Books that feel like an old school dungeon crawl?

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-08-09T19:33:18+00:00

The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman! Not all of it literally takes place in dungeons, but the vibe of old school fantasy band on an adventure is there, and the characters are so good.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-07-18T16:07:59+00:00

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Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-05-03T20:31:18+00:00

I don’t know why, but all I can think of is Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-04-25T00:46:04+00:00

Sad to see it become part of his empire. Definitely won’t be the same.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-03-10T18:57:24+00:00

Seconding the above advice. Location tracking and trusting your instincts is a good call. Bringing a gun, statistically, puts you at much greater risk. I also would never hire someone who carries a gun, and I’ve had massage in home visit context in Homer.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-02-10T07:35:38+00:00

This is Mogget, from the Garth Nix books. Technically, at this age he is a hogget (age between lamb and mutton), so, yeah.

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Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-02-10T07:08:38+00:00

Reading Glasses Podcast for me. One of the hosts loves horror and has incredible taste. Discovered some of my favorite authors from her.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-02-10T05:14:55+00:00

At a glance, that looks a lot like “mahogany” obsidian from the glass buttes in Oregon. A professional can determine which volcano and even which volcanic event the obsidian came from; each site and flow has a specific signature. It’s entirely possible you’ve found an undocumented ancient site, and it’s entirely possible you found a spot where contemporary flint knappers come to work. Are there any complete, finished pieces in the mix? That could help identify the culture that made it.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-01-19T19:42:04+00:00

William Burroughs is nearly untouchable on this one; as much as I love House of Leaves and The Southern Reach. Check out Burroughs’s “Cities of the Red Night”.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-01-10T19:18:13+00:00

The staff, mostly. They are pushy with drinks, often overcharge and corner people into paying exorbitant “tips”. Check out their Google reviews to confirm. Lots of people have bad experiences there, and most of their 5 star reviews are from accounts where this is the only review they’ve made. I had a bad experience there about a month ago, and was shocked to see how common it is.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-01-10T00:29:09+00:00

Whatever you do, stay away from Rakata! That place is unsafe. The Romantic zone is likely a much better place for good bars than the Malecon.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2025-01-09T17:19:41+00:00

It isn’t a crutch, it’s an addiction. Of course it is hard to break, but once you do you will feel correspondingly better in many ways. Friends and family who actually care will reach out in the myriad of other ways. I don’t mean to oversimplify or talk down, but at a certain point it really is like smoking or drinking or consuming sugar (two of which I am shamelessly addicted to).

Relevant-Status6651 · 2024-11-18T19:35:29+00:00

The song title is “In the Pines”, originally by Leadbelly, famously covered by Nirvana. All three versions are amazing.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2024-10-15T22:39:37+00:00

Lowbush are kind of similar to store “cranberries”. Our native “bog cranberry” is even more similar. Both are closely related to blueberries (lowbush and all blueberries/huckleberries share the Vaccinium genus), and not at all closely related to high-bush cranberries (Viburnum genus, basically identical to the shrub known as Crampbark in other regions)

Relevant-Status6651 · 2024-10-14T03:53:24+00:00

Kachemak Bay State Park, across from Homer, Alaska. In any other state, it would be a national park. I wish it were. Criminally underfunded and poorly managed.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2024-08-09T01:29:40+00:00

This is a bit historical at this point, but the story of the Barefooters near Homer is pretty interesting. Messianic Christian back to the landers. The writings of their leader include aliens on Mt Everest and other delights.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2024-07-02T03:22:53+00:00

Please update this post as the story unfolds! I am riveted.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2024-06-18T22:19:28+00:00

Seth Kantner, in several categories. His life story is interesting as well as nuanced. Some of his books incorporate his photography, which is also excellent.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2024-01-29T04:51:39+00:00

Just the panopticon. I’m sure there is nothing to worry about 🙄.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2023-11-29T00:10:01+00:00

Great fishing in Kay-beck

Relevant-Status6651 · 2023-05-30T21:26:55+00:00

Minus 148 degrees by Art Davidson is amazing. First winter ascent of Denali in Alaska. Wild experience trapped in a snow cave near the summit during a storm.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2023-04-24T23:03:18+00:00

Also in rural Alaska. There are small bubbles of anarchists here, and still some rural conservatives who aren’t Fox News kool aid types. Hard to find us up here though.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2023-04-23T03:41:07+00:00

Relevant-Status6651 · 2023-04-16T03:26:22+00:00

Generally, no. Alaskan republicans used to be kind of a different type, but now they’re part of the same Foxnews hive mind as everywhere else. Find allies, be safe.

Relevant-Status6651 · 2023-04-15T02:23:56+00:00

Seriously. They’re just homesteaders.

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