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   on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:10:11 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
   I wonder where to get actually good reading suggestions beyond just reading the classics (which might just be what one has to do). Booktube/Booktok is completely retarded, all women just read girlboss romances, all men read litrpg books, and they only read books that came out in last 5 years. Goodreads is kind of useful if you only read 2 or 1 star reviews, so you can at least filter out things. anthologies are mostly trash, so why read through 20 'hard sci-fi' stories of which only 2 are in any way hard sci fi? Maybe let AI read everything and then ask it for recs?
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:11:49 JST Sick Sun

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     @lain I really really need to sit down and read this, I know I'll love it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manuscript_Found_in_Saragossa
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     Mr Funk 🇦🇺 (sophistifunk@noauthority.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:13:09 JST Mr Funk 🇦🇺

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     @lain just go read some PF Hamilton.

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     「セル」cell (سل) (cell@pl.ebin.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:14:17 JST 「セル」cell (سل)

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     @lain local library/new/used bookstore and finding out which is interesting :aichanpeek:
     even if it’s just junk, finding junk from a different time or language is certainly worthwhile
     
     this means letting go of the “media that suits my tastes exactly” mindset…
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:14:47 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @s8n please do
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     THOT POLICE (s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:14:48 JST THOT POLICE

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     @lain I don't think reading enthusiasts only read books that came out in the past 5 years. If you read fiction I could make some recommendations
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     THOT POLICE (s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:17:12 JST THOT POLICE

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     @lain have you read Wizard's Bane by Rick Cook? I think that's one of the best wizard books ever written. This is one of the original isekai stories on which the genre is based
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     b8tt3ryl8d@mstdn.jp's status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:23:03 JST b8tt3ryl8d

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     @lain The great thing about stealing books from coffee shop book shelves is that some nerd has already curated them for you and if you liked what you stole last time you'll likely appreciate the next theft too. I'd recommend it.

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     Rocket (rocket@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:25:49 JST Rocket

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     @lain I really like Edward m Lerner. He writes hard Sci fi. Have you read analog science fiction and fact? Long running pulp magazine focused on hard sci fi.
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 20:26:18 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @Rocket thanks for the recommendation!
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     diesch (diesch@loma.ml)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 22:42:18 JST diesch

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     @lain phantastik-bestenliste.de/ hat finde ich oft interessante Vorschläge
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 22:42:22 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @diesch danke!
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     zxcvfadsf (zxcvfadsf@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 15:27:08 JST zxcvfadsf

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     @lain Wrote a 1,000 word response to this only for Element to crash while finishing the response. Good luck!
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