Forum: Rants & Ravings
08-13-2022
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,537
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Forum: Art
08-13-2022
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,129
Re: Unsettling Landscapes
Robert McFarlane’s writing is pure gold. I own most of his books and treasure them dearly.
The English have such a sense of awe and mastery of language when writing about their landscapes… I’m not...
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Forum: Arthur Schopenhauer
08-13-2022
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Replies: 24
Views: 20,644
Re: Schopenhauer: On Noise
Thank God Shopenhauer didn’t live in the current time. He would have gone on a rampage.
I live in a “lively” neighborhood in Barcelona, and I get to listen to all kinds of noise. Specially that...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-17-2020
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Replies: 92
Views: 35,106
Re: Notes on a Pandemic
This is what worries me. I honestly don't care about the bug, nor the economy. It's no conspiracy theory (although there are plenty that deal with this); surveillance will be increased and many...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-05-2020
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Replies: 92
Views: 35,106
Re: Notes on a Pandemic
Something that I forgot to write about, is that the Generalitat, that is the Catalan government, in all its wisdom, has decided that this pandemic is still grounds to push their silly attempts at...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2020
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Replies: 92
Views: 35,106
Re: Notes on a Pandemic
As some of you know due the news, Spain is the second worse hit country in Europe, after Italy, with a total of 11,947 dead. The worst hit area is Madrid, but the rest of the country has reported...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-09-2019
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Replies: 74
Views: 47,007
Re: Science Fiction Recommendations
That's interesting, and now with Harlan Ellison gone, there will never be any way to know. Not that he had showed any interest in the last twenty years to get it published, or whatever.
The book's...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-07-2019
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Replies: 74
Views: 47,007
Re: Science Fiction Recommendations
I reread my first copy of Dune so much I destroyed it in the end. I had to buy a new one.
Th first two sequels are good as well, but I didn't enjoy the remaining three. In fact, I stopped by the...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-07-2019
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Replies: 35
Views: 19,294
Re: Thread for telling us your current struggles
I hesitate to mention my struggles because, honestly, after reading what some of you guys are going through, I'm really a textbook example of a privileged guy. I've even won a rather important...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-25-2019
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Replies: 2,371
Views: 935,702
Re: Recent Reading
:D:D:D
I recently finished reading a non-fiction book, "Shark drunk", by Morten Strøksnes, a Norse journalist and travel chronicler. It's a very interesting account about him and an artist friend...
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Forum: Off Topic
12-09-2018
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Replies: 90
Views: 52,212
Re: Terrible Covers for Great Books
I have most of those editions.... it was either that or getting them for , ugh, Kindle.
A good portion of the covers in the Gollancz Science Fiction Masterworks series can comfortably find a...
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Forum: Rants & Ravings
06-08-2018
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Replies: 34
Views: 15,238
Re: Gary Lachman's Dark Star Rising
I've read a few of Lachman's books; they're very interesting and I agree with some (plenty) of the points he makes.
Not with this book, though. I'm not even interested; I find the entire premise...
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Forum: Rants & Ravings
04-14-2018
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Replies: 52
Views: 34,814
Re: Ligotti vs Aickman
To be honest, I don’t actively ponder too much in the mysteries of either man’s (or anyone else’s) fiction, but let them linger in my subconscious. Despite my best efforts, the symbols of occultism...
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Forum: Rants & Ravings
04-10-2018
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Replies: 52
Views: 34,814
Re: Ligotti vs Aickman
I enjoy both and have trouble understanding how anyone who likes one would not enjoy the other.
It’s true that both also read like dreams, but whereas some think that they read as different kinds...
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Forum: Happy Birthday
03-17-2018
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,708
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Forum: Jeff VanderMeer
03-03-2018
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Replies: 139
Views: 50,764
Re: The Southern Reach Trilogy
I read the first book in the trilogy by the middle of 2016; I didn't think much about it, other than it being a decent horror/science fiction story. Definitely not the masterpiece many people online...
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Forum: Video Games
12-03-2017
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Replies: 41
Views: 24,307
Re: Pathologic
I have wanted to play Pathologic ever since I first read about it, probably around 2007, maybe a bit latter, here at TLO, in an old videogames thread. Then, In 2010, I downloaded a freeware demo, but...
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Forum: Other Authors
11-14-2017
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Replies: 32
Views: 15,761
Re: Opinions on Dracula by Bram Stoker?
Dracula was the second book I read in my life, right after finishing Jules Verne's "Voyage to the center of the Earth". I don't hold too many impressions about it; I had just begun reading for...
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Forum: Other News
10-14-2017
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,044
Re: NOVEMBER Directed by Ranier Sarnet
Kivirähk's book, "The man who spoke snakish" was recently translated in Spanish by a very good and very elegant publishing house that has also edited other important works, both classic and...
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Forum: Art
09-26-2017
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,865
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Forum: Other Authors
09-13-2017
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Replies: 13
Views: 10,960
Re: Saki
James, this should be up your alley when you get some money to spare.
http://www.foliosociety.com/book/SKI/saki-short-stories
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