this just reminded me how playlist stories are my favorite things

Don't besmudge Skeletor's name. Skeletor at least has style

Probably my second favorite detail diatribe
Some great media history + good intro to how gaming & storytelling interact

and these decisions are just as influenced by what is seen as endemic or extraordinary for a given 'era' as by how that work still resonates.

I agree with a lot of what you wrote abt. There are people who decide on reading lists and canonization though. So there sort of is an academic, if not necessarily wise cabal of people with lots of influence on what has stood/will stand the test of time

This baby can fit a lot of trauma

Total spannender Fall. Recht im Netz/Recht im Bezug auf Milliardäre und deren Platformen🍿
Mal schaun was da rauskommt

Also, Viola is adorable. Please @gingerhaze.bsky.social, don't traumatize her too much 🥺

on the basis of this book alone: stunning imagery in both the prose and the artwork, playful typography, and at the heart of it all a really compelling world and mystery. Oh, and lest I forget generational trauma as a core theme 👌. I think that's gonna resonate real well with gen alpha.

OR Bloodchild by Octavia Butler. You're right it is hard to just pick one

The Belonging Kind by William Gibson and John Shirely