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Arbitrary said:
I liked The Road and No Country for Old Men (book and movie for each) but the fans of Blood Meridian have loudly set the expectations too high for any book to meet them. I'll get to it eventually but for now it's staying on ice. I'd much rather give All the Pretty Horses a run first if I'm picking up more Cormac.
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Yeah, I don't really recommend it. I loved his other books.
 
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Blood Meridian is a book I have a hard time recommending, but one I feel made me a better, more observant reader. One of the most bizarre, great, dogshit books I’ve ever read. Years after reading it, I finally “got” the ending with the kid and the girl. First read, I’d stupidly assumed the kid was the hero!
 
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Blood Meridian is a book I have a hard time recommending, but one I feel made me a better, more observant reader. One of the most bizarre, great, dogshit books I’ve ever read. Years after reading it, I finally “got” the ending with the kid and the girl. First read, I’d stupidly assumed the kid was the hero!
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That bear looks really adorable there, like he's taking a little nap.
 
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Just read this. I love Correia's other series Monster Hunter International. This one is way different but the main character is not such an annoying prick this time so its a step up in that regard. Worldbuilding is pretty cool its like everyone lives in the Planes of Power and the hub city is PoK. To practice magic you need a specific reagent from the respective plane. This ends up being some red dust from the Plane of Fire, some clear liquid from the Plane of Air, and so on. The world is completely totalitarian and the magelords that run society prohibit anyone from learning magic through slavery and other social barriers.

Our hero here comes to the PoK and inadvertently stumbles on a conspiracy while trying to escape the Plane of Fire.
 
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Arbitrary said:
Easy recommend. I enjoyed it very much and it still pops in to my thoughts.
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There was a short film by Dust that came out not too long ago. Dust is pretty popular sci-fi short troupe and puts out some interesting stuff.

I also posted over in my Small Press thread a while back that Conversation Tree Press is doing an edition of the book. They had a waitlist sign up (which was kind of odd since they never do that). Probably a 2027 publish date since they always run a little behind.

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There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

Signed, limited edition of qntm’s There Is No Antimemetics Division imagines a war fought not in secret, but in absence—a conflict against entities that erase themselves from perception and memory alike.
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TJT said:
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Just read this. I love Correia's other series Monster Hunter International. This one is way different but the main character is not such an annoying prick this time so its a step up in that regard. Worldbuilding is pretty cool its like everyone lives in the Planes of Power and the hub city is PoK. To practice magic you need a specific reagent from the respective plane. This ends up being some red dust from the Plane of Fire, some clear liquid from the Plane of Air, and so on. The world is completely totalitarian and the magelords that run society prohibit anyone from learning magic through slavery and other social barriers.

Our hero here comes to the PoK and inadvertently stumbles on a conspiracy while trying to escape the Plane of Fire.
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It says this one is based on Indian culture? How heavy-handed did that seem, or did you even notice?
 
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TJT said:
Couldn't even remotely tell. It reminded me of Planes of Power mostly.
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If they do it right you shouldn't notice, but just wondering since a lot of things are heavy-handed these days. Thanks.
 
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