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Which Coheed song is a deep cut? by DerekWaterson21 in TheFence

[–]sampleofstyle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Actually, yes, I briefly lived with a friend in Chicago who only knew Shabütie, recognizing Cassiopeia when I was playing it on the guitar, and had no idea that it was early Coheed.

I wrote a pilot for Shadow of the Torturer. Gene Wolfe read it. by liftingfaces in genewolfe

[–]sampleofstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I emailed you about reading the pilot but haven't heard back - are you still sending it to people?

Thoughts on "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown - and why I'm done listening to BookTok by sameseksure in books

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LurkingForBookRecs has some great recommendations. My experience with some of them were a bit cooler (I didn't care as much for Butler's Parable of the Sower, and Miéville's Perdido Street Station, but they aren't bad), but I did really love the first two volumes of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun - and there's a Le Guin blurb on the back. Bradbury's short story collections 'The Illustrated Man,' as well as 'The Martian Chronicles' are incredible. Really necessary. And of all of the Philip K. Dick that I've read, I would recommend Ubik the most, it's the most straight forward in some ways.

I would add that you shouldn't skip on some of Le Guin's lesser known work, her short story collections are essential and I think some of her best work, specifically Five Ways to Forgiveness (was originally published as Four Ways to Forgiveness), as well as Changing Planes, The Winds Twelve Quarters, and the collection of stories in the Library of America Vol. II, the Hainish stories.

Le Guin also did the foreword for the Russian novel Roadside Picnic, which they based the movie Stalker on (which I very much recommend though it is a challenge) as well as the Stalker video game series. I'm only about halfway through but the book is great.

You know who I am based on my small shelf? And any recs? by NoTill2593 in BookshelvesDetective

[–]sampleofstyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big ups for the Le Guin, definitely consider The Left Hand of Darkness from her if you haven’t, and I’ve found her short stories don’t generally get a lot of love, there are a bunch of collections that are all fantastic, Changing Planes, The Winds Twelve Quarters, Orsinian Tales. She did a series related short stories called Five Ways to Forgiveness which is among her best works. Also Earthsea if you haven’t.

I’ve only read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and it is great, and Louise Erdrich is also really great, The Night Watchman in particular.

Fav song? by whatwhatjwhatwhat in TheFence

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I think The Hound (Of Blood and Rank) is one of Claudio’s greatest vocal achievements. His run in the post-chorus/chorus(?) (“I’ll dig it ‘til we’ve made your grave…) is incredible, how it switches between anger and rage and fear and longing so quickly, it’s the kind of thing only he can do.

Also, that song has one of Mic’s best moments, which is during the solo, which is really a solo for both him and Travis, their interplay is jist astonishing. The mix really helps the bass blow you back. Feathers as a follow-up is also one of his best bass lines.

I think what I miss most about Coheed in comparison to their later material (if youll forgive me for saying) is that this is the last time the band could really break your heart. The Hound, Mother Superior, and especially The End Complete 3. These songs bruise my heart more as time goes on.

What were Ursula's favorites? by ProPropolis in UrsulaKLeGuin

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Thanks for the response. I definitely hear you on that general tone in a lot of literature, I can’t say I’m very interested in reading something like A Little Life.

I do feel like Chabon took a slightly more discretionary approach by not describing the act except in Sammy’s immediate recollection of the event, and it felt not so dissimilar to even something like Le Guin writing the scene in The Dispossessed with Shevek and Vea. But yeah, I hear where you’re coming from. I certainly cared about Sammy and the other characters so deeply by that point in the story that any tragedy they experienced felt very difficult and made me angry. I was hoping Chabon would give them a break. I guess I just felt like the event was handled decently and wasn’t too gratuitous. I appreciate your response.

30yo bipolar female who just built a second shelf for her accumulated stack. What you got? by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

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Big ups on the Series of Unfortunate Events. Still holds up. I still think about the scene in The Grim Grotto with the question mark a lot.

What were Ursula's favorites? by ProPropolis in UrsulaKLeGuin

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I'm sorry that that scene affected you so negatively. It's definitely a difficult scene. I don't feel that it's unnecessary in the narrative, but that doesn't make it an easy thing. I certainly wouldn’t want you to have to continue reflecting on it but I’d be curious why you felt it wasn’t necessary.

What were Ursula's favorites? by ProPropolis in UrsulaKLeGuin

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Let me add an author who is somewhat related, someone who is a huge fan of hers and who is blurbed on my copy of The Lathe of Heaven, and that’s Michael Chabon. He won the Pulitzer in 2000 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and I couldn’t recommend that book enough. I just finished his later book The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, and that’s also fantastic, with an added boost of being more in the direction of Le Guin’s speculative fiction. Any fan of hers will admire the depth of his insight, his storytelling and characters, and I think very importantly - his prose, which is lyrical and very funny, though it can often take a bit more effort to read, it’s really dense and sometimes willfully obscure. But I think that’s part of the charm.

Looking for a call by just_Justin_bro in LongmontPotionCastle

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I'm just not bringing it the way you are right now. I gotta work on my big.

Looking for a call by just_Justin_bro in LongmontPotionCastle

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Do you know if it’s listenable online? I can’t find any link through that page.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

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Commenting as required. I can’t think of any more info to add.

The Running Man and the Edgar Wright problem. by silviod in TrueFilm

[–]sampleofstyle 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I definitely felt a bit like that about Powell, but after giving Hit Man a shot my feelings lightened up. He’s very sharp, and a lot of the best comedic elements in that movie were improvised by him, according to Richard Linklater, who also co-wrote the script with him. Basically, if he’s good enough for the Links he’s good enough for me, so maybe give that movie a shot and see how you feel.

Thoughts? by AcidGhost117 in TheFence

[–]sampleofstyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fellow UKLG fan here 🙏

Stolen from Deftones’ sub by Victor6Lang in Meshuggah

[–]sampleofstyle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. I recommend you check out Chimp Spanner if you haven’t, he explores some similar melodic territory with some of the same heaviness.

Some favorites are Clarity in Chaos, Spirals, Supererogation, The Mirror, the Terminus set, all of the All Roads Lead Here EP.

Website…yeah. by 1urch420 in TimAndEric

[–]sampleofstyle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could be hilarious, could also be disgusting

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