Recent comments in /f/books
6c_6f_76_65 OP wrote
Let me know if this should go in f/piracy instead
Anargnome_Communist wrote
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I really like stuff from Neal Stephenson and recently enjoyed Perido Street Station by China Mieville a lot, but those aren't exactly light reading. You have to be able to stomach a lot of infodumps that don't really go anywhere.
I've also been getting into Cory Doctorow a lot. His stuff is a lot less dense and the themes he explores will often be of interest to the people here.
I'm also catching up on Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, which comes highly recommended. It's lighthearted fantasy that still manages to talk about Important Stuff, such as morality, power, inequality, etc.
rot wrote
Reply to by !deleted2159
I just finished Kindred by Octavia Butler
Torskion wrote (edited )
Reply to by !deleted2159
If you're into Sci-Fi, I heartily recommend The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. It's an intense novel about a man consumed by his desire to exact revenge. I warn that there is a rape scene.
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Guin is a great short story that touches upon the topic of Utilitarianism. Not a light read.
For a lighter read, I recommend Howl's Moving Castle. A lot of people don't know about the book because of the success that the movie had, however, both are amazing in my opinion. And the book tells a completely different story from the movie so its worth picking up.
(Wait haha, I didn't realize that you didn't want non-fictions) Non-Fiction I would recommend "Hero of the Empire" by Candice Miller about Winston Churchill's escapades in South Africa during the 2nd Boer War. A fun read.
kore wrote
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toni morrison is really good. Personally i've just read song of solomon but I've heard her other novels (like Beloved) are great too.
rot wrote
Reply to Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
sounds like a Cattle Decapitation song
GaldraChevaliere wrote
Reply to comment by existential1 in Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
You can just say it's your kink, m8.
existential1 OP wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted1196 in Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
Lol. Just want to point out I meant it as a critique of states that would do some essentialist stuff like that. Not to intentionally erase trans folks. I'd imagine if written well, it could really display how trans stories amd narratives don't fit binaries when the binaries are created and maintained for such horrible reasons.
But alas, people shall believe what they will.
GaldraChevaliere wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted3527 in Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
I'm absolutely positive I read one of those greentexts that totally happened and everybody clapped on /tg/ that had a nearly identical plot to OP's kink except the villain wanted to make a matriarchy where cis women ruled and trans women were used for breeding while men were eradicated and she was stopped by the heroic straight woman who totally sleeps with the storyteller and gave a one liner like "some of us prefer our dicks with men attached to them" before slaying her and like, that still somehow feels less weird and essentialist than this. Like not to kinkshame OP but you're being kind of a pisswizard and you could stand to hide it a little better.
noop wrote
Reply to Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
Sometimes if its not their you gotta write it yourself.
existential1 OP wrote
Reply to comment by CallMeJim in Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
Yeah...me too. Might just have to write a short story.
CallMeJim wrote
Reply to Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
This is really specific lmao, hope you find your book!
heckthepolice2 wrote
Reply to comment by ego_mutt in Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
Fury Road is really good and actually has a lot of pretty rad themes (feminist, anti-authority, even kind of anticiv imo). The youtube channel Innuendo Studios did some solid videos on it.
ego_mutt wrote
Reply to comment by existential1 in Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
It's surprisingly good for being a more or less run-of-the-mill CGI action thriller. I'd recommend.
existential1 OP wrote
Reply to comment by ego_mutt in Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
Hmm...I haven't seen it. I'll have to check it out.
ego_mutt wrote
Reply to Are there any radical vegan sci-fi books where human biological females are milked for profit and men are killed except a requisite number for genetic diversity and caged fighting entertainment? by existential1
This is actually quite similar to the plot of Mad Max Fury Road lol (movie). Seeing a book closer to this exact plot would be even more interesting.
TexRex OP wrote
Reply to Imperial Library of Trantor is down by TexRex
Good news, it's back. Been down for about three days.
hasbrochem OP wrote
Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in Blessed is the flame (one of my all time favorite/influential texts) by hasbrochem
haha! you just reminded me of marx's tantrum that he threw about sterner and how dare he, sterner, have thoughts different from marx! :D
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by hasbrochem in Blessed is the flame (one of my all time favorite/influential texts) by hasbrochem
Yeah it would. Nihilist, egoist, anticiv, post-situationist and to some degree poststructuralist stuff generally makes up the post left.
hasbrochem OP wrote
Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in Blessed is the flame (one of my all time favorite/influential texts) by hasbrochem
would it be considered "post left"? I don't really understand that distinction completely but it seems like if it's nihilist it's usually classified as "post left"
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Seconding this recommendation for those who are looking for interesting anarchist texts.
Ant wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by 6c_6f_76_65 in Dark Pedagogy: Education, Horror and the Anthropocene by 6c_6f_76_65
It's fine here! But I'd also put it in f/Pedagogies.