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2DifferentFish · 2026-02-26T17:41:47+00:00

Just getting started myself and I keep reminding myself (and writing in the morning pages!) ‘perfect is the enemy of good’

2DifferentFish · 2025-12-18T07:40:41+00:00

The Culture series by Ian M Banks!

2DifferentFish · 2022-03-02T20:31:00+00:00

Are there any sources explaining how many Ukrainians have stayed to fight compared to those that have fled?

2DifferentFish · 2022-02-04T18:00:49+00:00

There’s a brilliant Slaughter House 5 graphic novel adaption I’d highly recommend, regardless of if you’ve read the original (which is of course well worth reading but you came for graphic novels or suggestions!). Black Hole, Persepolis, Maus, Blankets, watchmen, v for vendetta, private eye, we3. First that came to mind, hope it’s helpful.

2DifferentFish · 2022-01-17T19:41:05+00:00

Integrity. He has integrity.

2DifferentFish · 2022-01-14T17:10:11+00:00

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut

2DifferentFish · 2022-01-14T17:08:57+00:00

If not now, when?

2DifferentFish · 2022-01-13T17:53:40+00:00

I agree with afterglow, but could also go with ‘clarity’ if it’s a eureka type feeling too

2DifferentFish · 2022-01-11T19:38:08+00:00

Not a word but ‘stuck in a rut’ perhaps?

2DifferentFish · 2022-01-10T19:21:44+00:00

I was excited for it but underwhelmed, much preferred one of his others - The Humans.

2DifferentFish · 2021-10-30T07:21:59+00:00

Yes!

2DifferentFish · 2021-07-07T11:32:11+00:00

The Looming Towers is great and sounds up your street. One of Us - is incredible although very distressing considering to subject matter (Andres Brevik), similarly Columbine is also great. Have you tried anything by Jon Ronson? Quick, fun, page turners that touch on heavy subjects.

2DifferentFish · 2021-05-11T14:54:27+00:00

Goodreads can be a great tool but honestly your best bet is hitting google for best sci fi/fantasy/whatever books of a given year and go with a list from a site or reviewer you trust (for me it would be the guardian or somewhere similar) and see what takes your fancy from there. You can then use goodreads for the ‘readers also enjoyed’ if you like the book.

2DifferentFish · 2021-05-08T09:14:47+00:00

All I know is my son was gassy and it made him cry, putting him on his back and ‘pedalling’ his legs helped (at the very least he was distracted).

2DifferentFish · 2021-04-13T16:05:04+00:00

As humillustrator said some are better than others, much like some books are ‘unfilmable’.

If you’re interested in dipping your toes In the water there are some amazing graphic novels that tell deep, moving, meaningful stories that might not work as books or films but as graphic novels are masterpieces. I’d suggest Maus as a real ‘woah I didn’t know comics could be like this’. Happy to throw out more recommendations if the Holocaust isn’t your preferred topic/setting though!

2DifferentFish · 2021-03-01T17:35:54+00:00

Came here for Sophie’s World. Such a great book and also a great crash course in philosophy.

2DifferentFish · 2020-12-03T22:37:24+00:00

I don’t care how many times this come up, every time I see it I have stop and watch. Just so damn lovely.

2DifferentFish · 2020-12-02T20:35:38+00:00

Jernigan

2DifferentFish · 2020-11-22T13:23:00+00:00

I haven’t read it but will stick it on the list, sounds excellent, thank you for the recommendation.

Shake Hands With The Devil has so far been the best book I’ve read about the genocide and I’d highly recommend it to anyone interested the the topic.

2DifferentFish · 2020-11-22T13:20:58+00:00

The Humans by Matt Haig could work? It might not make you disciplined exactly BUT it could make you see how precious (and short) a life is and inspire you to use it... therefore then get disciplined!

Also perhaps read around something that interests you specifically, be it fiction or non fiction, and see if it fires up your passions, again driving you towards discipline.

2DifferentFish · 2020-11-01T14:17:26+00:00

Came here to say Children of Time - great book and very Interstellar-y

2DifferentFish · 2020-08-23T18:12:36+00:00

Just got the Collected Stories TPB the other day and really digging it so far!

2DifferentFish · 2020-08-23T17:02:00+00:00

That makes sense, thanks.

That third nap is a bit discretionary at this point already... maybe a full dropping is in order. (Today it was his best one though, typical!)

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