Will have to make a 40k horror folder for all my 40k horror books, im sure i have a couple already.

Put cameras with live feed on ship without fuel that is shot into the ring with all the billionaires in the galaxy on board and then it’s turned into a tv show for everyone else to watch as they deal with whatever the heck they encounter for everyone else’s entertainment.

oh wow, that actually sounds WAY better than the show and far more interesting.

I’ll just have to read it and see!

Oooh dangit expanse sounds even better now. And yes! i’ve read a couple 40k stories that i adored, i’ve read just about every adeptus mechanicus related book in my collection, i’ve read 2 or 3 of the horus heresy, and and a couple tau books, and books involving necrons.

There are some youtube videos i had watched of some interesting stories, like “Watcher in the rain” seemed super creepy, right up my alley. I will probably be making a folder for 40k horror stuff.

If i had known J.K. rowling was a terf and i had known what a terf was when i was younger i would have never bought any of her books. And i wish i could get a refund for every book, and in fact, every person who wants a refund should be entitled to one in my opinion. And she is non-deserving of all of the money she has ever made. She made a good play hiding her trash personality. Now shes got money and shes a shitty person. and she doesnt have to hide it anymore.

OOOOOOOHHH this sounds like almost exactly what im looking for, there’s even posthumans! This might be my next read before the rest of the suggestions here, or maybe i should save it for last just in case it’s that good… HMMMM…

Just a personal suggestion, in the future you could suggest piracy of books that support things like that. I personally pirate anything that i refuse to support with money. I thought the first book was interesting years ago, i definitely wouldn’t find it as interesting now. Didn’t know the whole gay conversion thing, but yeah, piracy is helpful in this area. hopefully im not going against the sub’s rules by suggesting it (too lazy to look or care cuz i just delete my account eventually anyway everytime i make one here), but honestly, in this particular instance, piracy feels entirely warranted if one doesn’t want to support something. And that goes for other things beyond books to in my personal opinion. But im also not really against piracy in general either. But i definitely think that piracy of things that you don’t want to support just makes sense. It’s refusing to vote with your wallet in some sense, perhaps.

:( Unfortunately no, I am actually still pretty new to solarpunk, so far i just kind of read whatever i can get my hands on. I mostly have read a bunch of random short story compilations, i had two solarpunk books that had collections of various short solarpunk stories. I am also currently on a cosmic horror tangent, and solarpunk doesn’t really scratch that itch as much personally, but i do enjoy it. It also seems there arent many writers of solarpunk fiction as well. If i keep this account for very long, and i come across anything i found really interest and i manage to remember this post i’ll try to come back and reply again with some suggestions :3

:D these books are in my “cosmic stuff” book folder. I thought it would be somewhat interesting, i did hear some ideas like that were in there i am looking forward to it! Your description sounds most fascinating. It may not be a new book in my collection but at least i have a better idea of what books i want to read next, thanks!

not yet! but i did watch the show, and i do plan to read the books, ESPECIALLY if they focus on the protomolecule and the ring builders a bit more, which it sounds like it might, the only two reasons i haven’t yet is that it seems soo darn long! which isn’t a bad thing, but i have a lot of books to read. the other reason is that i have a lot of trouble with violence and gore, and the show was really difficult to get through. So i worry that the books might explain some graphic things in great detail. And i might have to stop every once in a while due to nausea and vomiting.

I might also play or watch a playthrough of the recent expanse game that came out. Drummer was very cool in the show so i would imagine i’d enjoy the game even without the protomolecule and ring stuff going on.

i should clarify “cosmic horror” for me is a MUCH broader concept in my mind than most think of it, for me, it encompasses so much more than just space gods beyond human understanding. i classify cosmic “entities” as anything out of control of humanity and of the “outside” in some vague sense, capitalism is a lovecraftian monster out of human control, it is not foreign to our world, but a.i. is also very similar in this regard, as is the weather/climate change, to a lesser extent. For me, the lovecraftian concepts in three body was the very idea of a dark forest, the idea that you fundamentally cannot know if the dark forest is in fact real, so they had to more or less assume it was, similar to that even if life is a simulation in order to prevent complete chaos we would still need to assume it’s all real so we aren’t just going crazy and doing ridiculous stuff on the off chance that it isn’t a simulation and murder and such things did matter, such concepts no matter the authors beliefs on how it ends up are always VERY interesting to me.

Just from this line “what could make an ancient and powerful race so scared and helpless that they need to build an escape hatch in the universe?’” I am already curious and will probably grab the book shortly and read some later tonight.

I consume book therefore i am, maybe, probably, we’ll see after i read X more books that further break down my preconceptions on everything i used to think i understood. Somehow i think i will just be less certain :P

three body problem trilogy hands down. It’s one of my new autistic special interests now. Along with my other special interests like warhammer 40k, speaking of which, eye of terror is a close second to three body problem, followed by various other 40k books probably which is what ive mostly read this year aside from three body and various non-fiction books on my non-fictional special interests.

Have you tried looking into the solarpunk genre? I am still looking for a novel that combines concepts of cosmic horror and solarpunk into some complicated jumble of lovecraftian goodness that isn’t about evil gods from the stars, in fact i am writing a novel for myself that fits what i am looking for in this “genre” i am hoping to find someday.

Also recommend Three body problem, the dark forest, and death’s end by Cixin Liu. It’s the only kind of sci fi i want anymore. But the expanse show was interesting so i’ve wanted to read the expanse books as well. Cixin Liu’s trilogy was amazing, it’s the only book i’ve read where science is terrifying and every single theory they bring up makes all of my bodie’s hairs stand on end constantly as i realize terrifying implications of information that previously seemed innocuous. I LOVED the books soo much, and i was very happy to for the first time, read a book that is based in chinese culture, since i had no experience or knowledge really of chinese culture, and i very much enjoy exploring new things, it was one of my favorite parts. Also the other part is i am a huge fan of lovecraftian stories. And this feels like a new, modern take on lovecraft. A take on it that is more realistic to the reality we live in, but at the same time, Cixin Liu seems to not be afraid to delve deep into the fiction aspects of science fiction just to pull out ideas that while not exactly true in real life, work as really good metaphors for similar ideas like our lack of understanding in science, which the new James-webb telescope is already providing many new questions about humanities understandings of the cosmos.

i would give it 3 out of 3 stars if one was not hit by a near light speed object. (if you’ve read the trilogy you’ll probably understand this reference.)

Interestingly, i used to hate the stealth section in wind waker as a kid, and now it feels like no big deal. I attribute this to being older and now sort of decent at games.

Kotor 2, the entire beginning section. before telos, and even some parts of telos, i love the rest of the game still, but the early parts of kotor 2 didn’t really age well, especially the space walk part lmaooo but that parts actually enjoyable because it is silly. The beginning section only is bad if it’s on subsequent playthroughs, and i wish i could enjoy it for the first time again, very much.