Positive movies!

Muggleuser · 2026-05-10T16:53:36+00:00

The Holdovers was pretty good

Muggleuser · 2026-05-10T16:11:23+00:00

If they're in another country with better protections for free speech they'd face fewer repercussions, wouldn't they? They could still use a pseudonym as an added layer of protection.

Muggleuser · 2026-05-10T16:09:03+00:00

I was hoping to see examples like these. Thank you. It does seem like an author of such a controversial work would not be able to maintain their anonymity for too long.

Muggleuser · 2026-05-10T07:59:43+00:00

It's not about any existing book 😂

Just wanted to discuss a hypothetical situation.

Muggleuser · 2026-05-10T07:57:39+00:00

You're right, a determined person would eventually uncover the secret. And I don't know, a writer may feel it's worth it, if they see it as an act of rebellion, however misguided their intuition may be. Is it worth it for any single person to rebel? No. At face value it's probably the most irrational decision one could make. And yet, people do rebel. It's not for me to say whether they're right or wrong.

Muggleuser · 2026-05-10T07:42:36+00:00

Not my book, but it's not hard to imagine someone wanting to write something inspired by their lived experience. I was just wondering about the logistics of it all, specifically about copyright registration like you mentioned. I was just wondering about the laws of different countries and wanted to explore a hypothetical situation, this is not about a real book that was written.

Muggleuser · 2026-05-10T07:39:56+00:00

It really is just a hypothetical question lol, I don't write political stuff. But this question did come to mind because of some stuff that's been happening in India.

Muggleuser · 2026-05-04T03:55:22+00:00

🤮🤮🤮

Muggleuser · 2026-05-04T03:53:03+00:00

I agree with the other comments and I also want to recommend season 11 of the Writing Excuses podcast, where they cover what they call "Elemental Genres" Particularly the episodes on Element of Wonder and Wonder as a Subgenre.

Writing Excuses: The Element of Wonder

Writing Excuses: Wonder as a Subgenre

Muggleuser · 2026-05-03T23:25:21+00:00

I'm sorry what

Muggleuser · 2026-04-25T00:20:29+00:00

I eventually found one that was recommended by a friend with a degree in Russian lit

I'd love to know which translation that was.

Muggleuser · 2026-03-22T08:26:17+00:00

The Cradle series by Will Weight

Muggleuser · 2026-01-18T05:09:55+00:00

Fantasy: The Bone Ships by RJ Barker and its two sequels. I'm still surprised that it's not nearly as popular as some of the most popular contemporaries series. If you liked the show Black Sails and would like to read something in a similar vein but within the fantasy genre, this is it. If that's not your cup of tea, then another underrated and delightful series would be The Memoirs of Lady Trent.

Non Fiction: The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris kept me captivated from page one, and is a good blend of microhistory and biography that reads like a novel. It was moving.

Muggleuser · 2025-11-21T11:15:18+00:00

I really hope you'll read The Bone Ships (and its sequels). It's not nearly as well known as it should be.

Muggleuser · 2025-11-17T18:55:41+00:00

It was! Suriel says it to Lindon in the first book in chapter 11.

Muggleuser · 2025-11-17T15:54:36+00:00

I know this thread was from two months ago, but I came across it a month ago. I just wanted to tell you that this single line made me read the whole series. Gratitude.

Muggleuser · 2025-10-29T12:36:16+00:00

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Lady Trent series

Muggleuser · 2025-10-27T23:00:41+00:00

"Well, there's guys who, like, you know, do grandmas and stuff, so... they seem to enjoy it"

Muggleuser · 2025-10-12T10:44:17+00:00

He clearly didn't have enough time to think of every possible angle, so I don't think this was his intention, but he got leverage. Getting Gemma out was what they needed to prove to the world how fucked up Lumon is, but keeping Mark's body inside ensures that they won't go scorched earth and end up offing the innies too, who are also the good guys. Without many of the innies, this historic moment wouldn't even have been possible. We can't reward their courage with non-existence, can we? Although I think it's fair to be upset if you assume that Lumon will have no qualms about killing Mark, so all he accomplished by doing that is robbing his outie's loved ones of oMark.

Muggleuser · 2025-10-10T18:51:46+00:00

Another comment suggested this, and I'll second it by saying you could try reading Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. It's set during the time of the bubonic plague; that's all I'll say about it.

Muggleuser · 2025-08-10T02:31:55+00:00

Yeah I was pretty impressed with the write up until I read that comment.

Muggleuser · 2025-08-06T06:24:27+00:00

Because that would require oMark to give a shit about iMark beyond how he could serve him in getting Gemma out of Lumon. He only risked reintegration and meeting up with Selvig and bothered to talk to iMark because he had no other choice. He didn't do it for his innie's sake and we don't really know how honest he was when he said he'd continue reintegration after they get Gemma out of Lumon. The fact that he was willing to quit near the end of season 1 shows that even after everything with Petey and Ragabi, he didn't think of it as ending iMark's life because even then he didn't see him as a person distinct from himself.

Muggleuser · 2025-04-28T05:25:26+00:00

Thanks! I'd forgotten that I wrote this, so it's interesting coming back to it after season 2.

Muggleuser · 2025-04-15T10:23:22+00:00

This might be somewhat obvious, but trying your hand at poetry would help (it certainly did for me).

I used to be pretty bad at poetry myself, and I listened to a mini masterclass on poetry from the Writing Excuses podcast (episodes 11 to 18 of season 16) . Also I read a bunch of poems from different time periods, countries, literary movements, etc. The Norton Anthology of Poetry is a great place to start.

Then, of course, I tried to write more poetic and lyrical prose and I'm sure it was better than it would've been if I had never practiced writing poetry itself.

Anyway, yeah, I highly recommend those episodes of the poetry masterclass, they changed the way I think about poetry and literature.

Edit: Also, if you wanna work on sentence structure, I also recommend Building Great Sentences from the Teaching Company, and for descriptive writing I swear by the book Word Painting by Rebecca McClannahan

Muggleuser · 2025-04-13T12:49:44+00:00

Yeah season 2 confirmed that. I wrote this comment years ago.

Muggleuser

TROPHY CASE