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Engineer, gnome, store owner, and avid reader. Discord: scottdmoose, https://www.scottrpg.com/llamafodder/
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Blood over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang was bold. Her main character, Sciona, is very focused. She falls into the realm of extraordinary competence and skill- appropriate for a glass-ceiling breaker- and the narrative doesn’t flinch from giving her some common flaws associated with driven people.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki is a relatively straightforward book about cynicism, optimism, and skepticism. It’s also a touching tribute a fellow researcher and friend (Emile) told in anecdotes throughout the book. #booksky

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

The Siege of Tilpur (by Brian McClellan) was an interesting universe (with Powder Mages in a colonial setting); with a strong main character well positioned to demonstrate lots of angles to the setting. Jury Duty by Jim Bucher was a fun Dresden interlude; it's easy to slip back into that world.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

The Hall of the Diamond Queen (by Anthony Ryan) was effective - I kept thinking about the Voice and implied history well after finishing. The Ethical Heresy (by Sam Sykes) leaned hard on the costs of compliance with injustice, with a fascinating (and relatable) viewpoint character.

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Uncharming (by Deliah Dawson) was a very creepy look at a weird underworld, Mark Lawrence's A Good Name was an interesting take on a culture of honor, and went in an interesting direction to capture good lessons about maturity.

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I particularly liked Madwalls (by Rachel Caine) for the engaging lead character and parental relationship. Dichotomy of Paradigms (by Mary Robinette) was almost campy in a good way - when you're contracted to make a pirate look good, art goes interesting places.

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The short story was from The Great Way series - a sad tale about a doomed subject kingdom on the eve of its freedom. There were lots of other interesting stories; many clearly set in new to me worlds, and would probably appreciate more with context. Like The Way Into Oblivion for others.

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I recently read Unbound, collected short stories by Shawn Speakman. It was mixed - with fascinating to me introductions to new authors, and some new short stories from old favorites. I was looking forward to Harry Connolly's story, had no idea what it'd be, but I like the worlds that he writes.

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

I wrote this for myself and posted it to my blog as a form of accountability to remind myself to avoid the outrage/despair cycle. In honor of FDR’s CCC, I’m calling my rubric the 5Cs: Cope/curate Care Connect Construct Challenge imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

It'll be a while before my friends reach critical mass here, but with Facebook imitating X-was-twitter in pushing people out, maybe we'll coalesce.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

It was well written and moving; a lot of hard choices. The many minor frictions - even with people and agencies ostensibly helping - was rough. We're often told to give money to food banks - they can leverage it much better than we can -- but the same applies to individuals.

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