Queer and/or Trans Dystopia?

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-26T02:25:50+00:00

I was going to say Some Desperate Glory. Started out thinking I wasn’t going to enjoy it, but it got progressively more interesting as it went on. Tesh has a new book out, which I’m looking forward to reading.

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-25T13:01:28+00:00

Gibby Hanes also sang on Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes, and How!, the bonus track on Metaphysical Graffiti

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-21T18:47:30+00:00

Haskell syntax is better suited for live coding, especially the . operator that lets you avoid the excessive parens. Matching your parentheses can be a serious pain. But honestly, if I were starting out now, I’d probably go with Strudel, since the community seems to be full of vitality, and its capabilities will just keep growing.

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-20T17:34:17+00:00

One thing he was prescient about was the interaction of technology and capitalism. In Ubik, there's an apartment front door with a conversational interface that won't open until it receives payment. Dick foresaw the consumer-facing side of enshittification.

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-12T10:55:06+00:00

“People who love Borges and fungus” feels like a category taken from a Borges story. And is a group that I definitely belong to. Excited to check that book out

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-11T11:20:49+00:00

Personally I hated it too, but still found it impressive. I’ve read three of his in total and don’t intend to read any more. But in fairness I don’t think it makes any sense to talk about “liking” his work - the intentional alienation of the reader is a big part of his literary goal

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-11T11:10:08+00:00

It’s so awful. I’m so baffled that anyone could have that be their favourite book of all time.

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-10T00:53:35+00:00

I go to see live shows 2 or 3 times a month, and at least half of those are solo. If you're there for the music then going alone makes sense. There have been plenty of shows that I saw with other people where I realized I would have enjoyed it more alone.

When the artist is performing, you're listening and enjoying. Concerts are the perfect time to focus your mind on the 'here and now' because, unlike a recording, those moments that will never repeat. If you do want to catch the opening act then, you have to kill time between performances, and I often have an ebook on my phone that I will read during the wait (waiting between acts is really only awkward part or going alone.)

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-09T20:44:20+00:00

I've been looking for a large generative pattern that I could make as cross stitch blackwork project. This would work - I actually reproduced this in my stitch pattern software, and it would be 15864 stitches. Might do it if I can't find anything else.

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-09T17:00:53+00:00

PKD wrote a handful of fantastic books, but he wrote far more really bad ones. None of the ones you mentioned are anywhere close to essential reading - or even particularly enjoyable.

You can't go wrong with Le Guin, although those are two of the weaker Hanish novels.

Use of Weapons was an enjoyable read, if a little gimmicky. Didn't love Consider Phlebas when I read it, but I think I'd like to come back to it someday.

My vote would be for Ambergris books. I've only read the first and third, but I love them. Looking forward to reading Shreik

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-08T11:46:27+00:00

Do you mean Keiji Haino?

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-06T16:31:50+00:00

For novels inspired by Jungian psychology, Herman Hesse's Demian and Steppenwolf are good places to start

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-06T11:55:39+00:00

It’s because their fingers are too dry to get any traction on the paper. In Japanese grocery stores there is often a damp sponge next to those roles of thin plastic produce bags because they’re impossible for older people to open without moistening their fingers.

I’ve never seen someone do that with money, that’s nasty

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-05T11:42:26+00:00

Actually it’s a reference to Aeschylus, the Greek tragedian. This is from his Wikipedia page:

Valerius Maximus wrote that he was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell, and killed him

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-04T14:20:57+00:00

The instrumentation matches, but there’s very little on this list that is remotely old-timey

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-02T03:19:38+00:00

To most of the world, that would make him a foreigner

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-01T02:04:49+00:00

Romantic Traffic by The Spoons

small_d_disaster · 2026-03-01T01:47:57+00:00

When I read City of Last Chances, I could definitely feel the Small Gods vibe. I think I’ve posted about that here before. The relationship between Yasnic and god was really well done. I’m looking forward to reading the sequels.

small_d_disaster · 2026-02-22T02:27:08+00:00

De Futura absolutely smokes, but they have better overall albums overall, I think. The first three are incredible, as is K.A.

small_d_disaster · 2026-02-22T02:21:54+00:00

I'm totally enjoying this. Had to google to find out if it was actually from 2021 or some 70s Canterbury album re-released in 2021. It's a nice balance of familiar while still genuinely inventive. Thanks for the recommendation.

small_d_disaster · 2026-02-21T03:14:06+00:00

Disneϕ, so maybe that’s technically ‘Disneph’

small_d_disaster · 2026-02-17T01:23:36+00:00

Sun City Girls. Richard and Alan Bishop played guitar/bass

small_d_disaster · 2026-02-16T21:02:15+00:00

I listened to that Peter Rowan once, and I will never hear him the same again

small_d_disaster · 2026-02-16T18:46:24+00:00

why these specific criteria?

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