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For everyone who is enjoying the Goncharov(1973) discourse on this hellsite, might I recommend a book.
Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves.
It has a very similar vibe to a lot of these posts. And it's very enjoyable. It's about a guy names Johnny putting together a book which was written by a guy named Zampanò which is a commentary on a documentary called The Navidson Record. The documentary is about the house Navidson and his family moved into which starts to break the laws of space and physics, resulting in a seemingly endless hallway off of their living room.
The Navidson Record does not exist.
There are a bunch of references in the book, about half of which don't exist.
Shit gets weird fast. It's a wild ride but a fun read. It is about 700 pages long but some of those pages have literally 1 word on them as the actual text gets funky starting somewhere around the second third of the book. I've never read another book quite like this one.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. If you're enjoying the unreality of Martin Scorsese's 1973 film Goncharov, give it a read.
#honestly a fantastic book#shit gets wild#did a report on it once#there's a lot of different themes but space is one of them#the book doesn't just make you think about impossible spaces#it makes you see and feel them as best you can by manipulating the formatting of the text on the actual page#highly recommend#goncharov#goncharov 1973#house of leaves#mark z danielewski#if you're feeling brave you could try reading this book while on acid#but it would take several trips#and I have no idea how bad they might be#might end up measuring the entirety of your house till it wears off#maybe don't do that
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#dc comics#hal jordan#the spectre#got done with the 2001 spectre run! honestly might be one of my fav comic books of all time tbh#what a fantastic turnaround for this character
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Over 51,000 words in 18 days… that’s a new personal record!
#I beat my goal and I am extremely proud of myself#but we don’t stop here#I wonder if I can finish the draft this month#honestly I have a fantastic outline. I could just follow it til the end of the month and see what happens.#camp nano#nanowrimo#my writing#lore series#lore book 1
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A little mend here that I was pleasantly surprised worked, I fixed the fraying bits on my book-shaped wallet! Figured that red thread works quite well with the themes of War of the Worlds.
First up, we've got some simple stitches perpendicular to the edge of the wallet, think a blanket stitch but the thread doesn't run through the loop created. Honestly, there are probably more complex ways I could have stitched that vinyl "leather" back onto the fabric and cardboard of the book structure, but I figured these simple stitches would be faster, and work just fine.
Second, on a slightly larger tear on the "spine" corner, I did some randa stitching! This actually draws from a style of embroidery I'm almost completely unfamiliar with, most popular in Brazil, so I may be labeling it wrong. If you know better, let me know! It's a sort of baseball-stitching like process, I was roughly following this video as a tutorial: https://vm.vxtiktok.com/t/ZT8TNMKw9/
and also this one to understand how to get started: https://vm.vxtiktok.com/t/ZT8TNrMML/ (Excuse the tiktok links, but I am not immune to the allure of short video on occasion! I even have posts of my own, every now and again)
I actually need to do similar rim-lining on the other three corners, as the adhesive is starting to come off, and that'll hold it still enough to solve the problem.
Also, some miscellaneous adventures in hemming patches properly! A process that proved MUCH simpler once I found my rolled hem foot. These two patches came out quite good, actually! straight stitching, for the most part, and relatively even folds.
It was much simpler to get the hems just so on a larger patch like this one, thankfully! I'm actually really pleased with the way this one in particular came out, and hopefully, I can make something pretty with it on the thigh of the jeans it goes with. (yes, that's why the patches are numbered, so I can keep track of where they go in the stack!)
Even despite how well things went overall with the patches, I still fumbled, got a bit hasty in trying to get the corner of one of the later patches through the machine. Said haste had me trying to shove shove, cram cram the fabric through the foot to get it hemmed, turns out, don't do that! Results in bending the needle on my machine! Oof!
Luckily, the machine came with some spare needles, so it only slowed me down a little bit!
#fabric arts#sewing#making#mending#visible mending#solarpunk#denim#novel bookwallet#book wallet#queue.queue#a thousand words#sproutleboople#nesterian lifestylings#I have such a love hate relationship with this wallet tbh#It's such a delightful design!#little book! and it comes in so many different fun public domain covers!#but also it uses vinyl “leather” which I've consistently had a major beef with#honestly before I decided to kinda just go for it with the embroidery thread I actually considered throwing this out since it was busted#but then I realized 'hey wait a minute: they use thread to bind books'#so I figured it was worth a shot! plus if it worked I'd keep that much more plastic outta the landfill#that said if the next set of stitches don't stop the continued delamination of the adhesive I'll still consider getting another#because they debuted the phantom of the opera design after the kickstarter happened and that's how I wound up buying mine initially#they even do a version that holds a tiny journal alongside your wallet things which is Tempting Major#honestly if they had gone with actual leather over plastic I would have no hesitation about recommending them!#tee bee aech if you don't mind the plastic flaking eventually they're actually fantastic#it's just when I buy a wallet I want to not buy another for as long as is feasible y'feel?
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Thank you @arythusa !!!!
#the glass scientists#tgs#new books#i honestly needed something good to happen rn#and it looks so good!!!#fantastic job on the cover
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Lowkey hyperfixating now and I’ve come to the devastating conclusion that Jacob the main character of Water For Elephants… doesn’t really have a character arc
#or like#flaws#which is#bad?#like oh no that’s why every other character feels so much more 3 dimensional than him oops#so that puts a damper on my general opinion of the show#like oh no the book is missing the arc for its main character#I do wonder now if he had more of an arc in the book or the movie#but like#oh no the main character doesn’t have any character flaws#and like all the other characters are great marlena and august and fantastic#jacob is. a guy. he’s polish and he’s a vet and he’s sad. though honestly the sadness could have been more integrated into his character#like all the other characters got arcs at least a little#but jacob doesn’t really change throughout the story#which makes sense as to my thoughts yesterday that his and August’s relationship was under developed partially bc we really didn’t get#enough time seeing august actually coming to like jacob before he decides they’re besties nowbut also bc jacob is not very developed#in general#no actually he does have one flaw I can think of and that’s being Really Bad at pretending he and Marlena are not totally in love with each#other but that’s not like something he has to overcome it just kind of makes him look stupid cause the goal is not ‘get better at hiding#his feelings’ It’s ultimately ‘get away from august’ which like maybe that gets in the way of it but he doesn’t ever overcome his kinda#stupidity bc it’s not actually that plot relevant it just makes him seem annoying when he does that#I think I was too harsh in my opinion of grant gustin as jacob bc I’ve now realized it’s also the book’s fault#I’m hyperfixating and whenever I see a show I always have a lot of thoughts and now I’m hyperfixating in said show#still absolutely incredible though it’s definitely a new favorite but that part could be better#water for elephants#w4e#water for elephants musical#the heir speaks
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BNHA 423
So, I can't say I feel much of anything reading this weeks leaks.
I'm not shocked that Shigaraki died, nor would I be surprised if his death is taken back next chapter and he gets brought back to life in some way.
The thing is despite people saying Shigaraki dying messes with the themes of the story the themes have always been more then a little shaky. IDK if it's just a difference in culture, but Hori has a way of setting something up as being a big deal/theme and then doing something that completely contradicts it.
It's really no surprise he might have killed off most of the villains including Shigaraki despite setting the story up in a way where saving villains seemed to be a theme. He did the same thing with self-sacrifice being portrayed as bad, but later showing it as good.
I will say I don't necessarily agree with how some people are framing Shigaraki's death as throwing abuse victims under the bus. I do get the frustration because Hori did focus a lot of how Shigaraki was used by AfO and in a lot of stories that would be used to absolve him of guilt for all the destruction he caused. But Hori never had Shigaraki change his mind. His last words are him continuing to wish he could have destroyed more and wanting Izuku to relay to Spinner he never stopped fighting for destruction.
I think if this had been a more thought out and focused story you really could make it a great tragedy. It feels unfair that he couldn't be saved, that despite Izuku's effort, at the end of the day Shigaraki wasn't able to break away from the destruction he was manipulated and groomed into believing.
In that way I can understand the anger of some fans, because the story is essentially a tragedy framed as a simply triumphant narrative. It always felt like it wanted to have some deep meaning, and always seemed on the verge of it, but never stuck the landing. The one thing I've always been left wondering is: what is Hori trying to say with this story?, and IDK if the ending, given what's on the page right now will really give me an answer.
If anything I think perhaps Hori was trying to say to much at once. I'm sure a lot of it gets lost in translation and cultural differences, still part of me thinks he bit off more then he could reasonably flesh out. Thinking back many writing choices feel like he had an idea or passing thought and added it because it was cool or thought he'd have time to do more with it latter but due to shitty writing conditions couldn't implement properly.
#mha#bnha#bnha spoilers#bnha 423#boku no hero academia#bnha leaks#idk#im sick and rambling#at this point i check in on bnha to see how it ends#because i genuinely have no idea how it's gonna end#it does sort of feel like a story that was so much cooler in Hori's head#like I honestly wish I could just have him explain it to me#cuz I do think alot of stuff got cut or dropped because he didn't have the energy to draw it#I think it's a huge lesson in why working conditions matter#and why some stories and authors don't do well when released chapter by chapter#let alone weekly#over years of time#I think One Piece is a huge outlier#and should not be counted#i guess I feel like BNHA could have been really good if it had been released more like a novel series#like one book every year or two#because I think Hori needs time to edit and really pick a direction sometimes#which a weekly schedule did not give#and as disappointing as it is I can't help but give the man props#I can barely start my stories#let alone finish them#and I don't draw them ontop of that#like his art is fantastic and I loved a lot of his characters#never would have bothered to keep checking back if I didn't like something about it
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very close to finishing The Whispering Skull in my current Lockwood & Co. reread and i cannot believe i'm about to voluntarily put myself through The Hollow Boy again.
#it's just sitting in my backpack#haunting me#waiting for me#yes it's a fantastic book but when i tell you i was miserable the first time i read it#i was freaking MISERABLE#my girl lucy was going through it and baby so was i#honestly don't think i've ever felt so strongly for a book character in my life#lockwood and co#lockwood & co#lucy carlyle#the hollow boy
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being back on my hbo war bullshit rn (jk im never not on my hbo war bullshit) seems like a good time to mention the very cool jacob vouza, a native of guadalcanal. from 1916 onwards he was part of the island's constable force, aka the system of policemen and law enforcers run by the colonial government, which was a scattering of primarily british and australian military and bureaucratic personnel, such as coastwatcher martin clemens (who wrote a great book about his experiences spying on the japanese).
the pacific (the hbo show, i mean) has a good number of narrative faults, but one of its most egregious content faults imo is its complete lack of acknowledgement of the native solomon islanders who were not just instrumental to the american victory, but utterly indispensible. without their knowledge of the terrain, their protection, guidance, and supplying of the coastwatchers who provided pivotal intel on japanese troop/air/naval movement ("forty bombers heading yours"), and their constant rescuing of stranded american troops (particularly air and navy men, including 26yo jfk) and white civilians, it is genuinely questionable how much longer or worse the war might have ended up being.
jacob vouza (whom martin clemens described as incredibly loyal, cheerful, brave, a fierce individualist, and tremendously skilled in bushcraft) had retired from the constabulary pre-war, but rejoined a year later when the japanese landed on guadalcanal. he helped clemens escape into the jungle, then eventually helped him reach the american lines safely. afterwards, he oversaw a network of native scouts and participated in regular spying missions, gathering information on japanese troop movements. on one of these missions, he was apprehended by the japanese, who found a tiny american flag in his possession. they tied him up and interrogated him. he refused to give them any information on the americans, despite being tortured for hours with beatings, stabbings, hanging, and being forced to lie on a red ant hill with open wounds. eventually, having bayoneted him in the limbs, face, throat, and stomach, the japanese left him for dead. he chewed through his bindings and escaped into the jungle, where he made his way for three miles through an active battlefield to the american lines. upon reaching the marines, he refused medical treatment until he could personally deliver a message to clemens and the commander of the 2nd battalion 1st marines. despite being unable to stand and barely able to speak through the wound in his throat, he informed them that the japanese were massing for a huge, imminent assault on the critical american-held henderson airfield. he described the japanese numbers, positions, and weaponry. he also dictated a final message to his wife and children, which clemens wrote down with one hand, while holding vouza's hand with the other. his warning came only about ten minutes ahead of the japanese attack, but that was just enough time for the marines to assemble a successful defense in the correct place.
vouza was quickly rushed to field surgery and received a massive transfusion (tangentially, this was in the time of a segregated american military, in which it was illegal for black and white soldiers to provide one another blood transfusions; although vouza was not considered black per se by the american military, it's nonetheless a notable element of the cultural landscape at the time), which saved his life. later, he was awarded a number of medals from both the american and british governments, including the silver star. in 1979, clemens successfully campaigned to have him knighted. following vouza's death in 1984, clemens also organised the installation of a commemorative memorial in his hometown.
it's remarkable (derogatory) to me that the pacific (the show), despite its amazing dedication in general to accuracy and exhaustive detail, didn't say a peep about jacob vouza (or any native person whatsoever), despite spending most of episode 2 re-enacting this specific battle. his actions weren't just a footnote, but genuinely the crux of the american victory. he was a very incredible person, one of the many examples of contributions native solomon islanders made to the war effort, and we should remember him accordingly!
#most of this info comes directly from martin clemens' book 'alone on guadalcanal'#it really is a great book! racist in its own way of course (see: the title) but for the time and circumstances honestly pretty equitable#eg clemens does explicitly note that the title is disingenuous considering the many native people he depended on for his survival#lonely vigil by walter lord is also a fantastic read about the coastwatchers in general#guadalcanal#the pacific#hbo war#jacob vouza
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I've read this novel three times. The story has, of course, remained the same since 1959, but the persons with my name who read it in 1968 and 1998, at eighteen and forty-eight, are not the same as the one who came to the novel most recently at the age of fifty-five. All three of us have been altered by it, according to our gifts at the time.
Mary Doria Russell, introduction to the 2006 edition of A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
#Mary Doria Russell#a canticle for leibowitz#Walter M. Miller Jr#okay you may think this book is overblown because everybody says you've got to read it if you like sci-fi#but holy shit#it is a fantastic book that makes a lot of 'sweeping epics' of the kind look toothless#honestly the remains of the fallout shelter even kind of make Jenny look pathetic#I feel like... like it's not outwardly hilarious or anything... but I feel like Futurama fans would appreciate it#I feel like anybody could but I feel like a LOT of at least the OG staff on that show read this book#idk#it also reminded me of a book I had as a kid#where centuries in the future people dig up a motel and they think it's a sacred burial chamber#and it goes through the excavation and research process to the commodification#that's Motel of the Mysteries btw#also recommend
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oh tsats the book you could have been………
#tsats#the sun and the star#tsats crit#anti tsats#no hazel no reyna no fucking plot#i’ve talked abt this extensively but still. sigh#goodbye goodbye goodbye you were bigger than the whole sky etc#it’s been a few weeks now and honestly im more sad than angry#this book had so so much potential but it just threw it all away and for what. for what#it’s so much harder when you grow up w rick’s writing and just see the state that this universe is in now……#and can some of y’all stop being so quick to label every criticism as homophobia??#im queer myself and it’s just a shitty book no getting past it#i was actually really pumped for the queer rep but the weird pretentious wattpad-esque writing just… threw me off severely#im not saying the rrverse was fantastic at queer rep before but this book smashed any further ideas to pieces to do uhhhh absolutely nothing#im just… sick of it lol#🐋.txt
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hey guys. regularly scheduled thought drop
I truly adore Kit Herondale and I would do anything for him
#kit herondale#christopher herondale#the lost herondale#Lauren reads TDA for the first time#I am finally on the final book guys#I had to stop reading for like a year#but it's okay cause im having a fantastic time#WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME ABOUT THE LAST CHAPTER OF LORD OF SHADOWS THOUGH#honestly nothing could have prepared me for that
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Chapter 55 of Tower of Dawn😭
#HOW DOES SHE ALWAYS DO THIS TO ME AT SOME POINT IN THE LAST QUARTER (12 CHAPTERS)#literally always at the point of weeping giggling gasping or screaming like every other chapter every time I finish one of SJMs books#my soul#fangirl problems#all the feels#Tower of Dawn#severely underrated book that though it makes sense timeline wise for EoS tandem it honestly reminds me more of HoF#Chaol Westfall#Yrene Towers#Nesryn Faliq#Sartaq#I love them all so much#okay yall what are the ship names#also the lil Rowaelin moments#and I was right about Lys#and finally they gave notice to everybody on the Maeve thing so word can get around#but oh my word YOUR TELLING ME THATS WHO AELINS WITH OH HELL NOOOOOOO#and soon their gonna learn that and it’s gonna be EoS ending all over again#honestly dying to know what happens but dreading the end of another fantastic story#Chapter 55#SJM#TOG series#KoA I am not ready but I’m almost there#first read#currently reading#reading reacts#no spoilers please#okay time to go read the last 10 chapters#*sobbing* it’s so beautiful#screaming in Wyvern or should I say Ruk
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19, 46, 48 please! :D
Who's your favorite author: So I don't normally do repeat questions BUT I do want to say that William Goldman, while I haven't read almost any other of his work and I haven't actually SEEN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, truly did inspire me to start actually writing as a kid. I'd always kinda dabbled in creating stories but Princess Bride was so new and fresh that it made me want to try something like his style. His use of voice and humor specifically was so unique to anything I'd ever read at that point and I just loved it. Plus all the asides? The whole "author's notes" that add to the story?? just brilliant. I was genuinely sad when he died and his influence on my creative life cannot be overstated so I felt it prudent to mention.
What line has stuck with you for years: Again, easiest way to get me to forget everything I've ever read that moved me!!!
But at risk of being repetitive it's a line again from Princess Bride. Like there are so many that have stuck with me for various being the quippy book that it is, but probably one of my favorites is this:
One, I love repetition. And the use of Buttercup reiterating "I" is so good. And TWO the visual effect of 'the' being in the middle, queen being center offset and then all caps and then drawn out like that, is so striking it's stuck in my head forever.
#sideguitar#Ask a Rocket#listen I know we all love the Princess Bride movie as we should#but if you haven't for some reason read the book#You need to read the book#because it's just fantastic stuff honestly#and this moment specifically#right at the end where they're making their escape from the castle and they're all on horseback#this moment I really wish had made it into the movie#because it's a great moment for Buttercup who doesn't get a lot of moments? despite the book being named for her#anyways. This book. Love this book
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Both of them hated the other's ideas, and gleefully expressed that hatred with unchecked vitriol. In retrospect, they might have started sleeping together solely out of conversational exhaustion.
Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs, 2014
#incredibly underrated book#fantastic trilogy all around#surprised I don't see more people talking about it#honestly one of my favourite books of all time#it's got a murder mystery fascinating worldbuilding descriptions of escheresque city architecture colonialism and cultural imperialism#absolutely unmatched atmosphere#if you're a fan of 'what if there was a fucked up city' stories you'll like this one
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I feel like one moment of Absolute Madness ™️ that we don’t talk about enough in the cosmere is the bit in Elantris when The Gang is discussing Seinalan and someone asks how a man like him became head of a church and Sarene is like “Well basically our number one rival made the hottest twink this side of Roshar their figurehead, and he was the closest thing Shu-Korath had in terms of an aesthetic match so now he’s the patriarch :\\” and everyone just accepts that as a totally sound- or at the very least, not unexpected- political move???
#brandon sanderson#cremposting#cosmere#cfsbf#cosmemes#elantris#sarene#crempost#honestly I’ve just reread Elantris and a) I think this book is unfairly maligned because it’s not a very good Branderson book#it’s still a FANTASTIC fantasy/sci-fi book in its own right- the bar is just so high from later cosmere books that people are disappointed#b) that said holy SMOKES are their some problematic aspects to this book#and c) the court intrigue is absolute unhinged I love it so much#‘how can I mess with my awful father in law and assert my dominance?? I know- I’ll paint in front of him!! BADLY!’#SPOILER: Ahan literally betraying his best friend For The Meme and being shook that the punishment for treason is death??? utterly wild
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