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alexlubertozzi

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A dust speck stuck to a grain of sand floating through an infinite & indifferent universe—I enjoy pondering the futility of existence, also snorkeling & tennis. Author of harmless fictions, including the novel Any Other World Will Do.

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LincolnRamirez , to bookstodon group
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I've been thinking of finally reading some Stephen King, but no idea where to start.

Go for one of the likes of his famous work, like the Shining or the Green Mile? Or something lesser known?

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@LincolnRamirez @bookstodon I’ve always loved Different Seasons, King’s collection of four novellas, including “The Body” (adapted as Stand by Me), “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” and “Apt Pupil.” All are fairly short (around 100 pages), so it’s not a huge commitment of time.

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Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?

My top five reads of 2024 so far:

The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)

James, Percival Everett

The Book of Love, Kelly Link

Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky

Prequel, Rachel Maddow

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My top five reads of 2024 so far:

The Price of Thorns by Tim Sussman

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

The Byways by Mary Pascual

The Oxygen Farmer by Colin Holmes

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Just started reading James by Percival Everett. I thought The Trees was amazing, and the adaptation of Erasure, American Fiction, was terrific. I feel like I'm going to be reading a lot of his backlist.

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Idea:

Bookstores should group fantasy with horror instead of scifi. Both fantasy and horror are purely creations of the author's mind; scifi is tethered to factual information.

If you need to group scifi, I'd put it with mysteries and thrillers.

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@deirdrebeth @aprilfollies @_L1vY_ @Uair @bookstodon When characters don’t understand the science that makes up their world, it’s called “nonfiction.”

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@deirdrebeth @aprilfollies @_L1vY_ @Uair @bookstodon Most people don’t understand how their phones, TVs, computers, cars, or smart refrigerators work. So, yes, I was making a joke.

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Dear @bookstodon

I would like recommendations for books where the main character is a mild villain dealing with much worse villains and is telling the story as they go. Fantasy and Scifi are always comforting genres but I venture out for the right books.

I would also like books where men and women are doing things and are friends without a romance being shoe-horned in. But I concede I might as well be asking for a pony at this point.

Thanks for any help and or boosts!

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@Homebrewandhacking @bookstodon The Price of Thorns by Tim Susman is one of the best fantasies I’ve read in years. The main character’s a thief, and it’s incredibly well written.

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Serious vibes in the series finale of . I’m not an educated classicist and I know they had to change things for the show and its collapsing budget by this point, but I’m a bit skeptical that the real story was like this.

No wonder people see this show as a precursor to Game of Thrones - I may get round to watching that. I’ll have to rewatch season 1 later.

I also just bought Ten Caesars and will read it soon.




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@GrittyLipids @bookstodon I really liked the first season of Rome, but season 2 was something of a disappointment and pretty removed from the actual history. But the show did get me interested in reading Colleen McCullough’s excellent Masters of Rome series of historical novels. She sticks very close to the real history while telling a good story.

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@GrittyLipids @bookstodon Tom Holland’s Rubicon, an excellent short history of the last century of the Roman republic, was the first book I read after watching Rome, and it really made me want to read some fiction set in the period (and that’s when I found McCullough’s at-the-time ongoing series).

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Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

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@franciscawrites @bookstodon The Thing (both the 1950s version and 1980s John Carpenter remake) was based on the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell. And, though not many people have seen it, Spiderhead was based on the George Saunders short story "Escape from Spiderhead." Then, of course, there's Short Cuts, Robert Altman's adaptation of a number of Raymond Carver short stories.

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