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Shogun: Super long epic novel about a captain who shipwrecks on the shores of 17th century Japan. I see it as a guide to becoming a successful foreigner in Japan. There’s this guy Toranaga in the book, he just like me fr. You and Your Profile: this book analyzes 3 modes of identity formation: Sincerity, Authenticity, and Profilicity. Profilicty is a mode that is entangled with being online. Remembrance of Earth’s Past is an epic Chinese sci-fi trilogy. It’s so good. I wanna be a wallfacer so bad. The Diamond Age gotta be the most slept on piece of American science fiction. Snow Crash by the same author bangs too. I’m currently reading Beserk.
Mar 13, 2023
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Really good stuff, both epic in scale and fairly hard scifi.
The Ringworld Series is pretty interesting.
Rendezvous with Rama is a classic.
Standing on Zanzibar for something a bit more highbrow.
The Neuromancer Trilogy for that Cyberpunk edge (or the Bridge Trilogy which is a whole vibe)
The Cryptonomicon, although that might not be considered scifi?
Snow Crash is pretty fun too
May 2, 2024
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The Seinfeld of sci-fis. A chaotic tome. A cult classic. A rearranging of the mind and the emotions. Self-serious pulp detritus interspersed within a sea of stirring philosophical musings. A pleasant plunge. A thought provoking fever dream. The most memory-holed best book of the 20th century.
Is it a novel about nothing or everything? Poetic and soul punchingly beautiful at times, gratuitously sexual and grotesque at others. Period piece or borderline problematic - or perhaps just a dose of progressive realism? Genre defying or defining? A journey, a morass, or a deluge?
All of the above.
As a sci-fi head, Dune used to be one of my go to answers when people would ask what my favorite book was (War and Peace or The Name of the Rose are others). But [*puts on asshole hat*] after everyone and their mother became dune-pilled from the movies, I needed a new answer. Dhalgren has now taken Dune's spot. And I think it's safe to say that there will never be a Dhalgren.
Jan 3, 2025
Techno-Samurais and a whole bunch of cool wild shit, a great chaotic read for sure.
Feb 18, 2025
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Apple plays a fundamental role in my personal mythology. I carry two phones: iPhone 13 mini 256 GB & iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB; One for doing small stuff the other for doing big stuff. I’m doing hardware research. Apple’s fascism is self-harm under current leadership and product offering. Rest in peace Steve Jobs. Android phones are actually great now, specifically the Google Pixel — im getting one as my third and it will be for doing medium stuff. Apple Silicon computers go crazy though.
Mar 13, 2023