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I've finally fallen in love with reading again over the last year. Problem is I've only been reading non-fiction. it makes my brain hurt. I'd like to have some stuff I can turn to when attempting to read gender trouble gives me another headache. I don't have any particular preference for genre. I used to read fantasy, historical fiction, dystopian stuff but I'm more than happy to explore other genres as well!

A short list of things I've read for reference:

  • The saxon stories, Bernard Cornwell
  • LOTR, the hobbit
  • 1984
  • The road, Cormac McCarthy
  • The plague dogs, Richard Adams
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The King in Yellow is great. Doesn't get the attention it deserves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Absolutely, I wish his suspense catalogue was bigger! It's been neat to see his ideas getting worked in to modern fiction like True Detective. There's also a handful of TTRPG games that are using the mythos of Carcosa and the king in yellow as the premise for pre-written adventure scenarios.