Well There's Your Problem is an international treasure
Pod Damn America, Trillbilly Workers' Party, and Chapo Trap House are also a good time
janus2
joined 1 year ago
something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike one single book :]
Cannery Row by Steinbeck
Steinbeck's style is incredibly immersive. It has the perfect balance of illustrative/poetic/flowery descriptions and cerebral/analytical language. I love the characters and their antics, and how relatably they're written. I can identify with their feelings and motives even though I'm the furthest thing from a bunch of 1930's Californians.
My mom bought it for me to take on my high school band trip to San Francisco (which involved a long flight and some long bus rides). I think I remember more about the book than I do the trip :)
here's hoping we invent the ansible (and that whatever physics voodoo required to run it isn't so expensive that it remains inaccessible to the general public)
it would be cosmically funny if we end up with FTL physical transport before FTL information transport, and thus a gigantic interstellar sneakernet industry.
*slaps roof of warp-capable starliner* this bad boy can fit so many fuckin exobyte flash drives in it
GALACTIC SNEAKERPUNK
class: keter
reason: fuckin doom nerds
what a fine spiky boi
also the entirety of 1970s savory jello abominations
Lychee and rambutan can be found at asian markets and are very pleasant
This caused me to cry-laugh and share with all my math nerd friends who know topology. (I'm sure they will be 100% fine with this.)
Unciv if you enjoy sacrificing hours of your life :)