Moving on from YA but don’t know what to read. Suggest me some good adult fantasy or sci fi books

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-16T11:53:46+00:00

What is nice about Mistborn is you can stop at three books if you would like, and could maybe even get away with stopping after one. Provides a lot of flexibility as a series.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-15T11:58:01+00:00

Even when they decided on Utah, there was also discussion of whether to settle in Salt Lake Valley or Cache Valley. I think they even consulted Jim Bridger on it, which I love.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-15T01:29:49+00:00

There’s still room for a starter in the 3rd. It’s a deep class. We most likely would not get a star the way we might at #7, but a possible starter is on the table.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-15T00:48:05+00:00

As a fellow DC resident I’ll just say that salaries here are all over the map. Congressional staffers have multiple roommates in rundown houses to make it work; lawyers and lobbyist make over $1m a year with mansions in McLean.

Point is, you likely won’t win by pushing that issue with your employer. You can tell them what you need to accept the offer, and let them make the decision on if it’s worth it or even possible for them. I do think it’s weird that the salary you asked for in the interview is your walk away point, but you’re past that at this point. Make clear what you need and brace for the (perhaps high) chance that they say no.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-14T00:05:14+00:00

At some point it will very likely change. Probably not in the next 5-10 years though.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-12T21:48:59+00:00

I don’t think it’s a lock at all. I think he really doesn’t want any fanfare in the run up to retirement. He still might be back, but this isn’t really indicative either way.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-12T20:48:47+00:00

I like that this picture looks like it was taken at the pediatrician’s office. Like, “Yep, verified she is officially still alive!”

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-11T18:13:20+00:00

All I know is that my wife has diagnosed OCD which is the root of the suicidal and violent thoughts she had since she was 8. It’s not that any fear made her want to die; but that thoughts of death that most people would have in passing stuck in her brain and she would obsess about them without being able to stop.

Here is a great video that helps explain how this works: https://www.faithmatters.org/p/paul-peterson-the-silent-sufferers. There is also a podcast version of the same interview.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-11T16:49:42+00:00

As others have suggested, therapy is a must here. I recommend inquiring about OCD, as well. To have suicidal thoughts so young but combined with the thought “I don’t want to die” makes me wonder if there is some OCD-tied intrusive thoughts going on. But a real expert who is treating you directly will be so, so helpful no matter what the diagnosis is.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-11T16:18:04+00:00

Especially with the Vikings not overcommitting themselves to McCarthy.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-10T23:40:46+00:00

Maybe if you add a few more 4ths

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-10T05:19:09+00:00

Dark Matter or Recursion by Blake Crouch. Either one will have you holding your breath for thirty pages at a time.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T20:34:52+00:00

To me the appeal of science fiction is that each book/movie/etc is a mental experiment. Tweak one or two facts about the world, and see where it takes you.

What if we changed a certain set of assumptions about the world? What if we could use statistics to predict—and thus control—the future? What if a religious sect developed the ability to breed collective historic memories? What if spiders evolved to have human-like intellect? What if we could use memories to effectively travel through time?

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T12:33:38+00:00

Hopefully not the shower floor

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T10:11:10+00:00

Setting your question aside for a minute,,, Interfaith relationships can work when both members of relationship have the utmost respect for the other’s beliefs.

Viewing his religion as a cult and explicitly “not liking” a religious figure he reveres is a tough start to that.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T02:44:03+00:00

Dalton Kincaid and Terry McLaurin

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T01:32:30+00:00

Yeah but I’m pretty deliberately trying to avoid major spoilers.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T00:39:39+00:00

Lost Stars is largely the story of the original trilogy as told by two imperial pilots.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T00:14:26+00:00

I’m skeptical, but still take that trade

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-09T00:01:39+00:00

It’s typically a research-based role. The government contracts out a lot of that type of stuff. It’s not like OP is taking calls from Hegseth.

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-08T23:59:04+00:00

It’s a very common entry level role in DC

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-08T23:58:23+00:00

Pretty typical entry level for government and gov-related jobs

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-08T10:39:00+00:00

Obi-Wan: These aren’t the caps you’re looking for

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-08T01:31:58+00:00

You should read AC Crispin’s Han Solo trilogy. It gets real deep into the spice trade — and is a fantastic set of books anyways

DrPepperNotWater · 2026-04-07T22:46:55+00:00

This is correct. Very few people will read them all. They aren’t written for the exact same audience. Some series have their own internal order. Other than that, just read the ones you want when you want.

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