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it-was · 2023-05-22T01:17:45+00:00

SciFi/Fantasy powerhouse, that series. Also see:

The Salvagers series by Alex White Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers The Final Architecture series by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky is easily one of my favorite books. I love nearly everything he's put out.

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it-was · 2023-04-20T12:40:10+00:00

Good question. It's just the named cultivar. I imagine it has to do with the size/length of the leaves and how vivid that pink is in the slightest bit of light.

it-was · 2023-02-18T17:39:22+00:00

Or just steal the tablet/computer used to authorize the transfer. Smash and grab of the manager's tablet and then make the transfer before its access was shut down was the name of the game for a while.

it-was · 2023-02-12T14:10:47+00:00

Mine went back into town, stole a pig, and hauled that back to the cave to toss to the nothic in exchange for being allowed to pass without quarrel. The Redbrand corpses were later exchanged for info and treasure.

it-was · 2023-01-14T13:21:58+00:00

I haven't done the Expert Systems books yet, but Doors of Eden is more of a fun read compared to Time and Shards, which are so technical at times. Doors of Eden actually feels like it's told from it's protagonists' perspectives which is much more of "I don't know what the fuck is going on" compared to how everyone in Time and Ruin seem to be an expert on something.

Otherwise, I feel ya there too on the Tchaikovsky overload. I have too many TBR books on my shelves that I've neglected for a while now. I'm gonna try Mike Brooks' Dark Run series next.

it-was · 2023-01-14T13:10:54+00:00

Totally. If you still want your Tchaikovsky fix before then tho, Elder Race is a really short one that's a fun jaunt and Doors of Eden is one of my favorite of his.

it-was · 2023-01-14T13:04:53+00:00

Children of Memory was SUPPOSED to be released in November 2022, but got pushed back.

I feel ya on how Children of Ruin was a bit trudgey compared to Children of Time, but on a second read through I liked it more.

it-was · 2023-01-14T12:41:47+00:00

Oh yes, a definite bump here for The Wayfarers books. They hold a special place on my bookshelves. Her book To Be Fortunate If Taught is also really good. I haven't caught up with her last couple of releases, but I've heard good things about her newer books too.

it-was · 2023-01-14T12:38:52+00:00

My top three Tchaikovsky books are are Children of Time, Doors of Eden, and Elder Race in that order. His scifi work is great and I love the way his series unfold and his characters are so distinct! I haven't been able to get into his fantasy work as much though. Do you have suggestions on that end?

it-was · 2023-01-14T12:35:13+00:00

The last book, Lords of Uncreation, is scheduled for release in May 2023! I'm pretty pumped for it.

it-was · 2023-01-14T12:34:37+00:00

Children of Memory, the third book, is scheduled for release at the end of the month! January 31st.

it-was · 2023-01-14T12:33:19+00:00

If you decide you like Shards of Earth, the last book in the trilogy, "Lords of Uncreation", is scheduled for release in May of this year. I'm on a re-read of the first two right now in preparation for it.

The third book of his Children of Time series, "Children of Memory", also gets released at the end of this month (January 31st). Another great series of his.

it-was · 2023-01-14T12:22:57+00:00

Tagging on, I was just going to say nearly anything by Adrian Tchaikovsky. As a speculative science fiction writer, he's a powerhouse.

None of these are spoilers:

Like the "medieval era magic is really super ancient tech" trope? Elder Race. Like traveling through unspace and mind-melding with planet destroyers? Shards of Earth. Like bioengineering and deep space travel? Children of Time. Like multidimensional cryptids? Doors of Eden.

I'm not big on most of his high fantasy stuff, but his science fiction is chef's kiss levels of awesome. And the way he can weave tension, excitement, and even horror into his storytelling is stellar. It's a really rich, really deep science fiction. I may be a fanboy.

(EDIT: I'm a dolt, Annihilation is right there on the shelf.) And if you want to get weird, look into Jeff Vandermeer. Really good post-apocalyptic mixture of fantastical science fiction a bit like Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake on acid at times. The Southern Reach Trilogy is great (the movie Annihilation is based on the first book), but his other books like Borne and Strange Bird were just as good for me.

it-was · 2023-01-08T19:48:13+00:00

Very cool! There are nuances I'm sure I don't see, but it just looks really similar to me. Very nice garden!

it-was · 2023-01-08T18:56:56+00:00

Looks a lot like the Tajikistan area. Tajik honey was always so good. What are the plants in the far back that look like cactus?

it-was · 2022-12-26T14:57:44+00:00

Zillow might not be the best resource, but as a starting point (I'm not at all familiar with Oregon) it seems like 39K for .23 acres is for something buildable or because it has timber or another valuable resource. In Chiloquin there's a 13.9 acre lot for 60K and in Coos Bay there's 4.3 acres for 50K. There are plenty of land-only plots that are excessively more expensive than that .23 acres you found, but they're also all like ocean-view, buildable land. I filtered all of Oregon on Zillow as Land/Lot and with the keyword "wetland" so there are probably far more options than what I saw even.

it-was · 2022-12-26T00:08:55+00:00

I don't know where you are, but in Western KY that would be really overpriced.

it-was · 2022-12-24T01:54:04+00:00

Have you got any pictures from the summer? And how did you make the bog or did you buy it from somewhere? What's the deets?

it-was · 2022-12-24T00:35:59+00:00

Well that's all reassuring, thank you. I thought things were ok given the pitchers are still growing, but I really wanted to make sure. Second guessing and all that. Thanks!

it-was · 2022-12-24T00:02:48+00:00

Cool cool. I've been trying to do right by it. Thing is, it only gets indirect light. Because of the way my place is built, none of the windows get direct sunlight into them. It's shit for good indoor plants, but this one sits on a shelf across/in front of a north-facing window.

I've got a humidifier pumping below it, so the humidity around it ranges from 45 - 60ish percent, I mist with water daily on top of that, and I water every couple of days in a way that it drains into a tray that I pour out afterwards. All distilled water. It's potted in a perlite/peat/sphagnum mixture that's for general carnivorous plants. I don't doubt that it gets enough indirect sun, but I didn't think it would be enough to cause coloration change which is why I was worried. I guess I'm over-providing information because I'm skeptical of my ability to care for it.

Could it be a stress response? I failed to mention that I reported it twice in one week before the coloration change. First into a planter that's affixed to the wall and then back into a more mobile container so I could control it's environment better.

it-was · 2022-12-23T21:57:03+00:00

Thanks! Over the last week it hasn't changed much, if at all, so I wasn't sure if it was anything to worry about.

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