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book i absolutely hate? i put down books i can see i won't like pretty quickly so i don't really have a rant locked and loaded for this one. i can go on and on about whole genres as a whole though because i can tell they're just not worth the paper they're printed on. the shelves and shelves of mediocre fifth-grade level fiction being marketed to grown ass adults. everything by joel osteen. [vomits] romance novels

book that first got me interested in reading? i've been reading ever since i can remember but the first 'real' book i can recall reading is the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas, truly fantastic classic (i'm currently in a reread with the improvised book club right now actually!) i was also a redwall kid growing up of course, and also enjoyed the deptford histories by robin jarvis and gregor the overlander by suzanne collins. lots of anthropomorphic animals killing eachother in gruesome ways for some reason. i will forever be smug about reading suzanne collins before the hunger games got big though and tbh gregor was much better

did i actually read all the books required in school/did i start out that way? i was homeschooled so required reading was mostly public library summer reading programs, but yeah i've mostly always been like that. they couldn't stop me really

tell you about my top (any number i want) favorite books? opening a can of worms here, don't say i didn't warn you. it's no secret i'm a sci-fi guy so top of my list is always blindsight and echopraxia by peter watts. that shit changed me for real. wyrms by orson scott card is another one that, though fiction, contains a lot of very interesting thoughts. (standard 'card is a weird dude' disclaimer here.) i recently read jorge luis borges' short fiction, some very well done and intriguing concepts there. philip k. dick is a long time favorite of mine, the martian time-slip is particularly good as well as his dozens of short stories. and finally i will not shut up about gödel escher bach, i'm still wading through it but it's fantastically written, a lot of fun to read and i can already tell it's going to leave a mark

#whew that's a LOT sorry lmao #more recs in no particular order.#rifters trilogy by peter watts (some stuff not for the faint of heart in there so watch out)#stella maris and the passenger by cormac mccarthy #the laundry files by charles stross #(be warned the more recent stuff has had a bit more of his personal opinions injected into it but i still like it for the tech lovecraft)#mark z. danielewski's house of leaves of course #if you don't read anything else by charles stross at least take a look at timelike diplomacy #it's early enough to be relatively untouched ideologically and it's an incredibly fun almost-cyberpunk space opera #shadow and claw by gene wolfe (also not for the faint of heart)#if you read manga dorohedoro #q hayashida is an amazing artist and it's just so well done. dark but very funny #songs of a dead dreamer and grimscribe by thomas ligotti #(thank you to the friend who recommended him i owe you my life)

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