Notices by rixx (rixx@chaos.social), page 14

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@ckeen @tofuwabohu @rixx @Cheatha FUCK, I *knew* I was missing somebody.

@rysiek @CyclopsCaveman No, not blue. Dark, slightly patterned grey. Maybe with some flames somewhere.

@unsuspicious Yup.

@lastfuture I have absolutely no experience with iOS, but other than that, fitbit seems to fit (heh) the deal?

@DerGuenther Na von ZVAB oder so krieg ichs auch, aber danke :)

Hat jemand von euch "Hingeschaut und Weggesehen. Hitler und sein Volk." von Robert Gellately zuhause stehen und könnte es mir leihen?

@ck Yeah, sure, if I was going by Amazon reviews that would hit me, but other than you're implying, I'm not doing that. I'm going by recommendations, which have to come with reasons and descriptions. And those are people who regularly recommend Dune or Stephenson, and even your elitist view of the genre can't really accuse them of being mind-numbing, can it? If you're under the impression that I read mostly mind-numbing titles and skip on the good stuff, feel free to point these cases out!

@ck Ah, I can't resist and have to respond to your Netflix strawman: There are brilliant, deep series on Netflix, as on most media. And there are reasons to need books that are not too intellectual at some times, and even books that are simple. I like plenty of books that warp my mind, but some just feel like a burden and don't speak to me at all (Dune, I'm looking at you). And since reading is still something I do to benefit myself, I try to avoid those books.

@ck Popularity does come into it, sure, but if an author (or a single review) convinces me, I'll pull them ahead of the queue, too. That's why I'll get to The Calculating Stars this year, for instance, or The Wolf in the Whale.

@mann_ey I'll add Throne of the Crescent Moon to the list, thanks! I've looked at it before, but without recommendation it didn't speak to me enough to add it.
As for Sheri Tepper, thanks for the rec! I only heard of her Gate to Women's Country before, and wasn't that interested. Grass has been added to my (absurdly long) reading list.

@ck I'll add the Mirror Empire to my reading list – I remember looking at both that and Stars Are Legion and the bad reviews turned me away. (This will take some time to bubble to the top of the list though.) Thank you!

@Nfoonf @rixx @Cheatha @tofuwabohu She's on my to-read list around place 120 atm, so probably not this year.

@ck I haven't even got her on my to-read list yet – where would you recommend I start?

@cvigano Cool! Feel free to follow me over at @rixx, if you want to read more like that – I've split my account to avoid boring my regular followers with too much reading notes :D

If you're missing somebody on that list, I'm always interested in recommendations, so let me know!
If you like what you see, you might want to follow my scifi/reading account @rixx

Thank you, @Cheatha, for asking the question in the first place, and @tofuwabohu for not letting me procrastinate the blog post forever.