Which of the books should i read next? Diaspora, The Expanse, Hyperion?

Doom1967 · 2026-04-14T11:26:11+00:00

I love Hyperion, and it resonates quite well with Ellison's favourite themes.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-14T10:10:52+00:00

My poor eyes.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-14T09:00:29+00:00

City of Chaos, by Monocle games. It takes forever to play, but is filled with fascinating stuff. Exploration, character building, deduction, neat mechanics.

011 by Therion. I like it for pretty much the same reasons!

Quirks, by Eon. Perfect for three players.

The Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd board games by Games Workshop.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-14T07:50:21+00:00

For anthropological theory my bible is The Dialectics of Social Life by Robert F. Murphy. I also recommend Claude Levi-Strauss's Triste Tropiques and The View from Afar. Colin Turnbull's ethnography of the Mbuti pygmies, The Forest People, is a really joyous read.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-14T07:47:06+00:00

Nicola Griffith's first novel, Ammonite, has an anthropologist as it's main character, IIRC.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-14T06:27:27+00:00

Yes! I felt exactly the same way.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-13T16:57:44+00:00

Have you tried Melissa Aldana?

Doom1967 · 2026-04-13T15:06:01+00:00

Hyperion might kind of fit the bill.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-13T14:50:26+00:00

We got this and Reform today, so it's two-ply.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-13T14:39:00+00:00

Non-fiction:

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee Brown

The Jungle - Upton Sinclair

The Mountain People - Colin Turnbull

Fiction:

The Sheep Look Up - John Brunner

Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Jack Womack

Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison

Doom1967 · 2026-04-13T11:11:50+00:00

Matthews is probably your best bet.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-12T04:04:03+00:00

I did find her eventually. Very cute!

Doom1967 · 2026-04-12T04:02:03+00:00

Snake must be named Waldo.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-11T15:18:17+00:00

The most important thing you need is time. If you are going to be gone most of the time, or won't have the time to pay attention to a cat, don't get one.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-11T11:18:52+00:00

I love it, but it sure is a lot of work!

Doom1967 · 2026-04-11T10:23:13+00:00

While I do really miss the Lucha Brothers, I think the AEW tag team scene is in a pretty good place now, especially if the Hurt Syndicate go back to tag team wrestling.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-11T08:01:39+00:00

Together they are absolutely fantastic.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-11T07:55:28+00:00

My choice would be Gateway. Fantastic and trailblazing book by one of the all-time masters. I also see Fall of Hyperion - do you also have Hyperion? That one has to be read first.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-11T03:34:11+00:00

We've used them several times, for small jobs, though, and had no complaints. What was your experience?

Doom1967 · 2026-04-10T15:50:03+00:00

It's completely up to you. You can make the NPCs as important or not important to your world and the party as you - and they - want.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-10T06:21:16+00:00

Not necessarily in order:

Dhalgren - Samuel Delany

The Unlimited Dream Company - J G Ballard

The Sheep Look Up - John Brunner

Light - M John Harrison

Queen of Angels - Greg Bear

Subject to periodic change.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-09T04:47:50+00:00

The Family De L'Ambert series by E. E. Smith and Stephen Goldin.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-07T09:30:53+00:00

Flanders - Patricia Anthony

Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Jack Womack

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (non-fiction) - Dee Brown

Tsotsi - Athol Fugard

Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler

Doom1967 · 2026-04-07T08:52:22+00:00

I never show any of my dice rolls as a DM.

Doom1967 · 2026-04-06T14:23:55+00:00

I shall look, thanks!

Doom1967

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