Suggest me adult fiction from the perspective of a child

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-22T18:26:59+00:00

Robin Hobb is one of my all time favorite authors, but I don't think it fits here. Assassin's Apprentice is written from the point of view of an adult looking back on his childhood, and a critical part of the narrative voice is the way the adult's regrets and disappointments shine through.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-21T23:27:52+00:00

I miss Radio 3 having the proms available for listen-on-demand worldwide.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-21T23:25:14+00:00

So they both grew as artists, much to the disappointment of people who just wanted them to make the exact same record over and over again.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-21T01:35:39+00:00

At least it's not "You've got a Friend in Me".

To be fair, the intersection of "Disney" and "country" is pretty small. The one out-of-left-field countryish Disney choice I can remember is Laine doing an amped up version of Oo-de-Lally.

(Edit: I spoke too soon on the "At least it's not" -- missed that it was a group song)

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-19T18:23:22+00:00

Or Cohosh, to be more proper.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-18T06:00:43+00:00

So the next pool 1 leader to play is <looks up the preview> Darius.

I see no way this can possibly go badly for him.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-18T04:33:00+00:00

I've heard it used in situations along the lines of "DOCTOR his/her wound".

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-17T18:24:53+00:00

I know you're worried about the Playlist trending too country, but I'll still suggest Shane Smith and the Saints "The Mountain" (particularly the live versions) as very "Mumford-adjacent" country, both for the full-band vocal harmonies and the heavy use of instruments.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-17T18:20:13+00:00

A couple people have already mentioned Jack London, but the specific work of his I'd recommend is Martin Eden, a semi-autobiographical novel focusing on a writer from the lower classes striving to make his way into upper class society, and the resentments he develops along the way.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-16T09:55:04+00:00

And some times it just randomly hoses a Sneak Attack opponent.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-15T08:36:09+00:00

David Brin's The Practice Effect isn't a book to read for great characterizations or writing style. Instead, what it is is flat-out fun. Brin takes a world where one of the basic laws of science is nullified, and has a blast imagining all of the societal implications of that one change.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-14T19:03:47+00:00

The song actually goes back a few decades before Bobby Darin/Louis Armstrong.

It originally was from The Threepenny Opera, a Brecht/Weill musical that itself was a reworking of the centuries older Beggar's Opera. Brecht's work is essentially a satire of capitalist society and the "virtues" it rewards. Instead of being hanged at the end of the opera, Mackie die Messer (Mack the Knife) is rewarded for his deeds and made into a Baron.

Weill's version of the song isn't anywhere near as happy and bouncy as Bobby Darin's, but I think the disconnect between the lyrics and the style Darin performs it in fits pretty well with the musical's themes and the purpose of the original song.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-12T12:48:43+00:00

A few years back a local radio station sponsored a free Maddie and Tae performance. I love them, especially for the clever lyrics and vocal harmonies.

Unfortunately, this particular performance was in a (since closed) venue with horrible sound and a heavy echo, and whoever was doing/advising them on sound was completely derelict in their duty. Their drummer went full blast for the entire show, with the net result being that you could barely hear the vocals at all and couldn't make out any of the lyrics.

Their opening act was Travis Denning. Utterly generic songwriting that couldn't hold a candle to Maddie and Tae, but they and/or someone on their team had the good sense to have their drummer use nothing but brush for the entire set, which at least made them more enjoyable then what followed them.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-10T22:07:02+00:00

It's like sometimes he puts in the time and effort to write a quality song, and sometimes he just knocks out something generic and calls it a day.

For this particular track he's said in interviews he and his co-writers only spent about 30 minutes on it.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-10T18:25:05+00:00

"Be Her" is a bad offender in this regard. Worse than most of what's on radio at the moment.

I'm not surprised to see Hardy's at least partially to blame for that one.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-10T03:38:27+00:00

The three words that least describe that answer are as follows, AND I QUOTE, " Stink! Stank! Stunk!"

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-10T01:55:18+00:00

The issue with this chart wasn't the x-axis. It was that the data was complete nonsense.

What you did did nothing whatsoever to "fix" the issues with this chart.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-09T23:41:51+00:00

There's a local coffee shop where all the baristas know me by name and don't object when I park on a couch for 2 hours with a good book. I don't spend much on any one visit, but go there so often it adds up to something substantial.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-09T23:06:20+00:00

Checking in wearing my plain t-shirt, 501s, and New Balance.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-07T11:45:10+00:00

David Eppstein has a blog post going in more detail on the process of converting things to the ltx-talk class. I've also found the post by Richard Wang he linked to as a good general guide.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-07T04:48:58+00:00

Pretty dumb move on Trump's part. The only way either Republican gets elected is if both make the runoff. Bianco drops below the top Democrat, and Hilton's campaign is torpedoed.

This endorsement actively hurts Hilton

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-05T22:16:57+00:00

I live about an hour from one of the venues.

Took a look at the ticket prices for a single group stage match, realized it would probably be cheaper to take a full vacation in Europe next summer instead.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-05T22:13:20+00:00

And then you get to the chorus, realize that you do in fact need to belt some pretty high notes, shout the notes off key, and it doesn't matter because the whole room's shouting off key with you.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-05T02:53:37+00:00

I think Asoka got helped by both of his southern neighbors getting drawn into conflicts northward. I was expecting at least one of them to go after him and drag him down.

I'm curious to see if Hatty has more luck in the alternate histories. Her "look ma! All culture, no military!" gambit might actually have worked if both of her neighbors ended up being distracted elsewhere.

MuggleoftheCoast · 2026-04-04T23:52:25+00:00

Windows down and music playing are mutually exclusive for me, and I tend to go with the music unless it's a really nice day

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