ is basically the plot line | 00:37:16 |
| .borts | I’ve probably physically read it 4-5 times, his version is the only one I’ve listened to
The characterizations aren’t great (they all just sound…like him) but his delivery itself isn’t bad | 00:39:38 |
| .borts | https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Case-of-the-Toxic-Spell-Dump-Audiobook/B07KX5V7MX | 00:44:01 |
| .borts | having not read any of his stuff, can you provide an example of what you mean by magical realism? | 01:31:22 |
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| .borts | I looked on Wikipedia, sounded kinda like grounded fantasy | 02:41:43 |
| .borts | * I looked on Wikipedia, sounded kinda like grounded fantasy but many of the examples were things I wouldn’t have personally labeled with much realism | 02:43:21 |
| .borts | * I looked on Wikipedia, sounded kinda like grounded fantasy but many of the examples were things I wouldn’t have personally labeled with much realism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Realism | 02:43:50 |
| .borts | * I looked on Wikipedia, sounded kinda like grounded fantasy but some of the examples were things I wouldn’t have personally had a hard time labeling with much realism (Liar Liar and Big seemed to be good ones)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Realism | 02:45:48 |
| .borts | * I looked on Wikipedia, sounded kinda like grounded fantasy but some of the examples were things I would have personally had a hard time labeling with much realism (Liar Liar and Big seemed to be good ones)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Realism | 02:58:00 |
| .borts | Stranger Than Fiction (still thinking movies here) seems to be a good fit | 03:00:27 |
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 evequefou | So basically, there's one fantastical element of the setup, but real world exploration of how that would play out thereafter? | 19:46:24 |
| evequefou | Maybe something like the Machine of Death anthologies? Though whether those have audio versions, I don't know. | 19:47:19 |
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| 7 Apr 2024 |
 sveinbjorn. | I kinda need a new series. Just finished Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. It was ok, solid. I’ve been stuck on sci-fi fantasy but I’m open to anything. I really like humor, worldbuilding and a philosophical undertone, my all time faves are Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Most of Foundation was amazing too.
I’m listening to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
Its good but not really for binge listening.
Didn’t like Jasper Fforde, too close to Pratchett & Adams without matching their heights.
Anything coming to mind? | 12:07:41 |
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| sveinbjorn. | First two were good, I felt it ran out of steam in 3, is 4 better? | 12:13:14 |
| 8 Apr 2024 |
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| sveinbjorn. | Getting into Project Hail Mary and... if you liked bobiverse, you're gonna love it. It's a little amazing. | 20:38:58 |
| 9 Apr 2024 |
 MasseR | I just finished my second read of it | 10:54:41 |
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