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Charles: dilettante duolingoer (🇳🇱🇷🇺🇨🇳), retired, good cooker, book clubber, clogger of sinks, clog remover. in unsexy Vegas Baby. Player of IRL Games . Steely Dan forever
vs being me, the jaded curmudgeon looking for a successor to it.
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
vs being me, the jaded curmudgeon looking for a successor to it.
DCC is an amazing listen and I envy you having the fresh experience of it.
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
DCC is an amazing listen and I envy you having the fresh experience of it.
Anyway, the "real villain" here, is Amazon that wants to feed me HWFWM as the logical successor to DCC just because its available in their inventory. And since it was free then this is arguably a victimless crime. .... first world problems...
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Anyway, the "real villain" here, is Amazon that wants to feed me HWFWM as the logical successor to DCC just because its available in their inventory. And since it was free then this is arguably a victimless crime. .... first world problems...
It might make a better read - just as DCC would lose a lot as a read and the only thing that would improve (maybe) would be the reader's comprehension of the complicated plot devices in the later books.
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It might make a better read - just as DCC would lose a lot as a read and the only thing that would improve (maybe) would be the reader's comprehension of the complicated plot devices in the later books.
I am now past 3 hours, I think this is just like listening to wallpaper paste and the RPG/virtual reality is clunky - there plenty of good books to model after -- Snow Crash, Ready Player One, etal. and yet this seems stapled together so far. No this is not for me.
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I am now past 3 hours, I think this is just like listening to wallpaper paste and the RPG/virtual reality is clunky - there plenty of good books to model after -- Snow Crash, Ready Player One, etal. and yet this seems stapled together so far. No this is not for me.
I sound like such a negative nelly. It's not the platform's fault. I am not a prolific poster and naturally, high volume posters deserve more attention. I am just hoping my idiosyncratic, obscure, poorly visited, amateur blog might get a few more hits based my occasional bsky book reviews.
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I sound like such a negative nelly. It's not the platform's fault. I am not a prolific poster and naturally, high volume posters deserve more attention. I am just hoping my idiosyncratic, obscure, poorly visited, amateur blog might get a few more hits based my occasional bsky book reviews.
In conclusion, thank you again, and, I have been on bsky for a year, but literally, this is the most useful, pleasant interaction I have had on this thing.
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In conclusion, thank you again, and, I have been on bsky for a year, but literally, this is the most useful, pleasant interaction I have had on this thing.
Cool now I have a whole "tasting menu".
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Cool now I have a whole "tasting menu".
And its not like DCC is the be all and end all: I have enjoyed it but amazon is riding their cash cow all the way to the abattoir when they ought to put it out to pasture. Everything gets old after awhile (... Magic of Xanth anyone?)
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
And its not like DCC is the be all and end all: I have enjoyed it but amazon is riding their cash cow all the way to the abattoir when they ought to put it out to pasture. Everything gets old after awhile (... Magic of Xanth anyone?)
I still haven't given it 3 hours. : - ). The tiktok thread I added here suggested "Discount Dan .. Bargains", "Mayor of Noobtown", "Tower of Jack", "Buymort". Anything you can add to the list would be great.
October 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I still haven't given it 3 hours. : - ). The tiktok thread I added here suggested "Discount Dan .. Bargains", "Mayor of Noobtown", "Tower of Jack", "Buymort". Anything you can add to the list would be great.
I mean, I want this book to be good and judging from TikTok a shit ton of people think it is good. I guess I’m gonna give it three hours because to repeat myself yeah it was free.
October 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I mean, I want this book to be good and judging from TikTok a shit ton of people think it is good. I guess I’m gonna give it three hours because to repeat myself yeah it was free.
Judging from your icon picture there is low head swellage potential so its safe for me to say, but ya: The Peripheral needs to return.
September 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Judging from your icon picture there is low head swellage potential so its safe for me to say, but ya: The Peripheral needs to return.
That's the correct answer. Show her what she has won!
September 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
That's the correct answer. Show her what she has won!