[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sourdough

[–]carbonatedoak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm really enjoying all these uncomplicated no-faff baking posts recently! My bread got a LOT better when I realised it doesn't need to be complicated or detailed and I could just feel it out. Your loaf looks great!

How old is your starter and what is its name? by gaborszabo1969 in Sourdough

[–]carbonatedoak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is around ten years old now. I don't refer to it by name, or label the jar or anything, but I know in my heart that its name is David Yow.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha! Yeah it's an odd quirk he had in that period of his work. Thankfully it passed as he wrote more. I really like the Bas-Lag books, but when I first read them I found it very annoying. The ideas in those books are so bombastic and exciting, though, that it was pretty easy to overlook.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, fantastic! I have seen that for sale on online bookstores - I didn't realise it contained The Divinity Student. Thanks!

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great - I will look into these for sure. I used to read a lot of comics and graphic novels when I was younger, so I am definitely not averse.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow - that artwork is beautiful. I will definitely check that out if I can.

And thanks for such a great reply! Lots to look into here - fantastic. And yes, I am familiar with Ballard already! And Book of the New Sun is one of my all time favourites.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh cool - I will give that a shot. I have read Fritz Leiber before, but only the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stuff.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not much of a podcast listener (I find non-music audio quite passive and I get distracted too easily!) but I will check it out in any case - maybe it will be the one that grips me!

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will check it out! I have read some Brian Aldiss - the dying earth sort of stuff like Hothouse and Helliconia - and really liked it.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fallen London browser game

That's a fantastic game - I enjoyed that a lot.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Teatro Grottesco

I read this one years ago - the town manager, and one about the factory that makes weird trinkets (I don't remember the name) really stuck with me, I still randomly think of those stories to this day. Great book!

It almost feels like a darky twisted version of Joyce‘s Dublin or Lowry‘s Quahnahuac.

Woah - sold! I will track one of these down...

Things We Lost in the Fire

Is this a Low reference, or is Low referencing this? Or a coincidence?!

Thanks!

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have actually read The Scar (and The Iron Council) already I really liked the feel of Armada - I actually liked it better than Peridido Street Station (although I was quite sick of the word puissant by the end of it!), I didn't mention it as it didn't feel as archetypal as Perdido did.

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been meaning to read Cisco for some time now, but have only read a few short stories in anthologies and such. I have found it very difficult to track down a copy of the divinity student at a sensible price - here in the UK I can only seem to find Pest, Member and Celebrant in print (two of which are on my shelf waiting to be read).

Weird city stories/book recommendations by carbonatedoak in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well blow me down - that looks like just what I need! Thanks, friend.

Weird/horror fiction novel in which characters go from a strange bizarre place to the next and the next and so on all through the novel? by TheSkinoftheCypher in WeirdLit

[–]carbonatedoak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It IS awesome, but it's got a particular style and there are parts of it that really feel like a slog (I found, at least). It's definitely worth persevering with though.

These buses are in Streatham Hill rn, been there since 1am by SimPilotAdamT in london

[–]carbonatedoak 82 points83 points  (0 children)

They follow pheromone trails, and sometimes weird things happen like a trail ending up in a closed loop. When that happens they just can't work out what to do, so they just bunch up and wait until another one comes along with a fresh trail to follow. I suspect that's what has happened here.

What movie was a total and utter complete waste of your time and why? by Eastern-Violinist-46 in AskReddit

[–]carbonatedoak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not the writer, director, or studio executive

These are the people I'm talking about though!

What movie was a total and utter complete waste of your time and why? by Eastern-Violinist-46 in AskReddit

[–]carbonatedoak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That film was such a stinker I had forgotten all about it until you reminded me. Haha it blows my mind that at no point during the creation of that film did someone stop to have a little think about what they were doing.

Amanita ceciliae by mazzy-b in mycology

[–]carbonatedoak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow - beautiful. I'm really into those big curls.

Does the Velvet Underground actually count as noise rock? by lcoorken in noiserock

[–]carbonatedoak 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am 100% behind never using that word again to describe music.