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NEW VIDEO: 5 books if you only read scifi & fantasy, and 5 other books you should read anyway (Patreon)

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I read 45 books in the last year, which is pretty damn good for me. Now, I know this video won't do that well, so this is really more for you guys. Talking through the books I read, classic-sci fi, recommendations, and elsewise (like House of Leaves!).

Stay nerdy,

Tim

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5 books if you only read scifi & fantasy, and 5 other books you should read anyway

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Agonarchy

A little trick of mine when it comes to reading really good, challenging books: Go to a college book store and see what they're making the English and Literature majors read for their classes.

Jaely

I have a question for you, I don’t know if you want to make a video about it or not, but it’s something that has been bugging me for years now, since my University Literature Professor had us read Cormac McCarthy’s “No Country For Old Men” one semester. I could not understand WHY this book had become so popular! The author would literally use the word AND all the time! To make matters worse it would be used in place of commas, especially if the author was listening something, which he seemed to do quite often. This book gave me a huge headache, to the point I wanted to call up the publishing company and ask if the book had been edited at all! When I had asked my Professor about this, at the time, she had smiled at me and said that: “supposedly it was written to be more accessible to the readers.” So I’m asking if this makes any since to you, or have you heard of it? Thankfully, my Professor never marked me down for writing my personal opinion about the book, so long as I could support my position, along with so I had done the assigned reading. On a different topic if you are still interested in broadening your reading genres, I have a book series that you might be interested in reading (though I’m not sure if you will be able to find all the books anymore or all the way in New Zealand). But if you are able to find them all and are game to try, you might enjoy it. It’s not too far off your normal beaten path actually, as it technically falls under the broader Sci-fi umbrella. The first book is called “Return to Isis” & it’s by Jean Stewart. Overall the books is about what America (and in some ways the world) becomes after it falls under the rule of a corrupt government, all because people act purely on fear instead of thinking logically in the face of a worldwide pandemic. (This series was written mostly in the early to mid 1990s, I find it’s rather ironic and have recently began reading my copies again after some events made me think of the series.) What makes this books out of your wheelhouse is the fact that it’s classified as a LGBT+ book. Though I don’t recall anything overly graphic in the books. Though there is a love story involved it’s secondary to the true plot points of the book. I would say more but I’m not really good at summarizing stories and I am worried that I will give key points of the story away. I will say that I believe that at least the first book is worth the read. I had begun reading/listening to “Dune” a few weeks ago, and I do have to agree that it is the most like contemporary writing. Or should we say that contemporary writing has not really strayed from this style or format? Either way so far it is rather interesting. I will pick up “Ender's Game” and “Speaker for the Dead”, unless you think I will be find reading the sequel if I have only just watched the movie of “Ender’s Game”? I loved the movie it was extremely profound and moving. If the book is worth it I will give it a go. Thanks so much for the recommendations!