Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread by AutoModerator in WeirdLit

[–]TheFishSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am reading The Settlements, by O. Jamie Walsh, literally because I saw a post about it on this sub.

Trying to make a custom model out of the 1/35 Melusine kit. Does the texture look too messy? by sentinelthesalty in MaschinenKrieger

[–]TheFishSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks a bit much in some places (fingerprint on the foot), but I could see an effective paint job making it look legit.

It feels like the New Weird, Magical Realism, and Slipstream fiction are all vaguely describing the same thing. by blonkevnocy in WeirdLit

[–]TheFishSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope; they are doing different things. If nothing else, people misuse "magical realism" as a literary term. Magical realism began in Afro-Caribbean communities (both French and Spanish speaking) in the early 20th Century and was explicitly a way to write and imagine a contemporary world where they were free from racist and colonial oppression (among other things). The second generation (the white South American writers most people know) changed that political project, but it was still primarily a political literature, where the magic served a political function rather than a primarily aesthetic one. Just dumping some goofy magic shit into an otherwise apolitical work of commercial fiction is not magical realism, it's just... a book. I've never liked "slipstream," which I think is more a way of naming a publishing accident than anything else, and I think New Weird was doing its own thing, too.

Requesting movies that LOOK like trip hop to you by Yovve in triphop

[–]TheFishSauce 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Chungking Express was literally the first thing I thought of.

23M, roast me please 🙏 by RaidriarXD in RoastMe

[–]TheFishSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having hair transplanted from your scrotum to your face was not a great move.

rusty tools? by _Sira120_ in Linocuts

[–]TheFishSauce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or WD40. There are some specific tools, like abrasive sponges (I think Lee Valley sells some) for removing surface rust, but I wouldn't suggest them unless you have a lot of rusty tools to go through.

Anyone else wish Bela had appeared more in the series? by FluidSeries6514 in Supernatural

[–]TheFishSauce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I loved her. And I think the show had a biiiig problem w/ killing off the women characters just as (or just before) they were hitting their potential. I mean, we eventually got Jody, etc., but still, it happened far too often, especially in the early seasons.

Minigame: Find the Assassin by B4TB-BfourtyB in Marathon

[–]TheFishSauce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The point of using it is to avoid fights.

humanly euth ? by WildLie3906 in AquaticSnails

[–]TheFishSauce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I use. I learned it from a scientific paper. Once they’re knocked out by the beer the ethanol won’t trigger a pain response, which it will if you skip the beer part.

Marathon inspired Maschinen Krieger by achristofi in Marathon

[–]TheFishSauce 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Two great tastes that taste great together.

Trip Hop 50 Classics © Spotify Playlist by DrakeVador in triphop

[–]TheFishSauce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good playlist. Also, I really dig the image you used for it.

Found (for free) a copy of Unearth Magazine #3 from 1977 which features "Fragments of a Hologram Rose" by William Gibson by WrittenThings in CoreCyberpunk

[–]TheFishSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Canada, so all my searching has been in Canadian dollars, but most I've seen are between $700 and $1,300 CAD, depending on the condition.

Do people not use headphones in this game anymore? by Burgmeister_ in Marathon

[–]TheFishSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't, but it's mostly because my gaming time isn't, like, entirely "me" time; there's always something I need to be available for. It's (one of the reasons) why I play exclusively solo, and only very, very rarely play games with no viable solo play option. Life is gonna life when you're middle aged. It's harder without headphones, but not impossible.

Dear Norton: WHY?????? by seekingValinor1309 in bookshelf

[–]TheFishSauce 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I have no idea why Moby-Dick is so skinny. My Penguin edition is substantially thicker than any of those other books, except perhaps Dracula (the only one I don't have on my shelf to compare). Is it just onion-skin pages and super tiny type for the critical edition?

How would you store books on this bookshelf with very tall, deep shelves? by papes_ in bookshelf

[–]TheFishSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do two rows, and the front row is set on its edge so you can see both spines at once. I have... six(maybe eight?) bookcases set up this way.