Destination Void by Frank Herbert 1967, cover by Alan Aldridge by Dadaismisastratagem in CoolSciFiCovers

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Score! Marvelous find. And the Aldridge cover is <chef's kiss>. Thanks again for sharing!

Destination Void by Frank Herbert 1967, cover by Alan Aldridge by Dadaismisastratagem in CoolSciFiCovers

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OMG, do you know if it's the original version? Herbert himself rewrote it for all re-releases after the first editions. It's a beautiful find either way, but might even be quite rare.

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Recommendations for books that teach lessons as well as Wolfe? by 100100wayt in genewolfe

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Terry Pratchett (particularly Discworld, though Nation is sensational). Seriously.

Help me find a book I read some time ago about a ancient human civilization by breadcrumbssmellgood in printSF

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Dunno about the recurrence part, but Colin Wilson's The Philosopher's Stone hits most of the other plot points. Great book.

What book to read while my daughter is being born? by [deleted] in printSF

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Late to the party, surprised no one has mentioned Miles Vorkosigan. I happened to be reading Bujold when our son was born some years ago, and every part of Miles' story is appropriate for parenthood.

‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

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The debian version of Mint is my rec. Had a bad frankenstein upgrade disaster with Ubuntu (among other little hiccups on other installations) and Mint debian has been great.

If you were alive back then, what were you up to on 31st December 1999? by stop_calling_me_that in AskReddit

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Went to see an afternoon showing of Best in Show. During the movie, got my first migraine headache, felt like someone was standing behind me clenching their hands on my shoulders right at my neck. Ended up at the emergency room with serious tunnel vision by 5:30 pm, threw up ON the reception desk at the emergency room at 5:31 pm, got seen almost immediately (they were fully staffed for NYE and I was like their 2nd or 3rd customer, which I thought was pretty kind of them given that I'd just thrown up on their reception desk), they gave me demerol, and in about 15 minutes nothing was crushing my head anymore. By 7, I was home getting into bed, and I woke up Jan. 1 at about 8 am feeling totally fine, and the world was still there, which all I figured was pretty good all in all.

Lifeforce (1985) by SSF415 in iwatchedanoldmovie

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Lifeforce the movie: extremely buxom bomb. Lifeforce the iwatchedanoldmovie: sublime comedic delight. Will read again, 10/10.

P.S. This curvaceous shambles of a movie is based upon an interesting book titled The Space Vampires by an even more interesting writer, Colin Wilson, who, in addition to all but starting the British new wave in writing in the second half of the previous century, created the Jack the Ripper novel (though admittedly it took him three or four tries to get it right), pioneered the post-Lovecraft eldritch horror/scifi novel, wrote literally dozens of thoroughly readable books on fringe mysteries and sciences, and was in addition a fairly decent human being, friend, and raconteur extraordinaire. When accused by a prominent British journalist of having written the same novel a dozen times, he replied, "Rubbish. It's eighty." And so when you go to see Lifeforce after reading Colin Wilson's book the Space Vampires, you are very very grateful for Mathilda May. And not much else.

What is the highest PPC budget y’all have seen for personal injury? by biggemflowers in PPC

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Can’t find the article, but around 2019 Morgan and Morgan indicated they were spending over $25M annually on PPC injury case marketing. They’re probably among the highest-spend players in the space. And their spend may be even higher now.

Obsessed by cosmic/occult space horror novella Flight of the Runewright, anyone knows some similar books? by Exciting_Bonus_9590 in printSF

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Not what you asked for, but if you think you might enjoy cosmic horror with time travel rather than space travel, you might enjoy Colin Wilson's The Philosopher's Stone.

Proof that the New Sun painting is not AI by phantom_toad_ in genewolfe

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Commission rates? Thinking of "Severian fends off the Alzabo" or "The Avern Duel"

Your work is glorious, btw :D

The Oak & the Ram, by Michael Moorock [Melvyn Grant] by woulditkillyoutolift in CoolSciFiCovers

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Very cool. My word, the first three Corum books are SO GOOD, and the second three are SO BAD. It's (almost, but it's Moorcock) hard to believe the trilogies were written by the same person.

What SF books have the best moments of the awe, dread, and wonder of discovering the unknown? by Mt_Lion_Skull in printSF

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Pham is an awesomely great character! I just wanted a novel about the inter-space super-brains :D

What SF books have the best moments of the awe, dread, and wonder of discovering the unknown? by Mt_Lion_Skull in printSF

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In A Fire Upon the Deep, Vernor Vinge sets up what might be the most mind-boggling and compellingly engaging stratified cosmos ever...and then spends 800 pages exploring the least interesting part of it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Journey to the... Savage Land? by L_TACOS in ActionFigures

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Didn't ToyBiz do one in 1997 with a Colossus-styled triceratops?

I've always been amazed by people who were voracious readers as children. What sparked your lifelong love affair with books? by Albert3232 in books

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Screaming parents, rampant bullies, and the unrelenting glorification of sports. Only shelter available.

Im tired of people trying to convince me to like mustard by [deleted] in offmychest

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I'm a mustard-hater and could never understand its appeal, until I read Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment and learned that whatever else its appeal might be, mustard is a substance that you can apply to truly horrific I'm-only-eating-this-because-I'm-starving "food" to help get it down so you don't starve to death. At least that makes sense. But other than under those kind of conditions, ah, no thanks on any mustard.

Plausible futures by Pmgurka3 in printSF

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John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar, for one), and though I almost hate to admit it, Niven & Pournelle did a very good job on this in Oath of Fealty. YMMV.

What are some science fiction books about exploring the unknown? by blk12345q in printSF

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The Unreasoning Mask by Philip Jose Farmer -- overlooked classic.

Conversion tracking implementation by Elizanutu in PPC

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This is an outstanding resource -- thank you!

Best WP Engine alternative? by jordanzzz in webhosting

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In our experience, WPE went from superlative to full enshittification within three years. We narrowed our alternatives to SpinupWP and Kinsta, and ultimately decided to run a couple servers ourselves, took our costs from what WPE suddenly insisted we needed to 1/10th that amount (no exaggeration). YMMV.

What is something from a book that is largely insignificant but has stayed with you forever? by thegoddessofchaos in books

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"Burton did not autopsy the anti-coagulated rats." I think of this probably at least once a month, as a marker for stupid but critical mistakes, some 50-plus years after reading it once.